wealth but higher morals and greater participation in
the works of mercy. Wealth is not an end, but a
means of support" to the people. 'I'he wealth that a
man earns is not absolutely his. It is a trust with him
from God. He has acquired it by employing the God-
given faculties and by the aid and the facilities pro-
vided by the society. He must repay his debt to the
society and spend as much as possible, out of what
he has earned, in the way of God. Above all, in the
pursuit of wealth a man must not lose sight of the
higher values of life.
Religious freedom
Just as Islam has made the State subject to the
same ethical principles as govern individuals and has
brought international relations within the scoppe of
morality, making the subjugation and exploitation of
one nation by another as reprehensible as the subju-
gation and exploitation of one man by another, in the
same way Islam has ordained justice, equality and