the work he puts in. His natural endowments are a gift of God. He
did not acquire them through his own efforts. He is indebted to his
community for the education and training he has received. Society
too provides him with opportunities for producing wealth. It
follows that man can justly claim only that portion of the wealth he
has produced which is the outcome of the labour he had put in. The
work he has performed entitles him to a share in the wealth
produced and not to the whole of it. The Qur'an puts it clearly:
Man shall have only that for which he strives (53:39).
If this principle is accepted and acted upon in good faith, the
conflict between workers and employers will disappear and a serious
menace to internal peace will be removed. The Capitalist will
willingly spend the major portion of his profits for the welfare of
the community and the workers will be able to live in comfort and
security. This principle is challenged on the ground that there are
innate differences among men and it is unfair to treat them as equal
in respect of ability. Those who possess greater ability can justly
claim a greater share in the national wealth. The Qur'anic view is
that the personal worth of man does not depend on his talent to do
a thing but on what he actually does. All men are equal in the sight of
God, whatever may be the differences among them. Moreover, the
argument of the Capitalist had weight so long as it was believed that
intellectual work was more valuable than manual work. We now
believe in the spectrum of values. Any type of work is as valuable as
any other, provided man puts his heart into it. Manual work can have
as much value as intellectual work. Besides this, the differences
among men bestow on each his unique individuality. However
different men may be in respect of intelligence, they can be equal in
respect of personal worth, if each works conscientiously to the limit
of his capacity. So it is in the interest of society that some men
should possess more ability in a particular sphere than others.
According to the Qur'an, the difference in ability amongst various
individuals is for the purpose of division of labour (43:32), and
should not constitute a ground for creating inequality in society and
meting out different treatment to different sets of men. The
knowledge that men are unequal should not be allowed to induce us
to relax our efforts to raise the general standard of living in the
society. The Rububiyyah Order is committed to provide the means
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