The Divine creative activity which makes for progress, is certainly at
work in the world of man as it is in nature:
And He it is Whose Laws operate in the heavens (outer universe) and in
the earth (human society) and He is the wise and the knowing (43:84).
To sum up, the Rububiyyah Order ascribes supreme value to the
human self and aims at creating conditions in which the self can
freely develop and gradually attain perfection. This distinguishes the
Order from other systems and ideologies. We should not allow
ourselves to be misled by superficial resemblance between the
Communist state and the Qur’anic society. The Communist state is
no doubt free from the vices of Capitalism, but it functions in the
interest of the group or rather the party and is not interested in the
individual man. The masses are mere raw material which the party
leadership can mould as it likes. The Qur'an, on the other hand,
seeks to protect, preserve and enhance man's self. This intense
preoccupation with personal worth distinguishes Islam from
Communism and Totalitarianism.
Note : As already stated in the Introduction, the economic system
of Islam has been touched upon only casually in the present
work. It has been discussed in detail in another book Nizam-i-
Rabubiyyat (Qur’anic System of Sustenance) published in 1955.
English translation of this book is due for publication in 2012
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