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Last Law-bearing Prophet sa 59
Add to this the Qur’ānic claim of universality and the
problem will increase manifold. How can it be
logically explained that any Divine Book could
satisfactorily address the ethnic and parochial
problems of all mankind alike? There are Europeans,
Americans, Africans, Arabs, Russians, Israelis, and
numerous people of Asian origin with different
ethnic backgrounds and inherited cultures. Their
political and social traditions also differ so widely
that it is difficult to visualize how a single universal
code of religious law could satisfy them with equal
justice.
In answer to both these questions, the Qur’ān
claims that all its teachings are founded on the
human psyche which is common to mankind and
unchangeable in relation to time. Any teaching which
perfectly corresponds to the human psyche becomes
unchangeable. It is this principle that the Qur’ān
alludes to when it says:
فَاَقِمْ‏ وَهجْ‏ ‏َكَ‏ لِدلِّيْنِ‏ حَنِيْفًا فِطْ‏ رَتَ‏ اهللّ‏
النَّاسَ‏ عَلَيهْ‏ ‏َا لاَ‏ تَبْدِيْلَ‏ لِخَلْقِ‏ اهللّ‏ ؕ ذٰكلِ‏ َ ادلِّيْنُ‏
ِ الْقَيمّ‏ ُ ‏ۙوَلٰكِنَّ‏ اَكْثرَ‏ َ النَّاسِ‏ لاَ‏ يَعْلَمُوْ‏ نَ‏
ٰ ِ الَّتىِ‏ ْ فَطَ‏ رَ‏
ِ ٰ
۝
So set thy face to the service of religion as
one devoted to God. And follow the nature
made by Allāh—the nature in which He
has created mankind. There is no altering