Human Dignity
\r\n Al-Isra (The Night Journey) - Chapter 17: Verse 70
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"We have conferred dignity on all the children of Adam; bore them over land and sea; given them sustenance from the good things of life; and conferred on them favours above a great part of our creation.\"
The Quran states that the dignity of the children of Adam has been conferred by God on them all, whatever their ethnicities and beliefs may be. Human "dignity" has a wider concept than human "rights", as "dignity" comprises the enjoyment of rights and the fulfillment of duties side by side. Dignity has been granted by God to all human beings since the creation, and thus it is inseparable from human nature in the Muslim’s belief; a depth which cannot be reached by a human philosophy or law.
\r\nHuman beings enjoy enormous abilities: physical, intellectual and spiritual. They are universal, not restricted to a birthplace or a limited area around it; thus they are created with the competence to move about and to come together whatever their ethnic differences may be. Their sustenance from the good things of life is secured, but they have to develop the universal and human resources cooperatively and distribute the returns with justice.
\r\nCompiled From:
\r\n "JIHAD: A Struggle for Moral Development and Human Rights" - Fathi Osman, p. 6