Muslim Woman - Value of Life in Islam
The laws of nature and the revealed values both work in the same
manner. The laws of nature, like lasting principles, are firm and
unchangeable. Human ingenuity, in the light of these laws derives new
theories, makes new revelations and goes on making inventions of
different kinds. Likewise, in a society that is established upon divine
revelations, the revealed values and principles provide unchangeable
boundaries. The society within this framework draws up operational
details as demanded by the needs of the permanent values. The
operational details provide the society with up to date mechanisms to
implement the revealed values and are regularly updated in accordance
with the changing times and the development of human thought. These
values and principles are themselves are not subject to change. The
operational or administrative details, in religious terminology are
called the Code of Religious Law (Shariat). The method through which
deletion and addition, modification and reform, continues is called the
exercise of judgment or innovation (ijtihad). This means to innovate
through intellectual exertion, i.e., the use of thought and reflection,
which the Quran so avidly supports.
manner. The laws of nature, like lasting principles, are firm and
unchangeable. Human ingenuity, in the light of these laws derives new
theories, makes new revelations and goes on making inventions of
different kinds. Likewise, in a society that is established upon divine
revelations, the revealed values and principles provide unchangeable
boundaries. The society within this framework draws up operational
details as demanded by the needs of the permanent values. The
operational details provide the society with up to date mechanisms to
implement the revealed values and are regularly updated in accordance
with the changing times and the development of human thought. These
values and principles are themselves are not subject to change. The
operational or administrative details, in religious terminology are
called the Code of Religious Law (Shariat). The method through which
deletion and addition, modification and reform, continues is called the
exercise of judgment or innovation (ijtihad). This means to innovate
through intellectual exertion, i.e., the use of thought and reflection,
which the Quran so avidly supports.
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