In verse 70 of Al-Israa, the Holy Quran has stipulated on human rank, dignity, esteem and his superiority to the rest of the creatures. Based on the mentioned verse and commentators' viewpoints, the paper seeks to analyze the meaning of human dignity and how this verse signifies superiority of human to angels. Human being has been, even physiologically, of such a position that one may not find ...

Hakim Dashtaki has viewed human being as spacio-temporal being and future etrnal but not past eternal. He has proved the view by relying on the verse: Hath there come Upon man (ever) any period of time in which he was a thing unremembered? Ibn Arabi, however, views human being as both past eternal and future eternal. The article has intended to study some commenators` opinions of the verse and ...

Devine custody is a celestial concept originating in verse 72, Ahzāb (the confederates) Surah and has always been a thoroughly discussed and hotly debated topic among Muslims and Muslim Mystics. The concept has undergone changes through time leading to the creation of new concepts including “Devine Custody’s burden” and “Man’s promise to God” arising from the mystics’ interpretations of the sai...