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Commander of the Faithful, and descend from the level
Ali in response: of being called human
“God placed intellect in beings or follow the
the angels without lust, commands of God and
He placed lust in ascend to the heights higher
animals without intellect than that of the angels.
and in human beings, He The Holy Quran says:
placed intellect along “They have hearts with
with lust. Hence, if human which they do not
intellect takes over his understand, they have
lust, he will be superior eyes with which they do
to angels and if his lust not see, they have ears
takes over his intellect, with which they do not
he will be lower and hear. They are like
meaner than animals”. cattle; indeed, they are
(Hurr Amili, 1994, more astray. It is they
Vol. 15: 209) who are heedless”.
(Quran, 7: 179)
In other words, amongst
the three creations of Since, human beings are
angels, animals, and human the representatives of God
beings, the first two are and therefore they ought to
bound with their innate be a manifestation of God,
nature whereas human beings albeit in their own capabilities.
have the free will to either The teachings of Islam,
follow the carnal desires including the cultural aspect,
