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               Worldview Principles                       - “When your Lord said
               Islamic     disciplines     are            to  the  angels,  ‘Indeed  I
               divided into three sections,               am  going  to  set  a
               theoretical,  jurisprudential,             viceroy  on  the  earth,’

               and ethical. In this part, we              they  said,  ‘Will  You  set
               will  discuss  the  worldview              in  it  someone  who  will
               elements  which  are  in  the              cause  corruption  in  it

               peace model.                               and  shed  blood,  while
                                                          we celebrate Your praise
                   1.  Divine  Caliphate  for             and     proclaim       Your
                      Human Beings
                   The Holy Quran says:                   sanctity?’ He said, ‘Indeed
                   -  “Certainly,  we  have               I know what you do not

                   honored the Children of                know.” (Quran, 3: 30)
                   Adam, and carried them                In  Quranic  terminology,

                   over  land  and  sea,  and         human  beings  are  the
                   provided  them  with  all          viceroys  of  God.  The
                   the  good  things,  and            verses tell us why man has
                   preferred  them  with  a           been  sent  to  this  world,

                   complete preference over           what  is  the  significance  of
                   many  of  those  We  have          his  appointment  as  the
                   created”. (Quran, 17: 70)          vicegerent of Allah on this

                                                      earth,     what      are     the

                                                      characteristics  and  special
                                                      features of this viceregency.
                                                      Unlike other Quranic stories,
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