Comprehensiveness

Islam is comprehensive in many ways. It is
comprehensive in the sense that it applies to all
human beings and is applicable by all regardless
of where or what time they may be living. Islam or
submission to God is the true way of life from the
time of the first human until the time of last
human on this Earth.57 Furthermore, Islam is for
all classes of people. Islam is just as much
relevant to the most knowledgeable scientist as
well as the illiterate Bedouin. Allah says concerning
the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of
Allah be upon him)
Allah says concerning the Prophet Muhammad
(peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), “Say
(O Muhammad to the people), ‘O mankind! Verily, I
am sent to you all as the Messenger of
Allah’ (7:158).
Another verse reads, “And We have not sent you
(O Muhammad) except as a giver of glad tidings
and a warner to all mankind” (34:28).
Among the Prophet's followers were the rich and
poor, nobles and weak, literate and illiterate. All of
them were able to apply Islam and thereby, Allah
willing, earn the pleasure of God.
Allah says, “Those who desire the life of this world
and its glitter, to them We shall pay (the price of)
their deeds therein, without diminution. They are
those for whom there is nothing in the Hereafter
but the Fire: vain are the designs they frame
therein, and void are the deeds that they
do” (11:15-16).
In another verse, Allah says, “Whoever desires the
immediate [worldly gratifications], We hasten for
him from it what We will to whom We please.Then
We have made for him Hell, [in] which he will burn,
censured and banished.
But whoever desires the Hereafter and exerts the
effort due to it while he is a be- liever, it is those
whose effort is appreciated” (17:18-20).
glorifies His Praise. But you understand not their
glorification. Truly, He is Ever Forbearing, Oft-
Forgiving” (17:44).
Allah says, “Do you believe in part of the Scripture
and dis- believe in part thereof? And what is the
reward of those who do so save igno- miny in the
life of the world, and on the Day of Resurrection
they will be con- signed to the most grievous
doom. For Allah is not unaware of what you do.
Such are those who buy the life of the world at the
price of the Hereafter: Their punishment will not be
lightened, neither will they have support” (2:85-
86).