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In its Arabic text, the Quran is considered the primary source of authority by Muslims. The Quran is a relatively short book of 77,797 words that are divided into one hundred and fourteen chapters (Suras). A hundred and thirteen of the chapters of the Quran begin with an indication of the book's intent (In the name of God the All- Compassionate and the Ever-Merciful).[1]
The book is largely concerned with establishing boundaries that Muslims are prohibited from transgressing.[2] Within these boundaries the Quran treats human beings as equally valuable and endowed with certain rights by virtue of simply being human, hence Human rights.[3] The rights bestowed upon humans in the Quran include the right to life and peaceful living as well as the right to own, protect, and have property protected Islamic economic jurisprudence. The Quran also contains rights for minority groups and women, as well as regulations of human interactions as between one another to the extent of dictating how prisoners of war ought to be treated.[1][4]
- ^ a b Joel Hayward "Qur'anic Concept of the Ethics of Warfare: Challenging the Claims of Islamic Aggressiveness" (The Cordoba Foundation, London, United Kingdom, 2011), at 4-5
- ^ Shakir M.H "The Qur'an:(Quran, Koran, Al-Qur'an)" (MobileReference.com, 1 January 2010) at ch 4:13.
- ^ Shakir M.H "The Qur'an: (Quran, Koran, Al-Qur'an)" (MobileReference.com, 1 January 2010) Ch 004.001.
- ^ Al- Dawoody Ahmad "Islamic Law of War: Justifications and Regulations" (Palgrave Macmillan, 1 March 2011) at 56-63