On Justice and The Nature of Man By Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas – Paperback

Isbn: 9789671570494

Author: Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas

Publisher: Pelita Zihin SDN, BHD

Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas’s On Justice and the Nature of Man is a philosophical monograph and Qur’anic commentary that explores the concepts of human identity and divine justice. By analyzing specific verses from Surah al-Nisa’ and Surah al-Mu’minun, al-Attas defines justice as the state of things being in their proper place and argues that man is a unique, purposeful creation of God rather than a product of biological evolution. The text challenges modern evolutionary theories by asserting that the first man, Adam, was a distinct creation with specific intellectual and spiritual capacities, emphasizing that true justice begins with the individual’s inner harmony and alignment with their original nature (fitrah).