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ajiss-2129	El-Sheikh, Salah	Sirat al-Mustaqim and Hikma: A Qur'anic View of Socioeconomic Behavior, Economic Discourse and Method	1999.0	33	.pdf	application/pdf	15880	666	56	In so doing, Bani Adam can enjoy the fruits of their labor as they fulfil the responsibility of khilafa, a task that entails the employment of God’s knowledge to preserve the life of all “nations” (umam), both human and nonhuman, and conserve the earth, that is, to pursue the “straight path,” al-sirat al-mustaqim. Nonetheless, God, being al-Rahman al-Rahim (the Compassionate, the Merciful) did not leave Bani Adam without means, for He endowed them with the riches of the earth and, above all, bestowed on them the unique gift of ‘aql (reason), which distinguishes them from the nonhuman nations (urnam) of animals and birds and qualified mankind to be God‘s khalifa to rule over the earth, its resources, and communities.	cache/ajiss-2129.pdf	txt/ajiss-2129.txt