by Prof. Dr. Mohammad Nouh Ali Ma’abdeh Alqadi (Jordan)

Sustainable development may be defined, from an Islamic perspective, as a multi-dimensional process that seeks to strike a balance between economic and social development on one side, and theenvironment on the other. It seeks for humans to use resources in the best possible way, accounting for the environment upon which those resources rely.

From an Islamic point of view, human beings are God Almighty’s representatives on the planet Earth, and they are entitled to benefit from its resources without selfishly monopolizing them. Human beings must seek to develop this planet in accordance with the provisions of the Holy Quran and the teachings of Prophet Muhammad “Sunnah”, with the stipulation that current needs must be met without jeopardizing the rights of future generations.

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