Why should a solution from Arabia or Pakistan apply to Africa?

Nor should it. The Holy Qur’an does not bring solutions tied to one place or one time, but principles for all people that every country applies to its own questions.

The question is a fair one. Every country has its own history, its own customs and its own problems. A solution that one people has found for itself is therefore not yet a solution for everyone. The reverse is also true. What fits Arabia or Pakistan need not fit Uganda or anywhere else in Africa.

The Holy Qur’an does not ask for that either. It does not offer ready made answers tied to a particular region or a particular time and carried from there into other countries. It speaks of principles that apply to all people, because they come from the God to whom the whole universe belongs.

Such principles include justice, selfless kindness, care for one's relatives and the prohibition of wrongdoing. Added to this is the equality of all peoples and tribes before God, as the verse above describes. No people stands above another, and honour with God is gained only through righteousness.

When these principles are applied to a particular situation, the solutions for that situation follow. They are not brought in from outside. They arise locally, from the understanding of the people there, with the help of the principles of the Holy Qur’an.

A father who wants his children and grandchildren to follow the right path therefore does not need to adopt a foreign way of life. He can pass on values that hold everywhere in the language and daily life of his own country.