This disposition is called the fitrah in Islamic thought (see Chapter 4). Our claim of ultimate value is justified because God created us with a profound purpose, and preferred us to most of His creation. We have value because the One who created us has given us value. “Now, indeed, We have conferred dignity on the children of Adam… and favoured them far above most of Our creation.”[48] “Our Lord! You have not created all this without purpose.”[49]
