An Analysis of the Concept of Human Dignity in the Holy Qur'an and its Challenges

Human dignity and human values ​​are one of the central issues of the Holy Qur'an. Some religious scholars believe in the inherent dignity of man and consider him a superior being than other creatures, and they refer to the use of verse 70 of Sura Esra as their reason for claiming. Others believe in acquired dignity and consider potential human potentials, including piety, faith, and positive actions of man for his dignity. But the claims of the proponents of intrinsic dignity appear to face challenges such as apostasy, primitive jihad, uncleanness of the idolaters, and the dichotomy of mankind. Addressing the challenges is to realize the reverence of the essence of humanity. with a descriptive analytical method of a type of library and relying on Quranic, the following research has come to the conclusion that, firstly, the Quran distinguishes between freedom of thought and denial of religion on the one hand .Secondly, the commands of the Holy Qur'an in the debate on jihad are defensive and not absolute, and are bound by restrictions such as sedition, oppression and aggression. Thirdly, the uncleaning of the idolaters never means noisiness is not apparent. Because a polytheist with his partner has a kind of spiritual pollution and esoteric impurity. Fourthly, the degraded qualities of some human beings who have neglected their divine nature; therefore, these challenges are intrinsic aspects of human existence and cannot undermine the inherent dignity of man.