In this article we propose to study briefly the sources of Islam in order to find out whether or not there is an overall perspective of an Islamic model. The attempt here is made to search in these sources for universal references revealing universal relationships and defining meanings for man's existence. We maintain the idea that the Qur'anic text is ample enough to provide with such a framework. Its convincing power lies in the ‘content of ideas' and the ‘representation form'. This power level is not shared in any Arabic literature of the epoch, nor of the following epochs. The Hadith (Sayings of Muhammad) stands short of the Qur'an and is considered by Muslims as an ordinary human language.
The readings of such references can provide interpretations of general dimensions as we shall see in the following Qur'anic postulates.
In the following verses we read about what the Qur'an advances as a presentation of the idea of God:
‘Say: He is the one and only God, the eternal, He begets not nor is He begotten and no one can be equal to Him.' 112: 1-4
Reference to God as the origin of the Universe informs:
‘It is He who created the heavens and earth in truth.' 6: 73
‘To God belongs the dominion of the heavens and earth.'2: 107
Sura 35 informs us of God as the One who holds the Universe together:
‘God keeps heavens and earth from vanishing and should they vanish who can hold them together after Him?' 35: 41
In Sura 23 we are informed about the creation of Man:
‘Verily We have created Man from a lineage of clay.' 23:12
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