The Phenomenon of Luxury : A Historical Study in Light of Divine Laws

Abstract

This study examines the “phenomenon of luxury” as an inevitable divine law and a strict principle governing the destinies of states. The study reveals that luxury functions as a silent disease that eats away at the body of the nation: it begins with the corruption of hearts and morals and ends with the collapse of civilization and the disappearance of authority. Divine laws have made luxury a point of no return in the life of peoples; whenever the affluent become dominant and transgressive, the divine law of replacement and destruction becomes inevitable, as a realization of divine justice on earth.