Human dignity is a new concept which was unknown in antiquity and the early Middle Ages when Christendom and Islam appeared around the Mediterranean Sea. Consequently, when discussing traditional religions and cultures, scholars have to look for the various elements of these religions and cultures in various sources, and try to present them as a unified theory.

First, human dignity is not at the centre of interest of any religion, but man, through his relationship to God, comes to the fore. His partnership with God sets a high value on him. It is quite comprehensible that religions have to elaborate a concept of man, due to the fact that man is the other party in this relationship, and, as a consequence, they have to grant some kind of dignity to human beings as partners of God. Thus, the cultures created by various world religions are necessarily concerned with human beings, but their prevailing concept of human beings largely depends on their religious convictions. All this is valid for the Islamic religion too. Islam has a special view of human beings, and consequently, of human dignity too.