Human life is meaningful and purposeful. Authentic meaning and purpose in life is found in the proper relation between the human and the Transcendent. It is in this struggle that human fulfillment is to be found. The human is able to embody this understanding. In other words, jihad is physical, social, subjective and spiritual.
Humans have freedom.
It is the individual who is responsible . Each unique individual is responsible for his or her own jihad and is free to engage in the struggle. The Qur'an clearly rejects as invalid arguments often used today to explain away behaviors such as blaming abusive parents or pleas on behalf of respect for following traditions simply because they are our traditions. As already said, in healthy Islam good science and authentic religio-spirituality are two sides of the same coin. Rejection of all that does not correspond with reality.