Introducing Islam a Simple Introduction to Islam
Seeing into the Future
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SEEING INTO THE FUTURE
In order to put man to the test in this world, God
has given him some power. Everybody has been
granted a certain domain in which he is able to act
at will. Some have more scope to act than others,
but everyone acts, within his own domain, as others
act in theirs. It makes no difference whether the
power one wields is minimal or great. Everyone
misuses it in much the same way. Different as
people may seem, in reality they are all the same.
People, seeking to prove themselves, are always
trying to further their own interests at the expense
of others. They overestimate their power and
consider that they can usurp others in order to
establish themselves. They do not realize that it is
not anyone’s vacant seat that awaits them: it is their
own graves. Those who seek to destroy others are
bound to be destroyed themselves. Those who
would like to see others dead and buried are soon
to suffer that very fate themselves.
Those who consider themselves successful today
will have to face failure in the future. We are being
