Islam and Peace
Faith and Reason
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so, simply because we have a proper explanation to
give for the acts of the judge and the doctor. The
same is true of the evil pointed out by the article
writer.
The first point is that the evil existing in human
society is not spread over the entire universe.
Leaving aside the limited human world, the vast
universe is perfect, par excellence. It is entirely free
of any defect or evil.
Now the question arises as to why there is evil in
the human world. To arrive at an understanding of
this we shall have to understand the creation plan
of the Creator. The creation plan of God provides
the only criterion by which to judge the nature of
the matter.
The creation plan of God as revealed to His Prophet
is that this world is a testing ground, where man’s
virtue is placed on trial. It is in accordance with the
records of this trial period that man’s eternal fate
will be decreed. It is for the purpose of this test that
he has been granted freedom. In the absence of
freedom, the question of life being a test would not
arise.
