Islam Rediscovered
20. The Revolutionary Role of Islam
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open all the doors of communication formerly
locked to the message of monotheism; doors that
had been locked by the ancient absolutist regimes.
The creation plan of God regarding human beings
has been thus alluded to in the Qur’an: “He created
death and life, so that He might try which of you is
best in deed.” (67:2)
To achieve this end, it is essential that an
atmosphere of freedom prevail in this world, that
everyone without any hindrance may play his role.
Without freedom, neither reward nor punishment
can be awarded to anyone. An atmosphere where
there is no intellectual freedom nullifies the very
scheme of God—the scheme according to which
man has been created and placed in this world. That
is why these regimes based on an absolutism, which
had taken root centuries ago, had to be overthrown.
In recent times, the communist revolution of 1917
again attempted to establish a vast empire based on
the coercive system of the ancient type. But since
this ran counter to the divine plan, God brought
about a situation which lead to the collapse of the
Soviet Union in 1991. Man again was granted the
