Islam Rediscovered
6. The Creation Plan of God
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to accept the burden. Man undertook to bear
it, but he has proved foolish and unjust. God
will surely punish the hypocrites, men and
women, and the unbelievers, both men and
women; but God pardons believing men and
believing women. God is Forgiving and
Merciful. (33:72-73)
‘Trust’ in the above verses refers to the freedom of
choice with which man has been entrusted. The
earth and the heavens have neither such freedom
nor any will-power of their own. They are
compelled to adhere to the laws of nature laid down
by God for all eternity. But man has no such
compulsion. He is totally free in word and deed.
From other verses in the Qur’an, we learn that,
according to the Creation plan of God, what is of
actual importance in this world is the building not
of an ideal society but of ideal individuals (67:2).
The ideal human society will, therefore, come into
existence not in this world, but in the world
Hereafter — referred to in the Qur’an as
Darus
Salam
(the Home of Peace). The actual obstacle to
the building of the ideal society in this world is the
