Islam Rediscovered
6. The Creation Plan of God
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people of the highest calibre are produced in
unfavourable rather than in favourable situations.
We learn from the Qur’an that man was born to an
existence fraught with toil and strife (90:4). The
Qur’an, addressing the human race, has this to say:
‘Go hence, and may your descendants be enemies to
each other’ (7:24). In this world, man has no choice
but to lead a life which is marred by trial and
tribulation, opposition and enmity till the coming of
Doomsday.
This human condition has not come about by
accident. This is exactly in accordance with the
divine scheme of things. God has created this world
in order to select those individuals who are capable
of inhabiting heaven. These worthy inhabitants of
paradise are invariably produced under abnormal
rather than normal circumstances. Human beings
therefore will continue to face unfavourable
circumstances in order that desirable people will go
on being produced for such a selection.
The Qur’an states: Do men think that once they say:
‘We are believers,’ they will be left alone and not be
tried? We tested those who have gone before them.
