Islam The Voice of Human Nature
2. THE CONCEPT OF MONOTHEISM
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to interfere with it as they are doing with the
systems of the earth! Human beings, on the
other hand, are slaves to their own passions.
Their affairs are, therefore, most often fraught
with disharmony and disorder. All evil on
earth springs from this misuse of freedom by
human beings, who have thus proved how
genuine were the apprehensions expressed by
the Angels before God at the time of the
creation of the first human being:
Are you going to place therein (earth)
someone who will make mischief therein
and shed blood? (2:30).
The freedom enjoyed by human beings is not
absolute, but transitory, and exists solely for
the purpose of putting man on trial (The
Qur’an 67:2). The Lord of the universe is
eternally vigilant, and sees who makes the
right, and who makes the wrong use of the
freedom given to him, so that in the next phase
of our lives (the Hereafter), He knows on whom
to shower His blessings, and on whom to
wreak His divine vengeance. Our planetary
