The Qur’an For All Humanity
Voluntary Submission
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VOLUNTARY SUBMISSION
We offered Our trust to the heavens, to the earth,
and to the mountains, but they refused the burden,
and were afraid to receive it. Man undertook to
bear it, but he has proved a sinner and a fool. God
will surely punish the hypocrites and the
unbelievers, both men and women, but God
pardons believing men and believing women. God
is Forgiving and Merciful.
(The Qur’an 33:72·73)
Man and the universe are creations of God. It is
required that both of them completely surrender
themselves to God. However, there is a difference
in the nature of each surrender. Whereas the
universe has from the outset been subjected to
God’s will, man is required when he reaches the
age of reason to submit himself to God of his own
free will.
‘Trust’ here relates to free will. Free will is a
matter of trust because it is a gift which God has
given to man temporarily in order to test whether
he will put it to the best use or not. Trust, in other
