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say: ‘What sort of a book is this which has
omitted neither the smallest nor the greatest of
matters?’ (The Quran 18:49).
The Concept of Accountability
God is indispensable to man. His life is incomplete
without God. A philosopher has aptly remarked
that had there been no God, we would have had
to invent one. Fortunately, God exists in reality.
We can believe in God with conviction, not as a
supposition, but as a fact. And we can accord
Him the place He deserves in our lives. It is
essential that man should have within his reach,
a super formula for life’s management. God
provides just such a formula—a complete
principle for life’s management.
Human beings are not like machines controlled
by a mechanical system, nor are they like animals
that are governed by their instincts. Human
beings enjoy freedom. They take decisions about
their actions of their own free will. Now the
question arises as to how to keep man on the
