THE CREATION PLAN OF GOD
Plan in the light of this Plan
EVERYONE asks the same questions. Who am I? Why am I here on this planet earth? What is the purpose of life? What is success and what is failure? These questions may be summed up in a single sentence: What is the creation plan of the Creator?
Chapter sixty seven of the Quran, Al Mulk (The Kingdom) answers this question. It is as follows: God created death and life so that He might test you, and find out which of you is best in conduct. He is the Mighty the Most Forgiving One.
According to the Quran, man was created as an eternal being. In the above verse ‘’Death and Life” represent both the pre-death and the post death period of human life. So, death and life cover the entire eternal life span of human beings.
God created man with a well thought-out plan, the essence of which is to give man complete freedom—not simply as a gift, but as a test. The test would enable God to know who misused freedom and who put freedom to the best use. This was, and still is, the divine scheme of things for man.
This test is also for a high purpose. Before creating man, God created an ideal world, Paradise. He wanted ideal men and women who would merit being settled in this Paradise for eternity. The present world is a selection ground for Paradise.
God created man with a well thoughtout plan, the essence of
which is to give man complete freedom—not simply as a gift, but as a test.
This divine scheme, affords a great opportunity to man. In the pre-death period of life, man has the chance to qualify himself for Paradise, so that post-death he may be settled as a deserving candidate in this perfect world.
The divine scheme gives man great hope. This world is full of sorrows, pains and unwanted situations. But the divine scheme of life prescribed in the Quran gives us great solace, a bright light in the darkness. All those sorrows we experience in the present world are temporary, a period of testing, and once they qualify in the test, they will be fortunate candidates for eternal Paradise.
The Quran explains not only the existence of man, but also the misadventures that he faces in this world. It gives great meaning to all the good and the bad in life. Man is born with unique qualities, he is born with unlimited desires, his mind has enormous capacity but, before realising his potential and before fulfilling his desires, his life comes to an end.
This divine scheme gives man great hope, the present world may be one of problems, for in this world there are sorrows, pains and unwanted situations. But the divine scheme of life prescribed in the Quran gives us a great solace. Given his often untimely demise, man seems to be an inexplicable phenomenon, but in the light of the above divine scheme, human life becomes understandable. Keeping this in mind, one sees how everything falls into place. o
Not Unfavourable
Favourable external conditions make people complacent and inactive.
Facing unfavourable external conditions develops discontentment,
which, in turn, drives him to make efforts to change things for the better.
Gratefulness
From birth , all factors of life are made available to us in a
perfectly balanced manner. It is heedlessness to fail to ponder
over and appreciate God’s greatness.