THE DARKNESS SHALL END!
Every day, the darkness of night is dispelled by the light of the sun. Likewise, the arrogant and the defiant shall have to bow down, and the Truthful will be rewarded in the Hereafter.
In this world of God, a human being appears to be a contradiction. In such a world where the sun rises at exactly its appointed time, man says something today and then denies it the next day! In a world where water can be squeezed out even from hard, dry stones, man cruelly oppresses his fellow man. In a world where the moon sheds light on all creatures without discrimination, man behaves in one way with some people and another with somebody else. In a world whose meaningfulness expresses itself in the beauty of a flower, man behaves more cruelly than a thorn. In a world where the wind blows all around, like a selfless servant, man lives in such a way as if there is no other purpose to his life than promoting his interests. In a world where one tree never troubles another, man never ceases to torment another. One person derives malicious pleasure in seeing another being destroyed.
All this happens daily in this world. But God does not interfere in this. He does not end this contradiction. Seen in the universal mirror of His creation, God seems so very beautiful, but in the grief-filled realm of human existence, how different His face seems to appear! Horrific things happen before God, but this does not stir Him. God sees people being slaughtered, but He does not bother about this. He sees the most barbaric things being done to the most sensitive person in the universe, but this does not make Him anxious or uneasy. Why is God seeing everything but does not express His reaction to it all?
This question has troubled the thinking people most in every age. But this question arises only because we do not consider God’s wisdom regarding His creatures. In God’s creation plan, this world is a testing ground. However, in our foolishness, we want to think of it as a place where rewards and punishments for good and evil actions should be meted out. We want that what is to happen on the coming Day of Judgment should happen today before our very eyes.
Every day, the darkness of night is dispelled by the spreading light of the sun. So, likewise, the darkness of life will get over one day, oppression will end, the arrogant and the defiant shall have to bow down, and those who remain on the path of the Truth will be rewarded. All this will happen in its fullness, but it will happen after death, in the Hereafter, and not before it.
