GOD’S CREATION PLAN
To be eligible to enter Paradise, there are two things that man needs to do while on Earth. One is to acknowledge the Truth, and the other is to lead a principled life.
A philosopher once remarked that it appears to be that in this vast universe, man is a strange creature. It seems that man has not been made for this world, nor has this world been made for him. Man and the world seem to be mutually incompatible.
Man is born with immense abilities. However, he uses only a minimal portion of these in this present world. By nature, man wants to live forever. However, death arrives quickly without his permission and whisks him away by a unilateral decision. Man nurses an ocean of desires in his heart, but not all of these desires get to be fulfilled. Every man's mind is a world of dreams, but not all of these dreams come true. In this regard, there is no difference between ‘big’ and ‘small’ people. As the philosopher mentioned above seems to assert, all this may be thought to suggest that man has come into a world that has not been made for him.
Why do man and the present world seem so mutually incompatible? To solve this conundrum, we need to understand the creation plan of God. This question of man and the world looking so incompatible arises because of not knowing the creation plan of God. Therefore, we obtain a satisfactory answer to this question by knowing this creation plan.
God created man by His plan. Knowing this plan is necessary for the proper explanation of man. The significance of a machine can be known only when we see the intent of the engineer who created it. Nothing can clarify the machine’s importance and purpose besides the engineer's mind. The same is true for men.
The One who created man did so by a specific plan. Moreover, that plan is this—that in the present, non-ideal world, man should spend a period of test, and after this, in line with his actions, man will obtain the right to reside in an ideal world, which is called Paradise, or else will be consigned to Hell forever.
The present world is a period of the test. Here, man is engaged in a continuous test. If he passes this test, he will obtain a place in the ideal world, Paradise, in the life that comes after death. On the other hand, if he fails this test, he will be consigned to Hell. To be eligible to enter Paradise, there are two things that man needs to do while on Earth. One is to acknowledge the Truth, and the other is to lead a principled life.
In the present world, man finds himself completely free. However, this freedom is not given to him as a right. Instead, for everyone, it is simply a sort of examination paper. Man has to do this—without any pressure, he should acknowledge the Truth. Without any compulsion, he must bow before the Truth. Through his own free choice, he should limit or control his freedom. Bowing before the Truth is undoubtedly the most enormous sacrifice for man. Acknowledging the Truth may appear to be making oneself small compared to others, but this makes a person arrive at the highest position, leading him to reach the door of Paradise.
In this regard, the second thing is leading a principled life. Generally, a man’s character is constructed according to his emotions. Anger, revenge, jealousy, hate, opportunism, etc.— are negative feelings that often indelibly shape a person’s character. With a character driven by such emotions, the man cannot enter Paradise. To enter Paradise, he needs to be a person of virtuous character. For this, man should not build his character under external factors but, instead, according to certain moral principles. Only people of honest character can be held eligible to enter and live in Paradise in the life after death. This is the creation plan under which man has been created.
Paradise is that ideal world where a man can find perfect peace and satisfaction and where he will be in the company of those people who make his life truly meaningful. The desire for this Paradise is enshrined in every person’s heart. It is this Paradise where man will find accurate and complete fulfilment. With his whole being, man is in search of this very Paradise. Moreover, Paradise is waiting with its entire being for such people. The time is coming when Paradise and man shall meet each other and find the pair made for them.
