A western philosopher has written that it
appears that man is a stranger in this vast
universe. It seems that neither has man been
made for this world, nor has this world been
made for man. Both seem mismatched.
Man is born with unlimited potential, yet in
the present world he finds only a very limited
use for it. According to his nature, man wants
to live eternally, but very soon, without his leave,
death arrives and puts an end to his life. He
harbours an ocean of desires in his heart, but
these desires are never fulfilled. He houses a life
of dreams in his mind, but these dreams are
never realized. In this case, there is no difference
between a poor man and a rich man. Why are
man and the present world so mismatched? We
can find our answer if we understand God’s
Creation Plan.
The reality is that God—the Creator of man,
has created man according to His Plan. To
become acquainted with this Plan it is necessary
for a man to have a thorough understanding of
himself—just as the workings of a machine can
only be understood when we study the drawings
of the engineer who made it. Besides the mind
of the engineer, there is no other thing that can
clarify what the machine is meant for. The case
of man is the same.
The existence of man is such a unique
phenomenon that no other such example can be
found throughout the vastness of the cosmos.
Man is rightly called the ‘best of all creations,’
which means the best and most meaningful
‘being’ among all the things created. Such a
‘meaningful being’ cannot have been created
without a purpose. The Creator of man has
created him according to a special Plan. His
intention being that man must spend a period of
trial in this present, imperfect world and
subsequent to this, according to his deeds, he
will earn the right to inhabit the perfect and
eternal world, another name for which is
Paradise.
The Creator of the world has created this
world, as one half of a pair—the present world,
in which we pass our lives after birth, is the
first half; and the next eternal world where we
live after death is the other half. The Creator
of man has thus created him as an eternal
creature and has divided his life into two
stages—the pre-death period or the life in this
world and the post death period or the life after
death. The limited period before death is meant
to be a test for man, while the period after his
death will be the period for his reward or
punishment, based on his performance in the
test in this life. This is the scheme of existence
for this world as devised by its Creator. The
real aim of creation is to select those who are
fit to inhabit the world of Paradise.
--Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
( Ref - Reality of Life )
