The Divine Organisation of History

Negative Interpretation of History traceable to the misuse of freedom granted to man by God. Revoking human freedom is tantamount to revoking the Creator’s plan. That is why God has designed man’s case to be individual-based rather than collective-based or to be at an individual level rather than a collective level. The Creator’s concern is not to establish an ideal system at the level of the whole human society, which can happen only when human freedom is totally withdrawn, and this certainly does not fit in with the Creator’s plan. According to the plan of creation, it is impossible to achieve the ideal at a collective level. But it is quite possible that there will arise extraordinary individuals out of the multitude—such men as would discover the truth by their own efforts and mould themselves accordingly. These are the exceptional people desired by the Creator. This is what is meant by managing history according to His own plan while maintaining human freedom. We can learn the scheme of the Creator of the universe from a study of the Quran. In chapter 4 of the Quran there is a verse as follows, “Whoever obeys God and the Messenger will be among those He has blessed: the messengers, the truthful, the witnesses, and the righteous. What