The Creation of Adam

announce the reward in the form of eternal paradise. But the majority of human beings remained unaware and failed to understand this divine plan. By misusing their freedom, the majority lost their rights to find entry into paradise, except for a small number who understood the divine plan. By making proper use of their freedom, they proved themselves deserving of paradise. In the light of this Quranic statement, we learn that by looking at the entire human race, the angels concluded that total freedom would certainly lead to corruption and perversion in the world which was set in perfect order by God. God responded to the angles through a demonstration showing that, although at the collective level people would take to evil ways; but besides the wicked and the corrupt, there would also be, at individual levels, among their number, great righteous and pious souls. They would use their freedom properly and thus would be entitled to the Lord’s eternal paradise. The above verse of the Quran states that God presented these exceptions of human history before the angels through a demonstration. The angles understood that their apprehension was not in accord with God’s creation plan. They looked at the whole human race in totality, whereas God’s planning was individual based.