MONOTHEISM AND HUMAN BEINGS

~ 35 ~ to interfere with it as they are doing with the systems of the earth! Human beings, on the other hand, are slaves to their own passions. Their affairs are, therefore, most often fraught with disharmony and disorder. All evil on earth springs from this misuse of freedom by human beings, who have thus proved how genuine were the apprehensions expressed by the Angels before God at the time of the creation of the first human being: Are you going to place therein (earth) someone who will make mischief therein and shed blood? (2:30). The freedom enjoyed by human beings is not absolute, but transitory, and exists solely for the purpose of putting man on trial (The Qur’an 67:2). The Lord of the universe is eternally vigilant, and sees who makes the right, and who makes the wrong use of the freedom given to him, so that in the next phase of our lives (the Hereafter), He knows on whom to shower His blessings, and on whom to wreak His divine vengeance. Our planetary