Two Types of Souls

TWO TYPES OF SOULS In the present world, man is free to choose between two courses: he can accept God’s greatness and surrender before Him or he can live in his own glory. The Quran says: “He who purifies it (his soul) will indeed be successful, and he who corrupts it is sure to fail.” (91: 9-10) The present world is a testing ground for us before the life of the Hereafter dawns. It is an opportunity for us to prepare for the Hereafter. If you leave this world and enter the world of the Hereafter as a noble and pure soul, you will be settled in the delightful environs of heaven. And if you depart from this world for the world of the Hereafter as a soul laden with evil, you will be hurled into the universal dustbin for all eternity. The present world is, as it were, God’s nursery. Different types of plants are grown in a nursery. The gardener inspects all of them. Those that he does not want, he plucks out and throws away. And the ones