Creation Plan of God
English book, p. 14
By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
Age would culminate in the perfect world—Paradise—that he longed for. However, these hopes were dashed with the arrival of pollution, acid rain, and global warming. Moreover, global warming has made it abundantly clear that man cannot build a Paradise on Earth. Paradise will only be found in a state of perfection in the Hereafter. In Paradise, man will experience a life of eternal joy, peace, and happiness. There will be no need for physical labour; pleasant intellectual activities will suffice to achieve all desired goals. Man must realize that he stands on the threshold of Paradise. The present Earth is a Paradise-inthe-making, not Paradise itself. So, how can man achieve the Paradise of his dreams? To find an answer to this question, one must become aware of the Creation Plan of God. God has created man according to His Plan. To become acquainted with this plan, man must thoroughly understand himself. Just as the workings of a machine can only be understood when we study the engineer’s drawings, the same principle applies to understanding man. Besides the engineer’s mind, there is no other way to clarify what the machine is meant for. The case is the same for man. Only by understanding the Creation Plan of the Creator can we know the purpose of man’s life. Man’s existence is such a unique phenomenon that no comparable 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 created things. Such a ‘meaningful being’ cannot have been created without a purpose. The Creator of man has created him according to a

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