Creation Plan of God

CREATION PLAN OF GOD The Quran states that on the Day of Resurrection, according to the record which the angels present based on our deeds, only selected men and women will find a place in the ideal world of Paradise (41:30-31). CREATION PLAN OF GOD God created a perfect realm called paradise. Since such a paradise can only be inhabited by beings of pure perfection, God created humans with the potential to seek and strive for this ideal. Placed in this finite world as a test, our actions and choices will determine our worthiness to enter Paradise. God—the Creator, has created man according to His Plan. To become acquainted with this Plan, a man must have a thorough understanding of himself—just as the workings of a machine can only be understood when we study the drawings of the engineer who made it. Besides the mind of the engineer, there is no other thing that can clarify what the machine is meant for. The case of man is the same. The existence of man is such a unique phenomenon that no other such 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 the things created. Such a ‘meaningful being’ cannot have been created without a purpose. The Creator of man has created him according to a special Plan. The Quran, the only preserved religious scripture, sheds light on this Plan: “Enthroned above the waters, it was He who created the