Purposeful Creation : God's Vision for Mankind

be those whom God rejects, for they will have nothing to look forward to except eternal torment and disgrace. THE QURAN AND THE CREATION PLAN OF GOD The objective of the Quran is to make man aware of the Creation plan of God: man’s life is divided into two periods: the pre-death period, which is a time of trial, and the post-death period, which is the time for receiving the rewards or punishment merited by one’s actions during one’s lifetime. Every Book has its objective, and the objective of the Quran is to make man aware of the Creation plan of God. That is, to tell man why God created this world, what the purpose is of settling man on Earth, what is required from man in his pre-death life span, and what he is going to confront after death. Man is born as an eternal creature. When God created man as such, He divided his life span into two periods: the pre-death period, which is a time of trial, and the post-death period, which is the time for receiving the rewards or punishment merited by one’s actions during one’s lifetime. These take the form of eternal paradise or eternal hell. The test of man rests on his discovery of God, who is in the unseen. Before we can see Him, we should voluntarily surrender ourselves to Him. We should willingly adopt divine ethics. We should develop intellectually and spiritually until we are fit to inhabit the refined world of Paradise. The purpose of the Quran is to make man aware of this reality.