Quranic Wisdom

I am not great. I am accepting this fact as a reality, without the slightest compulsion.’ The fact is that man is the only creature throughout the universe who has been endowed with a mind, who consciously knows ‘I am what I am’. Although man has no power, but as regards freedom, he enjoys complete freedom without any restrictions. In other words, God is All-powerful while man is allpowerless in spite of having complete freedom. When man says: ‘O God Almighty, You are my Lord!’ he says this consciously, without any compulsion. This phenomenon is the greatest moment in the whole universe. This is like making the second extent of the all-powerless in comparison to the All-powerful. This is the speciality of man. It is this speciality that makes man a deserving candidate for Paradise. Paradise will not be granted on a mass scale. It will be given to those lucky persons who are able to stand on this highly complex test. Paradise is a perfect place, and only those individuals will find entry to Paradise who prove that they possess the perfect quality of having discovered God at a conscious level. It is this missing link of the universe that is called man. Paradise: The Ideal World to Live In I n the chapter Fussilat (Revelations Well Expounded) of the Quran there is mention of Paradise. The angels will tell the inhabitants of Paradise: Therein you shall have all that your souls desire, and therein you shall have all that you ask for. (41:34)