The Challenge of Man

THE CHALLENGE OF MAN In the world before death, we should be content with what we have and patiently persevere in the face of challenges so that in the world after death, we may be eligible for Paradise, where there is complete fulfilment of desires. In line with the law of nature, man is born in such conditions that his entire life passes in toil. Accordingly, arduous struggle and sorrow are a necessary part of the Creator’s creation plan. No person has the power to save himself from this course of toil in this world of test. In the life of this world, sorrow and toil are part of the Creator’s creation plan. This system exists so that man can be reminded that the present world has not been made for him as a place to make merry but as a sort of examination hall. The present world exists so that man can pass through different situations. Amidst these situations, it is decided whether a person is worthy of being settled in the eternal world of Paradise or not. Those people who, passing through these situations, give the desired response will be lodged in eternal Paradise in the Hereafter, while those who do not provide the proper and desirable response will live in eternal deprivation. This state of toil remains intact in this world. However, people do not understand its reality because of unawareness of God’s creation plan. By wrongly reacting against it, they fail in the examination of life.