The Creative Plan of God

JULY 17 The Creative Plan of God The system of guidance in this world is based on the principle of faith in the Unseen (2:3). That is, all realities are placed here in invisible state. Now it is man’s job to bring into play his intellectual powers and discover these hidden realities and then lead his life in complete accordance with them. Now what is required of man is to give all greatness to God, in spite of the fact that God’s greatness is not visible to the naked eye. Similarly, it is required of man that he joins hands with the preachers of truth, however since the preachers always come in the form of common men, this recognition (of the preacher) is possible only for a person who has the ability to penetrate beyond appearances. This is also the case with matters of the world. There were great potential in matter, but all of these lay hidden inside the earth. Discovering these material potential and developing them into the form of an advanced civilization was the job to be performed by man. It was this task which man has performed on a large scale in modern times. It would be true to say, therefore, that the method of nature is exactly the same, as is termed ‘the discovery method’ in the science of education. Man has been given a brain of high quality, having potentially all the necessary abilities in order to put this discovery method into practice. Man’s mind had the capacity to arrive at the realities of things by thinking deeply. It was thus possible for him to recognize his Creator on the one hand and discover hidden material blessings and put them into use for building his civilization, on the other. The status of the Prophet in this process is one of a reliable guide. God’s message gives man those basic principles in the light and guidance of which he may begin his journey of discovery and arrive ultimately at the destination of success. The reality arrived at in this way is man’s personal discovery. It deeply influences his whole personality. It becomes for him an eternal asset of his life. But when we see the history of the world we learn that soon after the beginning of humanity on earth, absolutism (system of coercion) was established in the form of monarchy. The entire populated world came under