THE UNIVERSE—A SOURCE OF DIVINE INSPIRATION

~ 14 ~ this transient world? Would you like to realize your full potential after experiencing the limitation of your capacities in this present world?” God created a perfect and complete world as an eternal abode for Man. Then, He wanted to know who was worthy of inhabiting that eternal world. For this purpose, He created the time-bound and imperfect abode in which we are now living. This life, therefore, is only a test. Man is constantly under the observation of his Lord. With every utterance and movement, Man is writing his own eternal destiny. One who, during his pre-death period proves himself through his conduct deserving of that world will, in his post-deathperiod, be rewarded with admission into it. Others, however, will be flung into the Universal junkyard, that is Hell, condemned for all eternity. So, they will lose both worlds, the present incomplete world as well as the next, perfect and everlasting world. God has revealed Himself in two books—the Qur’an and the Universe. The Qur’an is a literal version of God's word, while the Universe, or nature, is a practical demonstration of it. These two