The Creation Plan of God

ON THE THRESHOLD OF PARADISE to a particular Plan. The Quran, the only preserved religious scripture, sheds light on this Plan. Enthroned above the waters, it was He who created the heavens and the earth in six Days [periods] in order to test which of you is best in conduct. (The Quran, 11:7) We have adorned the earth with attractive things to test mankind as to which one is best in conduct. (The Quran, 18:7) He created death and life so that He might test you and find out which of you is best in conduct. (The Quran, 67:2) The human being was created as an eternal being, and ‘death and life’ represent both the pre-death and postdeath periods of human life. So, death and life cover the entire eternal lifespan of human beings. The Creator of man has created him according to a particular Plan. His intention is that man must spend a period of trial in this present, imperfect world, and after this, according to his deeds, he will earn the right to inhabit the perfect and eternal world, another name for which is Paradise. According to His will, God created a perfect world called Paradise: a world in accordance with all of