VOLUNTARY SUBMISSION

Voluntary Submission ~ 43 ~ VOLUNTARY SUBMISSION We offered Our trust to the heavens, to the earth, and to the mountains, but they refused the burden, and were afraid to receive it. Man undertook to bear it, but he has proved a sinner and a fool. God will surely punish the hypocrites and the unbelievers, both men and women, but God pardons believing men and believing women. God is Forgiving and Merciful. (The Qur’an 33:72·73) Man and the universe are creations of God. It is required that both of them completely surrender themselves to God. However, there is a difference in the nature of each surrender. Whereas the universe has from the outset been subjected to God’s will, man is required when he reaches the age of reason to submit himself to God of his own free will. ‘Trust’ here relates to free will. Free will is a matter of trust because it is a gift which God has given to man temporarily in order to test whether he will put it to the best use or not. Trust, in other