God Expects Voluntary Obedience from Humans

GOD EXPECTS VOLUNTARY OBEDIENCE FROM HUMANS Almighty God created man and gave him freedom. Voluntary obedience to God’s will makes him deserving of eternal reward, and saves him from eternal punishment. C hapter 33 of the Quran states: “We offered the Trust to the heavens and the earth and the mountains, but they refused to bear it, because they were afraid of it. But man bore it: he surely proved unjust and ignorant. God will punish the hypocrites, both men and women, and polytheists, both men and women, but God will turn in His mercy to believing men and believing women; God is most forgiving and most merciful.” (33:72-73) Human beings and the universe – both are God’s creations. It is required from both to remain totally under God’s subjection. However, there is a difference between the two. The universe has accepted subjection to God as a matter of compulsion, whereas it is