The Spirit of Islam

God’s trust is an extremely crucial responsibility, because it gives rise to the problem of reward and punishment. Other creatures, being helpless, are bound to conform to the will of God. So there is no question of reward or punishment for them. But, a human being enjoys freedom and this being so, he is deserving of reward or punishment. PRIOR INTIMATION OF THE DOOMSDAY God gave man the capability to think and distinguish between truth and untruth. By using it one receives proper guidance while failing to use it leads one astray. C hapter 35 of the Quran states: “O Men. The promise of God is true. Let not the life of this world deceive you, nor let the Deceiver deceive you about God. Surely Satan is your enemy: so treat him as an enemy: he calls on his followers only so that they should become inmates of the burning Fire. Those who are bent on denying the truth will have a severe