Al-Risala (English), April 1984

CONCLUSION I hope that it has become clear from the above discussion that the solution to the problems of humanity is the same as the solution which has been applied so successfully to the rest of the world. The rest of the world is a living proof of the fact that wherever the principles which guide the universe are applied, peace and harmony prevail. Man can perfect his own society only by applying these universal norms to his own life. God imposed these norms on the rest of the world but he allowed man to deviate from them. For He wishes to grant man the credit of having chosen for himself the path which the rest of the world is forced to follow. Man’s action by choice is the price he has to pay for heaven. To prove himself worthy of heaven man has to be tested in this world, and he cannot be tested if he is not free to act as he chooses. The coming world of God (heaven) will be inhabited by those who impose the same ‘truth’ by themselves which is now imposed on the rest of the world by God. Paradise is just a perfect world to be occupied by those who prove themselves to be self-disciplined. Observance of discipline makes one predictable and predictable character alone can entitle one to enter paradise. □ The Pharaoh of Moses “But We will this day deliver you with your body so that you may be a sign to those after you. And most surely the majority of the people are heedless to Our communications.” (10:92) This passage from the Quran has reference to the death of Pharaoh near the Red Sea, while in pursuit of Moses and the Israelites, and states that his body was not lost in the sea, but cast ashore, and afterwards embalmed and that this should, in due course be made known to generations to come. The Bible makes no mention of it, nor do we find anything about it in any book of history. Recently, however, among the mummies in Egypt the body of Ramses II, who has been identified with the Pharaoh of Moses, has been discovered. Those who seek among modern data for proof of the veracity of the Holy Scriptures will find a magnificent illustration of the above verses of the Quran dealing with the Pharaoh’s body by visiting the Royal Mummies Room of the Egyptian Museum, Cairo.