Period of Respite

between his birth and his death, serves as a line of demarcation between this world and the Hereafter. As soon as the trial period is completed, the consequences of our actions will appear, right before our eyes, although man had thought this event to be in the far distant future. Though the Creator of the Universe is in the unseen, His being is clearly manifest in everything. If man were to ponder seriously upon the universe, he would certainly find God. He would discover the reality that in the present universe, the only behaviour proper to man is that of obedience to God. Those who indulge in insolent behaviour towards God have no place in His world. Creation is an introduction of the Creator. For its observer, it is a manifestation of the Creator. □ The System Established by God [O Men!] Are you harder to create than the heaven which He has built? He raised it high and fashioned it, giving darkness to its night and brightness to its day. And the earth He extended after that; and then drew from it water and brought forth its pastures. And the mountains He set down—a provision for you and your cattle. But when the supreme disaster strikes—the day when man will call to mind his labours and when Hell is brought in sight (of all)—those who transgressed and chose this present life will find themselves in Hell; but those who feared to stand before their Lord and curbed their soul’s desires shall dwell in Paradise. They question you about the Hour of Doom: ‘When shall it be?’ But how are you to know? Your Lord alone knows when it will come. You are but a warner for those who fear it.