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A whole series of prophets, starting with the first man Adam, continued to come to this world over a long period of time, each in a different generation — for instance, Prophets Noah, Abraham, Moses, Jesus and the Prophet Muhammad, who was the final prophet. Through the Prophets, God explained to human beings in one generation after another that the present world had been made as a selection ground: the actual and eternal place for man’s settlement was Paradise. Paradise was eternal as well as ideal in every respect; but entry into Paradise would only be on a selective basis. An invisible recording system has been established on a universal scale by God, by means of which the words and deeds of every man and woman are continually being recorded. This record will be placed before them on the Day of Judgement. Then, in accordance with this record of people’s deeds, only those individuals who qualify for it will be selected for the perfect world of Paradise. The Creator wanted to grant this special award to those selected individuals, so that they might eternally remain in this ideal world of Paradise, in an atmosphere of all kinds of pleasure and happiness experiencing complete fulfilment. This will be a unique blessing of God which will be bestowed upon only a few fortunate human beings. The rest of the people will be thrown into hell, the dustbin of the universe, there to suffer eternally the torment of deprivation, frustration and despair. The Creator did not want to create this world by a miracle, but rather through cause and effect. The Prophet Moses was God’s messenger. He threw a wooden staff on the ground and by God’s command it turned into a live serpent. Had God so desired, He could have created the entire universe all of a sudden — miraculously — like Moses’ staff God sent the prophets to carry out the task of explaining to human beings His creation plan in a language which they could understand. The Creator produced the Universe by a long complex process, so that man might develop his thinking capacity and reach a high stage of intellectual development and God-realisation.