SENSE OF INCOMPLETENESS — Find The Divine Scheme

of the universe are living with a sense of completeness, we realize that this phenomenon is not any sort of defect in creation. It gives us a clue to the fact that, the divine scheme of things regarding man, is different from that for other components of the universe. That is, all other creatures of the universe are born with their complements for fulfilment. However, man lacks this complement in this world and hence is unable to find fulfilment. Every man and woman is born as an idealist or perfectionist, but the world in which we live is imperfect and less than ideal. The Quran tells us that man’s complement was also created by God just as He created it for other things, but in the case of man, this gift requires eternity. That, is, man’s complement for fulfillment exists in the eternal world of the Hereafter and not in this limited world. The Quran says that when man shall enter into Paradise, the angels will announce: “Rejoice in the [good news of the] Garden that you have been promised.” (THE QURAN 41: 30) Here, the word “promise” includes the natural urge of human beings. The natural urge in this regard is a silent promise made by God: ‘Wait for some time and you will be provided with all those things that you want. God has created a world, that is, Paradise, where you will find total fulfilment.’ This fact has been mentioned in the Quran in these words: “Therein you shall have all that your souls desire, and therein you shall have all that you ask for.” (THE QURAN 41: 31) The sense of incompleteness in human nature is in itself a good tiding. It tells us that a day will come when man will surely enjoy the experience of completeness, that is, in eternal Paradise. o