THE CREATION PLAN OF GOD — Discover Meaning

in this world is the presence everywhere of rebellious and insolent people. In the heavenly society of the Hereafter, all such evil-doers will be separated from good people; the heavenly society will then be comprised only of virtuous souls. Only in heaven then will it be possible to create an ideal society. The error in the thinking of secular philosophers derives from their desire to construct in this present world the ideal society — the society which, according to God’s scheme of things, is going to become a reality only in the world of the Hereafter. The most formidable obstacle to the emergence of an ideal society is human freedom, but thanks to the exigencies of God’s trial of humanity, human freedom is not going to be taken away. The ideal society will thus remain a distant dream. According to the Quran, the truth has been fully set forth in this world. Now it is up to man to put his faith in it or to deny it (18: 29). At another point the Quran says: The straight way leads to God and there are ways which deviate from the right course. If He so wished, He would guide you all. THE QURAN 16: 9 The Quran further observes: If your Lord had wished, He would have made mankind into one community. As it is, they will not cease to dispute, and to this end He has created them (all), except for those to whom your Lord has shown mercy. The word of your Lord shall be fulfilled. THE QURAN 11: 118-119 This freedom granted to man by his Creator is the reason why a society with uniformity in all its aspects could never be produced in human history. If in a society there are virtuous people, there are wicked people as well. The unworthy have never ceased to create disturbance; even the societies founded by the prophets are no exception. This is why despite the existence of good individuals in this world, a good society could never become a possibility. However, this is not a matter of evil, or even of deficiency. The truth is that the recurrence of disturbance and dissension in society is essential to the realization of the Creation Plan itself, for good people