FLOWERS AND THORNS — The Creation Plan of God
Spirit of Islam, Aug 2014, p. 38
By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
Maulana Wahiduddin Khan is named as the default author of the periodical; a piece that carries another writer’s byline is credited to that writer.
FLOWERS AND THORNS The Creation Plan of God T HE life span of a human being is more than a billion years but this life span is divided into two different periods. Approximately 100 years of this life is before death and the entire remaining life after death. The first phase of life is spent in the present world and the next phase of life is to be spent in the world of ‘tomorrow’. Today’s world is like a jungle. We have flowers as well as thorns. In the world of ‘tomorrow’, the flowers and thorns will be separated from each other. After this a final eternal world will be experienced where part of it will consist of only thorns, and another, of only flowers. Everyone has the opportunity to make preparations for their eternal future in today’s world. One has to show from their life’s record whether they have qualified to dwell in the jungle of thorns or in the Garden of Paradise. The conditions of today’s world are actually a means of preparation of man’s personality. In today’s world, these two groups are being formed. Every man shows from the record of his life as to which of the groups he has qualified himself in — the group of thorns or the group of flowers. The conditions of today’s world are actually a means of preparation of this personality. Every man and woman undergoes this process. In the world of today, both these kinds of personalities do not appear to be separate; but in the world of tomorrow, both kinds of personalities will be separated completely as in the form of flowers or in the form of thorns. The two-sided action affecting the human personality can also be termed as the positive and negative personality. Every man experiences negativity in today’s world. One who takes negative experience entirely in its negativity will develop a negative personality within him. A person who converts negative experiences into positive food (lessons) will form a positive personality.

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