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thing that man does, is right. Prof. H. Wayne House, from the theology
department of Michigan University, points out in one of his papers that
according to the perverted beliefs of the New Age movement, man as a

divinity cannot judge or be judged by another, and that rights and
wrongs do not exist. 161
It follows that all murders, torture, robberies, plunder, atrocities
and injustices taking place on earth must be considered as beyond
judgment. This is a clear mistake as man is not hold unaccountable.
There is a Creator who sees everything he does, knows all he thinks
and Who will judge, and either reward or punish him after his death.
Our Creator Allah, has created man with a soul, reason, willpower and
the faculties of comparison and judgment. Even if man has instincts
that drive him, he has been created with these faculties with which he
can choose that which is right instead of evil. Someone who is easily ag-
itated and of little or no restraint, can consider himself and his oppo-
nent as animals, and injure him without thought and can be similarly
cruel even if he is facing a defenseless child. In contrast, someone aware

of the soul within given to him by Allah, will be rational and self-con-
scious at all times and exercise self-control when he feels anger build-
ing up inside. His judgment and conscience will be clear and he will re-
frain from even the smallest bad deed that he will be held to account
for in the Presence of Allah. Those who act differently will have com-
mitted a crime. They chose to do wrong and commit a sin because they
do not believe in Allah, do not believe that they will be answerable to
Him, and therefore do not exercise restraint. Allah reveals in one verse
that He has given man the ability to do right as well as wrong (Surat
ash-Shams: 7-10). Therefore he knows right from wrong and only does
wrong when he does not follow the voice of his conscience. Every per-
son has a soul given to them by Allah and is ultimately answerable to
his Creator. In one verse we are told:

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