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Quranic Wisdom

I am not great. I am accepting this fact as a reality, without the
slightest compulsion.’
The fact is that man is the only creature throughout the
universe who has been endowed with a mind, who consciously
knows ‘I am what I am’. Although man has no power, but as
regards freedom, he enjoys complete freedom without any
restrictions. In other words, God is All-powerful while man is all-
powerless in spite of having complete freedom. When man says:
‘O God Almighty, You are my Lord!’ he says this consciously,
without any compulsion. This phenomenon is the greatest
moment in the whole universe. This is like making the second
extent of the all-powerless in comparison to the All-powerful.

This is the speciality of man. It is this speciality that makes man
a deserving candidate for Paradise. Paradise will not be granted
on a mass scale. It will be given to those lucky persons who are
able to stand on this highly complex test. Paradise is a perfect
place, and only those individuals will find entry to Paradise who
prove that they possess the perfect quality of having discovered
God at a conscious level. It is this missing link of the universe
that is called man.

Paradise: The Ideal World

to Live In

n the chapter Fussilat (Revelations Well Expounded) of the
IQuran there is mention of Paradise. The angels will tell the
inhabitants of Paradise:
Therein you shall have all that your souls desire, and
therein you shall have all that you ask for. (41:34)

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