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Quranic Wisdom

This exception of the human being is not any form of
discrimination against man. Instead, it is a good tiding for him.
It is meant to activate his mind to think why in a world where
every creature has been provided its counterpart or habitat, man
is the only exception who has been deprived in this regard? If
man engages in deep contemplation, he will discover that this is
a result of a great divine planning.
The fact is that the present world is not an eternal world.
Scientific research reports that our world is dying and a day
will come when the world will become totally uninhabitable for
humans. It means that even if man gets his required habitat in
this world, it would certainly be for a temporary period. However,
man’s high hopes cannot be fulfilled except in an eternal habitat.
God Almighty has prepared this eternal habitat for man in some
place in the vast universe, just as He has created the present
temporary world. This fact is mentioned in the chapter Al-Sajdah
(Prostration) of the Quran in these words:
No soul knows what is hidden for them of that which
will refresh the eyes; a reward for what they did. (32:17)

The only condition to find an honourable seat in the eternal
habitat of Paradise is one. That is, man should prepare himself
as a deserving candidate for this perfect world. A day will come
when man will find the missing item of creation, not in the
present world, but in the world hereafter.

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