CREATION PLAN OF GOD

Badges mark quoted or attributed material (Qur'an, hadith, another author, an opposing view). Unbadged passages are Maulana Wahiduddin Khan's own words.

Contents (51 chapters)

1. Foreword
2. TAWHEED:Oneness of God
3. WHO ARE ANGELS?
4. WHO ARE THE PROPHETS?
5. PROPHET MUHAMMAD
6. LIFE OF PROPHET MUHAMMAD
7. THE TEACHINGS OF THE PROPHET
8. QURAN: Word of God
9. HADITH: Traditions of Prophet Muhammad
10. ISLAM: Submission to God
11. IMAN: Belief in God
12. THE TRIAL OF MAN
13. CREATION PLAN OF GOD
14. ACTIONS DEPEND UPON INTENTION
15. CONCEPT OF HEREAFTER
16. PARADISE AND HELL
17. RABBANIYAT: Islamic Spirituality
18. TAQWA: God-Consciousness
19. SHUKR: Gratitude to God
20. ZIKR: Remembrance of God
21. SALAT: Prayer Instills Modesty in a Worshipper
22. SAWM: Fasting Teaches Restraint
23. ZAKAT: The Law of Almsgiving
24. CHARITY: Well-Wishing of Others
25. HAJJ: Piligrimage to Makkah
26. THE SIMPLE PRINCIPLE OF MORALITY
27. SABR (PATIENCE): The Superior Solution
28. SPEAKING THE TRUTH
29. FULFILLING PROMISES
30. THE IMPORTANCE OF CLEANLINESS
31. TOLERANCE LEADS TO RESPECTING DIFFERENCES
32. JIHAD IN ISLAM
33. AVOIDANCE OF CLASH
34. AT THE TIME OF DIFFERENCES
35. A GOOD NEIGHBOUR IS A GOOD HUMAN BEING
36. A BELIEVER’S DUTIES TOWARD HUMANITY
37. SERVING HUMANITY
38. ISLAM AND HUMAN EQUALITY
39. HUMAN BROTHERHOOD
40. GOD-ORIENTED LIFE
41. PRAYER: Expression of Heartfelt Attachment to God
42. PRAYERS REFRESH THE FAITH OF THE BELIEVER
43. MORNINGS AND EVENINGS IN THE LIFE OF A BELIEVER
44. TAWASSUM: Spiritual Nourishment From Everyday Events
45. HOW SHOULD ONE LIVE IN THE FAMILY?
46. BEAUTY IN SIMPLICITY
47. DIVINE WAY: MOVE WITHIN YOUR SPHERE
48. THE PURPOSE OF WEALTH
49. LOSS AND GAIN
50. CONCEPT OF SALVATION
51. CONCLUSION

CREATION PLAN OF GOD

According to the creation plan of God the present world is a place for preparation while the next eternal world is the place to reap the rewards of one’s actions.

God has a plan for human beings. The plan is that every human being be put in this world for a limited period of time in order to test him, then whoever measures up to the test is accepted and rewarded by God. Those who do not pass this test will be rejected outright.

To meet the exigencies of the test, a person has been given freedom in his life in this world. Here what an individual receives is not his rights: it is only a test paper. Every situation is a test paper, and in every situation, one has to rise to the occasion.

It is not proper for a person to be carried away by his desires and whims. The right attitude for him is that he should try to understand the creation plan of God and, accepting that, build his life accordingly.

By misusing his freedom in this present world, he can deviate from the divine plan, but he cannot save himself from the consequences thereof.

And in such a situation, it is in the interests of everyone to be extremely prudent in determining the course his or her life will take. Instead of being guided by his own wishes a person should be guided by God’s will. Instead of chasing after his desires, he should lead a life in accordance with divine principles.

Every human being is a divine creation, but at the same time, he is subject to the creation plan of God. It is in acceding to this that he will discover the secret of human progress.

Just as humans have achieved success in building a modern industrial civilization by discovering the laws of nature and making use of them, so also, in the next eternal world humans will have a greater success only when they place God’s creation plan for humanity in the right perspective and then adopt that plan for building their lives here in this world.