VERSES NO. 118 - 119

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Verses 120-123Verses 118-119

      The theme in the above verses, is the conflict and differences that always exists among mankind, and which arises, to some extent, from Man,s FREE WILL

      ``Had your Lord willed, he would have made people one single nation, but they shall continue to differ for ever.''

      Allah could have easily made His servants Monotheists and good doers by force-majeure; but such a faith and conduct, worths nothing and deserves no reward or praise for being the contrary to Free-Will. So, many of our differences are caused by our limited Free-Will, and when our selfishness and moral wrongs are added to, our difference increase, and then dissension and disagreement in opinion and religion will move us towards the battle-fields and blood-shed! In this conflict, Satan, his companions, and evil spirits, will fan the fire of variances and add fuel to it, and therefore both parties are involved in the punishment, and they fill up the Hell collectively:ِ

      ``And the word of your Lord is fulfilled that; I shall fill up the Hell with Jinns and Man all together.''

      A few points are here to be considered:ِ

       Without having a Free-Will, Man can not take any step towards moral and spiritual evolution and development. This is made clear through the verses in S 91:8ِ

      ``By the soul and He who shaped it; and inspired it with the knowledge of its wrong and right. Blessed is he who purified it, and failed he who has corrupted it.

       What is the purpose of Man's creation?''

      To this question, there are three answer in the Book with different wordings, but the same meaning:ِ

* In the S 51:56, we have:ِ ``I did not create man and jinn except to worship Me''

* In the S 67:2 we read:ِ ``It is he who created death and life in order to test you to make known which one of you is the best in deeds.''

* And finally we have S 11:119``Except those on whom your Lord has Mercy, and for that end has He created them.''

      If we study the said three verses which contain the purpose of our creation, we find no difference in them, because nothing can ever exist without being a manifestation of God's Mercy to some extent and to some how.

      Rumi has referred to the above verses in his great Mathnavi by saying:ِ

      ``I did not create man to profit from him. I rather created my servants to bestow on them, my gift and Mercy.''

 

 

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