Appendix 7
Why
Were
We Created ?
We are in this world because we committed a horrendous crime, and this life
is our chance to redeem
ourselves, denounce our crime, and rejoin God’s kingdom.
It all began a few billion years ago when
“a
feud
arose
in
the
Heavenly
Society” (38:69). One of the high-ranking creatures, Satan, entertained supercilious thoughts that his God-given powers qualified him to be a god besides God. He
thus challenged God’s absolute
authority. Not only was Satan’s idea blasphemous, it was wrong—only God, and no one else, possesses the qualifications and ability
to be a god. Consequent to Satan’s blasphemy, a division
occurred in the Heavenly
Society, and all constituents of God’s kingdom became classified into four categories:
1. Angels: Creatures who upheld God’s absolute authority.
2. Animals: Rebels (animals, trees, stars, etc.) who took advantage of God’s offer to repent and re-enter His kingdom. [From Introduction.]
3. Jinns: Creatures who agreed with Satan; that he is capable
of being a “god.”
4. Humans: Creatures who did not make up their minds; they failed to make
a firm stand with God’s absolute
authority.
The Most Merciful
The angels expected God
to
banish
the
creatures
who
did
not
uphold
His
absolute authority (2:30). But God is Most
Merciful;
He
decided
to
give
us
a
chance to denounce our mistake,
and informed the angels that He knew what they did
not know
(2:30). God
knew that
some creatures
deserved a chance
to be redeemed.
If you claim
the ability to fly a plane, the best way to test your claim
is to give you a plane and ask you to fly it. This is precisely what God decided to do in response to Satan’s claim. God created
seven
vast
universes,
then
informed
the
angels that He was appointing Satan as a god on the tiny mote called “Earth”
(2:30). The Quranic accounts
related to
appointing Satan as a temporary
“god” (36:60) confirm the previous scripture.
God’s plan called for creating death (67:1-2),
then
bringing
the
humans
and
jinns
into
this world. Thus, they start over without
any biases, and exercise full freedom
to
uphold
God’s absolute authority or Satan’s polytheistic theory. To make this crucial decision, every
human being receives a
message
from
God
advocating His absolute authority, as well as a message from Satan pushing his polytheistic principles. To give us a headstart, the Most Merciful gathered all
the
human
beings
before
Him,
prior to sending us to this world,
and we bore witness that He alone
is our Lord and Master (7:172).
Thus,
upholding God’s
absolute
authority is a natural instinct that is an integral part of every
human being. After putting the rebels
to
death,
the
souls of humans and jinns
were placed in a
special depository.
God then created the
appropriate bodies to house the souls of jinns
and humans during the test
period. The first
jinn body was
made from fire,
and Satan was assigned
to that body (15:27). The first human body was created from earthly material, clay (15:26), and God assigned the first human
soul to that body. The
divine plan called
for the angels
to serve the humans on earth—guard them, drive the wind and rain for them, distribute provisions, etc. This
fact is stated
in the Quran allegorically: “Your Lord said to the angels,
‘Fall prostrate before
Adam.’ ” Satan of course refused
to have anything to do with serving the human race (2:34,
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While Adam’s body remained
on earth, the real person,
the soul, was admitted
into Heaven in the outermost
universe. God gave Adam certain commandments,
represented by the forbidden tree, and Satan was appointed
as Adam’s companion
to deliver to Adam his satanic
message. The rest is history.
Every time a human being is born, a human person is assigned to the new baby
from the depository of souls. God assigns the souls in accordance with His
knowledge (28:68). Every soul deserves
to be assigned to a certain body, and live under certain circumstances. God alone knows which souls are good and which souls are
evil. Our children are assigned
to our homes in accordance with God’s plan.
An independent jinn soul is also assigned
to the new human being to represent Satan’s point of view. While the physical body of any jinn is reproduced from the
parent jinns, the jinn soul is that of an independent individual. Jinns are descendants of Satan (7:27,
18:50). The assigned
jinn remains with the human
being from birth to death, and serves as the main witness on the Day of Judgment
(50:23). A continuous debate takes place in our heads between
the human soul and the jinn
soul until both of them are convinced
of one point of view.
The Original
Sin
Contrary to common belief, the “Original Sin” was not Adam’s violation of God’s law when he ate from the forbidden
tree. The original sin was our failure to
uphold God’s absolute authority
during the Great Feud. If the human person convinces
his or her jinn companion
to denounce that original sin, and uphold God’s absolute authority, both creatures are redeemed to God’s eternal kingdom
on the Day of Judgment. But if
the jinn companion convinces the human being to uphold Satan’s idolatrous views, then both creatures are exiled forever
from God’s kingdom.
To promote
his point of view, Satan and his representatives advocate the idolization of such powerless
creatures as Muhammad,
Jesus, Mary, and the saints.
Since we are here due to our polytheistic tendencies, most of us are easy prey for Satan.
Satan’s incompetence as a “god” has already
been proven by the prevalence of chaos, disease, accidents, misery, and war throughout his dominion (36:66).
On the other hand,
the human beings
who denounce Satan,
uphold God’s absolute authority,
and
refrain
from
idolizing
powerless
and
dead
creatures
like
Jesus
and
Muhammad, are restored to God’s protection—they enjoy a perfect
life here in this
world and forever.
Because our life in this world is a series of tests designed to expose our polytheistic
ideas, idol worship is the only unforgivable
offense (4:48, 116). The
world is divinely designed to manifest
our
decision
to
uphold
either
God’s absolute authority, or Satan’s idolatrous views (67:1-2). The day and the night change constantly to
test our willingness to uphold God’s
laws by observing the Dawn Prayer and fasting during the hottest and longest days. Only those who are totally certain
about God’s absolute authority
are redeemed (26:89).
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