Purpose of life
The system governing the functioning of our world is bound by wise and firm principles, when a random and unreliable system could very well have existed in its place.
Human beings were not created to fulfill any administrative or other need of God.
In the present world as man travels towards his ultimate destination, he finds himself standing before a fork in the road.
The harder one works the more one achieves.
Similarly, the more one is involved in Hereafter-oriented activities, the greater the reward one will receive in the Hereafter.
Furthermore, whatever one receives in the next world will be eternal, while whatever one receives in this world will be ephemeral in nature.
For individuals, death, and for the general mass of the people, the Day of Judgement are the final limits of the test period.
To lead a life of faith and piety in this world is to give proof of tremendous sacrifice.
In the present world, there is the special creation of God, namely, human beings, who by their very nature, have the ability to distinguish truth from falsehood.
There are two types of human beings: one leads a principled life, while another leads an unprincipled one.
While one sacrifices himself for the sake of an unseen Truth, the other remains preoccupied with visible things.
While one accepts the call for Truth—in spite of all its unfamiliarity—the other ignores it or even ridicules it.
Every man’s nature has a direction in which he, along with his whole thought, action and his very existence, is inclined.
The believer is one whose direction is entirely towards God.
The life of a believer is a completely God-oriented life, and an unbeliever’s life is a non-God-oriented life.
The offering of ‘trust’ here means a transference of power, to be used at man’s discretion.
The life of this world is for the purpose of putting man to the test.
If one ponders over the system of heaven and earth—indeed, of the entire universe, it will become clear that its creation was effected with a definite purpose.
Human life is divided into two parts: ‘today’ and ‘tomorrow’.
The present world is a man’s ‘today’ and the world of the Hereafter is man’s ‘tomorrow’.
Whatever a man does in the present world, he has to face the basic consequences in the ensuing longer life.
The whole universe (except for human beings) is running quite perfectly and in the most well-organised manner.
Man is between two domains.
It is quite evident that there is planning in the creation of man and the world.