Only the human beings keep challenging Allah the Exalted...

Only the human beings keep challenging Allah the Exalted, His messengers and His Message, making life difficult for themselves. "Do they seek for other than the din of Allah while all creatures in the heavens and on earth have, willing or unwilling, submitted to His Will (embraced Islam)? And to Him shall they all be brought back." (3:83) "Verily the din (religion) before Allah is Islam (Submission to His Will).

And `people of the book' did not dissent there from except through envy of each other after knowledge had come to them. But if they deny the Signs (ayat) of Allah, Allah is certainly swift in reckoning." (3:19) According to Islamic belief, this world is only a farmland. We harvest what we sow in it. Prosperity and success in the mind of a Muslim are not con­ceived as worldly affluence and a rich life only.

It is to fulfil the worldly obligations in the way Allah the Exalted has prescribed to earn His satis­faction for ultimate peace and security of the soul in the next world. This life is short, the next is forever. Which one is worth satisfying? This might be significant to observe that both "this world" and "the next "are mentioned equally, 115 times each, in the Noble Qur'an. We said that the entire universe, including humankind, has a purpose.

Let us now see what the Glorious Qur'an says in this connection: "And I have not created the jinn and the human except that they should worship (obey) Me." (51:56) Jinnkind and humankind are both free to choose, and it is up to them to follow the instructions of Allah the Exalted or not.

The Munificent Qur'an teaches us that total submission to the Will of Allah the Exalted will make our spirit, intellect, and talents flourish towards perfection of our insight and toward the transformation of our "potential" abilities into "real" abilities. This causes great pleasure, and constitutes a "real" success, which is but the reflection of our serving Allah the Exalted, and obeying Him like a slave.

If we are not obedient to Allah the Exalted, then we are a slave of our own wishes, and of satanic agents. The Glorious Qur'an is quite clear on the fate of such people. Let us examine the following two ayat: "Have you then not seen him who takes his low (vain) desire for his god. And Allah has made him go astray having knowledge, and has sealed his hearing and his heart (understanding), and put a cover on his sight. Who can then guide him after Allah (has withdrawn guidance)?