Life is a Test for Humans and jinns

Allah says in the Holy Quran in Chapter 67 Surah Al Mulk verse 2:
He (Allah) created death and life that He may test you, to see which of you is the best in deeds.

The All-Knowing, All-Wise Lord bestowed two things upon Jinns and Humans which He did not bestow upon any in His Supreme Creation, and thus put only these two amongst all His creation to a test for a period of one life:
1. Intelligence or the Power of Reasoning
2. A ‘free will’ for a limited period of one life-time to choose whatever path one wishes to live his life.

Whoever amongst man or jinns studies and ponders over the innumerable wonders and Signs in the various creations of the Majestic Lord, and uses his bestowed intelligence and power of reasoning to understand his mission of creation, recognize His Supreme Lord and Creator, and of his own ‘free will’ chooses to submit his will to the Will of his Creator, and chooses to live his life in accordance with the guidance of his Creator, passes the test of life and is promised the Eternal Mercy, Grace, and Rewards of Allah Subhanah.

And whoever amongst man and jinn uses his bestowed intelligence and power of reasoning to do everything else but does not recognize or denies his Supreme Creator, refuses to submit his will to the Will of His Creator, and of his own ‘free will’ chooses to live his life in accordance with any guidance other than that of His Supreme Creator, miserably fails the test of life and will have a severe accounting in the Presence of His All-Mighty and Majestic Lord on an Inevitable Day.

Absolutely everything in creation is unconditionally and inherently obedient to their Lord Creator….but The Lord In His Absolute Wisdom and Perfect Knowledge, Willed to bestow only two amongst His creation (Jinns and Humans) intelligence and a limited ‘free will’ to choose between obedience and disobedience for a period of one lifetime…and thus involved them in a test.

Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chatper 16 Surah Nahl verse 9:
9 And unto Allah leads straight the Way but there are ways that turn aside: if Allah had Willed He could have guided all of you.

Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chatper 32 Surah Sajdah verse 13:
13 If We had so Willed We could certainly have brought every soul its true guidance.

Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chatper 16 Surah Nahl verse 93:
93 If Allah so Willed He could make you all one people: but He leaves straying whom He pleases and He guides whom He pleases: but ye shall certainly be called to account for all your actions.

If the Lord Most Majestic Most Supreme so Willed, He could have very easily made every man and every jinn to unconditionally submit their wills to their Lord Creator, just as everything else in His creation are unconditionally obedient to their Lord Creator….but then the Will and Decree of the Lord to put man and jinn to a test would be compromised!

For a period of this one short and transitory life, to fulfill the tenets of the test Decreed by the Lord….every man and every jinn is allowed and permitted by their Lord Creator to obey Him if they so will and please, or disobey Him if they so will and please…..the consequences that their choice will bring upon them in the Eternal and Everlasting life of the Hereafter will obviously be diverse (to say the least!)!!!

Thus brothers, the very fact that the Lord bestowed the creation of man and jinn with intelligence and a limited ‘free will’ was only to involve them in a ‘test’…..and it was never ever the Mission of creation that every single man and every single jinn would believe in their Lord and unconditionally submit their wills to Him….for that then would be against the very principle of the ‘test’ as Decreed and Willed by the Lord Most Wise, Most Supreme, Most Exalted.

Hadrat Abu Hurayrah (r.a.) reported that the Messenger of Allah (saws) said: ‘By Him in Whose Hands is my life, if none of you committed sin, Allah would annihilate you and instead bring forth a people who would commit sin, then seek His forgiveness…so that He may forgive them.’
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