What are the basic differences between the tests given by us in our student life and professional career and the tests imposed on us by God according to the holy book (Qur'an) of Islam?

The tests designed by us to assess our understanding or qualification during student life and in professional career are significantly faulty, causing injustice and discrimination to us. Why?

1. There is no tool to judge before the test as to whether the candidates have received equal privileges

2. People have differences in their physical and intellectual capability for the tests due to genetic and environmental factors

3. The assessment tools might also be imperfect and so may not reflect the actual accomplishment at the end.

4. Those who assess the tests might be biased, prone to mistakes or do not fit for the evaluation.

What does the Qur'an say about the God's tests for human beings to ensure 100% justice:

1. People are being tested or they are accountable for their actions based on the capability given and circumstance applicable to each individual. In other words, tests for an intellectually or physically disabled or a poor person would be much easier than a fully healthy or a rich person.

2. Tests can widely vary in terms of category or intensity depending on the individuals of different genetic and acquired capability at different stages of life

3. People who are eager to find the right pathway from the bottom of their hearts are ultimately guided by God by enabling them to learn and follow the instructions of His book, while those who ignore it deliberately and intend to follow their own desires are allowed by God to stay in their own ways which consequently look fair to them. This strategy was seemingly designed by God to ensure the clear-cut difference in terms of objectives and actions between these two groups of people.

4. The assessment tools which were elaborated in Qur'an were designed by God to see who constantly and completely follow His instructions and thus purify their souls. Those comprise submitting to God by solely worshiping Him in His prescribed ways, ensuring full justice ( financially and with behaviors) to parents, family members, relatives, needy and helpless people, maintaining proper financial dealings,and controlling our sight, speech and thoughts

5. Every thought and action of every individual is being recorded and will be revealed and witnessed on the Day of Judgement as solid proofs, after the entire human beings are regenerated and gathered in the open ground with the subsequent and surprise appearance of God Who will act as the sole Supreme Judge

Is it a right decision to directly disapprove something which we can not see by our eyes?

We can see ourselves or the objects surrounding us, since the sunlight of different colours is either reflected or transmitted by the atoms of our body or the objects. In reality, any object made of atoms with vibrating electrons is known to either reflect or transmit light of certain wavelength and therefore can be seen by our eyes. But, whatever we see is mostly not the actual mass or particles of an object, since 99.999999...% of an atom's space is empty. Anyway, can we rule out the possibility of existence of objects consisting of no atom or sub-atomic particles? Similarly as dark matter (in the center of a galaxy) which carries no atom or sub-atomic particles and prevents light emission by its strong gravitational force, our surrounding might have objects possessing their energy in different forms rather than being stored in atomic and sub-atomic particles. If they exist, will we be able to see them?

Why does God want us to follow His desires in our lives?

As a father or a mother how do you want to raise your children as your future representatives? You definitely desire that they will not do anything that you dislike and will do what you like. Is it fair to expect such as a father or a mother? Your children may say that your desire is unjust, since they have their own identity. Will you accept it? No, you will not accept, since you consider them as part of your family, who should represent you.

However, there may be cases where parents could say that they do not mind if their children do not grow up according to their desires. To me this attitude is not normal considering the nature of human beings, but can be developed under certain circumstances.

Anyway, if parents have such desires for their representatives, why would God be an exception? If God created us as His representatives, He must want us to follow His desires in our life. In other words, God must have provided guidance for His representatives, similarly as patents guide their children. A question may arise concurrently why we are being considered as representatives of God. This is because the purpose of a human life in this world can be best justified by this concept.

Is the existence of 'soul' missing factor that could explain the cognitive skills and abilities of living creatures?

Unlike other animals, humans are not born with a lot of knowledge innately built in. They have to pass through intensive learning period. On the other hand, inexperienced birds, for example, construct nests comparable to those of adult builders on their first attempt. Nonetheless, living systems are generally born with certain level of knowledge or intelligence. However, till now we could not directly correlate these cognitive skills and abilities with the particular genes or proteins of the organisms. The existence of genetic template has yet to be proven. and apparently contradicts with so many innovative designs by human beings, which are not directly attributable to the roles of particular genes. Do we not like to think that every living system might basically consist of a visible structure and an invisible 'soul' carrying the innately built knowledge along with other unexplained attributes?

I heard people saying that the purpose of life is show kindness and be helpful to others. Is it enough?

Can you try to walk across the field while closing your eyes? I tried in several ocasions, but after moving few meters opened my eyes, fearing that I might be injured. I could have been born as a blind. My entire life would be different. So, let's always be grateful. But to whom? There must be someone who created us, giving us numerous favors. But in reality very few of us are grateful. God did not create us without a purpose. There is nothing in the universe existing without a purpose.

I heard people saying that the p

urpose of life is show kindness and be helpful to others. Is it enough, for example, to justify your responsibilities compared to a blind person who is much less fortunate than you. No,

You need to make tremendous efforts to serve your duties with your eyes. But how do you know how you will do those activities to be really grateful to God for your ability to see? You need to be desperate to find the guideline of God.

Is there anything that seemingly God likes most?

 If we consider God is the Superpower who does not eat, sleep or rest, and has no biological needs, is there anything He likes most? Probably, it's the innovation. By by virtue of his enormous capability of innovation which is far beyond our imagination, He has been creating numerous things and monitoring their outcomes. This is reflected from the following verse of Quran:

(55:29) All in the heavens and the earth entreat Him for their needs; a new, mighty task engages Him each day.

Could an illiterate farmer be more knowledgeable than a Nobel Laureate?

We, the healthy human beings often ignore thinking of the consequences for being physically or mentally disabled at the very beginning or at a later stage of our lives. Even we do not usually like to think one day (sooner or later) we will die. This is because nobody in general likes to embrace any sort of disability or death. We may consider it advantageous in terms of having a happy or smooth life without receiving that unnecessary stress. But, by doing so, we may be ignoring to understand the purpose of our lives in this world. Should we not be more vigilant in deciphering the numerous signs encircling us? Institutional education is quite helpful, but not essential in understanding the signs. In other words, an illiterate farmer could be more knowledgeable than a Nobel Laureate in that context.

Is our past recorded in the universe?

When we are looking at the stars, we are actually looking into their past, since those are too far away from us and light from them takes time to reach us. Even it takes 8 minutes for the light from the sun to reach the earth. So when we see the sun, we see its 8 minutes-old past. The light from the nearest star to the Sun takes more than four years to reach us.

Does it mean that our past is also preserved in the universe? Another place in the space, for example, is now receiving light from our earth which was 100 years or 1000 years old compared to the present time!

Why will God punish people on the Day of Judgement for the deeds He (God) does not like, since God is so kind?

 One day, one of my colleagues said, "I do not believe that God will punish people on the Day of Judgement for the deeds He (God) does not like. God is so kind." At that time I replied saying if God is very kind, why does He punish people in the earth for their evil deeds, citing one case of my close person? Many people will strongly disagree with me, asking why innocent people are also punished or suffered in this world. With due respect to all of them, I would like to explain why I think God is not only kind, but also hard or strict to punish.

In a family, society or state, there are rules imposed on the members to achieve something. For example, parents impose restrictions on their children. Why? They feel that those rules will be helpful for proper development of their children. Why do parents have such rights? Mother carried the baby in her womb with tremendous hardship, delivered it and took care. Naturally driven, both mother and father do everything for the development of the baby. So, the child should be grateful to the parents. When the child knowingly disobeys the parents, they should have the right to take action out of anger (within the boundary of the laws of the country they are living in). Similarly, people should follow the rules of their community or their country which provides a lot of support or facilities to them. People should remain grateful for those benefits. If anyone violates any rule, he or she becomes ungrateful and so deserves punishment. So, punishment is directly related to ungratefulness, and foundation of human civilization is partly based on this pillar, which indirectly discourages other people to commit irregularity or offence.

The next question is whether God had any role in establishment of human civilization. If anyone says that human beings are the sole contributor to their civilization, it indicates that either the person does not believe in God or considers that God has limited power. But, if you believe that God has supreme power over everything, you should say that God is the Mastermind behind it. So, punishment to maintain the civilization is approved by God. In other words, God is kind to good people and unkind to bad people. Overall, this is the reflection that God is merciful (kind) to human beings. The evil deeds by people or an authority can affect other people as well. This is also approved by God; otherwise evil things would disappear. The entitle human beings would live in peace. But., God did not want that, rather He put all humans on trials, giving them adequate freedom to choose the right and wrong pathways. In my earlier post, I explained why we can not ask God for His actions or decisions or plans.

Since God provides everything for sustenance of human beings and offers special favors to human community, they need to be immensely grateful to God. Otherwise, according to the same 'ungratefulness-punishment' relationship, God Himself will punish for the bad deeds in this world as well as the Hereafter.

Do we have the right to be proud of any achievement?

To achieve something, we need to make a plan and implement it. What do we need to make a good decision and properly execute it? We should have eagerness (willingness), knowledge ( intelligence), physical and mental strength and patience. Right? Out of those qualities, we can take credit only for our willingness (to decide) and patience ( although patience may be obtained genetically to an extent, however, we can enhance it). The remaining ones are not basically ours (i.e., we do not have control on those), rather gifted more or less, by God. Moreover, even though we make a good plan and properly implement it, success might depend on probability. But, still we easily become proud!

How is the creation, functioning and fate of the entire universe programmed by God?

The creation, functioning and fate of the entire universe has been programmed by God. Its hardware (visible and invisible objects/mass) and software (laws/policy) are attributed to His immense power and intelligence. All the creations in the earth including human beings are also following particular programs. This is because without a proper program, any system is bound to collapse after a certain period of time due to lack of coordination among its various components.

The above concept is apparently applicable to non-living things having no ability to decide. Although many living creatures except humans have some sort of ability to decide or enjoy little freedom in their actions, they virtually follow the laws imposed by God, and that's why the system comprising them is still functioning. In addition to the laws (software), God provided unique hardware to each creature with potential ability to survive. But, how has God's program controlled so far the human race that possesses tremendous freedom to decide and act accordingly? Without the program, the human race would have been destroyed long time ago. This is because human beings have been given the freedom to decide as well as the ability to act. Without God's interference, a powerful and aggressive group of people could have brought an end or fatal consequence to the race. But, to protect such people, God used to raise another group of people of similar or opposite nature. This is not something I am saying for the first time. Rather, I am convinced (not biased as some of you may argue) to conclude based on the following verse of Quran:

"....And had there not been Allah's repelling some people by others, certainly there would have been pulled down cloisters and churches and synagogues and mosques in which Allah's name is much remembered..." (Verse 40 of Chapter 22)

By being ungrateful to the numerous blessings of God and misusing the gifted freedom and ability, many human beings commit evil deeds which cause sufferings of others. In addition, to remind the people of their evil deeds and thereby inspire them to come to the right pathway, God Himself punishes for some of the bad deeds in the earth. But, according to God's law, that punishment for the bad deeds of a group of people can affect the entire community comprising both bad and good people. This is also not my own assumption. I have got the message from the following verse of Quran:

"And guard against that mischief which will not bring punishment in particular to the mischief-makers alone from among you, and know that Allah is severe in inflicting punishment." (Verse 25 of Chapter 8)

Is it possible to travel to the end of our universe in the twinkling of an eye?

Just close your eye and try, you will reach your known desirable place even though it is too far away. Oh, no, you will say, it is only possible through imagination or dream.

I think it is possible if we really accept the body-soul relation, as mentioned in Muslim Holy Book (Al-Quran). The soul departs when one starts sleeping and returns just before one gets up. Both soul and body are required for consciousness. If we consider that the soul can move in the twinkling of an eye, it does not make any change in reality, since the body remains in the same place.

Now, if God allows a body (which is basically made of energy) to be formed instantly and exactly (using the surrounding energy) anywhere the soul ( in other word, one's intention) travels, one can theoretically be able to travel to the end of our universe in the twinkling of an eye. The angels (also basically made of energy) were probably given that ability, enabling them to travel much beyond the speed of light.

What is the source of real happiness?

You may ask why we need to be grateful to the needy/underprivileged people. They are contributing to the society. In most cases, in terms of physical work, their contribution is much higher. We are getting benefits from them. Moreover, the system has made them poor with unequal distribution of wealth. They have right in our wealth depending on how much we have.

Gratefulness is the reflection of our realization, sacrifice and patience.

Would it not be possible to regenerate the entire human beings from the bone remnants in respective graves or cremated remains (produced after high temperature burning)?

 Both of the materials highly preserve the petrous bone in the skull that protects the inner ear structures. The petrous bone is the densest bone carrying our DNA and most popular as a source to isolate ancient DNA.

How does a matured (adult) human soul work or decide under enormous freedom, choosing different ways of a life under various circumstances?

 A human soul comprises 2 different driving forces which are opposite to each other. One of the forces tries to induce the soul to do the evil deeds, whereas the other tries to guide the soul to the right way. The soul has been given the complete freedom to move to any of the two directions. If the soul prefers to the negative force, the positive one will remind that this is not the right way. Similarly, the negative force will try to block the positive force. It's the sole's decision and efforts to work against the negative force. The naturally driven, spontaneous actions, eg,in response to love for children and family members, anger for any unexpected happenings, emotions can be improved or worsened by positive and negative forces, respectively. So, they can shed light on apparent status of the soul, but are not critical part of human trials.

Does a religion alone have any real impact on a human being?

A religion regardless of how good it is can not change a person unless the person is serious to be changed to reach a certain level of purity by the way of self-realization which is induced by knowledge (gifted by God) and determination (made by the person). This self-realization is always synchronized with the values of a family, a culture and/or a religion. In other words, family, culture or religion will not make any change if the person is not willing to be changed. That is why there are so many morally corrupted people who regularly pray or perform religious rites.