The universal principle of justice calls for the existence of a Hereafter
- Updated On Friday, 27 June 2014
- Written by Ayatullah Musavi Lari
- Editor Kawther Rahmani
- Supervisor Sayyed Roohullah Musavi
- Published on Wednesday, 29 February 2012
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The order we see in the world is a divine order, and is one which includes all things in its scope. All created objects in the universe, whether large or small, ranging from the minute particles of the atom to the countless planets that are scattered throughout space, are created and take form from the justice that rules the whole scheme of creation. This vast system of being does not escape the direct influence of the rule of justice for a single instant; this is a reality that can be deduced from all the phenomena in the world of creation. Should the component parts of this system deviate even so slightly from their prescribed orbit, the necessary principles on which the order of the universe is based would collapse, resulting in its destruction. Despite all his remarkable talents, man forms a part of this universal order; he cannot be regarded as exempt from its comprehensive and universal rules. The only factor that sets him apart is his possession of freedom which enables him to be creative and inventive; it opens up before him a path for attaining his goals and purposes. It is indeed a source of pride for him that alone among all the creatures of the phenomenal world he is able, thanks to this unique quality and the potentialities it yields, to tame his destructive impulses and reconcile them with his constructive activities. By creating man free, God has demonstrated both the underlying order of the universe and the changes that are brought about in that order by the disobedience of man. Were man to be directed ineluctably toward the acquisition of spiritual riches and the path leading to happiness, were a deterministic power to conduct him toward lofty values, there would be no pride in this for man. We must therefore accept that by receiving the gift of free-will from God, man must one day stand in the court of God to be judged according to the universal principle of all creation - justice. It cannot be believed that man should be exempt from the justice of the Creator that prevails throughout the universe, thus becoming an element of disharmony. If we take into consideration the functioning of the principle of justice throughout the entire scheme of being and the fact that many rewards and punishments cannot be dispensed in this world, it becomes obvious that the nature of men's deeds and accomplishments must be subjected to examination in another world and at an appropriate time. The proof lies in the deduction that can be made from man's essential nature (as a being possessing freedom), for all the dimensions of his being, all his ideals and fundamental needs, will come to fruition in the Hereafter. Thus we can understand well that God, Who has no need for the creation of man, will never destroy or obliterate our being before it attains perfection. This is unthinkable, and no intelligent person would consent to such an erroneous notion.