Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Why does God test us if He can create pure souls?

“As per Quran, God has put man in test on earth. But why does God need to test us? Can't He create pure souls in the first place and settle them in Jannah? He can create whatever He wills. Kindly explain.”Asked by مسٹر ریاض بھٹ, حیدرآباد

He answers at 19:12 in Q&A · 1 min 48 sec

His answer, in his own words
19:12
maulana, agla sawal aya hai misster riyaz bhatt ka haiderabad india se. unhon ne likha hai: "as per quran, god has put man in test on earth. but why god needs to test us? can't he create pure souls at the first place and settle them in jannat? he can create whatever he wills. kindly explain." yeh sawal nahi hai, yeh sirf ek zehni woh upper hai bas.
19:46
bhai, baghair aadmi ko, aadmi ko aap duniya mein jitni bhi job hain, jo deserve karta hai usko job milta hai. khawamkhwah hi thori toh de diya hai kisi ko ke paida karo, jannat mein daal do. aisa kaise ho sakta hai? jo apne ko deserve sabit karega uski jannat milegi usko? nahi sabit karega usko kooda khane mein daal diya jayega? yeh toh, yani kya aap, aap ek, is koi bhi aap kaam karte hon toh kya aap baghair deservation dekhe bhi usko dakhil karte hain is mein aap?
20:21
aisa kaise ho sakta hai? ke jo kaam aap khud na karte usko chahte hain khuda usko ikhtiyar kare? koi bhi shakhs jo business chalata ho, koi koi idara chalata ho toh uske paas aadmi aata hai kaam ke liye toh usko zahir hai ke uska dekha hai ke deserve karta hai ya nahi karta? toh allah ta'ala ne yeh duniya ko banaya hai ke
20:45
jo apne ko deserving candidate sabit karega woh jannat mein jayega. jo nahi sabit karega toh usko kooda khane mein daal diya jayega. yeh toh bilkul ek fitri baat hai. isme sawal karna kyun? main nahi samajhta isme kya sawal hai? banta hai. maulana, agla sawal kya hai maulana zakwan nadvi ne dilli se. unhon ne likha hai: "kindly explain the chapter 5, verse number 82 of quran, where it says:
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