Did Jesus Redeem Mankind? — Page 54
? 47 guidance? i. e. , they would have not been empowered to reject guidance. But those who abandoned the guidance inherent in their nature, We passed the sentence of punishment against them though We very much liked them to be recipients of our guidance. Pointing this out, God observes: وَلَكِنْ حَقَّ الْقَوْلُ مِنِّي لَأَمْلَكَنَّ جَهَنَّمَ مِنَ الْجِنَّةِ وَالنَّاسِ أَجْمَعِينَ goes i. e. We made man so that through his misdeeds he over to hell; though We had made ample provision for his guidance. (8) Similarly, He says:. e. , We have made Paradise easy of access to the God-fearing (26:91). In other words, on the one hand their nature directs them to paradise, and on the other, the help of God, the Almighty guides them to it; thus both the internal as well as the external guidance incline them towards paradise. PROJECT OF HUMAN CREATION (9) Again, He says: i. e. , I created not jinn and man but that they should serve Me (Adh-Dhariyat, 51:57). The object of the creation of mankind is thus laid down that they should become ☺, i. e. , His worshipping servants. In another place, the Holy Quran says in amplification of the status of (c) the worshipping servants: