There are major issues which vex every thinking man and woman at sometime in life. One of these matters is the existence of God. Another is the anguished question: why, if there is a God and He is merciful, is there so much suffering in the world, and why is peace so elusive? This last question is particularly pertinent in this last decade of a century which seems to have nothing but war and bloodshed. Mawlana Mawdudi, like many scholars before him, tackles these questions head-on. But his approach is down-to-earth, and seeks to explain his answers to these questions by using everyday examples which are easily understood. Having pointed towards the answers to these important questions, Mawdudi throws some questions back at us, which each and every one has to answer: Now that we know of the Maker and His plan, what are we going to do about it?
Huda Khattab, May 1994.
