Man's Position on Earth

“Indeed, We created man from a mixed sperm drop, to try him, and therefore We made him capable of hearing and seeing. We showed him the way, whether to be grateful or disbelieving.”
(Al-Qur'an - 76:2-3)

These verses highlight man's real position in the world and the position of the world for man. He is not like trees and animals that the object of his creation be fulfilled on earth itself, and he should die and perish here after he has played his appointed role over a period of time according to the law of nature.  Furthermore, this world is neither a place of punishment for him as the monks think, nor a place of rewards as the believers of the law of transmigration think, nor a place of entertainment and enjoyment as the materialists think, nor a battlefield as the followers of Darwin and Marx think, but in fact it is a place of test and trial for him. That which he regards as his age, is in fact the time given to him for the test. Whatever powers and capabilities he has been given in the world, the thing that have been placed under his control and authority, the various positions and capacities in which he functions, and the relationships that he enjoys with other men, all these are the countless papers of the test and this test continues till the last breath of his life. The result is not to be announced in this world but in the Hereafter when all his answer-books will have been assessed, decision will be given whether he has come out successful or failed. And his success or failure wholly depends on what he thought of himself while he functioned here and how he answered the papers that were given him here. If he believed that he had no God, or that he was the slave of many gods, and while answering the papers thought that he was not to be held accountable before his Creator in the Hereafter, his whole lifework went wrong. And if he regarded himself as the slave of One God and worked in the way approved by God, with the accountability of the Hereafter always in view, he stood successful in the test.