Is Test Of This World More Severe Because Of Technological Advancement?
I am not sure which verse of Quran are you referring to in this context. It is true that Quran is very clear that the purpose of our creation in this world is to be tested so that we can be eligible for that eternal life of happiness and comfort after death. Since there is so much diversity and versatility in this test at an individual level, it is very hard to bound it in a few principal statements. Test was there since Adam (sws) and will be there for no one knows how long for every human who will come till the end of times. We can say that technology has its own challenges with respect to making the test severe in few domains, but in others it has made test easier. In earlier times, test was severe in other domains and easier in some others. Therefore, overall there is a balance in the scheme of tests and trial at a holistic level. Challenges w.r.t maintaining modesty are high but challenges w.r.t making financial ends meet are low in today’s time as compared to olden times ( this doesn’t mean the challenge is not there, it’s the variation in comparative severity we are talking here ). So the overall severity of test remains the same throughout the time but there may be variations in that severity in some individual domains.