Powerful Words of God
Quran (11:44): And the word was spoken: "O earth!
Swallow up thy waters! And, O sky, cease (thy rain)!" And the water sank
into the earth, and the will (of God) was done, and the ark came to rest on
Al-Judi. And the word was spoken: "Away with these evil-doing folk!"
God's creation is subservient to Him: (41:11): "Then He
directed Himself to the heaven while it was smoke and said to it and the earth,
"Come (into being), willing or by compulsion. "They said, "We
have come willingly".
Quran in mentioning the tales of prophets says (54:17):
"And We have indeed made the Quran appropriate to understand as the
Reminder: then is there any that will receive admonition?"
Quran calls itself the 'Reminder' (15:9): "We have
without doubt sent down the Reminder, and We will assuredly guard it (from
corruption).
What is the Reminder?
Reminder is conscious and subconscious news of the advent of
the Hereafter. The oft-repeating tales of the prophets in the Quran, where the
believers of the prophets were honoured and the disbelievers disgraced in this
world, likewise, the same treatment shall be meted out to the believers and the
disbelievers in the Hereafter. So too, the affairs of the Universe point to
this advent (3: 190-191): "Behold! In the creation of the heavens and the
earth, and the alternation of night and day, there are indeed signs for men of
understanding. Men who celebrate the praises of Allah, standing, sitting, and
lying down at their sides, and contemplate the (wonders of) creation in the
heavens and the earth, (with the thought): Our Lord! you have not created all
this in vain; exalted are You (above creating anything in vain)! Glory to Thee!
Give us salvation from the penalty of the Fire".
The term above 'you have not created all this in vain'
implies all this one day shall experience the advent of the Hereafter. And we
seek Your protection that day from the penalty of Fire.
The Hereafter? Where each soul shall see an atom's weight of
good/bad he has brought forth, (99: 7-8): "Then shall anyone who has done
an atom's weight of good, see it. And anyone who has done an atom's weight of
evil, shall see it".
God claims each soul is born with the realization of three
innate manifestations: The Belief in God, the belief in the advent of the
Hereafter which shall be based on the deeds done here, now, as we read this
based on the Qur’an (7:172): “And [mention] when your Lord took from the
children of Adam - from their loins - their descendants and made them testify
of themselves, [saying to them], "Am I not your Lord?" They said,
"Yes, we have testified." [This] - lest you should say on the day of
Resurrection, "Indeed, we were of this unaware.", and thirdly (91:8):
"And it's enlightenment as to its wrong from its right".
The Qur’an gives glad tidings to people
who listen to the voice of their conscience, (2:62): "Those who believe
(in the Quran), and those who follow the Jewish (scriptures), and the
Christians and the Sabians, any who believe in Allah and the Last Day, and work
righteousness, shall have their reward with their Lord, on them shall be no fear,
nor shall they grieve (in the Hereafter)".
God's definition of success (3:185): "Everyone shall
taste death. And only on the Day of Resurrection shall you be paid your wages
in full. And whoever is removed away from the Fire and admitted to Paradise, he
indeed is successful; and the life of this world is nothing but a provision of
vanities".
Does this 'success' entail removing oneself from the success
of this world and becoming an ascetic? No. God's response is perfect (62:10):
"And when the prayer (of Juma) has been concluded, disperse within the
land and seek from the bounty of Allah, and remember Allah often that you may
succeed". The success of this life is linked with 'seeking from the bounty
of Allah'.
God's signs, (6:104): "Now have come to you, from your
Lord, proofs (to open your eyes): if any will see, it will be for (the good of)
his soul; if any will be blind, it will be to his own (harm): I (Muhammad) am
not (here) to watch over your doings".
God's yearning (84: 20-21): "What then is the matter
with them, that they believe not? And when the Quran is read to them, they fall
not prostrate".
Aamir Yazdani
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