In the world we are dwelling in, God endows &
bestows unlimited & infinite favours on us beings. He is
the one who is the giver, provider and sustainer. Let's take
our day to day activities as an example.
From the moment we wake up in the morning till
we go to sleep at night, we need many things and
encounter many situations. In brief, we are fulfilling those
only as favours bestowed upon us by the Almighty Lord.
On our own we cannot be fulfilled.
We breathe throughout our life. We never
experience difficulty in doing this, thanks to our
respiratory systems functioning perfectly.
We can see as soon as we open our eyes. The sharp
and distant images, all three-dimensional and fully
coloured, are perceived by our eyes and indeed we owe
their existence to the unique design of eyes.
We taste different things & differentiate the flavours.
The relative proportions of the vitamins, minerals,
carbohydrates and protein content of the food that we
eat and the metabolic activities going on in the Inner
system of human body is really a wonderful machinery
governed by our Lord.
Moreover, quite unaware of the complicated
operations taking place our bodies.
When we hold any material in our hands, we
immediately sense whether it is soft or hard, hot or cold.
We do not need any metal effort to do this. Numerous
similar detailed activities take place in our body on their
own.
The organs responsible for these actions have
complicated mechanisms. The human body functions
almost like a factory of enormous complexity and
ingenuity. This body is one of the major favours given to
man since his existence on earth.
At this point, a question remains to be
answered…
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How the raw materials, which are necessary to
operate this factory, supplied?
To put it in another way.
How does water, air, and all the other nutrients
essential for life came into existence?
Let us think about the different fruits and
vegetables. (Melons, watermelons, cherries, oranges,
tomatoes, peppers, pineapples, mulberries, grapes,
eggplants…) all grow in the soil from seeds, and the
seeds have a structure sometimes as hard as wood.
However, while considering these facts we should avoid
habitual ways of thinking and employ different methods.
Visualize the delicious tastes and flavors of strawberries
or the never-changing flavor of watermelon.
Think about the time and energy spent in
laboratories to produce similar flavors and about the
repeated trials that resulted in failures. Indeed, results
obtained by scientists in laboratories prove to be no
better than the unsuccessful imitations of their natural
counterparts. The varieties of taste, odour and colour in
nature bear indeed matchless attributes.
All vegetables and fruits have distinct tastes, odors
and carry individual colors that are the result of the
structural design particular to them. They are all favours
God bestows upon man.
Similarly, animals too are created especially for
human beings. Apart from these being served as food
man finds their physical appearances appealing like Fish,
corals, star-fish decorating the depths of oceans with all
their beautiful colours, all kinds of birds adding charm to
their habitat cats, dogs, dolphins and penguins etc., they
are all favours from God to humanity. God stresses this
fact in many verses:
And He has made everything in the heavens and
everything on the earth subservient to you. It is all
from Him. There are certainly signs in that for
people who reflect.
If you tried to number God's blessings, you could
never count them. God is ever -Forgiving, Most
Merciful.
He has given you everything you have asked Him for. If you tried to number God's blessings, you
could never count them. Man is indeed
wrongdoing, ungrateful.
The living beings mentioned above are only a tiny
part of the favours and beauties that God has bestowed
upon us. Wherever we turn, we come across creations
reflecting the attributes of God. God is Ar-Razzaq (the
Ceaseless Provider), Al-Latif (the Subtle One, He who
creates things most subtly), Al-Karim (the Generous One),
and Al-Barr (the source of all goodness).
Now, take a look around yourself and think. And
never ignore the fact that everything you possess is a
favour to you from your Creator
The God Almighty says about this fact in the below
verses of the Holy Quran.
Blessed is He in Whose hand is the kingdom, and
He has power over all things,
He who created Death and Life, that He may try
which of you is best in deed: and He is the Exalted
in Might, Oft-Forgiving;
Who created the seven heavens one above
another; you see no incongruity in the creation of
the Beneficent Allah; then look again, can you see
any disorder?
Then turn back the eye again and again; your look
shall come back to you confused while it is
fatigued.
Do they not observe the birds above them,
spreading their wings and folding them in? None
can uphold them except (Allah) Most Gracious:
Truly (Allah) Most Gracious: Truly it is He that
watches over all things.
What! Is he who goes prone upon his face better
guided or he who walks upright upon a straight
path?
Say: "It is He who has created you (and made you
grow), and made for you the faculties of hearing,
seeing, feeling and understanding: little is it that
you give thanks.
Say: He is the Beneficent. In Him we believe and
in Him we put our trust. And you will soon know
who it is that is in error manifest.
Say: Have you thought: If (all) your water were to
disappear into the earth, who then could bring you
gushing water?
Any blessing you have is from God. Then when
harm touches you, it is to Him you cry for help.