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Part 2...
On gene, genome, character, souls and the divine decree.........
SCIENCE HAS SHOWN THAT THE HUMAN BODY is made up of the the same elements as the earth's soil. But how do flesh and bones turn into dust, and how does the dust turn back into flesh and bones? Genes carry hereditary information, but are they responsible for the design and the origination of that information, or for the human character that emerges as a result? Are we to believe that it is the human brain and other bodily organs, complex and ingenious as they are, which in fact determine man's character and destiny? With closer scrutiny, it becomes clear that these amazing organs are only mean, or tools, by which divine power is manifested enabling man to know God and acknowledge Him as the Giver of life and death and the Originator of creation. To God ,"...there is not a thing but with Us are the stores thereof. And we send it not down save in appointed measure "(21)
God's knowledge is instantaneous and comprehensive; all reality is totally and simultaneously accessible to Him. Dimensions of time and space lose all their properties. God alone knows the 'hows', 'what' and 'when' of the future: "And verily We know who go forward among you and verily We know the laggards. (24) Lo! thy Lord will gather them together. Lo! He is Wise, Aware " (25).
The life-cycle of living organisms is a wonder to behold! Living creatures breed, multiply and die in endless numbers. A parasite feeding off the back of a larger animal may, in turn, become a meal for a bird. By eating the insect, the bird provides relief for the mammal. In this way the life-cycles of the animal kingdom are interlinked.
Shaykh Muhammad al-Ghazali
[ 1917 - 1996 ]
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Reflection and commentary by Imam Dr Yusuf Ziya Kavakci:-
part 2..
[ at 18 : 00 kavakci touches a wee bit on Yusuf Ali, the qur'an interpreter ] .........................
From " Pearls & Gem " :-
al-Qada' wal-Qadar [Divine Decree ]: Shaykh Mokhtar al-Magrhaoui
http://drnikisahak.blogspot.com/2011/01/divine-decree-qada-wal-qadar.html
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