Surah Hud , 11

Surah Hud, recitation by Shaykh Mishary Rashid al-Afasy:-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o96CgcIfhkI&feature=related





THESE DAYS WE HEAR SO MUCH ABOUT THE "BIG BANG" THEORY which tries to explain the origins of our vast infinitive universe and how the galaxies, stars and planets came to assume their present shapes and positions within it. The time span taken for by this process and the distances between these terrestrial bodies are yet to be determine and fully understood fully. The question that arises when thinking about these phenomena is: What about the Creator who brought all this about? His attributes and powers can only be limitless and beyond definition or comprehension; with no beginning or end. More astounding than the creation of the universe is the ability to maintain its stability and keep it going as an amazing dynamic and harmonious system. Similarly, the more incredible than the creation of a single fetus is providing it with an environment and all the elements necessary for its growth and development. The whole question becomes even more difficult to fathom and comprehend when we think of the countless multitude of creatures that exist nad ahve existed in this world. The surah asserts that:

And there is not a beast in the earth but the sustenance thereof dependeth on Allah. He knoweth its habitation and its repository. All is in a clear Record. (6)

When it comes to the question of scale, humans represent a very small and insignificant part of the world, and the size of our planet Earth is negligible compared to the rest of this universe. But faith and belief tell us that to God, dimensions of time and space have no meaning and that He is Omnipotent; He is everywhere at all times. One may very well wish to reflect deeper on this question and try even to understand how God might "sit" on His Throne, which is said in the surah to exist " on water," but  how can we visualize or comprehend this concept when we are not able to understand or decipher a great deal else of what exists and happens in the natural world much closer to us?

It is more productive and conducive for man to concentrate on understanding the purpose of his existence in this world and work towards fulfilling it. The surah says: "And He it is Who created the heavens and the earth in six Days - and His Throne was upon the water - that He might try you, which of you is best in conduct...."(7). Notwithstanding the ignorance of many people, this life is but a prelude to a far better and everlasting one: "....
Yet if thou (O Muhammad) sayest: Lo! ye will be raised again after death! those who disbelieve will surely say: This is not but evident magic "(7). Due to their ignorance, the counter argument of the ingenuous and foolish skeptics usually is: "If punishment is true, let it happen sooner rather than later. If it really happens, then we will believe". But what use would their belief in punishment be after it comes? "And if We delay for them the doom until a reckoned time, they will surely say: What withholdeth it? Verily on the day when it cometh unto them, it cannot be averted from them, and that which they derided will surround them. (8)

Muhammad al-Ghazali
[ 1917 - 1996 ]
Excerpt from " A Thematic Commentary On The Qur'an "



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From "Pearls & Gem":-
1. Same Physics, A Dichotomy Of Perspective
http://drnikisahak.blogspot.com/2011/03/secular-and-sublime-perspective-from.html
2. Of Stephens Hawking, The Big Bang, The Universe and Arash al-Azim.....
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http://drnikisahak.blogspot.com/2010/09/of-big-bang-stephen-hawkings-and-arash.html