were conceived and then born into the worldand that you have come into
existence from merenothingness?
Have you ever thought about how the flowers you see in your living
room everyday come outof pitch black, muddy soil with fragrant smells
and are as colorful as they are?
Have you ever thought about how mosquitoes, which irritatingly fly
around you, move their wings so fast that we areunable to see them?
Have you ever thought about how the peels of fruits such as bananas,
watermelons, melons and oranges serve as wrappings of high quality,
and how the fruits are packed in these wrappings so that they maintain
their tasteand fragrance?
Have you ever thought about the possibility thatwhile you are asleep a
sudden earthquake could raze your home, your office, and your cityto
the ground and that in a few seconds you could lose everything of the
world you possess?
Have you ever thought of how your life passes away very quickly, and
that you will grow old and become weak, and slowly lose your beauty,
health and strength?
Have you ever thought about how one day you will find the angels of
death appointed by God before you and that you will then leave this
world?
Well, have you ever thought about why people are so attached to a
world from which they will soon depart when what they basically need
is to strivefor the hereafter?
Man is a being whom God furnishes with the faculty of thought. Yet,
most people do not use this very important faculty as they should.
Infact, some people almostnever think.
In truth, each person possesses a capacity for thought of which even
he himself is unaware. Once man begins to use this capacity, facts he
has not been able to realise until that very moment begin to be
uncovered for him. The deeper he goes in reflection, the more his
capacity to think improves, and this is possible for everyone. One
just has to realise that one needs to reflect and then to strive hard.
Someone who does not think will remain totally distant from truths and
lead his life in self-deception and error.As a result, he will not
grasp the purpose of thecreation of the world, and the reason for his
existence on the earth. Yet, God has created everything with a
purpose. This fact is stated in the Qur'an as follows:
We did not create the heavens and the earth and everything betweenthem
as a game. We did not create them except with truth but most of them
do not know it. (Surat ad-Dukhan: 38-39)
Did you suppose that Wecreated you for amusement and that youwould not
return to Us? (Surat al-Muminun: 115)
Therefore, each person needs to ponder the purpose of creation,
firstas it concerns him himself, and then as it pertains to everything
he sees in the universe and every event he experiences throughout his
life. Someone who does not think, will understand the facts only after
he dies, when he gives account before God, but then it will be too
late. God says in the Qur'an that on the day ofaccount, everybody will
think and see the truth:
That day Hell is produced, that day man will remember; but how will
the remembrance help him? He will say,"Oh! If only I had prepared in
advance for this life of mine!" (Surat al-Fajr: 23-24)
The truth can be told to a person in many different ways; it can be
shown by the use of details, pieces of evidence and by every means.
Yet, if this persondoes not think over this truth on his own,
sincerely and honestly with the purpose of comprehending the truth,
all these efforts are useless. For this reason, when the messengers of
God communicated the message to their people,they told them the truth
clearly and then summoned them to think.
While God has given us achance in the life of this world to reflect
and derive conclusions from our reflections, to see the truth will
bring us great gain in our life in the hereafter. For this reason, God
has summoned all people, through His prophets and books, to reflect on
their creation and on the creation of the universe:
Have they not reflected within themselves? God did not create the
heavens and the earth and everything betweenthem except with truth and
for a fixed term. Yet many people reject the meeting with their Lord.
(Surat ar-Rum: 8)
A man who reflects grasps the secrets of God's creation, the truth of
the life of this world, the existence of hell and paradise, and the
inner truth of matters. He gets a deeper understanding of the
importance of being a person with whom God is pleased, and so he lives
religion as is its due, recognizes God's attributes in everything he
sees, and begins to think not according to what the majority of people
demand but as God commands. As a result, he takes pleasure from beauty
much more than others do, and does not suffer distress from baseless
misapprehensions and worldly greed.
These are only a few of the beautiful things a person who thinks will
gain in the world. The gain in the hereafter of someone who always
finds the truth by thinking, is the love, approval, mercy and the
paradise of our Lord, which are above everything else.
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