One Hour of Contemplation Surpasses Sixty years of Worship
Abu Hurairah (Rad.) reported that Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him)
said that contemplation for one hour (sa'at) is better thanworship for
60 years. Hadith.
In the subsequent matters, we draw your attention in such a way to the
truths and manners of creatures coming into existence that, on the one
hand, we grasp the essential favor of healthy organs that are created
under the control of the Exalted Unique Being. On the other hand, it
will fully become evident that if it were not for the supervision of
the Sole Creator, as in the verse:"Then He fashioned him in due
proportion," and if we were created by chance or spontaneously,we
would definitely suffer the deficiencies described in the following
discussion.
In the name of God, who opened the door of nothingness, and from it
created billions of types of creatures, living, non-living and so
forth, with incredible and rare forms and sorts, we start with the
following matters. What would we have been if Almighty God had not
brought us out of that nothingness, a state of non-existence, to
create us in the best shape and figure?
Translation: "We have indeed created Man in the best of molds." (95:4Q)
If Divine Will was to create us, then ponder! What would we have done,
had we been created in the category of inanimate entities, such as
rocks, sand, mines, trees, fruits, grains, vegetables, and thousands
of other like objects.
Let us submit that He had intended to create us as living entities.
What if we were created in the category of thousands of
non-humanorganisms, on land or in the seas, such as microbes,
mosquitoes and, at the very most, sheep, horses, goats, elephants or
some birds or in the form of some other creatures? What would we have
been then?
After all why O' man! Vicegerent of the Almighty Lord of the earth and
heavens, don't you ponder that before your creation, the ExaltedMost
Gracious and Most Merciful had bestowed allthese Favors unto you?!
Let us acknowledge that His Will was to create our selves in the form
of mankind!
If Almighty God had created us amongst false religions, corrupt
superstitious customs likefire-worshipping, Zoroastrianism, and other
doctrines, or even within the category of atheism and the denial ofHis
Existence, what wouldhave happened?
Why don't you reflect deeply, O Muslim! O Participant! in the militant
(militant, the struggle against Ego) school of God of earth and time?
What right did we have over Him that Heeternally placed His Grace,
unrequested, upon us? Now if we do something for His Happiness, how
would Heever waste it!
If Almighty God had not endorsed us and given the aptitude to acquire
knowledge, how could we ever come to perceivethis very text and its
resulting secrets and enlightenment? We should ponder! Let us look at
the following.
In the process of coming from non-existence to our fathers' loins, and
from there to our mothers' wombs millions of sperm cells like us from
one of whichwe were created, the restwere eliminated. If Almighty God
had eliminated and placed us in the line with those subject to
extinction, what would have happened?
If Exalted God had created us in the womb with an ugly appearance,or
with vision or other organs handicapped, what would have then
happened?
If Almighty God had not taken the baby out automatically, with His
compassion and beneficence from his mother's womb, despite its size
and disproportionality at the"exit", and man were to take it out
himself through an incision, would any woman be willing to have this
done to her? If it were at all possible, there would be much hardship,
and who would be capable of bearing this difficulty?
If we were eliminated, like other children of our age, through
different diseases, made paralyzed, powerless, illiterate or ignorant,
what would have then happened?
If Almighty God had not bestowed upon us to be raised in the warm
bosom of our parents, or due to other mishaps we would have been
desperate to do servitudeto others' homes, what would have happened
then?
If either the father or the mother goes away, and Almighty God had not
turned our relatives and other people compassionate to guard us, take
care of us and coach us toward higher education, how could weever come
to access this jewel-box of the secrets of the world of truth and
reality, the purity of Islamand its jurisprudence? What would have
happened then?
A lot of thanksgiving is needed!
What if the nerves in our body were not spread out like telephone
lines? How many times a day would we have suffered numerous wounds
from bits of rocks, wood, nails,needles, and other objects? Before we
notice what is happening, the wounds might become black and decay.
What would have happened under those circumstances?
If Almighty God had not given us memory, whether of things or words
told to us, what would we use to recall and what portion would we
recall when trying to relate. Taking and giving in communication would
then come to a complete halt, and each person would have to
encounterthe other personally in order to be able to talk tohim.
What If Almighty God hadprovided us with a limited intellect such as
He has provided the animals, under the name of instinct, to know only
how to reproduce, being vigil of enemies with some other limited
characteristics, but no more than this? What would we have been
andwhat could we have done in such a case? Verily, in this case, we
would have been big monkeys in the woods orin the mountains or in the
desert that our generation would have been completely extinct by now
due to other animals' strikes such as lions, tigers and others?
If Almighty God had not oiled consistently the body and head's hair
andgiven them unbreakable form, it would be necessary that we oil them
ourselves, so that they would not break. What a situation! What kind
of people would be employed in this kind of work, all trying to
preserve personal beauty, but with what difficulty!
If Exalted God had made human body hairy like that of a sheep, what
would have happened then?
If Almighty God had not automated human hair growth appropriately and
within measure, the growing of each hair would be a task, which would
fall on our shoulders. What would have happened and whatwould we have
done under that circumstance, especially if we were unable to pull?
If Almighty God had caused the hair of the eyelid, eyebrows, and body
to consistently grow like the beard, head and other organs, would we
not be facing inconvenience pertaining to their cutting, styling and
fashioning?
If Almighty God had not endowed humans with hair on his eyelids and
eyebrows, do you know how awful the most beautiful Human would look
like?
If the hair on the eyelid or eyebrow were breakable, needing to
beoiled with regular or some standard oil, and forgotten about, they
would simply break and fall. What situation and what an appearance we
would have had!
If Almighty God had not created the inner lens in the eye that
enlarges the object's image, or if we could see only as big as the
pupils we have; how many hours would we spend rotating our head so
that we could scan a one meter spot. How could we have managed then?
What if Almighty God hadnot automated a required, consistent wetness
in our eyes, and our eyelids did not automatically blink? Could you
imagine in thatcase what would have happened and what would we have
done? Well, each individual would always have needed clean cotton and
q-tips in order to clean one's or friends each other's eyes whenever
these became unclear and dark from the environment and work. In this
case, superb eye cleaners would be needed, since inexperience could
causewounds to the eyes or blindness.
What if there were nobody available in the valleys or deserts, how
would eyes have been cleaned? Or, what if we had to wait for someone
to clean our eyes so that we could see our way. There are expert
ear-cleaners in some countries that have special dress and
instruments. But the eyes are much more indispensable and their
cleaning is more delicate.
If Almighty God had not made human eyes powerful and energetic
vis-a-vis sunlight, and wewere like bats in our holes during the day,
coming out only at night,what would our condition have been like?
If Almighty God had given us only one eye and located that on top of
our head, how would it have been then and how difficult it would have
been to see our wayand to work!
If Almighty God had not made our nose and ears from cartilage, can you
see that every night our ears and nose would be broken? We may have
had to sleep on our backsmaking sure not to turn sideways or face
least our ear or nose broke.
If Almighty God had made our hearing sense so weak as to prevent us
from hearing the talker who does not speak directly in the ear, what
then, and how would our conditions be?
If Almighty God had not grown nasal hair, imagine our breathing dust
and dirt, or if it were too thick, what difficulty we would face if
gland secretions had stuck all the hairs together; It would have
stopped the breathing passages altogether.
If Almighty God had made us proboscidian (possessing a trunk like that
of an elephant), howwould an expensive suit look with this appearance?
Ponder what a favor from the free favors of the Omniscient and Wise,
Disclosed and Undisclosed, the AlmightyGod, is our blessed appearance.
Translation: "We have indeed crated Man in the best of molds." (95:4Q)
If the teeth did not possess this peculiar nervous sensitivity and
cleverness, how many pieces of stone we wouldbe chewing on while
eating, although doctors say there are no nerves in bone? If God
Almighty had created human teethout of one bone piece - First , what
would have happened to the beauty of the mouth with its teeth? Second
, we wouldbe compelled to remove that one piece of bone if ever we
felt a toothache. Then what would have happened and what difficulty
would we be facing? Pulling out of the lower or upper jaws is not a
simple task.
If Almighty God had given man a beak like that of a bird instead of
amouth, so we would not be able to eat anything but grain, then what
would have happened? What suffering we wouldface, if we ever ate?
If after putting food in our mouths, we had to push our jaws up and
down by means of our hands, how difficult it would have been and what
would have happened?
What if Almighty God hadnot given the tongue twopeculiar eyes and
unique sensitive perception to be used during the chewing process to
take the morsels from the left to the right and push them under the
molar teeth, placing them there? It does not do this job just once,
but repeatsevery time we chew. It collects food from around the mouth,
and takes it to be chewed under the molars and other teeth. Reflect
upon this perfect order of creation in each organ, could it ever be
possible without a Prudent Artificer? No, never.
If the tongue were not operative with awaken, fully vigilant "eyes" in
thecave of the mouth, its half would be somewhat injured and come
under the teeth every time we ate. We would have to perform this task
with our fingers, provided they are in the mouth during chewing; hence
they would be injured during the first or secondattempt. Ponder how
thiseyeless piece of flesh wasgiven eyes? It does its work in the
darkness of the mouth, while both right and left molar teethare
active. It avoids going beneath the teeth.
If God Almighty had not endowed man with the capability of speech and
writing, what difficulty would his searching intellect have to meet?
For he wished to talk andcould not, or his order or command to be
carried out somewhere far away but was unfamiliar with written
communication. So what should he have done and how could he solve the
problem, which existed far away, what would have happened then?
If food by God's command did not go down our throat automatically, we
would have to push it down for each other using, for example, a
skewer. Then, what would have happened? What would have been our
condition?
Is this system spontaneous?
Ponder! Does the claim that creation came aboutby chance, or that
Almighty God does not exist, have any sense except for being a wheel
within the wheel, or the hands of control or power behind curtains?
If, during the descent of a morsel of food, the epiglottis did not
automatically lock the trachea's inlet, what problems we would
havebeen facing pertaining toa morsel reaching the stomach? Reflect on
how the epiglottis in the throat is acquainted withthe performance of
this task. Is it still appropriatefor man to consider the creation of
this entire universe as coincidental, with the absence of the Almighty
Creator? The answer is negative.
If Almighty God had not placed the heart in the thorax, but had
created itoutside the thorax, with its connections with the inside of
the body through arteries and veins, how impossible would it have been
to save the organ from accidents and other mishaps? How would we have
fared in trying to protect it?
If we had to execute the heart's pumping, pressing it constantly, what
difficult a task it would have been and what would have become of us,
and how would we have handled it while at work and business?
What if there was no pumping of the heart and it did not keep
circulating blood throughout the body? Indeed blood would go downward
after a few hours' walk, and then wewould have to lift up our legs and
wait a while until blood comes rushing toward the head and chest. Then
what would have happened, what would we have done, and what would have
been our conditions?
Ponder well! Are all theseorgans filled with these mysteries created
spontaneously? As some say so, and deny the Almighty Great, Omnipotent
and Self-Existent God.
If Almighty God had not given man, hands and fingers, then what
condition we would be in now and how would we transfer things to our
mouth?
Do you know that the flesh from the beginning of the nail to its end
grows periodically, taking the nail from its beginning to its end
forward. Then from thereit subtly separates from the nail so that we
do notnotice it. Subsequently, ittakes its reverse cycle from the end
to beginning of the nail.
As an evidence to this truth, you might have observed that the
beginning of the nail that has turned red or has become black after
being struck, especially if it is located at the root ofthe nail.
After a short while, approximately six months the black spot has
gradually risen reaching the end of the nail.
Hence, we must ponder that if the nail were to slip over the flesh and
come forward, naturally underneath the nail having the most delicate
sensitivity to pain, indeed we would feel an intense discomfort or at
least notice the separation of nail and flesh. No pain, or processing
related to thisaction, is, however, noticeable to us. These processes
well convey that the flesh underneaththe nail is circulating along
with the nail letting the nail reach the end and then it takes the
reverse cycle towards thebeginning of the nail. Therefore, a piece of
flesh from the finger side, if separated and leftbehind from the
flowing process, aches. It bothers us and makes us feel uncomfortable
unless we cut it.
Image Disclosures:
1 Michael Denton, Evolution:A Theory in Crisis, London: Burnett Books,
1985, p. 334.
2 New Scientist, v. 103, 16 August 1984, p. 19
3 R. L. Gregory, Eye and Brain: ThePsychology of Seeing, Oxford
University Press Inc., New York, 1990, p. 9
4 William A. Dembski, Converting Matter into Mind, 1998
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