A Reflecton on GOD'S SYSTEM/SUNNATALLAAH
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A Reflection on GOD?S SYSTEM/SUNNATALLAAH
To start out, I need to stand upon a firm base. As a practicing Muslim, my bedrock is The Qur?an, and you?ll find almost all of my reasoning and references regarding my ideological beliefs, coming directly, straight out The Qur?an, as the only reliable source, foundation, and guiding light of our faith. I?ll be very brief and to the point. .
Sightseeing is my pastime and whenever there is a chance I seek refuge in the nature, and the spots that give me the widest possible angles of view are my favorite ones. The bigger the picture, the more beautiful it is to the eye.
I purposely want to start out being more philosophical than scientific. Although realistic philosophical views and opinions must not contradict science, on the other hand, we cannot rely on science to deliver us the reality of the BIG picture in its totality either.
Science deals with micros and is not able to explain the macros. Science?s angle of view is very narrow and deals with the minute details and mind-boggling data collection, recording and exact measurements. Mathematicians, physicists, chemists, naturalists, biologists, geologists, archeologists, sociologists, economists, and so forth, dissect and break the BIG picture down into segments and are only able to explain one segment at a time. Science mainly deals with the past and present and in general cannot foresee and analyze the future events on a long-term basis. It can only explain some of the individual signs, which are indispensable in bringing about the logical explanation of some parts of the whole. On the other hand all philosophical explanations must be in conformity and in total harmony with scientific facts. Other than that, philosophy is going to be nothing but pure conjectures and empty words of mouth serving but the parasitic and reactionary forces of the society. So, for now, I leave the details to the nitpickers, the scientists.
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Your creation and your resurrection are just like one single soul?.That is the BIG picture in its totality. Without the presence of that totality in mind, at all times, most projects will render barren at the end.
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And He it is who that created the heavens and the Earth in six periods and His thrown were over the water???.This is the beginning of the BIG picture, and notice that we are right there in it from the beginning. It was started as one watery mass. They say the Universe; before the ?big bang? was made of one concentrated mass of liquid Hydrogen and still 99.99% of its mass is but Hydrogen gas.
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Don?t those who disbelieve see that the heavens and the Earth were but one piece/mass and we separated them from each other?Notice we are right in there, as part of it.
From here the evolution of the Universe begins. Hydrogen, the building block of the Universe, is set to evolve into other heavier elements and the BIG picture is changing and shaping up in a progressive unidirectional continuous course. Billions of years are passing by and at the same time countless galaxies and within them countless stars and planets forming and us being part of it too.
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41-9,10,11,12The Earth is now being prepared for the advent of organic and life bearing matter.
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?. And we created all living things out of the water?.Through ages, at the bottom of Earth?s body of water, organic matter began evolving out of the muddy sediments.
2-6
He it is Who that created you from clay then set a term appointed and a fixed term with him, then again you are doubtful.26-15
And indeed We created the human from altered clay of black mud.Also see, 23-12, 32-7, 37-11, 55-14.
Later, life began spreading out all over the Earth, in the form of countless self-propagating single living cells.
... 98-6
And He it is Who that brought you all out of a single soul?... 1-4
O mankind, fear your Lord, the One Who created you all from a single soul and He created its mate/likeness from itself and from those two, He scattered about numerous men and women...Also see, 39-6
Then gradually and after some evolutionary periods sexuality began to spearhead the evolution of future generations of evolving species.
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O mankind verily We created you all from male and female and made you into branches/nations and tribes in order for you all to know one another, verily the most honorable of you before God/Allah is the most pious among you (being most honorable not based on gender, nationality, race, ethnicity, etc, but based on righteousness and piety only).Again, after millions of years of evolution gradually the final product comes out.
..... 11-7
And indeed We created you all, then thru time We gave you form/shape then again thru time, We said to the angels; do prostrate, all of you before Adam?Man has arrived carrying the enormous burden of the whole evolutionary heritage. He is the end result, cream of the crop. He is to carry the whole load from then on.
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Verily We offered the burden of the Trust to the heavens and the earth and the mountains. They readily refused to carry it and were afraid of it, and man undertook it. Verily he is unjust and ignorant.
Although man has assumed responsibility of spearheading the evolution, but still comparing to the BIG picture, we are but a next to nothing part of the whole creation and in reality we have no saying in its direction, destiny or purpose. From here we cannot rely on science to help us much. From here there is no other way but to count on philosophy, common sense and logical arguments in finding our way through the future. Of course the scientific facts which lit our way from the far past to the present can be helpful in keeping us on a realistic track/course through our reasoning. From here we need to find out what is next, where we are heading, what is the whole purpose regarding the BIG picture? I don?t think that science will be able to answer that question. Here and there science discovers a fact here and observes some changes in the cosmoses there. There are schools of thoughts, which do not believe in, or see any direction or purpose for the Universe. They believe in but vanity. We come and go. That is it. There is no purpose.
24-45
And they say, what is there but our life of this world? We shall die and we live and nothing but time can destroy us. And of that they have no knowledge, they merely conjecture.Then again, on the other hand, there is a very old school of thought, as old as man himself, that believes otherwise.
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Do you think that We have created you in vain and that you are not returning to us?
16-21
And We did not create the heaven and the Earth and every thing in between them for a play.
22-45
And Allah created the heavens and the Earth for just ends and for each soul to find the recompense of what it has earned and none of them be wronged.We may spend lifetimes arguing with materialists about the purpose of the whole creation/the Universe, and most probably not getting anywhere. A materialistic approach will not answer the question, in that, we have to first, scientifically see and feel and measure a creator, then afterward, to be able to assume a purpose for its creation. Based on all scientific knowledge that man has earned and collected so far, let us ask a simple question. Do we find any disorderly trend in the evolution of the Universe? Have we observed any chaos so far?
3-67
The One Who created seven heavens one above another; you wont find in the creation of the Compassionate any differentiation. Return the vision once again. Do you see any flaw?Up until now the study of the BIG picture in its totality has shown us an undeniable perfect fit. It started as a very simple basic element, namely Hydrogen in liquid form, and over a steady and continuous dynamic unidirectional motion, technically called evolution, has turned into what we see today, a highly complex and still evolving entity, what we call the Universe.
We know there has been a starting point for this auto dynamic steady motion, from absolute simplicity, toward complexity. This simply means that there is a direction which points toward a destination/purpose, utmost complex and sophisticated.
This philosophy is based on reasoning, common sense and logic with a touch of scientific background. No one can scientifically prove that there is a definite end/purpose to the existence of the Universe. This conclusion leads us to ideology/religion as the only logical answer to all our scientifically unanswered questions. Otherwise, we have no choice but to join with materialists and sing along the song that, religion is nothing but the tales of the old.
24-16
And when they are asked What is it that your Lord has revealed? They say Fictitious stories of the ancients.Now, after all this and regarding the future and the End/Hereafter, let us see what The Qur?an has to offer.
..... 1,2,3,4,5,6,7-56
When the event befalls. And there can be no denial of its befalling. Bringing low, exalting. When the Earth will be shaken with a terrible shake. And the mountains will be powdered to dust. Then they will be floating dust particles. And you all will be in three groups.
9-75
And the sun and the moon will be joined together.Science states that the moon has been constantly getting away from the earth since the beginning of its formation.
104-21
On that day We shall roll up the heaven like written scrolls are rolled up, just like the way We began the first creation, We shall repeat it, a promise upon us. Verily We are going to do it.
1,2,3,4-84
When the heaven is split asunder. And listens to and obeys its Lord and it must do so. And when the Earth is stretched forth. And has cast out all that was in it and became empty. And listens to and obeys its Lord and it must do so.
8,9,10-77
Then when the stars lose their lights. And when the heaven is cleft asunder. And when the mountains are blown away.Through what I?ve already set forth above, I am building a launching pad for my departure, a platform to lead me in the right direction within the Islamic methodology of IJTIHAAD.
Based on the said platform, an ideological, serious, and practicing Muslim must,
1st believe in The One and only One, God/Allah (The Immaterial, Invisible, Indivisible, Uncompounded, Absolute Purity, The Creator, Sustainer, Evolver, ?.), The One Single Soul Who Fills the whole Universe/Creation....... ......11-42
?..There is nothing like onto Him?..The One and only One, Who deserves to be worshiped
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Allah, no one deserves to be worshiped but He?..2nd believe that through His creation and His direction, He is evolving and guiding the Universe toward a complex and sophisticated End that He Himself calls it The Last Day, The Hereafter and The Resurrection.
59-40
Truly, the Hour/Resurrection/Hereafter is surely coming; there is no doubt about it, yet most of the people believe not.3rd Believe in all His angels, messengers and revealed books.
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?And the believers, each one believes in Allah, His Angels, His Books, and His Messengers?.These are the major philosophical principles of Islam as the only acceptable religion before God/Allah.
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Truly, the religion with Allah is only Islam?85-3
And whoever seeks any religion other than Islam, it will never be accepted of him, and in the Hereafter he will be one of the losers.At this point I?d like to stop. All I said, as the preacher says on the radio, was ?not a sermon, but a thought.?
And let me finish with a prayer or two.
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O Allah our Lord, Most Great, Most High. Be you Glorified O Allah. All praises and thanks are for you. Verily, I beg you to guide us in your light and increase our knowledge and guidance. And have mercy on us and guard us against the evil of the unjust and the ignorant people.Peace.
Khalil -
Salaam brother Khalil,
Very nicely put, mashaAllah. The framing is very good in your article.
But I believe that the title is not suitable for that article, as I personally believe that 'sunnatAllah' is the procedures/formulas of Allah.
At the end of your post, I was like 'what?' o
The only reason is, I was enjoying, refreshing, fearing with the aayaats you have quoted in your article, but then suddenly you end up with a dua that is not from AlQuraan?
I believe that the best Duas are available in AlQuraan and the best Hamd of Allah is also can be taken from AlQuraan.
Anyways, thanks for the aayaats bro.
May Allah guide us all towards His true path pr
Mohammed M. Khan -
Salaam brother Khalil,
Very nicely put, mashaAllah. The framing is very good in your article.
But I believe that the title is not suitable for that article, as I personally believe that 'sunnatAllah' is the procedures/formulas of Allah.
At the end of your post, I was like 'what?' o
The only reason is, I was enjoying, refreshing, fearing with the aayaats you have quoted in your article, but then suddenly you end up with a dua that is not from AlQuraan?
I believe that the best Duas are available in AlQuraan and the best Hamd of Allah is also can be taken from AlQuraan.
Anyways, thanks for the aayaats bro.
May Allah guide us all towards His true path pr
Mohammed M. KhanHighlights above are from me.
Salaam Dear Brother Muhammad,
Thanks for responding.
1st I believe the title is appropriate since the CREATION and it?s process, i.e. EVOLUTION, are parts of GOD?S SYSTEM/SUNNATALLAH.
2nd I do confirm that the best du'aa' is in The Qur'aan, and If you carefully look at the DU?AA?, I made, toward the end of the article, you?ll see that it is coming from The Qur?aan, put together in parts.
3rd According to The Qur?aan we are urged to IMPLORE GOD, ALLAH, SWT, our LORD, in our own words too. See verse 7205 below, among others.
And remember your Lord within yourself, humbly and with fear and without loudness in words in the mornings, and in the afternoons and be not of those who are neglectful.
4th Not everyone is able to call upon GOD, Almighty in the language of The Qur?aan, but everyone can implore GOD in his/her own language a lot easier and with better understanding.
5th GOD knows our intentions and what is within our hearts. See verse 3538 below, among so many others in The Qur?aan.
Verily, Allah is the All-Knower of the Unseen of the heavens and the earth. Verily! He is the All-Knower of that is in the breasts.
Peace,
Khalil -
Salaam brother Khalil,
1st I believe the title is appropriate since the CREATION and it?s process, i.e. EVOLUTION, are parts of GOD?S SYSTEM/SUNNATALLAH.
Here I have to disagree with you with the term SunnatAllah, as per my understanding 'Allah's System' is called DEEN not SunnatAllah.
2nd I do confirm that the best du'aa' is in The Qur'aan, and If you carefully look at the DU?AA?, I made, toward the end of the article, you?ll see that it is coming from The Qur?aan, put together in parts.
Oh, I am sorry, I did not read that Dua you wrote, and infact I wanted to say the same that you can collect the Duas from AlQuraan and put them together. Its my bad, I did not read that before posting prev. message.
I will check that, inshaAllah.
May Allah forgive our mistakes and sins and guide us all to His true path pr
Mohammed M. Khan