Salam to everyone in this forum,
I have read almost all of the comments and the minute by minute accounts of those who were actually present at the time of this soul shaking event. It is easy for us all to jump to conclusions.
Why did God allow this to happen? Why did so many have to die? What did God mean by this?
At the same time at any given minute, we too can be destroy in a similiar kind of manner! Death is inevitable for all that lives and only God the Most high knows our date, where and way of dying, no matter where or who we are! In this event there are many signs for us how we can be wiped out in an instant. We seen to be focused more on the tsunami and Gods wrath instead of seeing the other side to this. I do not just see the devastation, instead of the overall many meanings. I see PEOPLE of every race, nations and creed coming together. And for what? To help mankind! To show that they have faith and they hear the calling in their hearts to help. All that have survived this devastating tragedy will see the love of God in the face of every human beings that reaches the hand out to help. Those who give what they have to help.
I see more than devastation. I see healing! People coming together and perhaps God will change the condition of all of those who survide. He know what he is doing by this.
Maybe a great change is on the way, and yet all we can do now is wait and do whatever possible to help. Things like sending donations,food, clothing and such if we have it. And pray that God blesses humanity to open their eyes and see the bigger picture. There is life and death. Hope and dispair. Happiness and pain. Love and hate. Being brave and fearful. We should choose the strongest from these attributes and lend our hand, hearts and kind words working toward the betterment of mankind,
and solutions instead of assuming and aggrivating the problem with our assumptions.
Like I said earlier, at any given monent those people could very well be us. Don't forget that was a mass distructive event that had occured, but some of us live in constant devastaion with no earthquakes, hurricanes, tsunamis, tornados,ice storms and such occurs. This life is merely to test us. We do not know God's plan by this. It could have been to cause us to awaken and react.
I can see this as a process to see who will be selfish and condenming and who are true servants of God. Even if they have no other contributions to give other than kind words and prayer for health and speedy recovery for all that was affected by this.
" We will surely test you through some fear, hunger, and loss of money, lives and crops. GIVE GOOD NEWS TO THE STEADFAST. When an affliction befalls them, they say," WE BELONG TO GOD , AND TO HIM WE ARE RETURNING." {2155-156}
We should not hasten to claim we know the reasons why this all happened.
Beatnik wrote
When a bad civilisation is hit with nature, and people die, I think they die because they were not prepared as muslims would be. Muslims live in harmony with the natural environment, muslims have the foresight to care about each other and build structures that would protect them from freak weather. Non-muslim civilisations wouldnt act like this, they are arrogant in the land and uncaring, and thus they are eventually destroyed, I think this is what God is trying to say to us with His similitudes.
Beatnik, I am not trying to single you out, but this statement is a bit off. There are machine, computers and other devises to determine earthquakes,volcanos and other natural disasater. To say that "muslims" would be more prepared is an inaccurate statement. God talks about no matter where you are if death is meant for you or some kind of calamity you can not escape it nor avoid it.
No matter how prepared these people "may" have been there would have been no way to stop this if it is God decree.
Salam to all of you,
eye c-u
