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Chapter Buruj – Part 5

Chapter Buruj, part 5

85:10 “Those who persecute the believing men and women and thereafter do not repent, then certainly for them is the punishment of hell and for them is the punishment of burning.”

85:11 “Those who believe and do righteous works, certainly, for them are the gardens beneath which rivers flow.  That is the great triumph.”

In the above two verses, there are two kinds of people described:

  1. One who denies the meaning of this universe i.e. rejects belief.
  2. One who looks for the meaning to what this universe points to i.e. confirms the reality.

The fundamental teachings of the belief system are obvious.  On the one hand, are the people who convey the truth and practice the message in their lives. On the other hand, are people who have not been following the believer’s way of life and bother them.  If they do not repent for their misuse of free will, then they will suffer the consequence and an extension of it in the hereafter as well.  Accordingly, everyone will experience their own future.  

Although, some people may seem happy because of their attitude where they have conditioned themselves: “I will entertain my life here and after that disappear.”  By following this understanding, they enjoy this world not on the basis of the human side (feelings and spiritual pleasure) but the bodily side (eat the best food, best residence, using best opportunities in order to satisfy themselves).  This temporary joy will be used for bodily life only where one knows that they will die but never recalls death.  There is no time to ponder on the feeling of “Why am I made in a way where I do not want to die?”  They have blocked their human feelings by accepting that they will go into annihilation anyways after death and have conditioned their living to the bodily/animal living only. That is why they seem to be happy.  As a result of this conditioning, one is not concerned about not wanting to lose any of the human tools and senses that are given.  That is a choice to make and we are all free to utilize our freewill whichever way we want.

How about believing people, aren’t they happy?  As much as they have opportunities, they try to have a pleasurable physical life as well.  No one says that we shouldn’t seek to satisfy our animal appetite and entertain ourselves here.  The universe is at our service prepared for us to be utilized, but the understanding must be from an eternal aspect.  While we are benefiting from the goods of this world we should try to see the qualities of the Creator manifested in them and connect our human feelings and expectations to this Creator and present our thanks to Him alone. That is, the expectations of eternal existence and happiness will accompany the physical living.  As a believer who believes in the Absoluteness of the Creator, eternal life, one would say that this life is a training and I must educate myself here to get ready for the graduation of this world.  The believers make sense of it according to their understanding of revelation, God’s speech.  Everyone is living life according to their conditions.

Most of the miracles of the Prophets mentioned in the Quran are easy to adapt to our lives.  In the Quran, there is a narration about Abraham regarding his Prophetic mission.  As a single man, he declared his dissatisfaction with the whole community’s attributing divine qualities to some parts of the universe,  to them by claiming: “There is no Creator but only One Absolute Creator Who is the Creator of the  whole universe.” He is known as the destroyer of idols. Nowadays, the symbolic representations of an idol/God are in a different form.  What is prevalent is the concept of nature, rather than saying the universe must have a Creator, they say that nature reveals itself or the universe just happens to develop by itself and is eternal without any beginning.  Some people challenge the idea of the universe being eternal with that of the universe that has a beginning and claim that it is now developing by itself. The consequence of this idea is that if there is a beginning to something, then there must be an end as well.   

In our time, the idol is the understanding of nature, or the source of hope is scientific discoveries i.e. whatever is going on in this universe, we will discover it and understand the universe better.  That is good but are you finding any signs of the Source of Existence here is the real question?  Sometimes, the universe is explained with the expected discovery of the smallest particle of matter referred to as “God particle”, as being the agent of giving mass to every other thing.  But God by definition, means an infinite being that must have the quality of “Self- Sustaining,” and any of the particles is within the universe.  By definition, the universe is not infinite and so it contradicts the definition of God, an Absolute Being.  How can you find an Infinite Source here with an infinite power which will create and give existence to something that did not exist before without using already existing materials?  This endeavor is just a wishful hope because thousands of years later you will still come across sophisticated discoveries devoid of any signs of the Source of Existence here.  In principle, what science finds is already what is existing in this universe.  Science is not going to change the order or laws of the universe.  Nothing within the universe can be the Source of Existence of the order of the universe since everything of the universe is subject to the order of the universe.

  • Whatever science finds will be within the confinement of this universe.
  • Example:The smallest part of the matter, be it drops of water, of molecules, identified and discovered in the past; particles are now discussed at a quantum level.
  • Any smallest particle is subject to the order of the universe.

That is the idea that Prophet Abraham challenged i.e. anything deified here is subject to the order of the universe: “How can you insult the Source of Existence of the universe like this?”  If one states that something is not naturally occurring and is controlled by something not of the nature of this universe, then you will be kicked out of a scientific institution because you are going against “scientific ideas” which are defined by a handful of people.  By definition within science, you cannot attribute any quality to an external agent (Absolute, not of the nature of this universe) and if you do then that is labeled as “theology,”therefore, not “scientific.” Claiming that the things are coming into existence by themselves is not “theology,” though no one can ever demonstrate that they are coming into existence by themselves. This is just a personal interpretation, that is, her/his “theology.”

Think about it: How is the particle happening by itself?  I say by an Absolute Being and you may say by itself.  That is what Abraham was challenging.  Absolute Being cannot be represented within a limited being, the universe.  The universe is a limited being and is subject to the order which must be established by an Order-er and therefore, cannot be the source of existence of the order.  Prophet Abraham demonstrated this logic by knocking down idols that are acting according to the law of the universe.  Example: DNA structure is acting under an order and its elements cannot be the source of their own existence.  Abraham says that I will prove that anything you say (including the God particle), follows the order of the universe which is established by something not of the nature of this universe (Absolute).  The opposers of Abraham said that they are going to throw him in a huge fire as their hatred towards that understanding because Abraham has proved that their claim has no base, is illogical and does not make sense.  Nowadays, people do not put you in fire, but they may fire you from the scientific institution.

The fundamental teaching of any Speech of God is: “Nothing has deity quality here (lailaha), there must be an Absolute Source of Existence (illallah)”.

Nowadays We are corrupting the earth when we do not acknowledge any authority over us.  In the name of technological advancements (nuclear weapons), we produce so much waste that is hazardous to the environment and as a result we get polluted air, seas, land, produce.  That is why there are so many institutions propagating to protect the environment but based on what?  To save the planet and leave it clean for the coming generations or in the name of humanity. On the one hand they allow the waste to be produced and on the other hand they want to protect the environment. 

Humanity has two missions now: Stop destroying creation, called “nature” and do not insult the Creator of the universe for everything is in need to be created (hence we must be respectful and thankful to theAbsolute Being Who has given the universe as a gift to us to be utilized).

After being thrown into the fire (of fury or rage), what happens to Abraham or Abraham-like scientists?  Let’s see in the following verse:

21:69 “Allah said, O Fire be coolness and safety upon Abraham.”

This is taken as a miracle upon prophet Abraham. Another miracle related to this is narrated in the story of Moses when he faced Pharaoh and threw his staff (symbolizing his message) as a sign of God’s dominion. The magicians of Pharaoh also threw their staffs (the idea that Pharaoh is the Lord of Egypt) to contest whereupon the staff of Moses swallowed the other staffs. Prophet Moses demonstrated (by a Divine message) the understanding of wrongful ideas being swallowed/having no truth, which nowadays are the interpretations of scientific discoveries.  That demonstration or Quranic message makes us realize things coming from an Absolute Source.  

  • Nothing in the universe possesses the creative quality (the Quranic way).  That is, there is no random happening in the universe and the universe is so complete in its entirety that one does not have to seek out the next big scientific discovery to prove the Absoluteness of the Source of Existence of this universe. In other words, Moses proved the magicians/scientists’ interpretations of the universe to be false.  Scientific findings are correct as they show how the things behave and follow a specific order of the universe. However, the interpretation of the events and the existing order needs to be questioned further.  

Going back to the verse, prophet Abraham was in peace and their denial/rejections did not hurt his feelings at all.  While he was rejected by people, the human senses of Abraham were happy when he realizes that His Creator is letting him know how obstinate these deniers are because they have no answer to the message of the Creator of the universe.  They are just following their forefather’s “scientific” (magical, false, baseless) interpretations.

Abraham sees that this life is just a place of education and I am being educated here by my Creator who is demonstrating that the deniers are obstinate furious people without any logical consistency in their answers.  The universe cannot be the work of nature.  What is nature?  Something of the universe.  Just like when we eat food saying that it is the source of my satisfaction.  What is satisfying me really?  Food disappears and the taste disappears as well.  The human side remains unsatisfied though the body is fed by the food.

Scientific discoveries only find out what is already out there rather than what is the source of existence of something.  While discovering, you are not creating anything but finding out the best combination of ingredients to get something.  Interpretations of these findings are a problem where I attribute the discovery, existence of a thing, to something of this universe rather than something not of the nature of this universe.

We must be honest within ourselves and not contradict our human side.  If I contradict my human/spirit side, then I am treated accordingly.  That is, physically if I put a knife into my heart, then I die.  

Take a few minutes and think of our situation right now: There is no Creator and I came out of chaos and will disappear out of existence.  Your inner world will collapse, and expectations will come to zero.  Here you are listening to your human side and not contradicting it.  We cannot deny our human side.  If I think that this world happens to be like this without any conscious existence giver, then I am putting a knife into my heart (representing the human feelings).

We are not created for this world, but we are given sophisticated senses to realize our need for eternity.  Just as when we were in the womb of our mothers, the respiratory system was not used there but prepared for another world, gradually developing, and perfectly arranged.  As soon as you are born, the mother’s breast is prepared for your nourishment.  As you grow, you have options with food and the same goes with your human feelings, you are free to use them in any capacity as you want.  That is, you are free to deny your human side and then you cannot enjoy your life because your life will drop into complete non-sense.  “Thank God that we are created with the capacity where we cannot deny the reality of our existence.”

85:12 “The grip of your Lord is indeed severe.”

We understand that any punishment is severe, and the severity of punishment is immediate.  That is, as soon as I say I have no Owner, I am here as a product of nature just because of a sequence of events and developed from one stage to another.  This does not make my existence meaningful, but I am dying for meaning for my activities. For example, If someone calls John stupid, then John will defend his being and may even take this person to court. The human dignity demonstrates that John’s existence cannot be stupid or meaningless.  

Every creation is meaningful and not seeing them, or my own creation, as such results in a punishment.  This severity is a reference for me to be careful as to how I define myself.  Yes, I eat food but is it the food that has created the taste, color, and beauty of the food?  Not only the stomach but also the eyes look for beauty and the nose looks for the best smelling things.  My consciousness is aware that the One who created it for me is the Absolute One.  He creates out of soil and seed within the order He has established.  Everything is prepared by Him.  I am under His care.  While we are eating, we are getting gifts from the Creator. How is this Creator adjusting the qualities of the food? By eating, I am unwrapping His gifts here.  I have the need for these qualities; how is He doing and preparing for my needs as if He is aware of my position.  Everything is under His direct control and He renews existence this way.

85:13 “It is He who originates and re-creates all along”.

New creation is taking place at every moment.  The orderliness does not change but the acts of creation within the order change.  That is, every season we are given different fruits.  Our body changes, our feelings change and our expectations change within the order the Creator set.  It means that I am under the operation of someone demonstrating that my existence is not static and the Creator is taking care of every single act.

This creation will be renewed after I die because He is creating it and my Source of Existence is eternal.  I will be given eternity by His will because He promises with the witnessing of the human feelings to give me eternal happiness.  Even if my body dies here, I will be re-created again as a result of the qualities of the Creator which is manifested in the universe. He re-originates creation.  Order is the same, but the act of creation changes.  Continuous process of creation is going on.  The acts of creation are not repeating themselves exactly the same way.  After death, there will be a continuation of a new world for me because my senses are given to me in order to receive the message that my Creator will actualize eternal happiness.  The universe is not static but dynamic as a proof of His qualities are Absolute.  My resurrection will be familiar to me as much as I have acquainted my human side with His qualities.  In the new creation, I will start using the elements that I was given here.  I will be given eternal happiness.  I expect this after I die because I am thankful to Him and my relationship with Him is perfect.

What can make you happy here eternally?  Call your nature or idols (nature, accidental developments etc.) to make you happy and they will all fail.

85: 14 “And He is the Most Forgiving, the Most Loving.” 

Whoever repents, He forgives.  Not only forgives but treats you with love and is a loving one.  God is waiting for us to ask for forgiveness and repent.  He loves us when we turn to Him as if saying: “Look, I love you and gave you consciousness, use them, and question and investigate your existence.  Is denial of an Absolute Being appropriate to your human side or confirmation?”  He gave us the sense of loving honesty and disliking wrong.

I do not want pain but a loving relationship with my Lord.  Why shouldn’t I use these senses and direct them to my Creator.  Our Creator loves us: “Let me be aware that You love me, and I want to love You.”  The universe cannot love me, and this sense of love wants answers.  Nature is dumb, deaf, and only follows the order.  

If you are thirsty and dying for water which does not come to you, then how do you think that nature is compassionate to you?  Nature is subject to the order set by the Creator of the universe.  The Creator says that you must ask me and acknowledge me.  If you turn to God, He will love you.  He also told us that revenge is not good at all.  He does not want to take revenge and hurt me which is against my nature.  Hatred is not God’s choice, but I can use my freewill for hatred.  I should rather listen to the Creator’s speech: “I love you and I am the loving One, come back to Me.”




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