Man
Is Wicked!
But
He's Only Fooling
Himself.
When
He's In Trouble, He
Cries
To God For Help As
He's
Weak & Helpless!
(M. Javed Naseem)
“When trouble touches a man, he
cries unto Us
(in all postures) – Lying down
on his side, or
sitting, or standing. But when We
have solved
his trouble, he passes on his way
as if he had
never cried to Us for a trouble
that touched
him! Thus do the deeds of
transgressors
seem fair in their eyes!”
(al-Quran 10:12)
Here's the psychology of man!
When he is enjoying power and authority, he doesn't care about
anything or anybody except his own interest. He gets corrupted and
abuses his powers. But when he gets into trouble because of his
foolish decisions and unreasonable choices, he cannot get out of it
without God's help. He cries to Allah for help because only then he
feels that all his power and authority is in vain, and can't fix the
situation. He realizes how weak and helpless he is. And when Allah
helps him and removes the troubles, he feels happy again – and soon
reverts to his old tricks and evil-doing, as nothing had happened.
Allah has created man and Allah
knows really well what we are capable of. He created us weak with
limitations so that we don't get arrogant and snobbish. We should
stay humble and fear God because He doesn't like boastful, arrogant
and unjust people. He doesn't like sinful and evil-doing people
either but He forgives them when they repent and seek His
forgiveness. He is the Most Merciful. He warns us with the examples
of earlier nations who rebelled and disobeyed Him; and were
eventually destroyed. We should be wise enough to take heed. He tells
us in the Quran:
“Generations before you We destroyed when
they did wrong: their messengers
came to
them with clear-signs, but they
would not
believe! Thus do We requite those
who sin!”
(al-Quran 10:13)
All power and authority belongs
to Allah. If He grants some power or authority to humans in this
world, it is because He wants them to serve his brethren – the
mankind. A corrupt mind looks at it as useful “power” and
enjoyable “authority”, but a wise man trembles with it because he
considers it a huge responsibility. He knows that he would be
questioned about it on the Day of Judgment.
Allah is the Supreme Creator and
the Chief Controller of the universe. We should not mess around with
His power and authority because we have no clue HOW powerful and
great He is. He gives us a hint in the Quran:
“Verily your Lord is Allah, who
created the
heavens and the earth in six
days, and is firmly
established on the throne (of
authority),
regulating and governing all
things. No
intercessor (can plead with Him)
except
after His permission (has been
obtained).
This is Allah, your Lord; Him,
therefore, you
serve! Will you not receive
admonition?”
(al-Quran 10:3)
His warning about admonition is
very clear; and He doesn't like the 'middlemen' either who claim to
get His mercy and blessing for us. The Creation can easily be
connected to its Creator without a third-party intercession. But how?
Well, by obeying Him and following His commands laid down in the
Scriptures! He likes those who believe in Him and practice
righteousness. We should never forget that one day we are going back
to Him, and then we'll hear the music! He tells us:
“To Him will be your return – of all of you.
The promise of Allah is true and
sure. It is He
Who begins the process of
creation, and repeats
it, that He may reward with
justice those who
believe and work righteousness.
But those who
reject Him, will have drinks of
boiling fluids, and
a grievous penalty, because they
did reject Him.”
(al-Quran 10:4)
Yes, it's the same message again
and again, generation after generation, nation after nation: Believe
and don't reject Him (or His signs); and practice righteousness! If
you do that, you'll be granted the big prize – Paradise! But if you
fail to do that (by defiance, by rebellion, by ignorance or by
disobedience), your destination would be Hell. And that's a terrible
destination! You'll neither live nor die there. It would be constant
torment and non-stop punishment!
“Those who rest not their hope on their meeting
with Us, but are pleased and
satisfied with the
life of the present, and those
who heed not Our
Signs, their abode is the Fire,
because of the
(evil) they earned.”
(al-Quran 10:7-8)
Our
tenure in this world is like a traveler's journey. We should pay
attention to the direction signs and the warning signs during our
travel otherwise we'll be lost. Those signs come from our Creator to
guide us through and should not be ignored. We should make an effort
to please our Lord God; only then He will bless us with His mercy,
bounties and blessings. No pain, no gain!
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