MAN IS WICKED! But He's Only Fooling Himself.

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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