Universe and Choice
Allah (TWT
[Tabarak wa Ta’alah]) created the whole
universe on the basis of choice. There are creatures that had the option to
choose only once and their choice was to be oppressed. And there are others who have chosen to be given the
right of successive choice so that each of them would have the freedom of
choice throughout his life (Al-Hayat Al-Donya).
There are
Angels that Allah (TWT) did not inform us about how they have been created.
They glorify Allah day and night and they never disobey what Allah has decreed.
As Allah (Galla Galaloh) says
<<They (the angels) glorify His Praises night and day,
they never slacken (to do so)>>
Ayah 20 from Surat Al-Anbiya’a
And Allah (SWT) also says
<<(angels) who disobey not, (from executing) the
Commands they receive from Allah, but do that which they are commanded>>
Ayah 6 from surat At-Tahrim
Those are
the angels that Allah (SWT) keeps in
charge for whatever He wills throughout the universe. There is an angel in
charge of every single thing in the universe according to the Will of Allah
(Galla Galaloh). Among those angels are the Lifters of the Throne and the ones
nearest to Al-Haqq (SWT). There are also the uppermost angels, the angels of
death, the angels that are in charge of man, like Al-Hafaza Al-Keram who write
down man’s acts, and many other angels.
All
creatures except man and Al-Jin have deliberately chosen to be oppressed. If we
read what Al-Haqq (SWT) says,
<< Truly, We did offer Al-Amanah (the Trust) to the
heavens, and the earth, and the mountains, but they declined to bear it and
were afraid of it, but man bore it. Verily, he was unjust (to himself) and
ignorant (of its results)>>
Ayah 72 from surat Al-Ahzab
Then we
will know that the heavens, the earth, the mountains and all other creatures
were offered Al-Amanah, which is the freedom of choice. That is they were
offered to be free to choose and to be able to obey or disobey. But all those
creatures except man and Al-Jin
refused the offer of choice. They all said to Allah that they can’t handle
themselves nor Al-Amanah and they asked Allah to make them oppressed.
And if
Allah (SWT) had not informed us about that in His book the Qur’an, we would not
have known that the offer of choice was there for all His creatures, that they
refused to carry Al-Amanah that man has accepted and that they preferred to be
oppressed.
But let’s
explain what is Al-Amanah. Al-Amanah is what another person leaves with you on
a condition that he gets it back
whenever he wants. He would leave Al-Amanah with you because you are
trustworthy and this trust has to be without any written proof or any
eyewitness. For example, if someone gave you some money and he got a receipt, a
bank check or a money draft in return, it is not considered Amanah. It is
considered a certified deposit. Also if someone left the money with you in the
presence of some people, it is still not considered Amanah, but a witnessed
deposit. It is called Amanah only if that trust was between the two of you,
with no witness or proof. And Allah (TWT) offered AlAmanah to the heavens,
earth and mountains, but they all rejected it.
Why? Because
they felt they are incapable of
returning it. That is because if someone left you some money as Amanah, you
might hit some bad times and turn towards some of that money hoping that you
can return it later. And you might even spend all the money, thinking that you
will be able to return it by the time it is due. But actually when the time
comes, you can’t get the money and by this, you have wasted Al-Amanh. So man
before bearing Al-Amanah thought
that he would be able to return it and that he would follow the law of Allah and pay back His rights
(SWT) by praying, thanking Allah, serving Him and doing all what Allah orders
him.
When man
started the journey of bearing Al-Amanah, that is this life (Al-Hayat Al-Donia),
the devil - Al-Shytan - seduced him,
so he started doing sins and believed in more than one God. Eventually, man
started believing in and serving the stones, the sun, the moon, the stars, the
animal and more. By doing that he wasted Al-Amanah, and by the time Al-Amanah
is due, when death approaches him, he is to meet Allah unable to pay back Al-Amanah
that he chose to bear.
To be continued....
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