CHAPTER SIX
Allah Encompass All Things
We talked
about the believers and the infidels and how both of them do not get away form
Allah’s will, but they only obey or disobey Allah’s prescribed intention in His
universe. But the dispute of the non-believers leaves us several points that
need to be addressed. For man is in most things contentious and he tries to
find a way to escape Allah’s punishment and he claims that the punishment is
Allah’s will and that he has no choice in it.
We say yes,
punishment is the will of Allah (SWT), but it is you who choose the path to
Allah’s will to enter his mercy and bliss or the path leading to his wrath and
punishment. The key is in your own hands, for when you believe Allah increases
your faith. When you wake up to worship Him in the middle of the night Allah
raises you in position and when you read the Qur’an Allah increases your
reward. When you do the good deeds Allah raises you to a high position and when
you decline from all that, Allah distances you more from his obedience and
leaves you to Satin (Al-Shytan).
And here we come to the noble verse
that a lot of people dispute. Al-Haqq (Jalla
Jallaloh) says:
<<And surely, We have created many of the Jinn and
mankind for Hell. They have hearts wherewith they understand not, and they have
eyes wherewith they see not, and they have ears wherewith they hear not (the
truth). They are like cattle, nay even more astray; those! They are the
heedless ones>>
Ayah 179 from surat Al-A’raf
Those who
want to wrongfully dispute would say since Al-Haqq (SWT) has created those
people for Hell (Jahanam) and since He made them with hearts that do not
understand and eyes that do not see and ears that do not hear, then what is
their guilt to be punished in Hell?
We say that
you did not understand the meaning of the noble verse for Allah (SWT) has
created those people with hearts that understands but they do not want to use
it and He has gave them eyes that can see but they do not see with it and He
created them with ears that listen but they do not want to listen.
For if we
take their hearts for example and the heart is the place where the Faith settles
after it has been debated fully by the mind, we find out that they refuse the
correct logical notion. They say as was mentioned in the Qur’an:
<<And (remember) when they said: “O Allah! If this
(the Qur’an) is indeed the truth (revealed) from You, then rain down stones on
us from the sky or bring on us a painful torment>>
Ayah 32 from surat Al-Anfal
Could that
be the words of people with hearts that understand? Would not the logic make
them say that if that is the righteous from Allah then may God guide us to it.
But in that specific point they would rather take the wrong path and they would
prefer the punishment above the belief in “Al-Haqq”, the righteous.
Never the less we should emphasize that in their worldly life and their trade they take the right decisions to increase their wealth. They prepare for the shipments and deal with money very well, for those who say such words are the elites of Qoraish (Greatest group in Mecca) and the wealthiest among the Arabs. But when it comes to religion and the righteous, they get away from the correct understanding and correct logic and they start talking as if they have no hearts to know or understand. Allah (SWT) did not create them with hearts that do not understand, He created them with normal hearts and they refused to use it. More than that they are so negligent that they know that the message of Muhammad (PBUH) is the Right but they ask for punishment rather than believe in the Message.
Never the less we should emphasize that in their worldly life and their trade they take the right decisions to increase their wealth. They prepare for the shipments and deal with money very well, for those who say such words are the elites of Qoraish (Greatest group in Mecca) and the wealthiest among the Arabs. But when it comes to religion and the righteous, they get away from the correct understanding and correct logic and they start talking as if they have no hearts to know or understand. Allah (SWT) did not create them with hearts that do not understand, He created them with normal hearts and they refused to use it. More than that they are so negligent that they know that the message of Muhammad (PBUH) is the Right but they ask for punishment rather than believe in the Message.
To be continued....