Deeds … by Whom?
If you say
that you will do something tomorrow, we will tell you that you are saying what
you cannot or do not own to fulfill because you might not live till that day.
And if you are still alive by that day you might have an illness that prevents you
from doing what you wanted to do. You might not have the strength or power to
carry it out. You might have a reason to stop you, for example one of your kids
might get ill or die and by that you will not complete what you have planned to
do.
The same
thing could happen to the other partner that is sharing the same deed with you.
For example, you have decided with another person to meet tomorrow at a
specific place. Then that man had an urgent incident or a sudden illness or he
had passed away. The meeting would never take place and so the act of meeting
would not be executed.
Every
action requires time and place. That is the measures of earth and the Worldly
life, Al-Hayat Al-Donya. If Allah gave you the factor of time, He might not give
you the place. If for example you want to build a building, you could wake up
in the morning and find out that the piece of land had been marked by the city
for public use or as a historical area. You could also have someone stopping
you and claiming the ownership of the land. You could not find the engineer to
monitor the construction or you might not find the contractors needed to get
the work done. You might not find the products to use in constructing the
building. You do not own all that for you do not own the elements of the deed,
but Allah (SWT) owns them. And for that Allah (Jalla Jallaloh) says:
<< And never say of anything, “I shall do such and
such thing tomorrow”, Except (with the saying), “If Allah will!” And remember
your Lord when you forget and say: “It may be that my Lord guides me unto a
nearer way of truth than this.”>>
Ayat 23, 24 from surat Al-Kahf
That is you
should behave in what you say and relate the deed to Allah who owns it. You
should not relate it to yourself and say that you are going to do this or that,
but you should always relate it to Allah (SWT) because He is the one that owns
the true elements of the deed. He (SWT) owns your life, He keeps you till you
finish what you wanted to do or He ends your life before you can do anything.
He (Jalla Jallaloh) owns the strength and provides it to you to be able to do
what you want or He takes your strength away so you are not able to do anything.
He owns the elements of place, He keeps it in a good state for you to go on with doing what you want or He makes it impossible for you to complete the task. And He has the power to make whoever He wants from his servants subject to you, to execute what you want. Or He does not make them subject to you and by that you cannot even start what you want to do. So if all the elements of action is in the hands of Allah (SWT), you should relate it all to Him and say “If Allah wills”.
He owns the elements of place, He keeps it in a good state for you to go on with doing what you want or He makes it impossible for you to complete the task. And He has the power to make whoever He wants from his servants subject to you, to execute what you want. Or He does not make them subject to you and by that you cannot even start what you want to do. So if all the elements of action is in the hands of Allah (SWT), you should relate it all to Him and say “If Allah wills”.
So for the
deed to happen and get completed, it is only in the hands of Allah. No one of
us has the power to do what he wants except if Allah wills or if Al-Haqq (SWT)
gave him the life and energy to do it.
To be continued....
