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Friday, November 28, 2014

Why we should be grateful and not proud

Leave Me alone, (to deal) with the (creature) whom I created (bare and) alone!-
To whom I granted resources in abundance,
And sons to be by his side!-
To whom I made (life) smooth and comfortable!
Yet is he greedy-that I should add (yet more);-
By no means! For to Our Signs he has been refractory!
Soon will I visit him with a mount of calamities!
For he thought and he plotted;-
And woe to him! How he plotted!-
Yea, Woe to him; How he plotted!-
Then he looked round;
Then he frowned and he scowled;
Then he turned back and was haughty;
Then said he: "This is nothing but magic, derived from of old;
"This is nothing but the word of a mortal!"
Soon will I cast him into Hell-Fire!
And what will explain to thee what Hell-Fire is?
Naught doth it permit to endure, and naught doth it leave alone!-
Darkening and changing the colour of man!
Over it are Nineteen.
And We have set none but angels as Guardians of the Fire; and We have fixed their number only as a trial for Unbelievers,- in order that the People of the Book may arrive at certainty, and the Believers may increase in Faith,- and that no doubts may be left for the People of the Book and the Believers, and that those in whose hearts is a disease and the Unbelievers may say, "What symbol doth Allah intend by this?" Thus doth Allah leave to stray whom He pleaseth, and guide whom He pleaseth: and none can know the forces of thy Lord, except He and this is no other than a warning to mankind.
Surah 74:11-31
"For me, this is a reminder to be good and humble, seeking Allah's pleasure by acknowledging Allah's blessings and being grateful, by never associating partners with the One Allah. "