WE ARE ALL HIS GUESTS (VERSE NO. 6)

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IS MAN'S SUSTENANCE PREDESTINED? Verse 6

      The aforementioned verse pointed to the fact that God knows the inmost of our thought and whatever we conceal, or whatever we reveal. The above verse gives reason to prove the said attributes, that all things and all matters are actually before God's allِembracing knowledge, which is some sort of a record beyond time and space:ِ

      ``There is not any moving creature in the earth whose sustenance is not provided by Allah; and He knows their resting place and shifting points.''

      Sustenance here is not limited to food and drink. It consists of any means of support, and nourishments, and supplying with all the necessaries of life, be it physical or spiritual; such as knowledge, wisdom, and guidance. The verse implies that not only Allah provides for those creatures that are settled in a certain place or home, but He also knows that, where are they in any moment, and sends them their nourishments there. In other word; God's care and knowledge encompasses everything and every creature throughout his life in any time and space. With Allah is the keys of the unseen, and hidden treasures of nature that no one else knows them! Even a leaf will not fall down without His permission. That is to say:ِ ``nothing can happen in the creation, except by Allah's word and will, and with His allِembracing knowledge!''

      There are living creatures at the bottom of the oceans, thousands of meters deep. The main root, and the base of all sorts of food depends upon the plants and vegetation, for the growth of which sun's light is essential. But how can sun's ray reach the far depths, and bottom of the oceans to give the necessary energy to the plants to grow!?

      Allah has amazingly solved all the problems of creation in the simplest possible way. We now know through scientific researches that the sun light helps some microscopic plants to grow on top of the sea

water, and when such plants are developed like a ripe fruit, they sink down to the depths to feed and sustain the sea creatures.

      The ways in which the Allِknowing Creator sustains His creatures are indeed wonderful and astonishing! He feeds the foetus in the mother's womb to which no one can have access! He feeds the tiny insects who live in the depths of the soils that no one knows how do they live, and as the above verse implies, God knows all their addresses and their resting homes and shifting points!

      In this verse Qurän has used the Arabic word, ``DÄ, BBEH'' which means any moving creatures. But we physically know that no movement can occur without the waste of energy; or better to say, without the change of energy to, hold on with the conservative law. Even the plants themselves are in need of energy to facilitate their growth, and who else except God can create the necessary energy for any kind of movement that may exist?

 

 

 

IS MAN'S SUSTENANCE PREDESTINED? Verse 6
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