Saturday, November 26, 2005
Monday, November 21, 2005
Allah and Quran
Allah
and the QuranAll of Allah’s words,
which the Angel Gabriel brought to the Prophet Muhammad, are written
down in a book. This book is called the Quran. In the Quran, we
can read all that Allah says to us and to all mankind.In the Quran, we can find
stories of many other prophets, for Allah always sent prophets
to mankind so that they would worship Him alone and do good. That
is why there were many prophets before Muhammad.We can also find many other
things in the Quran. All that we as Muslims believe, and should
do, is written there. when we know what is written in the Quran
and follow it, we become good Muslims.All that we know about Allah
is what He Himself has told us. Allah told the Angel Gabriel to
speak to Muhammad, and Muhammad told the people what the Angel
Gabriel had said to him.Allah is the only God. There
is no god apart from Allah. That means, only Allah could have
made mankind and the earth, moon, sun and stars. Allah is the
only One who created all these.Of course, you know that
many things on earth just work by themselves. For example, when
you put seeds in the earth and wait a few months, plants will
grow out of them. To put the seeds in the earth is easy, but there
is an important question you must ask yourself: Where do we get
the earth and from where do we take the seeds? You may say that
the seeds can be taken from other plants, and you would be right.
But just think: those other plants also need earth to grow in,
so where does the earth come from?Earth is made out of fine
particles of sand, minerals, salts and other materials. Where
can we obtain the sand and other things from? Plants also need
water to grow, so where does it come from? The plants need sunshine
in order to shoot out from the ground. Where do we get sunshine
from? We also need the day and night so that we can count how
many days it takes for the plants to grow.As we have already said,
it is easy to put the seeds in the earth and wait till the plants
grow out of it, but nobody can make all the things that are needed
to make it work. No man can make earth and air, light and water,
or the day and the night. It is exactly the same with all other
things.For instance, man can build
houses. He needs stones to do this, but he cannot make the stones
himself. Man can also build cars and aeroplanes. To do this he
also needs, among other things, iron and rubber. Again, he cannot
make iron and rubber himself. Iron can be found in some rocks,
and when these rocks are made hot, the iron turns to fluid and
flows out of them. Rubber can be found in certain trees. When
the bark of these trees is cut, liquid rubber juice flows out.
But the rocks in which the iron is found and the trees from which
rubber flows were not made by man. Despite all his cleverness
and skill, man is not able to do these things. This means that
when man makes cars or aeroplanes or manufactures anything else,
he is using materials which are already there on earth. Had they
not been there ready to be used, man could not have made those
cars, aeroplanes and other things. Everything man uses to make
something has been created by Allah. Allah has made all these
things which man needs so that people are able to live, build
houses, plant crops and rear animals for food and clothing and
even make cars and aeroplanes. Without Allah, man would not be
able to do anything, for the simple reason that but for the will
of Allah, man would not exist. It is Allah Who has created the
earth, air, sun, water and the many other things which man needs
in order to live. Without these, man cannot live and that means
man could not exist on earth. It is Allah Who created man and
He Who keeps him alive. Everything is from Allah. That is why
we say: There is no god apart from Allah.It is Allah Who has created
everything. Allah has also told man what he should do, because
that is good for him. Allah sent prophets to speak to man. Man
should always think of Allah and be grateful to Him, and obey
the commands he has given through His prophets.
