Deep Thinking

[muhammad]

(Extracts from the book "Deep Thinking" by Harum Yahya)

Have you ever thought about the fact that you did not exist before you were conceived and then born into the world and that you have come into existence from mere nothingness?

Have you ever thought about how the flowers you see in your living room everyday come out of pitch black, muddy soil with fragrant smells and are as colourful as they are?

Have you ever thought about how mosquitoes, which irritatingly fly around you, move their wings so fast that we are unable to see them?

Have you ever thought about how the peels of fruits such as bananas, watermelons, melons and oranges serve as wrappings of high quality, and how the fruits are packed in these wrappings so that they maintain their taste and fragrance?

Have you ever thought about the possiblity that while you are asleep a sudden earthquake could raze your home, your office, and your city to the ground and that in a few seconds you could lose everything of the world you possess?

Have you ever thought of how your life passes away very quickly, and that you will grow old and become weak, and slowly lose your beauty, health and strength?

Have you ever thought about how one day you will find the angels of death appointed by Allah before you and that you will then leave this world?

Well, have you ever thought about why people are so attached to a world from which they will soon depart when what they basically need is to strive for the hereafter?

Man is a being whom Allah furnishes with the faculty of thought. Yet, most people do not use this very important faculty as they should. In fact, some people almost never think.

In truth, each person possesses a capacity for thought of which even he himself is unaware. Once man begins to use this capacity, facts he has not been able to realise until that very moment begin to be uncovered for him. The deeper he goes in reflection, the more his capacity to think improves, and this is possible for everyone. One just has to realise that one needs to reflect and then to strive hard.

It says in the Qur'an:
"In the creation of the heavens and the earth and the alternation of night and day, there are signs for people with intelligence; those who remember Allah, standing, sitting, and lying on their sides, and reflect on the creation of the heavens and the earth: "O Lord, You have not created this for nothing. Glory be to You! So safeguard us from the punishment of the Fire." (Surat Al 'Imran: 190-191)

Many people read the Qur'an, but the important thing is, just as Allah states in His verses, to ponder on each verse of the Qur'an, to draw a lesson from that verse and improve one's conducts in compliance with these lessons. Someone who reads the verse,

"For truly with hardship comes ease; truly with hardship comes ease," (Surat al-Inshirah: 5-6),

for example, reflects upon it. He understands that Allah creates ease with each hardship, and therefore, the only thing he has to do when he meets hardship is to put his trust in Allah and find the ease that is with it. Allah's promise being so, we see that giving up hope or being stricken with panic in moments of difficulty is a sign of a weakness in our faith. After reading this verse and reflecting upon it, our conduct will agree with the verse throughout our lives.

In the Qur'an, Allah relates stories from the lives of the prophets and messengers who lived in the past, so that people can see how are the conduct, conversation and lives of a person with whom Allah is pleased, and take them as examples. Allah states in some of His verses that people must think over the stories of the messengers and draw lessons from them:

"There is an instruction in their stories for people of intelligence." (Surah Yusuf: 111)

"And (We left a Sign) also in Musa when We sent him to Pharaoh with clear authority." (Surat Adh-Dhariyat:38 )

"We rescued him (Nuh) and the occupants of the Ark and made that into a Sign for all the worlds." (Surat al-'Ankabut: 15)

In the Qur'an, some of the attributes of past nations, their manners and the disasters that befell them are mentioned. It would be a great misconception to read these verses merely as the narration of historical events in which is related that which has befallen past nations. This is because, just as in all other verses, Allah has revealed the verses about past nations for us to think over, and for us to amend our conduct by deriving lessons from the events that befell these nations:

We destroyed those of your kind in the past. But is there any rememberer there?" (Surat al-Qamar: 51)

We bore him on a planked and well caulked ship, which ran before Our eyes - a reward for him who had been rejected. We left it as a Sign. But is there any rememberer there? How terrible were My punishment and warnings! We have made the Qur'an easy to remember. But is there any rememberer there?" (Surat al-Qamar: 13-17)

Allah has revealed the Qur'an as a guide to all people. Therefore, reflecting upon every verse of the Qur'an, and living according to it by deriving lessons and warnings from every verse is the only way to gain the approval, mercy and the paradise of Allah.

[Wais_Islam]

Salaam, thanks for the inspiration Md. May Allah help us all.

[Abdur_Rahman]

Salam MD have you any more please...

[The_Oshik-kitoe]

Salaam to all
That was interesting reading Brother Muhammad

I would like to highlight something here and that is:

We 'were'actually somewhere before we came to this world, and it is called the ALOM-E-ROOH
It is also known as ALOM-E-ARE-WA!


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[This message has been edited by The Oshik-kitoe (edited 07 August 2000).]

[sylhet]

^ back to the top cos i got the book now

[Life]

salaam,
I'm reading The Imortance of Conscience in the Qur'an i would definitly recommend it. Also this is the Harun Yahya site. http://www.harunyahya.com where you can buy his books or downlaod them.

[sylhet]

Originally posted by Life
salaam,
I'm reading The Imortance of Conscience in the Qur'an i would definitly recommend it. Also this is the Harun Yahya site. http://www.harunyahya.com where you can buy his books or downlaod them.

i owuld recomeded 'Deep thinking'! its coooooooooool!
also perished nations, never pleade ignorance