Qur'an 20080220

In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.

74. Yet they take gods other than Allah, that they might be helped!

75. They have not the power to help them, but they will be brought up as a troop.

76. Let not their speech then grieve thee. Verily, We know what they hide as well as what they disclose.

77. Does not man see that it is We who created him from sperm? Yet behold! He is an open adversary!

78. And he makes comparisons for Us, and forgets his own creation. He says, "Who can give life to bones, and decomposed ones?"

79. Say, "God will give them life, Who created them the first time! For God is well-versed in every kind of creation!"

80. "The same Who produces for you fire out of the green tree, when behold! You kindle therewith!"

81. "Is not God Who created the heavens and the earth, able to create the like thereof?" Yea, indeed! For God is the Creator Supreme, of skill and knowledge!

82. Verily, when God intends a thing, God's Command is "Be!" and it is.

83. So glory to God in Whose hands is the dominion of all things, and to God will you all be brought back.

Ya Sin 36:74-83
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God will give them life, Who created them the first time! For God is well-versed in every kind of creation!

The same Who produces for you fire out of the green tree, when behold! You kindle therewith!

Is not God Who created the heavens and the earth, able to create the like thereof?

We humans all have humble beginnings. As children we were helpless and dependent on our parents, in business we are dependent on much personal effort and capital. Then as we grow older and stronger, humans forget their lowly beginnings, and say and do things that are arrogant. Nothing mortal lasts forever! Even the arrogant know that- People grow weak and die, business becomes obsolete and fails. I sometimes wonder if it is a genetic trait for us humans to forget our weakness, and become arrogant. It is a blessing indeed to be constantly aware of our smallness, and have that reflect in our words and actions.

Ya Allah! Please protect my humility!