Man’s Utter Ungratefulness
Qur’aanic Verse 17.44:
Transliteration:
44. Tusabbihu lahu alssamawatu alssabAAu waal-ardu waman feehinna wa-in min shay-in illa yusabbihu bihamdihi walakin la tafqahoona tasbeehahum innahu kana haleeman ghafooran
Translation:
44. The seven heavens, the earth and whoever or whatever is in them declare His glory. And there is not a thing but glorifies Him with His praise, but their glorification you understand not.9 He is indeed Considerate, Forgiving.
Study Note:
9. Take a particle of sand on a seashore, for example. Along with millions like it, it helps mankind in the constructions of their buildings. There are many other uses - like making glass – that it can be put to. Every other thing, likewise, has its own uses and/or purposes, known or unknown to man. By being mutely so helpful and faithfully doing its given part in the divine scheme of things, every thing is, so to say, singing the Creator’s praise for His meticulouis attention to details in the creation and sustenance of the entire universe. But man, alas, for whom apparently all things are made subservient, understands this not and arrogantly assumes that he is the lord of what he surveys around him. He fails to recognize his own Creator!
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The above is extracted from yet-to-be-published Qur’aanic Studies - Volume XXVIX. It will be published, in due course, inshaAllah on the website INVITATION TO SALVATION, in continuation of Volumes I to XXVIII already published and freely available thereon.
Mohammad Shafi
Author of ‘ISLAM & INTEREST‘