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The Message of Nature
by Harun Yahya
Man is a being
whom God 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.
In the Qur’an, God informs us
that in all circumstances the believers reflect and derive beneficial
conclusions from their thinking. 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 God, standing, sitting and lying
on their sides, and reflect on the creation of the heavens and the
earth: "Our Lord, You have not created this for nothing. Glory be to
You! So safeguard us from the punishment of the Fire."
(Qur'an, 3:
190-191)
God’s Messenger (may peace be
upon him) also often reminded believers the importance of pondering and
remembering God. It is reported that God’s Apostle (may peace be upon him)
said:
"The house in which remembrance of God
is made and the house in which God is not remembered are like the
living and the dead."
"Shall I not tell you the best of your
deeds, and those that give you the highest rank, and those that are
the purest with your King, and are better for you than giving gold and
silver?" They said, "Of course." He said, "Remembrance (dhikr) of
God."
[Sahih: Abu Dawud]
However, someone who does not think will remain totally
distant from truths and lead his life in self-deception and error. As a
result, he will not grasp the purpose of the creation of the world, and
the reason for his existence on the earth. Yet, God has created everything
with a purpose. This fact is stated in the Qur’an as follows:
We did not create the heavens and the
earth and everything between them as a game. We did not create them
except with truth but most of them do not know it.
(Qur'an, 44:
38-39)
It is He Who streched out the earth
and placed firmly embedded mountains and rivers in it and made two
types of every kind of fruit. He covers over day with night. There
are Signs in that for people who reflect.
(Qur'an, 13:3)
Those who are able to see
God’s signs, the miraculous aspects of the beings and events He creates,
and who, therefore, can understand, are people who reflect. Such people
can derive conclusions from everything, big or small, they see around
them. The Prophet Muhammad’s words make this very clear: "Arouse your
heart to contemplation and be heedful towards your Lord.". An example to
this is nature that surrounds us. He who believes in God praises his Lord
for the beauties he sees in nature. He is aware that God has created all
existing beauty. He knows that all these beauties belong to God and they
are manifestations of His attribute of jamal – beauty. He takes great
pleasure from all these beauties and remembers God knowing that "The one
who mentions or remembers God among those who forget Him is like a light
inside a dark house" as God’s Messenger (may peace be upon him) says.
While walking in nature, one
encounters more beauty. From a single straw to the yellow daisy, from
birds to ants, everything is full of details, which need reflection. As
people reflect upon these, they come to understand the power and might of
God. Butterflies, for example, are very aesthetically pleasing creatures.
With the symmetry and design of their lace-like wings –which are extremely
precise as if drawn by hand – their harmonious, phosphorescent colours,
butterflies are evidence of God’s unequalled art and superior power of
creation. Similarly, innumerable plant and tree varieties on earth are
among the beauties God creates. Flowers, all in different colours and
trees of different forms, have been created and among their purposes is
that they give great pleasure to people.
One who has faith thinks about
how flowers such as the rose, violet, daisy, hyacinth, carnation, orchid
and others have such smooth surfaces, and how they come out of their seed
completely flat without any puckers as if ironed. Other wonders God
creates are the fragrances of these flowers. A rose, for instance, has a
strong and constant ever-changing smell. Even with the latest technology,
scientists cannot develop an exact match of the smell of the rose.
Laboratory research to imitate this smell has not yielded satisfactory
results. Smells produced based on the scent of the rose are generally
heavy and disturbing. However, the original scent of the rose does not
disturb.
Someone who has faith knows
that each one of these is created for him to praise God, to present him
the art and knowledge of God in the beauty He creates. For this reason,
when someone sees this beauty while strolling in the garden, he glorifies
God, saying, "It is as God wills, there is no strength but in God"
(Qur'an, 18: 39). He remembers that God has put all this beauty at the
service of mankind and that He will give the believers i n c o m p a r a b
l y excellent blessings in the hereafter. He takes more pleasure in he
beauties he sees than everyone else, because as God’s Messenger (may peace
be upon him) said, "The circle of the remembrance of God is the garden of
Paradise". And because of all this, his love for God increases ever more.
Harun Yahya
is a prominent Turkish intellectual.
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