BASIC QUESTIONS

AND THEIR ANSWERS

– HUMAN ACTIONS -
Presented by
HAJI MOHAMAD HANIM MOHAMAD ISA

ِ ْ‫ت َو ْاْلَر‬
‫ض َط ْو ًعا َو َكرْ هًا‬ ِ ‫ّلِل َيسْ ُج ُد َمنْ ِفي ال هس َم َاوا‬ ِ ‫َو ِ ه‬
۩ ‫ال‬
ِ ‫ص‬ َ ‫َو ِظ ََلل ُ ُه ْم ِب ْال ُغ ُدوِّ َو ْاْل‬
Wa liLLaahi yas-judu man fis-samaawaati wal’ardi taw’anw-wa kar-hanw-
wa zilaalu-hum-bilgu-duwwi wal’aasaal.
Whatever beings there are in the heavens and the earth do
prostrate themselves to Allah (Acknowledging subjection) -
with good-will or in spite of themselves: so do their shadows
in the morning and evenings.
 HUMAN ACTIONS ALSO BELONG TO GOD

God has created man as a shadow being with no power

or will independent of Himself. This reality is revealed in this
verse: But you will not will unless God wills... (The Qur’aan, 76: 30)
The great majority of human beings are unaware of this
fact. They accept that God created them, but think that
the work they do belongs to them. However, every action
performed by a human being is created with the
permission of God. For example, a person who writes a
book writes it with the permission of God; every sentence,
every idea, and every paragraph is composed because
God wishes it. God reveals this very important principle in
several verses; one of these verses is, "... God created both
you and what you do?" (The Qur’aan, 37: 96) In these words "...
when you threw; it was God who threw... ", God reveals
that everything we do is an act that belongs to Him. (The
Qur’aan, 8: 17)
In another verse, God instructs the Prophet to take charity
from believers, but in the continuation of the verse, He
explains that it is really He who takes charity: Take charity
from their wealth to purify and cleanse them and pray for
them. Your prayers bring relief to them. God is All-Hearing,
All-Knowing. Do they not know that it is God who receives
repentance from His servants and accepts such acts of
charity, and that God is the Ever-Returning, the Most
Merciful? (The Qur’aan, 9: 103-104)
Human beings live at every moment dependent on God
and, whether they know it or not or whether they accept
it or not, they are subject to God. God reveals this in this
verse: Everyone in heaven and earth prostrates to God
willingly or unwillingly, as do their shadows in the morning
and the evening. (The Qur’aan, 13: 15)
Whoever you know who lives or has lived in this world, in
the present or in the past, wherever he may be, whatever
he may possess, or no matter how stubborn a denier he
may be, this reality does not change for him or for
anyone. Every human being is subject to God's will, every
person is a shadow being created from the breath of
God's Spirit. Anyone who knows this does not find it
impossible to accept praise for his wealth, knowledge,
title or reputation; nor can he accept adulation for his
place or position in society or success in his profession.
Those who are still arrogant despite this are in fact
completely powerless. After God has revealed that the
person who thinks he has thrown the stone has not really
thrown it, but that it was God Himself who threw it, it is
unfathomable ignorance for anyone to think that he
deserves credit for any human success.
In this way God tests and trains every human being. Today
those who cannot understand or accept this obvious
reality will, when they are raised from the dead, see
everything in its true light and understand that their own
strength avails for nothing: The metaphor of those who
reject their Lord is that their actions are like ashes
scattered by strong winds on a stormy day. They have no
power at all over anything they have earned. That is
extreme misguidance. (The Qur’aan, 14: 18)
God is the only Being who has power over all things:
Everything in the heavens and everything on earth
glorifies God. Sovereignty and praise belong to Him. He
has power over all things. (The Qur’aan, 64: 1)
Thank you