Allah^-SWT is fully Aware of human needs. His^-SWT Knowledge is so vast that He^-SWT is even Aware of the constantly developing foetuses inside the wombs. Today, medical science has after much effort managed to approximate the sex of the unborn baby, still leaving the possibility of an error. And yet there are so many things unknown. Can the medical science tell what kind of a person the baby will be physically, mentally and intellectually and how long would it live? Indeed, the extensive knowledge of the numerous qualities associated with every newborn lies only with Allah^-SWT . Besides, He^-SWT is ever Aware of the changes going on in each and every cell right from conception to delivery. Not only is He^-SWT Aware of them, but it is happening according to the schedule given by Him^-SWT .

 

Allah^-SWT ’s Knowledge is all encompassing, for He^-SWT knows the secret and the hidden as well as the manifest. He^-SWT is far exalted and above the precepts of human contemplation. Yet despite acknowledging His^-SWT ’s Greatness, man associates such attributes with Him^-SWT as are thoroughly human. For instance, the Jews and the Christians claim Him^-SWT to have children, while the polytheists declare that angels are His^-SWT daughters; conversely, the ignorant masses often associate such attributes to fellow beings, angels or Jinn as can only be ascribed to Allah^-SWT . He^-SWT is so Magnificent in Himself^-SWT and in His^-SWT Attributes that it is beyond human power to evaluate Him^-SWT , and man has no choice but to admit his humility.

 

If anyone speaks in utter secrecy or in public or whether a person moves stealthily at night or in broad daylight, He^-SWT Knows everything alike. Not only does He^-SWT Know, but also appoints guardian angels who escort a person by His^-SWT Command. These angels are assigned numerous tasks, right from conception of an embryo, to the development of a baby in the womb, to its birth and subsequent nourishment and growth, to the extent that the absorption of food in the body is also within their assignment. Moreover, to record each and every word and action said and done by the individual and also to protect accidents and mishaps due to his own negligence by surrounding him constantly, as well as protection against illness also fall within the sphere of their responsibility. Since they escort a person they know everything about him. So when the angels, being Allah^-SWT ’s creation know so much, the superiority and vastness of His^-SWT Knowledge may well be imagined. When a person is destined to fall ill or meet an accident due to his own follies, or as trial from Allah^-SWT , the angels are withdrawn from his protection.

 

Protective Measures against Jinn

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It is reported that had there been no guardian angels to protect humans, the Jinn alone would have made their life miserable. This means that people who are teased by the Jinn are to a certain extent, deprived of Divine Protection. The best treatment beside other things is repentance. Similarly the Guardian Angels also protect the person against the whispers of Satan and instil inclination to piety and repulsion to sin in his heart. Hence a sinner pulls himself away from their protection to commit sin. Allah^-SWT is so kind that He^-SWT never deprives any group or nation of this Divine Protection, unless they themselves renounce it by choice. So when a person opts for sin, Allah^-SWT withdraws His^-SWT Protection and leaves in lurch. He^-SWT then takes to sinning and ultimately qualifies for Divine Punishment. And once Allah^-SWT takes away His^-SWT Protection from someone and condemns him to doom, there is no one who can help avert it; neither humans nor angels.

 

It is He^-SWT , the Omnipotent, Who^-SWT has gathered together water and fire, which means lightning in the clouds, which bring hope of a downpour and at the same time, dangers of thunderbolt and devastation also lurk. He^-SWT is so Powerful that He^-SWT fills the clouds with water and makes the wind carry them around. The thunder praises Him^-SWT in submission to His^-SWT Magnificence while angels quiver in awe before Him^-SWT . He^-SWT may send rainfall wherever it pleases Him^-SWT , and may destroy by thunderbolts whatever He^-SWT wishes. Man commonly comes across these Signs, yet he unfortunately doubts His^-SWT Powers and Magnificence and argue over it which is a grave blasphemy. The punishment eventually strikes in the form of an afflicting doom.

 

Only Allah^-SWT deserves to be called out for help or in worship as it is His^-SWT Attribute to fulfil the needs of everyone. All those who turn to others than Him^-SWT for help, such idols, goddesses, unseen forces, angels or people, commit a gross mistake. Everyone save Allah^-SWT is a creation itself dependant upon Him^-SWT for its existence and sustenance and cannot possibly answer the cry of the needy. This is like thirsty supplication begging a river to quench his thirst by extending the water to his mouth. Obviously a river is incapable of answering such a call even if it is over flowing being itself a creation assigned a particular task. It can never go beyond its given responsibility and can only quench the thirst within the rules Allah^-SWT has laid down for it. Similarly the worship, the supplications and the practices of the non believers are futile efforts, based on their personal choice. They do not follow the code of life laid down by Allah^-SWT and whatever rituals they practise, fabricated according to their personal whims, can never be accepted by Allah^-SWT .

 

Every creation does Sajdah before Allah^-SWT , whether voluntarily or otherwise. It has no option but to bow down before Him^-SWT and is helplessly subservient to His^-SWT Will in matters of birth, growth, colour, health, sickness and death. No one can dare deviate from His^-SWT Command in these matters, which is the same as prostrating before Him^-SWT . Watch the shadows of objects, how they change from morning to evening and come back to their origin in testimony to the utter insignificance of creation. Verily to Allah^-SWT can be attributed all Magnificence, Who^-SWT is the Creator of universe.

 

The infidels may be asked as to who is the Creator and Sustainer of the heavens and the earth? The heavenly creatures are themselves dependant upon Him^-SWT for their stay in the heavens, while those inhabiting the earth. The infidels must be told that Allah^-SWT Alone is the Creator, the Sustainer and the Preserver of the heavens and the earth and there is no point associating hopes with the creation instead of the Magnificent Creator. The creation by itself has no control over its fate. This indeed is blindness as they fail to see the Greatness of Creator reflected in everything. Of course, the blind and the seeing can never be alike. Nor can darkness equal light, as the later denotes cognition of Allah^-SWT while the former is indicative of ignorance. Still the ignorant attach expectations with others than Allah^-SWT . Have their self-proclaimed gods also created something that they expect from them? They must be told that Allah^-SWT Alone is the Creator of everything, rest all are His^-SWT Creation. He^-SWT is Singular in His^-SWT Being as well as Attributes and is the Most Powerful.

 

His^{-SWT ’}s Omnipotence causes the rain to pour down, making rivers and streams to over flow. The water carries hay and silt with it and also the foam similar to the scum which gathers atop melted to make ornaments. This is the similitude of truth and falsehood given by Allah^-SWT , whereby falsehood is represented by the scum and silt, a creation of the stormy upheavals of circumstances; nevertheless the scum perishes soon. But truth is like the water, which when above the surface of land benefits Allah^-SWT ’s creation and when absorbed in the soil gives life and fertility to it. Moreover, the scum over the melting metals fades away leaving it clean and pure, ready to be crafted into jewellery. These ornaments add glamour and glitter to the human life. This is how Allah^-SWT explains the subject through similitudes, that when a reasonable person does not prefer foam and silt over water, or scum over a precious metal, how can the preference of falsehood over truth be deemed as wise?

 

Welfare, in its most comprehensive sense, awaits only those who admit and submit to the Magnificence of their Rabb^-SWT . And as for the unfortunate ones who defy Allah^-SWT and ascribe partners to Him^-SWT , even if they manage to amass double the treasures of the whole world, and try to offer them in ransom on the Day of Judgement, it will not be accepted. And it is impossible for any one person to own the entire possessions of this world. However, if it is supposed and the wealth is doubled, even then such a person is at great loss, for he had earned it at the cost of annoying Allah^-SWT . It is, of course, in the pursuit of temporal pleasures that people disobey Allah^-SWT , but the Day of Reckoning will indeed be woeful for them. They will be interrogated sternly and as a result condemned to Hell, which is an abode where not a single moment of comfort or ease can ever be imagined.