The-concept-of-Allah-in-Islam

Whom everything honourable is referred, and with Him does every glory end. He calls Hisservants to account for their deeds, Who tries those who obey Him and rewards them for suchobedience, Who calls those who disobey Him to account and penalizes them for theirdisobedience; He, and only He, tries everyone.Things are connected to one another, and in the end they are connected to Allah Who hassaid, "O Prophet! Allah suffices you and the believers who follow you" (Qura'n, 8:64). If welook at this great cosmos, which is fixed and unaffected by external effects since millions ofyears, we will conclude that there is a complex accounting system for it which is spontaneous.It makes cosmic criteria fixed in order to guarantee the preservation of human life on earth inthe best way so that man may be able to perform the function for which Allah created him,that is, to worship Him. The number of computations required to run such a tremendouscosmos can never be conceived by any human mind; so, how can one imagine thespontaneous alterations of some while the rest remain the same?! It is the Great al-haseeb, thecomputing One, the Great, the most swift of all those who compute. It truly is an Attributewhich deserves a close look. If a thinking person were to remain thinking all life, he willnever be able to compute except very, very little indeed. Yet I like through these simplestatements to give the reader an idea that may provide him with a glimpse of the greatness ofthis miraculous Attribute:The verb "hasaba" means: counted, computed, calculated, deducted a total, etc. "hisab"means: counting, computing, calculating, or accounting, and it is accomplished by adding,subtracting, and such related steps. The science of hisab is arithmetics from which moreadvanced sciences: algebra, mathematics, and calculus, are derived. The Holy Qura'n containsreferences to al-haseeb and the derivatives of its root word in verses such as these:... and though there may be the weight of a grain of mustard seed, We will (still) bring it, andsufficient are We to take account. (21:47) Then are they sent back to Allah, their Master, theTrue One; now surely His is the judgment, and He is the swiftest in taking account. (6:62)They shall have (their) portion of what they have earned, and Allah is swift in reckoning.(2:202) There is none to repeal His decree, and He is swift to take account. (13:41) ... there hefinds Allah, so He pays him back his reckoning in full, and Allah is swift in reckoning.(24:39)In order to be acquainted with the secret of Allah's Power as embedded in His Attribute "alhaseeb",as it manifests itself upon His creation, let us take a look at the chemical,physiological and astronomical balance existing in the cosmos. We will see that there is ahigh computing power too great to be conceived, one capable of conducting suchcomputations and controlled by One Who is fully knowledgeable of the cosmos in its entirety,of the smallest atom in it up to the largest planet. Had it not been so, its cosmic computationswould not have remained fixed. In order to form an idea about the complexity of suchcomputations, we have to provide an example: