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5032 Creation is not for idle sport or play: xxi. 16. Allah has a serious Purpose behind it, which, in our imperfect state, we<br />

can only express by saying that each creature is given the chance of development and progress towards the Goal,<br />

which is Allah. Allah is the source and centre of all power and all goodness, and our progress depends upon our<br />

putting ourselves into accord with His Will. This is His service. It is not of any benefit to Him: see the next two verses:<br />

it is for our own benefit. (51.56)<br />

67:2 - He Who created Death and Life that He may try which of you is best in deed: and He is the<br />

Exalted in Might Oft-Forgiving 555655575558<br />

5556 "Created Death and Life." Death is here put before Life, and it is created. Death is therefore not merely a negative<br />

state. In ii. 28 we read: "Seeing that ye were without life (literally, dead), and He gave you life: then will He cause you<br />

to die, and will again bring you to life; and again to Him will ye retum." In liii. 44, again, Death is put before Life. Death,<br />

then, is (1) the state before life began, which may be non-existence or existence in some other form: (2) the state in<br />

which Life as we know it ceases, but existence does not cease; a state of Barzakh (xxiii. 100), or Barrier or Partition,<br />

after our visible Death and before Judgment; after that will be the new Life, which we conceive of under the term<br />

Eternity. (67.2)<br />

5557 Creation, therefore, is not in mere sport, or without a purpose with reference to man. The state before our present life,<br />

or the state after, we can scarcely understand. But our present Life is clearly given to enable us to strive by good<br />

deeds to reach a nobler state. (67.2)<br />

5558 All this is possible, because Allah is so Exalted in Might that He can perfectly carry out His Will and Purpose, and that<br />

Purpose is Love, Mercy, and Goodness to His creatures. (67.2)<br />

72:17 - "That We might try them by that (means) but if any turns away from the remembrance of<br />

his Lord He will cause him to undergo a severe Penalty. 5741<br />

5741 To remember Allah is to realise His presence, acknowledge Iiis Goodness, and accept His guidance. If we fail to do<br />

so, by deliberately turning away, He will withdraw His Grace, and that will be a severe Penalty indeed. (72.17)<br />

76:2 - Verily We created Man from a drop of mingled sperm in order to try him: so We gave him (the<br />

gifts) of Hearing and Sight. 5832<br />

5832 Mingled: the female ovum has to be fertilised with the male sperm before a new animal can be born. Man as an<br />

animal has this humble origin. But he has been given the gift of certain faculties of receiving instruction (typified by<br />

Hearing) and of intellectual and spiritual insight (typified by Sight). His life has therefore a meaning: with a certain<br />

amount of free-will, he is to be vicegerent on earth (ii. 30). But he must be trained and tried, and that is the whole<br />

problem of human life. (76.2)<br />

Sahih Al-Bukhari HadithHadith 8.245<br />

Narrated by Narrated by<br />

Abu Huraira<br />

The Prophet said, "Allah loves sneezing but dislikes yawning; so if anyone of you sneezes and then praises Allah, every<br />

Muslim who hears him (praising Allah) has to say Tashmit to him. But as regards yawning, it is from Satan, so if one of you<br />

yawns, he should try his best to stop it, for when anyone of you yawns, Satan laughs at him."<br />

Sahih Al-Bukhari Hadith<br />

Hadith 7.73 Narrated by<br />

Ibn Umar<br />

The Prophet decreed that one should not try to cancel a bargain already agreed upon between some other persons (by<br />

offering a bigger price). And a man should not ask for the hand of a girl who is already engaged to his Muslim brother, unless<br />

the first suitor gives her up, or allows him to ask for her hand.<br />

Sahih Al-Bukhari Hadith<br />

Hadith 6.441 Narrated by<br />

Abu Said<br />

I heard the Prophet saying, "Allah will bring forth the severest Hour, and then all the Believers, men and women, will prostrate<br />

themselves before Him, but there will remain those who used to prostrate in the world for showing off and for gaining good<br />

reputation. Such people will try to prostrate (on the Day of Judgment) but their back swill be as stiff as if it is one bone (a<br />

single vertebra)."<br />

TUMULT:<br />

2:193 - And fight them on until there is no more tumult or oppression and there prevail justice and<br />

faith in Allah; but if they cease let there be no hostility except to those who practice<br />

oppression. 207208<br />

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