Written on December 18, 2018
What do you think of when you see a lifeless tree come back to life again? Or when you witness a withering flower blossom soon after? Or when you notice a branch stripped of every sign of life grow green leaves once again? We are witnessing God. We are witnessing His ability, His wisdom, His precision, His mercy.
God says in the Quran, Chapter 30, verse 50:
فَانظُرْ إِلَىٰ آثَارِ رَحْمَتِ اللَّهِ كَيْفَ يُحْيِي الْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهَا إِنَّ ذَٰلِكَ لَمُحْيِي الْمَوْتَىٰ وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ
“So look at the results of God’s mercy, how He brings life back to the earth after its death. Verily the same will bring life to the dead. And He is capable of all things.”
When we examine nature around us coming back to life, we are filled with hope and beauty. Think of a sunny beautiful day in spring just weeks after a rainy gloomy day in winter. The change in life around us is awe inspiring.
Now think of your life. Your death. Your return to God. Suddenly, life after death doesn’t sound as magical. But what if, what if, IT IS that magical?! In this verse, after Allah tells us to examine His mercy in the resurrection happening to the nature in front of us, He compares that to our own resurrection. What if just like the new life in spring we love to see, our lives after death will be just as becoming and just as blossoming?
Perhaps the unseen part is what scares us most. But what gives us hope is His promise in this verse. And in so many verses in the Quran. And in the creation around us. And in the fact that every new leaf growing is a witness to His infinite mercy.
What’s also beautiful about this verse is that God says to look at the remnants or results of His mercy. Results come after something. Maybe after a life full of meaning for you and me. A life full of faith, and hope. A life full of ups and downs, rises and falls, battling the storms of life. But never forgetting that this isn’t our spring season yet. We are seeds being watered. And we will sprout when we return to Him.
May we blossom so effortlessly when we meet Him. Ameen.
What do you think of when you see a lifeless tree come back to life again? Or when you witness a withering flower blossom soon after? Or when you notice a branch stripped of every sign of life grow green leaves once again? We are witnessing God. We are witnessing His ability, His wisdom, His precision, His mercy.
God says in the Quran, Chapter 30, verse 50:
فَانظُرْ إِلَىٰ آثَارِ رَحْمَتِ اللَّهِ كَيْفَ يُحْيِي الْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهَا إِنَّ ذَٰلِكَ لَمُحْيِي الْمَوْتَىٰ وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ
“So look at the results of God’s mercy, how He brings life back to the earth after its death. Verily the same will bring life to the dead. And He is capable of all things.”
When we examine nature around us coming back to life, we are filled with hope and beauty. Think of a sunny beautiful day in spring just weeks after a rainy gloomy day in winter. The change in life around us is awe inspiring.
Now think of your life. Your death. Your return to God. Suddenly, life after death doesn’t sound as magical. But what if, what if, IT IS that magical?! In this verse, after Allah tells us to examine His mercy in the resurrection happening to the nature in front of us, He compares that to our own resurrection. What if just like the new life in spring we love to see, our lives after death will be just as becoming and just as blossoming?
Perhaps the unseen part is what scares us most. But what gives us hope is His promise in this verse. And in so many verses in the Quran. And in the creation around us. And in the fact that every new leaf growing is a witness to His infinite mercy.
What’s also beautiful about this verse is that God says to look at the remnants or results of His mercy. Results come after something. Maybe after a life full of meaning for you and me. A life full of faith, and hope. A life full of ups and downs, rises and falls, battling the storms of life. But never forgetting that this isn’t our spring season yet. We are seeds being watered. And we will sprout when we return to Him.
May we blossom so effortlessly when we meet Him. Ameen.
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