Ramadan Quran Reflection Day #8 (3:83)
Our heart beats without us asking it to. Our blood constantly flows in our veins beyond our control. Billons of cells are working in harmony, without our awareness, to make us who we are. Our scabs and wounds know how to heal on their own without our permission. But if we are not in control, then Who is?
God asks this rhetorical question in the Quran:
أَفَغَيْرَ دِينِ اللَّهِ يَبْغُونَ وَلَهُ أَسْلَمَ مَن فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ طَوْعًا وَكَرْهًا وَإِلَيْهِ يُرْجَعُونَ
“Do they seek a faith other than the way of God, while everything in the heavens and on earth submit to Him, willingly or unwillingly, and all will return to Him?”
Everything in creation submits to God’s will and design - every planet in orbit, every star giving off its light, every spider building its web, every rain drop falling from the sky, every human heart beat. If our own bodies submit to God every single millisecond, in more ways than we will ever know, then how can we so arrogantly deny that we belong to His will too?
Our heart beats without us asking it to. Our blood constantly flows in our veins beyond our control. Billons of cells are working in harmony, without our awareness, to make us who we are. Our scabs and wounds know how to heal on their own without our permission. But if we are not in control, then Who is?
God asks this rhetorical question in the Quran:
أَفَغَيْرَ دِينِ اللَّهِ يَبْغُونَ وَلَهُ أَسْلَمَ مَن فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ طَوْعًا وَكَرْهًا وَإِلَيْهِ يُرْجَعُونَ
“Do they seek a faith other than the way of God, while everything in the heavens and on earth submit to Him, willingly or unwillingly, and all will return to Him?”
Everything in creation submits to God’s will and design - every planet in orbit, every star giving off its light, every spider building its web, every rain drop falling from the sky, every human heart beat. If our own bodies submit to God every single millisecond, in more ways than we will ever know, then how can we so arrogantly deny that we belong to His will too?
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