Elaborating in this column, I would like to highlight why people seldom reject Allah's Blessing who bestow upon them with His Grace and Mercy. Let us ponder for a while why such people seem not to accept Allah's Blessing. In this connection, before we refer to the verses in Al-Qur'an, we look at the historical heritage what was happening during the Rasool's era who totally reject Allah's Blessing bestowed upon them. This historical episode surfaced in the small town of Yamen. As for our guidance, let us refer to the two verses in Al-Qur'an surah Saba verse 15 and An-Nahl verse 18. As a guidance and example in the first surah of Saba verse 15 and followed surah An-Nahl verse 18 for the observation and guide-line for the right thinking people of Allah's Blessing bestowed upon the mankind.
Surah Saba verse 15: [Saba]
"Indeed there was for Saba [Sheba] a sign in their dwelling place - two gardens on the right hand and on the left, [and it was said to them] "Eat of the provision of your Lord and grateful to Him." A fair land and an Off-Forgiving Lord!
This surah in Al-Quran verse 15 related the true happening in the historical episode of the people of Saba, presently a town in Yamen who reject Allah's Blessing bestowed upon them. Allah SWT blessed their dwelling which He told to enjoy living luxuriously in the two gardens that Allah SWT has bestow upon them. In spite of the fact, they should thank Allah SWT but instead they purportedly did not heed and disobey Allah's SWT Blessing. Without warning, Allah SWT then converted the two gardens with gardens producing bitter fruits, tamarisks and a few lote bushes. Although Allah SWT did not punish them but they were ungrateful, Allah SWT replace their town and their journey insecurity because they were ungrateful, Allah SWT punished and dispersed them in scattered fragments.
So, Muslims should be reminded and learned the consequent of the sad episode as regard of the people's disobedient and ungrateful to Allah's SWT Blessing because He is watching over all things on this earth. As it is actually occurred and befallen upon the people of Syria and Palestine in the past, let us then refer to another surah An-Nahl verse 18:
Surah An-Nahl verse 18 (The Bees)
"And if you would count the favours of Allah, never could be able to count them. Trully! Allah is Off-Forgiving, Most Merciful."
The verse 18 therein surah An-Nahl prescribe that it is impossible to count the number of favours Allah SWT has bestowed on us. From the religious points of view, we should know that the favours of Allah SWT can be of a material, spiritual and moral nature. The material blessings of Allah SWT the bestowed and are given to all creatures out of compassion. So Allah SWT knows what we conceal and what we reveal.
Take for example the relatively simple action of breathing which we take them of thousand times a day with a non-stop breathing in order to survive. And this integral action bestowed upon us with relative comfort our soul with freedom and no cost. This is definitely the example of the blessings of Allah SWT bestowed upon us.
We should have the ability to think clearly that Allah SWT tremendous and countless favours and blessings He has offered to us during our life time. He is the embodiment of wealth and we are regarded as destitute and Allah SWT is the Possessor of everything. So, in our life we are in dire need of Him because He is so Generous that whether we show gratitude to Him or not. Allah SWT still bestow upon us and yet we find there are some short-sighted people who believe the blessings of Him are the result of his hard work he achieve himself.
Material blessing are bestowed to all Muslims as well as the non-Muslims alike. There are some people use their material aquisition for good or other evil things. But those who are guided and understanding of disbursing their wealth for good deeds will ultimately gain tremendous benefits and trully blessed by Allah SWT and would receive heavenly reward in the Hereafter.
Finally, Let us observe and quote the other surah An-Nahl verse 96 whereby Allah SWT said: "What is with you, must vanish. And will and certainly bestow on those who patiently preserve the rewards to the best of the action,
Blessing of Allah out of Grace and Mercy.
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