Page 53 - Zeal and Enthusiasm in the Qur'an

Harun Yahya - Adnan Oktar

pleasure from His blessings. They are grateful that He gave them
the opportunity to see these beauties and had bestowed His favors
upon them, and they experience the excitement of giving thanks to

Allah.
They are happy that Allah gave them eyes to see such beauties,
a clear consciousness to comprehend them and sincere faith to be
grateful for them. They feel privileged, as many people do not de-
rive pleasure from beautiful things due to spiritual blindness. But
they can see and enjoy these beauties because Allah has chosen
them and made them love faith. In addition, their contemplation of

the variety of blessings, their perfect creation and the eternal wis-
dom manifested in them augments their reverence for Allah and the
excitement they feel about His artistry. As Allah reminds:
"And He gave you from all you asked of Him. And if you
should count the favors of Allah, you could not enumerate
them. Indeed, mankind is most unjust and ungrateful." 62
Thus, they are in awe of the boundless variety in the blessings
of this world. With gratitude to Allah they are elated at the thought
that Allah has given all these favors out of His mercy; He gave such

an abundance of blessings, whereas He could have given much
less. Allah said:
"If you are grateful, I will surely increase you [in favor]; but if
you deny, indeed, My punishment is severe." 63
Remembering that Allah will add even more favors to those who
are thankful is additionally pleasing.

Knowing that Allah created for them a lifetime abounding with
favors and beauties and a destiny that always brings goodness in-
vigorates them. A person of faith is aware of Allah’s protection and
mercy toward him every second, and that both are favors from

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