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ETERNITY HAS ALREADY BEGUN

There is no creature on the earth which is not dependent upon
Allah for its provision. He knows where it lives and where it dies.
They are all in a Clear Book. (Surah Hud: 6)
Every stage the banana goes through from the moment it is
plucked till it is eaten, is in the memory of Allah. It may seem that a
long period of time passed between when the banana flower first
blossomed on its branch and the moment it was eaten. In other
words, one might assume that the banana existed for a considerably
long time. This fruit became ripe, and then it was plucked from its
branch. Then it went through several stages like packaging, loading,
shipment, storing, distribution, delivery, and lastly purchasing.
Most probably a member of the family of the person who bought
this banana or a visitor will eat it. Yet, as stressed earlier in former

All details, such as what will happen as these trees are cut down, who
will cut them down, in the construction of which house they will be
used, are determined beforehand in the Sight of Allah.

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