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ETERNITY HAS ALREADY BEGUN

Mediterranean country 50 years ago. Many details regarding this or-
ange are predestined; such as when it will grow and on which tree,
whether it will be sour or sweet, its shape, its exact color, the place
where it will be stored, the truck by which it will be transported, the
grocery shop in which it will be sold, the customer who will buy

it…Maybe it will be forgotten in a fruit basket. In this case, the
process through which it goes totally moldy, the moment it is found
by someone and thrown into the trash are all predestined. As we
have seen, every second of even an orange's life, the first moment it
buds, ripens or decays exists in the Sight of Allah for all eternity.
Therefore, that orange does not vanish in the Sight of Allah. That is
because, Allah is the al-Hayy. In other words, He is alive. Every-
thing in His memory becomes alive from His saying "Be!".
It is He Who sends down water from the sky from which We bring
forth growth of every kind, and from that We bring forth the green
shoots and from them We bring forth close-packed seeds, and
from the spathes of the date palm date clusters hanging down, and
gardens of grapes and olives and pomegranates, both similar and
dissimilar. Look at their fruits as they bear fruit and ripen. There
are Signs in that for people who believe. (Surat al-An'am: 99)

Not A Drop of Water Disappears

What has been related so far is also valid for running water. Each
drop of a stream, a spring, a fountain, an artesian well, or a fall is
kept in the Sight of Allah. Not a drop disappears and is wasted. It
continues to exist for all eternity. As is the case with living beings,
all moments and states pertaining to them are hidden in Allah's
memory. All waters which have run ever since the beginning of the
universe, the ones currently running, as well as the ones which will
run in the future are actually running just at this moment. That is to
say, all are running at this single moment. There is a time in eterni-
ty and all incidents take place in one moment.

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