Page 29 - The Debased Culture of Superficiality

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. . . Those you worship besides Allah have no power to
provide for you. So seek your provision from Allah and
worship Him and give thanks to Him . . . (Surat al-
‘Ankabut: 17)
We are told in another verse that some individuals do not
realize that Allah has given them everything they possess:
When harm touches man he calls on Us. Then when We
grant him a blessing from Us he says, “I have only been
given this because of my knowledge.” In fact it is a trial
but most of them do not know it. (Surat az-Zumar: 49)
One striking example of such a debased character provid-
ed in the Qur’an is a man called Qarun, to whom Allah gave
great wealth. But instead of thanking Him, Qarun became
avaricious:
Qarun was one of the people of Musa but he lorded it
over them. We gave him treasures, the keys alone to
which were a heavy weight for a party of strong men . . .
(Surat al-Qasas: 76)
As this verse goes on to say, his people warned him about
this:
. . . his people said to him, “Do not gloat. Allah does not
love people who gloat.” (Surat al-Qasas: 76)
But despite these warnings, be became spoiled by the gifts
given to him and began to think that he deserved them:
. . . “I have only been given it because of knowledge I
have . . .” (Surat al-Qasas: 78)
From this verse, we can understand that Qarun ignored
Allah’s generosity. In his arrogance, he claimed that his
wealth came from his own abilities. Qarun’s superficiality