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92 DEEP THINKING

the varying direction of the winds, and the clouds subservient
between heaven and earth, there are Signs for people who use their
intellect. (Surat al-Baqara: 164)

Allah Summons People to Think over the Temporary
Nature of the Life of this World
The metaphor of the life of this world is that of water which We send
down from the sky, and which then mingles with the plants of the
earth to provide food for both people and animals. Then, when the
earth is at its loveliest and takes on its fairest guise and its people
think they have it under their control, Our command comes upon it
by night or day and We reduce it to dried-out stubble, as though it
had not been flourishing just the day before! In this way We make
Our Signs clear for people who reflect. (Surah Yunus: 24)
Would any of you like to have a garden of dates and grapes, with
rivers flowing underneath and containing all kinds of fruits, then to
be stricken with old age and have children who are weak, and then
for a fierce whirlwind containing fire to come and strike it so that it
goes up in flames? In this way Allah makes His Signs clear to you, so
that hopefully you reflect. (Surat al-Baqara: 266)

Allah Summons People to Think over the
Blessings They Possess

It is He Who stretched out the earth and placed firmly embedded
mountains and rivers in it and made two types of every kind of fruit.

Man should ponder every animate
or inanimate being Allah created.