Page 148 - Jannah: The Garden from the Qur'an and Hadith

verything in the universe reflects Allah’s infi-
nite power and eternal wisdom. He has creat-
ed everything in this world as a test and events
in it ordinarily occur according to the laws of
cause and effect that human reason can grasp.
So, when someone sees a fruit, he or she has no
doubt that it came from a seed that grew into a
tree, bush or plant which in turn yielded the

fruit. According to the custom of Allah in His cre-
ation, this is the cause of the fruit in this world.
However, it must be remembered that, if Allah
wished, He could create the whole universe inde-
pendent of causes. Allah can create what He