Page 145 - Allah's Miracles in the Qur'an

Harun Yahya

Your Lord says, "Call on Me and I will answer you. Those who are too
proud to worship Me will enter Hell abject." (Qur'an, 40:60)
According to the Qur'an, prayer, meaning "calling, giving expres-
sion, requesting, seeking help," is a person's turning sincerely to Allah,
and seeking help from Him, the Almighty, the Compassionate and
Merciful, in the knowledge that he is a dependent being. Illness is one
of those instances when a person feels this dependence most and draws
closer to Allah. Furthermore, sickness is a test, devised in His Wisdom,
that takes place by His will, and is a warning to remind people of the
transience and imperfection of this life, and is also a source of recom-

pense in the Hereafter for the patient and submissive.
Those without faith, on the other hand, imagine that the way to
recovery is through doctors, medicines or the advanced technological
capabilities of modern science. They never pause to think that it is Allah
Who causes their physical system to function when they are in good
health, or Who creates the healing medicines and doctors when they
are ill. Many turn only to Allah when they arrive at the opinion that
doctors and medicines are inadequate. People in such situations seek
help only from Allah, realising that only He can free them from their
difficulty. Allah has revealed this mindset in a verse:

When harm touches man, he calls on Us, lying on his side or sitting
down or standing up. Then when We remove the harm from him he car-
ries on as if he had never called on Us when the harm first touched him.
In that way We make what they have done appear good to the profli-
gate. (Qur'an, 10:12)
The fact is, however, that even in good health, or without tribula-
tions or other difficulties, a person must pray and give thanks to Allah
for the comforts, good health and all the other blessings He has impart-

ed.

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