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The Watchful
O mankind! Have fear [and awareness] of your Lord, Who
created you from a single self, created its mate from it, and
then disseminated many men and women from the two of
them. Heed Allah, in Whose name you make demands on
one another and also in respect of your families. Allah
watches over you continually. (Surat an-Nisa’, 4:1)

Allah protects and watches all beings; controls, watches, wit-
nesses, and supervises everything from the stars and solar systems
to atmospheric events and to the societies and plants covering this
planet, and from the human body’s complex and complicated sys-
tems to the micro- and macro-universes that are invisible to the
naked eye.
People may think that they are not responsible to anyone, and
thus may live without a purpose. But regardless of what they are
doing, Allah sees them, for nothing can be hidden from His Sight.
Allah repays anything done with justice, for He has comprehensive
knowledge. Many people think that Allah created the universe and
then left it to its own devices. Yet this is only a delusion and an as-
sumption.
Allah knows every invisible cell down to its minute details.
While functioning in perfect harmony with the trillions of other cells
in the body, one day a cell can no longer control its replication and
thus causes cancer. We have no control over such developments, but
Allah knows all of this and controls every phase. Just as a person
cannot take a step without Allah’s will, that cell cannot function

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