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term? It is We Who determine. What an excel-
lent Determiner! (Surat al-Mursalat: 20-23)
There are occasions when these cells fail to fulfill
their functions. However, it should never be forgotten
that if Allah had willed, this would not happen either.
Such disorders are created for a hidden cause for peo-
ple to clearly comprehend how temporary and incom-
plete the life of this world actually is. Were it not for
the existence of a variety of diseases and illnesses, hu-
mans would be likely to forget how helpless they were
against Allah Who created them. They might fail to re-
member that no matter how advanced technology is,
their recovery, as well as their life, depend on the will of
Allah alone. They may continue to live as if they will re-
main in good health forever, as if they will never meet
death and be called to account for their actions in the
presence of Allah on the Day of Judgment. They may
live on without reflecting on the plight of those who are
sick, deprived and oppressed. Therefore, they may fail
to appreciate that their health is a blessing from Allah
and that they should live their lives in the most favoura-
ble and productive way. People of this sort, however,
hardly ever accept these facts, which we have listed
above. Illnesses make people accept them in a flash. It is
not until then that people start to think about things
that never occurred to them before, such as their help-
lessness and incapacity against the power of Allah, the
fact that technology, which developed by the will of Al-
lah, can again only be of any use by His will; they think of
those people in need, of death, and depending on their
illness, even the stage beyond death. Only then do peo-