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Living in the Great Blessings of God

escape from dying. There is a verse in the Quran in the chapter
Al-‘Ankabut (The Spider):
Every soul shall taste death. (29:57)
This is the law of nature and there is no exception to this law.
Death reminds us that the present world is not our final abode.
We have to prepare ourselves for the world hereafter. Death is
only a reminder of the fact that everyone is doomed to enter the
other world.

Living in the Great

Blessings of God

he Quran, in the chapter Al-Nahl (Bees), refers to God’s
Tthree special blessings for man in these words:
He created man out of a [mere] drop of sperm: yet he
shows himself to be openly contentious! He has created
cattle for you: from them you derive food and clothing
and numerous other benefits; how pleasant they look
when you bring them home in the evenings and when
you take them out to pasture in the mornings. They
carry your loads to places which you could otherwise
not reach without great hardship—surely, your Lord is
compassionate and merciful—He has created horses,
mules and donkeys, so that you may ride them, and
also so that they may be put on show, and He creates
what you do not know. (16:4-8)

These verses refer to three blessings which in the entire
universe have only been given to man. Man should acknowledge
these blessings and give the required response to them. It is this

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