Irfan (Volume 1) IRFAAN 1

275-276

O aficionados of the West! If becoming cuckold is the name of progress and advancement, let it be all yours! Better is remaining behind than this.

We thought education will bring ease,

No one thought it will bring atheism too as by-product.

[Allama Muhammad Iqbal]

There are some people who deny the Miracles of the entire Messengers (of Allah), the Karamaat and the paranormal upshots of the Aulia and say that nothing can happen against the laws of nature and that sequence of cause and motive, condition and result and the check and balance which is experienced in the world, there is no other motive or any invisible agent or active nature. World is just this world of changes which is perceived and found with the limits of senses. Nothing can happen against to the natural phenomenon of a thing. Sun rises in east, fire burns, water flows from higher place to lower place and they quote this verse in support of atheism and materialism:

Man by nature upright the nature (framed) of Allah, in which He had created man. There is no altering (the laws of) Allah's creation. That is the right religion (30:30)

We have already given explained its Tafseer that this nature means the 'religious nature'. 'There is no altering (the laws of) Allah's creation' does not mean this that the material things cannot change but instead we see that material things continue to change from one form to the other and change is happening in everything and this thing is also not correct that nothing can be done against the laws of Nature but instead 'Allah is Able to do all things (2:20)'. [**Take the example of the birth of Hazrat Esa the son of Marry Alaihis-Salaam (Jesus Christ) who was born without father]. Allah is not bound to follow and abide by His own Law. If He is confined to His Law and Rules, then of what will be God! In such case, there will be the only influence of matter and its laws in the universe.

God is beyond the scopes of imagination and thought,

He, who is comprehendible by the Slave, how can he be God.

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Even the short-term governments of this world have the power of issuing Ordinances as laws in case of emergency. Should one think Allah as limited and restricted to His own Authority of 'the most Just of the Judges' (11:45) and 'Doer of what He wills' (86:16)! Allah Almighty is very clearly explaining in His Words:

Allah effaces what He wills, and establishes (what He will), and with Him is the source of ordinance (13:39)

That is, Allah Almighty erases that thing which He wills and established that which He wills in His Loh-e-Qudrat (Tablet of Ability) and the Loh-e-Mahfooz. With Him is the Mother Scripture (Source of Decrees 43:4) of the Loh e Ilm and it is established fact that

Allah alters the action and knowledge does not alter Allah.

But instead, the course of action can be changed through knowledge. For example, water flows downwards but we can fetch water upwards by using a pump and fountain pump. Same like this all other decided courses can be altered through knowledge. Allah Almighty also says:

He does what He wills (2:253)

He ordains that which pleases Him (5:1)

Thus, Allah does all that what He wills and accomplishes all that which He desires. None can stop Him. Then again Allah Almighty says: and Allah has full power and control over His Affairs, but most of mankind know not (12:21)

If we observe deeply, the rise and fall, alteration and change and variation in everything of the universe is clearly showing His Sovereignty and Dominance with full control and ability and nothing appears to match our speculation and hope and we cannot establish and firm opinion as to what will happen or otherwise which clearly shows that the Hand of Ability is in the sleeve of the implementations. This Ability, mostly, remains behind the curtain of the sources but, at times of urgency, it removes the cuff of resources and comes in action.