Playing God

"All rights of this book are reserved for the publisher and the author. This copy is for reading purpose only. This copy cannot be uploaded on any website except those of the publisher and the author." Playing God: Misreading a Divine Practice 5 cJ @ - ! J 1dP? ef *R +WI@ 1 R 1 6 gBh/? X B I- ef *R FiI R +2 7 +2 [ 6 >jH? > k1/ I J1"< Ilm n H ! @ X ?- oK H F? 8 f! F? FB! Q F h - + 1dP? 1:; *R > k1/ + 3J1"I Q … +2 1- VX F!G = 6- +2 7 +23 R -"< W ? 4< K W -@ m p7@ FP? + h 9 q FB T : +, F? `7ab + h / - jB C F 2 r ]- 4? 0? r ] 3 - )&$ :st&$( Have you not heard what befell those that have gone before you? The accounts of the people of Noah, ‘ Ā d, and Tham ū d, and those who came after them whom only God knows? Their messenger s c ame to them with clear signs, but they placed th eir hand s on their mouths [–the mouths of messengers–] and said: “We will not accept the message with which you have been sent and have baffling doubts about that which you call us to.” Their messengers said: “Do you have doubts about God, the Creator of the heavens and the earth? He calls you to Him that He may forgive you your sins and give you respite till an appointed time.” They said: “You are but a human being like ourselves. You wish to stop us from worshipping the deities our fathers worshipped, then bring us a clear miracle.” Their messengers replied: “We are indeed but mortals like yourselves. Yet God bestows His grace on such of His servants as He chooses and we do not have any authority of our own to present a miracle except by God’s permission ….” At last, www.javedahm d hamidi.com www.al-mawrid.org