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Spirit of Islam Issue 35 November 2015
FROM THE SPIRITUAL TREE
There is a tree beside my house. I call
it the 'Spiritual Tree'. I derive spiritual
inspiration from it. A tree is an ever-
growing being that was initially a seed
possessing the potential of becoming a
full-grown tree. A seed takes food from the
universe around it and then grows into a
tree. The same is true with spirituality,
the desire for which is intrinsic to, and an
integral part of, the very nature of, every
human being. To realize this spirituality,
Man must derive spiritual food from the
universe around him. A tree converts
carbon-dioxide into oxygen; a spiritual person is one who can take positive lessons
from negative situations. From this perspective, a tree is an embodiment of a
spiritual personality.
—
Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
PERFECTION OF THE CREATOR
T
HE Quran declares as a challenge, that there is no flaw in God’s
creation
(67: 3)
. Despite every effort and resource to prove to the
contrary, there is nobody who will be able to find any sign of a
flaw in the universe. This evidence in the creation is an affirmation of
the attributes of God. It implies that the Creator of the universe is the
Ultimate Perfect Being.
When God is perfect, God’s bounties cannot be imperfect. It is not
possible that God gives man a temporary existence in this world but
deprives him of eternal life; that He gives man desires but deprives him
of their fulfillment; that He gives man sorrow but deprives him of joy;
that He gives man the experience of loss but
keeps him deprived of the experience of gain;
that He makes man an idealist but deprives
him of an ideal world; that He creates man for
the future but deprives man of a future.
Such discrepancy in creation would go
against the perfection of the Creator, God.
It is simply impossible that there exists any
imperfect element in the perfection of God.
When God is perfect,
God’s bounties
cannot be imperfect.