The fleeting Glory ( Remembrance) Al’A’Raf Foundations
All-High, All-Glorious.
Allah, the Ever-Living, the Self-Subsisting by Whom all subsist, there is no god but He.Neither slumber seizes Him, nor sleep;to Him belongs all that is in the heavens and all that is in the earth.Who is there who might intercede with Him save with His leave? He knows what lies before them and what is hidden from them, whereas they cannot attain to anything of His knowledge save what He wills them to attain.His Dominion overspreads the heavens and the earth, and their upholding wearies Him not. He is All-High, All-Glorious. Quran 2:225 .Here another blow is struck against unbelievers.On the basis of the concept of God's unlimited sovereignty and omnipotence it was stressed, in the foregoing verses, that no one shares independently in God's governance of the universe, and no one is so powerful with God that his intercession would decisively influence His judgement. The same point is stressed here but in a different manner. It is pointed out that no one possesses the knowledge that would enable him to comprehend the order of the universe and the considerations underlying it, so no one can legitimately interfere in its governance. The knowledge of human beings, of jinn, of angels and of all other creatures is limited and imperfect. No one's knowledge embraces all the facts of the universe. If someone did have the right to interfere even in only a part of the universe, and if his suggestions were of necessity to be put into effect, the entire order of the universe would be disrupted. Creatures are incapable of understanding what is best for them, and do not have the capacity to know how best the universe should be governed. It is God alone Who knows everything.
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