Introducing Islam a Simple Introduction to Islam
God’s Tree
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GOD’S TREE
A tree is but a manifestation of a seed’s potential to
derive sustenance from earth and water, and
produce one of the most beautiful sights in the
world in the form of a trunk, branches, leaves and
flowers.
Man is much the same as a tree. He has been put on
earth like a seed. But he can only grow into a tree by
virtue of his own efforts. Providence, however, has
granted him innumerable sources of nourishment,
and opportunities exist on earth for man to build an
eternal future for himself. His efforts on earth will
have the reward of the verdant gardens of paradise
in the next world. He will dwell there in eternal
contentment.
But those who do not partake of this divine
sustenance are like seeds which are cast on to a rock
or on barren land. Such seeds will never grow into
trees. One who does not make use of the
opportunities for growth in this world is like a
defective seed which never grows into a tree. Such a
person will meet with eternal failure. The world
