Islam As It Is
Organisation
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ORGANISATION
Within even the tiniest of seeds, God has concealed
the beginning of a verdant plant: from one tiny
kernel can spring forth the loftiest of trees. But this
potentiality can be realized only when all of the
conditions for its growth are just right—the season,
the soil, the temperatures, the sunshine, the rainfall,
all must be exactly what the plant needs and only
then will our seed sprout and produce the most
wonderful of foliage, blossoms and fruits. Suppose
we just dropped our seed on a table top and left it to
its own resources, there would be no question of its
producing a plant, green or otherwise.
Why should this be so? It is because God has
created the correct combination of conditions for
growth to take place, and has laid down a definite
pattern for the functioning of every single thing and
every single living creature on this earth. This
divine pattern has been ordained for all time, and
there is nothing which can exist without confor-
ming to it. The slightest deviation from this pattern
produces bad results, or no results at all, whereas
acting in accordance with it causes all of God’s
