Muhammad a Prophet For all Humanity
7. The Revolution of the Prophet
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tries to proceed at his own, he will break, because
God’s wheel is stronger than his.
Over the millennia God has made certain provision
for the growth of trees and plants: He has laid a
layer of fertile soil on the surface of the earth; He
has given them the heat that they need from the
sun; He has provided them with water, and assisted
their growth with alternation of the seasons; then
He has created billions of bacteria which provide
the roots with nitrogen. These arrangements are; so
to speak, God’s cog-wheel. What we have to do is
attach our own wheel to God’s, for only then will
we be able to use these opportunities to form a tree.
Once our own wheel is attached to God’s, we have
only to take a seed and plant it in the ground.
Nature’s machine will then set to work, and
production will ensue. If, on the other hand, we
plant our tree on a rock, or sow a plastic imitation
seed in the ground, or do as the priest did and
transplant a full-grown tree, then we have not set
our own wheel at work with God’s; we have not
fitted in with God’s scheme. We cannot expect,
then, to see a lush tree growing in our garden.
