The Qur’an For All Humanity
The Blessings of God
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day. Nature responds to man’s every need,
providing in advance things of which we had no
prior conception.
All these manifestations of God’s beneficence are so
incredibly wonderful that they should leave in awe
of God and cause him to enter into lifelong
servitude of his Creator. Yet this does not happen.
What is the reason? Why is it that the concept of the
Creator of the Universe does not make every hair
on a man’s body stand on end? The reason is that he
has been observing the universe from his earliest
childhood. Because it appears perpetual and
unchanging, it strikes him as being a normal,
familiar sight. He finds nothing unique or
extraordinary in the universe, not even the motion
of the stars and planets in the vast, outer reaches of
space.
Moreover, when man finds or receives anything in
this world, it comes to him shrouded in the veil of
cause and effect. He therefore regards God’s bounty
as stemming from his own efforts and capacities.
That is why expressions of thankfulness do not
come gushing from his lips for the Giver-God. This
