Article appeared appeared Friday Friday, January 25th, 25th, 2019 2019 in The The News Today Today,, Bangladesh Bangladesh
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yousu$ %ah&u&ul 'sla%, (h)
*hat can our li$e on earth &e a&out+ ould it &e an opportunity - an opportunity to proe our character+ To understand li$e, would it &e an idea to stand &ac. and analy/e the oerall picture o$ creation+ *e would hae to start our thin.ing at a point &e$ore the Big Bang occurred, i.e., the i.e., the point ust &e$ore the unierse started to co%e into eistence There are a lot o$ theories {1} that {1} that try to reason the cause &ehind the Big Bang, i.e., why and how did the Big Bang happen or originate+ The $act re%ains, regardless o$ rando% theories {1}, {1}, that, without a %ost power$ul and highly intelligent Being ti%e, %atter, space and the laws o$ physics could not hae co%e into eistence &y the%seles 'n addition, how would these entities .now how to interact with each other without guidance+ '$ it is said that nothing eisted &e$ore, we need to consider the $ollowing logic As 3nothing4 has no intelligence, no thought processes, no needs, no power, no o&ectie, $or ea%ple, can it can it then wor.out what laws o$ physics are reuired to allow the unierse to epand+ *ould nothingness hae nothingness hae a desire to create so%ething+ 6ogically, a %ost power$ul and highly intelligent Being !7od, with a capital 7# %ust hae always eisted '$ 7od created the unierse, could 8e hae done so without a purpose or a reason+ *hen there was no creation 8e was alone and un.nown ould 8e then hae created the unierse to &e .nown+ To recogni/e and ac.nowledge 8i% as the reator, 7od would need to create an intelligent &eing that would identi$y 8is eistence independently through the use o$ .nowledge o, 7od created two distinct and separate creations, hu%ans and the rest o$ the unierse The o& o$ hu%ans would &e to discoer and recogni/e 7od &y o&sering and analy/ing their own seles and the rest o$ creation The persons who discoer and ac.nowledge 8i% would .now 7od:s nature The pri%ary purpose o$ intelligent hu%an &eings would then &e to see. out 7od and ac.nowledge 8is truth 8u%ans would share their eperiences o$ 7od:s eistence and esta&lish 8is truth Truth can only &e esta&lished &y co%paring it with $alsehood - which 7od would also hae to create 8aing done so, 7od gae hu%ans $ree will, i.e., they are free to fulfill their purpose of creation only if they want to or feel inclined to! This is where opportunity co%es in 7od has gien each o$ us the opportunity to get to .now 8i% through the a&ilities and &lessings 8e has laishly and thought$ully gien ;sing our options, we can as. uestions to separate the truth $ro% $alsehood, $ind answers &y applying un&iased reasoning and logical analysis to esta&lish the truth 8ow %any ways can the truth &e %ani$ested+ ould we ac.nowledge the reator &y adoring 8i% in return, de%onstrating gratitude and &y sharing the truth+ *ould such attitudes de%onstrate a righteous character+ Those who do this would also &e $ul$illing the purpose o$ their indiidual creation *ould such righteous &ehaior sere to please 7od+ erses
$ro% the 8oly cripture the Al=?ur:an there$ore clari$y that 8e has no $a%ily nor are there any other gods in addition to in$or%ing so%e other attri&utes
23.91 “No son did God beget nor is there any god along with Him: (if there were many gods behold ea!h god wo"ld ha#e ta$en away what he had !reated and some wo"ld ha#e lorded it o#er others% Glory to God (He is free from the (sort of things they attrib"te to Him%& an 7od, who has designed and originated eery part o$ creation, &e li.e what 8e has created+ 7od is singular and uniue '$ there were any other power or deity, such a deity would lay ownership oer anything that they created To esta&lish the truth, one o$ the tas.s o$ hu%ans is to analy/e and a$$ir% the $act that there is no god &ut 7od 8i%sel$ (reious 8oly criptures {2} eually {2} eually con$ir% this $act
23.92 “He $nows what is hidden and what is o'en: too high is He for the 'artners they attrib"te to Him%& There is nothing or no one that shares 8is (ower 8e .nows what is in our hearts whether we sincerely adore and reere 8i% or we see. sel$=glory and $a%e There$ore, to help the prophet and us to see the truth, the $ollowing prayer is reco%%ended,
23.93 “ay) *+ my ,ord% -f o" o" wo"ld show me (in my lifetime that whi!h they are warned against.& *e all need to reali/e the conseuences o$ using our $ree will to deny the purpose o$ our creation, as well as de%onstrating arrogance and sel$=centeredness '$ we could see, i.e., isuali/e i.e., isuali/e the &la/e o$ 8ell, it would help us understand what $ate awaits those who deny their purpose
23.9/ “0hen + my ,ord% "t me not amongst the 'eo'le who do wrong%& *e pray to 8i% to .eep us in the co%pany o$ those who do good Bad co%pany &reeds undesira&le things
23.9 “nd 4e are !ertainly able to show yo" (in f"lfillment that against whi!h they are warned.& '$ 7od wanted, 8e could certainly show us what our $uture a$ter death holds - paradise and hell o, the reco%%endation is@ 23.95 “6e'el e#il with that whi!h is best: 4e are well7a!8"ainted with the things they say.& say.& )o not repel &ad done with &ad - respond with good 7od care$ully ta.es note o$ each action and reaction The $ollowing prayer is $or see.ing (rotection $ro% the negatie whisperings o$ eil atan and those with hi%
23.9 “nd say) *+ my ,ord% - see$ ref"ge in o" from the s"ggestions of the #il +nes;& 23.9< “nd - see$ ref"ge in o" + my ,ord) lest they sho"ld !ome near me.& ==== {Notes}@ {Notes}@ {1} {1} https@www%nnco%earth=%attersspacestoriesti%e=actually=eisted=&ig=&ang= according=new=theory {2} {2} https@www&lueletter&i&leorg$adonstewartdonstewartC22c
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