Flowers for the Women Wearing Veils - Volume I — Page 204
! ! 204 should consider where their life s tarted from. The world ran smoothly before their birth, and nothing was amiss in the world before they w ere born. The world has suffe red no loss as a consequence of the death of the greatest tyrant or conquering monarch and the world continues to run as it did before. A time came when e ven the greatest kings who ruled the world fell into obscurity ! Humans should continue to ponder over their birth as it will prevent them from developing arrogance and save them from many sins. The Birth of a Child Allah Almighty says: َّﻧ ۡﺒ َﺘ ِﻠ ۡﻴ ِﻪ ق َا ۡﻣ َﺸ ﺎ ٍج ُّﻧ ۡﻄ َﻔ ٍﺔ ِﻣ ۡﻦ ا ِۡﻻ tۡ َﺴ ﺎ َن َﺧ َﻠ ۡﻘ َﻨ ﺎ ِا َّﻧ ﺎ َﺑ ِﺼ ًۡري ا َﺳ ِﻤ ۡﻴ ۢﻌ ﺎ َﻓ َﺠ َﻌ ۡﻠ ٰﻨ ُﻪ “ We have created man from a mingled sperm - drop that We might try him ; so We made him hearing, seeing. ” (Holy Qur’ān , Ch. 76: V. 3) E ach and every person goes through a phase when t he y are unable to communicate with the people around him. Then, from the best qualities of various substances , W e made them a being who could hear and see. What is a human being? Simply a product of various grains, vegetables, and meat which their parents consume d. A fter all, a child is born from their mother and father. No child has ever fallen from the sky. Simply , if a person does not eat, then she will not survive, let alone give birth to anyone. The Birth of t he Soul The soul is created from within the child itself. Most people believe that the child is born from the mother and father and the soul descends from the heavens which was waiting with Allah. H owever , this concept is incorrect. The truth is that the soul is also created from the parents , and it is an absurd and nonsensical notion that while the child is born from the mother and father , the soul descends from the sky.