Noah's Ark: An Invitation to Faith — Page 61
NOAH'S ARK لَهُ مُلْكُ السَّمَوتِ وَالْأَرْضِ 17 Meaning, the Kingdom of God is established both upon earth and in heaven. Moreover, I am bound to believe in the verse: إِنَّمَا أَمْرُهُ إِذَا أَرَادَ شَيْئًا أَنْ يَقُولُ لَهُ كُنْ فَيَكُونُ 18 That is, all of heaven and earth is obedient to Him. When He wills a thing He says 'Be' and it happens at once. Then God says: 19 وَاللهُ غَالِبٌ عَلَى اَمْرِهِ وَلَكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ النَّاسِ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ ) In other words, God has full power over His will, but most people are unaware of His power and might. So much for the prayer taught in the Gospel which causes human beings to despair of the mercy of God and allows Christians to take exception with His providence, beneficence, reward and punishment to the extent that they consider God incapable of helping them in this world, until His Kingdom should arrive upon the earth. In contrast, the prayer that God has taught the Muslims in the Quran illustrates that God is not powerless on the earth, like vanquished rulers. On the contrary, His system of providence, graciousness, mercy, reward and punishment are in operation on earth and He has the power to help those who worship Him and can destroy sinners with His wrath. The prayer is as follows: 17 Surah Al-Hadeed, 57:3 [Publisher] 18 Surah Yaaseen, 36:83 [Publisher] 19 Surah Yusuf, 12:22 [Publisher] 61