Our God — Page 188
188 result of their actions in a past life. That is why some babies are born weak or healthy, blind or sighted, able-bodied or disabled, intelligent or unintelligent, and rich or poor. Otherwise, they ask—if there was no previous life and no record of good and bad deeds—how do we explain the difference? Could we say that God is unjust in bringing children of the same species into the world under such diverse circumstances? If not, then there is no explana- tion other than a previous life. The believers in reincarnation have also failed to see the differ- ence between the law of Shariah and law of nature, and use one law to measure everything. They have not realised that differences at birth are not related to the law of Shariah, but have to do with the law of nature. The child inherits the physical, economical and moral conditions of his parents and ancestors, which vary from family to family. Medical science, which is based on the law of nature, has established that if parents are healthy, the children are likely to be healthy but if the parents are fragile, so shall be the children. Even physical features are inherited by children. This science is so vast and established by repeated experiments and observations that it cannot be refuted. It has also been shown that the condi- tion of man and woman at the time of conception of a baby also deeply affects the child. In view of this, the Islamic Shariah has very wisely advised men and women to purify their hearts and minds when they try for a baby so that the child should inherit their purity of mind. In short, medical science has found that effects of the parents and ancestors are passed down to the chil- dren, and it is because of this that some children are born healthy