Revelation, Rationality, Knowledge & Truth — Page 359
LIFE IN THE PERSPECTIVE OF QURANIC REVELATIONS – A BRIEF INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER. We have created you. Why, then, do you not accept the truth?. What think you of the sperm-drop that you emit?. Is it you who created it or are We the Creator?. We have ordained death for all of you; and We cannot be prevented. . From bringing in your place others like you, and from developing you into a form which at present you know not. . And you have certainly known the first creation. . Why then, do you not reflect?. Do you see what you sow?. Is it you who grow it or are We the Grower?. If We so pleased, We could reduce it all to broken pieces, then you would keep lamenting: 'We are ruined! ‘Nay, we are deprived of everything. . Do you see the water which you drink?. Is it you who send it down from the clouds, or are. We the Sender?. If We so pleased, We could make it bitter. Why, then, are you not grateful?. Do you see the fire which you kindle?. Is it you who produce the tree for it, or are We the. Producer?. We have made it a reminder and a benefit for the wayfarers. . These verses draw the attention of man repeatedly and emphatically to the fact that it is God Who is the Creator, and it is He alone Who makes choices. The decision making is not left to chance, nor to the things which are themselves being created. At every such moment it is God. Who makes the choice and operates as the Supreme. Selector. . There is no blind haphazard selection of characters as life evolves. It is God who through the trials between life 348