06-05-2003, 02:12 PM
AS Salam a`alman itaba`alohda
Oh amai you raised a very good point may Allah help me explain this to you.
Allah does not practice black mailing on us to worship Him. When He sends rain He sends on USA, England exactly like on Egypt and Saudi Arabia. People benefit regardless of their faith. He does not restrict usage on believers only. A pagan, a non believer, a Muslim or a disobedient believer all use His bounties. He allows plants to grow everywhere. He does not come and tell plants don’t allow a non believer to take you off or eat you. Did you ever see the sea refuses to carry a ship of non Muslims? Did you ever see the rain falling on a country where both Muslims and non Muslims reside when it allows only Muslims to benefit? Did you see rivers reject non Muslims to use its water for drinking? Of course not. In other words in this life Allah does not discriminate between those who believe in Him and those who don’t. No we all share His sustenance. It is His duty to sustain us being The Sustainer. And yet no one is forced. It will not make much difference to Him. He shall remain eternally the Only True Deity Who is Worthy to be worshiped. See even Satan knows very well that Allah is the Only One Allah Who begotten no one nor was He begotten. We the children of Adam were given practical training on that. However, I may go into more detail. Satan was from the Jinn who were living on earth. They messed up, got involved in killing unlike Satan who proved to be an excellent worshiper at that time. Allah rewarded him by taking him up to live among angles in heaven. When Allah decided to create mankind. He started with Adam who was made of mud, unlike Satan who was created of fire. Allah in an indication to show the angels that they shall be involved somehow or the other with this creature and his children commanded them to prostrate for him. They all obeyed immediately unlike Satan who was very arrogant to do so boldly telling Allah that he is made of fire so how come he prostrates to one made of mud. That was the beginning of our old and eternal enmity with Satan. Allah throw him out of His Mercy, yet allowed him time to live and prove his point. Mind you on the Day of Judgement Satan shall free himself of the responsibility towards those who followed him. But as long as Allah fully explained to us that we must worship only Him, sent us Prophets and Messengers, and allowed us a chance after the other. Then failure to do so we blame no one but ourselves.
Praise be to Allah who guided us to this and prayer and peace be upon His Messenger
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