2.38. SILENCE AND REFLECTION (to be continued)

God says


Thus, step by step, We bestow from on high through this Quran all that gives health [to the spirit] and is a grace unto those who believe [in Us], the while it only adds to the ruin of evildoers. – Q.17:82

Are, then, they who are bent in denying the truth not aware that the heavens and the earth were [once] one single entity, which We then parted asunder?*—and [that] We made out of water every living thing? Will they not [begin to] believe?** -- Q.21:30
*It is, as a rule, futile to make an explanation of the Quran dependent on “scientific findings” which may appear true today, but may equally well disapproved tomorrow by new findings. Nevertheless, the above unmistakable reference to the unitary origin of the universe – metonymically described in the Quran as “the heavens and the earth” – strikingly anticipates the view of almost all astrophysicists that the universe has originated as on entity from one single element, namely, hydrogen, which became subsequently consolidated through gravity and then separated into individual nebulae, galaxies and solar systems, with further individual parts progressively breaking away to form new entities in the shape of stars, planets and the latter’s’ satellites.
** The statement that “God made out of water every living thing” expresses a most concisely a truth that is nowadays universally accepted by science. It has threefold meaning: (1) Water – and, specifically, the sea -- was the environment within which the prototype of all living matter originated; (2) among all the innumerable – existing or conceivable – liquids, only water has the peculiar properties for the emergence and development of life; and (3) the protoplasm, which is the physical basis of every living cell – whether in plants or in animals – and represents the only form of matter in which the phenomena of life are manifested, consists overwhelmingly of water and is, thus, utterly dependent on it. Read together with the preceding statement, which alludes to the unitary origin of the physical universe, the emergence of life from and within an equally unitary element points to the existence of a unitary plan underlying all creation and hence, to the existence and oneness of the Creator.


And, indeed, many times have we repeated [all this] unto men* so that they might take it to heart: but most men refuse to be aught but ingrate. -- Q.25:50
*A reference to the frequent many-faceted reiteration, in the Quran as well as earlier revelations of all the evidence of unmistakably pointing to the existence of a conscious Creator (Zamakhshari).



Prophet said

“Whoever wants to have the pleasure of making his reliance on God (Tawakkul)* effective let him stick to silence” – H: Baihaqi. N: Anas.
*Tawakkul means to have full faith and trust in God.
Hence, if you undertake any work, start it with complete planning and determination. Then, be willing to accept whatever be the outcome. Because of your trust, God will certainly help if the work is good for us.