In the Name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
God, our Creator
Young Enlightened Submitters
God is telling us in Quran:
[10:101] Say, "Look at all the signs in the heavens and the earth." All the proofs and all the warnings can never help people who decided to disbelieve.
God knows that if we see what He created for us we will get to know Him. If we know Him and realize that He created everything for us, we will follow His message. God knows we need His help and guidance and He offered them for us. God did not create the whole universe for amusement. He created it to know who are the people who will side with Him, i.e. the believers (Submitters) and who are the people who will not side with Him i.e. the disbelievers. God promised that the believers will be supported by Him in this life and will go to Heaven in the Hereafter. The disbelievers will not have God's help or support in this life and will not make it to Heaven in the Hereafter.
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[21:16] We did not create the heavens and the earth, and everything between them just for amusement.
Look all around you, look at the sky, the sun, the moon and the stars. Look at the clouds that bring down the rain. From this rain we get the water that we drink and the water that fills the oceans, the seas and the rivers. Look at all the beautiful plants around us. The trees, the fruits, the vegetables, the flowers, the butterflies, all are God's creations. Look at all the animals, the birds and the fish in the sea. Look at the mountains around us, the deserts and the forests. They are all created for us. God created all these for the believers. We need to look at them, then think about their creation and God who created them. In this way we get to know God and believe in Him.
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[22:63] Do you not see that God sends down from the sky water that turns the land green? God is Sublime, Cognizant.
Believing in God means to listen to His message and to follow what He wants us to do. God wants us to be on the right way to be with Him. Only those who refuse to know God or refuse to believe in Him will not be able to make it to Heaven.
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[35:27] Do you not realize that God sends down from the sky water, whereby we produce fruits of various colors? Even the mountains have different colors; the peaks are white, or red, or some other color. And the ravens are black.
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[10:101] Say, "Look at all the signs in the heavens and the earth." All the proofs and all the warnings can never help people who decided to disbelieve.
[14:19] Do you not realize that GOD has created the heavens and the earth for a specific purpose? If He wills, He can remove you, and substitute a new creation in your place.
[22:63] Do you not see that GOD sends down from the sky water that turns the land green? GOD is Sublime, Cognizant.
[35:27] Do you not realize that GOD sends down from the sky water, whereby we produce fruits of various colors? Even the mountains have different colors; the peaks are white, or red, or some other color. And the ravens are black.
[22:64] To Him (GOD) belongs everything in the heavens and everything on earth. Absolutely, GOD is the Most Rich, Most Praiseworthy.
[22:65] Do you not see that GOD has committed in your service everything on earth? The ships run in the ocean by His command. He prevents the heavenly bodies from crashing onto the earth, except in accordance with His command. GOD is Most Kind towards the people, Most Merciful.
[21:16] We did not create the heavens and the earth, and everything between them just for amusement.
[21:17] If we needed amusement, we could have initiated it without any of this, if that is what we wanted to do.
[21:18] Instead, it is our plan to support the truth against falsehood, in order to defeat it. Woe to you for the utterances you utter.
[21:19] To Him belongs everyone in the heavens and the earth, and those at Him are never too arrogant to worship Him, nor do they ever waver.
[21:20] They glorify night and day, without ever tiring.
Vocabulary
- scripture = sacred book, for example the Quran and the Bible.
- cognizant = fully informed, fully aware, knows everything.
- sublime = noble, very kind.
- utter = to speak or make some sort of sound from your mouth.
- Praiseworthy = worth of praising.
- Arrogant = too proud.
- Waver = unsure, uncertain or unsteady.
- initiate = to introduce or start something new.