Ramadan Day 15: Verses from the Quran
Wed Oct 19, 2005 at 08:02:24 PM PDT
Each day during
Ramadan, I am presenting a verse from the Quran with a few thoughts or comments. An introduction to this series is
here. Inshallah (God willing), I hope that this may be of benefit to any who are interested in learning a bit more about Islam and Muslim belief.
Quran 17:44:
The seven heavens and the earth glorify Him, and whoever is in them. There is nothing that does not glorify and praise Him, but you do not understand their glorification. Surely He is Forebearing, Forgiving
How do the plants and the rocks and the oceans glorify God? This is a wonderful mystery to contemplate.
Their glorification is not in a manner that we recognize, as human glorification of God is.
Many Muslim thinkers believe that all of creation glofifies God just by being what it is, and embodying the nature that God created it with. Just by being, things testify to the greatness of He who created them.
Every human being glorifies God in this same way, by being what He created us to be. As beings of intelligence and free will, we are able to glorify God in other ways as well, such as through prayer and other forms of worship.
But even a person who is not able to do this for some reason, or chooses not to, is still a testament to God's greatness simply by existing.
