Tuesday, November 09, 2004

Nothing but Creations!

This would be a very strange post to most people and I guess would be pretty relevant to the rest.

In our daily life we observe many creations of God e.g. the sun, moon, stars, trees, animals, mountains, clouds, sea,....the list never seem to end. But because of the everyday norm, we don't think over it much and are careless, except for a few people. A few questions might elaborate the point:

-While going to work would you stop by and think over the energy of the greenery around you?
-Would it sound sane to you if someone stops in the middle of the road pondering over the sky?

Have you ever thought what lies underneath the earth's surface? What lies under the sea, above the clouds or inside an atom? On the highest level we might easily derive that it's a whole world with a system of its own and with smaller components who work together in the system. Think over it for a couple of minutes, imagine the world inside, imagine its hugeness!

Being human beings, the best of all creations, we have the brains to understand almost everything. What really is our end? What can we do? What is our worth? Can we overcome our basic constraints e.g. eating, drinking, sleep, etc. and let's not talk about controlling our minds. We basically mould ourselves according to the constraints we are living in and that's all we can do. In other words, we can't get out of our constraints.

Some of you might oppose by saying that humans have even gone into space, oil exploration under the sea is in progress, etc. My question would then be, what is the limit? Have you still reached the limit? What then, when the limits will be reached?

This all arrives to the realization that we might be the best creation, better than any other creature, we can invent rockets and control animals, but we can't overcome our own limitations and constraints and that we are nothing but just creations.

Though, the conclusion isn't really what it looks like and I hope you are not demoralized by these words. The ideal conclusion would be the realization that a) we are just creations and b) hence should imply more closeness to the Creator.

3 comments:

Muhammad Salman Kasbati said...

Thanks Danish! Hoping to meet you in Karachi in the next week.

Thanks Caleb for stopping by. Yes, I would like to discuss it some time with you. But first I would like to read a bit of this book.

The Lil fairy & her angel friends said...

Read the book "Labaik" by Mumtaz Mufti.Its my favorite book. I love teh way the writer turns to God.The way he see the glimpse of creator in evrything the dew, the cloud even on viewing the dog eating a bone:-).
The waythe writer has realted evry incident to his thinking..and teh way it draws him nearer to the creator is amazing!
The great thing is what the writer was before and what he became after..
A great book.Do read that and tehn think about the topic u've written.
Between, good thoughts, keep it up!

Anonymous said...

Thanks Danish! Hoping to meet you in Karachi in the next week.

Thanks Caleb for stopping by. Yes, I would like to discuss it some time with you. But first I would like to read a bit of this book.

if you're interested in this kind of thing, then you should read a book by an italian author [italo calvino] called mr. palomar. it's all about a guy who, as he sits and observes nature, the less he sees, the more he studies, the less he learns. real interesting stuff. and if you're interested, i'd be happy to discuss stuff like it with you. let me know.