Commit sins with Allahs Will.
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my question is "if even a leaf of tree has to swing with allah's wish
then, how can we commit so many sins. is it from allah's wish or is it that
allah is testing us?
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Answer:
Commit sins with
Allah’s Will
In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His
help and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide,
and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear
witness that there is none worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear
witness that Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His
Messengers.
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 6 Surah
Anaam verse 59:
59 With Him are the keys of the unseen, the treasures that none knows
but He. He Knows whatever there is on
the earth and in the sea. Not a leaf doth fall but with His Knowledge:
there is not a grain in the darkness (or depths) of the earth, nor anything
fresh or dry (green or withered), but is (inscribed) in a Record Clear.
Indeed such is the Dominion, Control, and Absolute Lordship
of the Lord Creator over all of His creation, that even a mere leaf does not
fall or move from its place without His Knowledge, His Will, and His
Permission.
Your
Question: ……how can we commit so many sins. is it from allah's wish or is it
that allah is testing us?
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 21 Surah
Anbiyaa verse 35:
35 Every soul shall have a taste of death: and We test
you by evil and by good (only) by way of trial: to Us must ye return.
Allah says in the Holy Quran in Chapter 67 Surah
Al Mulk verse 2:
He (Allah) created death and life that He may test
you, to see which of you is the best in deeds.
The All-Knowing, All-Wise Lord bestowed two things upon
His best creation (ie. mankind) which He did not bestow upon any in His Supreme
Creation, and thus put mankind to a test:
Whoever amongst man studies and ponders over the
innumerable wonders and Signs in the various creations of the Majestic Lord,
and uses his bestowed intelligence and power of reasoning to understand his
mission of creation, recognize His Supreme Lord and Creator, and of his own
‘free will’ chooses to submit his will to the Will of his Creator, and chooses
to live his life in accordance with the guidance of his Creator, passes the
test of life and is promised the Eternal Mercy, Grace, and Rewards of Allah
Subhanah.
And whoever amongst man uses his bestowed intelligence and
power of reasoning to do everything else but does not recognize or denies his
Supreme Creator, refuses to submit his will to the Will of His Creator, and of
his own ‘free will’ chooses to live his life in accordance with any guidance
other than that of His Supreme Creator, miserably fails the test of life and
will have a severe accounting in the Presence of His All-Mighty and Majestic
Lord on an Inevitable Day.
Your
Question: ……how can we commit so many sins.
Without an iota of a doubt, man is prone to and it is in
his very nature to err and to sin….and every single sin (or good) that man does
on this earth during the test period of his one lifetime, happens with the
Precise Will and Permission of Allah Subhanah!
For the period of the test of one lifetime, the Lord Most
Majestic, Most Supreme, although He very well could, but He neither stops one
who wishes to do evil from doing his evil; nor does the Lord stop one who
wishes to do good from doing his good….but to fulfill the requirements of a
‘fair’ test, and only for the period of the test, the Lord All-Wise allows man
to do as he pleases…..then to their Lord all will be gathered on an Inevitable
and Tumultuous Day to give a full accounting of their deeds.
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 35 Surah
Fatir verse 45:
45 If Allah were to punish men according to what they deserve, He would
not leave on the back of the (earth) a single living creature! But He gives them respite
for a stated Term: when their Term expires, verily Allah has in His Sight all
His servants.
Although every sin that man does is done with the Will and
the Permission of the Lord Most Majestic, the Lord is not pleased with that
person…..but it is the condition of being able to give a ‘fair’ and ‘just’
test, that the one who is giving the test be allowed by the examiner to give
his test in full as he pleases until the appointed time….only after that stated
and appointed time expires, does the examiner hold the right to declare who
actually passed the given test, and who failed it.
Allow us to relate a simple example: Say a teacher or
examiner stands behind a student who is giving his examination and the teacher
notices that the student is writing all the wrong answers on his
exam-sheet…..the examiner could very well have stopped or told the student that
all his answers are wrong but that would violate the conditions of giving a
fair test. Thus as unhappy or unpleased
the examiner might be at the efforts of his student, he leaves the student to
complete his test until the appointed time.
With the will of the examiner, the student wrote the answers on his
exam-sheet himself, but the examiner was definitely not pleased with the
efforts of his student.
Similarly, Allah Subhanah could very well have taken to
account every person who commits evil or sin on this earth…..but because He has
involved man to a test, and given them an allocated time of one lifetime to
fulfill their test, He allows them to do as they will….He is Pleased when one
does good and Dis-Pleased when one amongst His slaves does evil, but he allows
both to fulfill their test until the time appointed by Him. Only on the Day of Judgment will He gather
all of mankind and declare the ultimate results of who amongst man passed the test
and who amongst them failed it.
Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only
due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me
alone. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is
the Only Source of Strength.
Your brother and
well wisher in Islam,
Burhan
