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CONCLUSION
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God Not Disappointed with Man
Allah constantly showers blessings upon humanity, showing His unwavering hope and love. Every newborn and each drop of rain or crop is evidence of His continuous care. The sun faithfully rises daily, providing light and warmth, while the moon offers soothing light at night. Despite these divine gifts, humanity often shows disrespect and cruelty towards one another. People hate, exploit, oppress, and even kill each other, as if they believe humans are unworthy of respect or redemption. It appears as though humans want to prove the angels right, who feared that humanity would bring destruction and bloodshed upon the earth.
Value of Love
Man possesses a unique capacity for love and compassion that distinguishes him from other creatures. His heart is tender and empathetic, feeling pain and suffering on behalf of others. This quality of heartfelt compassion is exclusive to humans and allows them to offer sincere love to their Creator.
Humanity’s greatness lies in its ability to empathize and show mercy. When one person feels pain, another shares in it. Humans shed tears when witnessing suffering—a widow’s vulnerability, a poor person’s hunger, or a sick person’s distress. Even a single tear, in a sea of wrongdoing, has the power to purify. Angels lack this emotional depth and cannot offer such tears. While angels remain vigilant in their awareness of Allah, their watchfulness cannot match the human capacity to lose sleep over others’ suffering.
The love that flows through the human heart is a precious gift from God. It transcends religious, cultural, and national boundaries, focusing solely on connecting with others in their pain, akin to how a magnet attracts iron.
Sharing Other’s Sufferings Man’s Chief Excellence
Man’s true wealth isn’t in money or power, but in the ability to empathize and share others’ pain. Even if a nation has vast riches like America’s wealth or Saudi Arabia’s oil, without love, it remains spiritually poor. It’s comforting that humans can still cry and feel for others. A heart that lacks this ability holds no value to Allah, regardless of one’s faith. The human heart’s worth lies in its capacity to long, empathize, cry, and love—qualities more precious than any wealth.
An eye that doesn’t shed tears lacks humanity, like a flower’s eye. A heart unmoved by others’ pain is like a lion’s heart. A forehead without repentance is like stone. A hand that doesn’t help others is lifeless. A lion’s claw is better than a hand that harms. If man were made for killing, he’d have been born with swords. If wealth were his purpose, his heart would be an iron safe. Man’s creation isn’t for destruction but for goodness and empathy.
The wonders of man’s heart surpass his physical self. It feels pain across distances, like Prophet Muhammad, who worried for his enemies’ captives and shortened prayers for a crying baby’s mother. A heart that causes pain to others can’t truly be called a heart.
Man’s Ultimate Responsibility
If humans focus only on material desires, life on earth becomes unbearable. It’s important to remember that according to the Quran, Allah ordered angels to respect humans by bowing to them. This means it’s degrading for humans, who are Allah’s representatives, to bow to anyone other than their Creator. If humans were meant to bow to angels who carry out Allah’s commands like bringing rain, Allah would have allowed it. By having angels bow to humans, Allah shows humans are entrusted with caring for the world as His representatives and are created to worship Him. Humans should think about their current situation, embrace their role as Allah’s representatives, worship only Him, and work to prevent suffering for themselves and the world.
