Article appeared Friday, August 8th, 2014 in The News Today, Bangladesh

The Revelation !!"# yousu$ %ah&u&ul 'sla%, (h)

*hy are young children o$ten care+$ree and happy, They are preoccupied e-ploring the
wonders that they see around the% rather than worry a&out the ne-t %eal, doing the toilet,
going o$$ to sleep, etc. *hy, 's it &ecause su&consciously they .now that they are &eing loo.ed
a$ter, *hat do children do when they run into trou&le, hurt the%selves, get scared or need
so%ething,
/hildren generally run to their %other0 )o the children thin. or intuitively .now that the %other
will &e a&le to solve their pro&le%s, Regardless, the children co%pletely trust and have $aith in
their %others1 Reali2ing the role o$ the %other so%e children de%onstrate their gratitude &y
giving the %other a hug, saying, 3' love you, 4a05 As they grow older, grate$ul children also help
their %other with a variety o$ wor.1
6n the other hand, what would the %other thin. o$ ungrate$ul children who only go to her when
they need so%ething, The %other continues to give her service and love all her children
regardless o$ how they treat her1 *hen old and in$ir%, the %other %ay however pre$er to live
with children who have appreciated her contri&ution to their lives and de%onstrated their
gratitude0
A$ter carrying children in their wo%&s $or a&out nine %onths, %others give &irth1 6nce &orn,
%others continue to give their love and service to their $ullest1 /o%pared to the role o$ the
%other, what role does the /reator play in each person7s li$e, 'n 8erses $ro% /hapter 49 o$ the
:ur7an, the /reator gives co%plete ;uidance to those who are grate$ul and wish to do the right
thing1
*e have en<oined on %an .indness and good treat%ent# to his parents1 'n pain did his
%other &ear hi% and in pain did she give hi% &irth1 The carrying o$ the child# to his
weaning is a period o$# thirty %onths=1 >4911?a@
The 8erse continues to instruct those who intelligently value the role o$ the %other1
=At length when he reaches the age o$ $ull strength and attains $orty years he says, A6
%y Bord0 Cna&le %e to &e grate$ul $or Dour $avors which Dou have &estowed upon %e
and upon &oth %y parents and that ' %ay wor. with righteousness such that Dou
approveE and %a.e righteous $or %e %y o$$spring1 Truly ' have repented to Dou and truly
do ' &ow to Dou as a 4usli%1A >4911?&@
't is the /reator who has designed the process o$ &irth and the provision $or weaning and
support o$ the %other1 Fust as we are children o$ the parents selected &y the /reator, we
ourselves, one day, will &eco%e parents1 All these are &lessings and $avors granted &y the
/reator1 The /reator has given hu%an &eings special $aculties to understand and &e grate$ul1
The /reator re%inds us,
't is Ge *ho &rought you into e-istence# $ro% the wo%&s o$ your %others when you
.new nothingE and Ge gave you hearing and sight and intelligence and a$$ectionsH that
you may give thanks (to Allah). >191I8@
Gow should the /reator loo. upon those who de%onstrate gratitude, The su&seJuent 8erse in
/hapter 49, continues,
Kuch are they $ro% who% *e shall accept the &est o$ their deeds and pass &y their ill
deedsH they shall &e# a%ong the /o%panions o$ the ;ardenH a pro%ise o$ truth which
was %ade to the% in this li$e#1 >49119@
Gowever, those who are ungrate$ul to the /reator and ill+treat their parents parents who guide
the% regarding the purpose and syste% o$ <ustice designed &y the /reator#, there is ad%onition
$ro% the /reatorH
But one who says to his parents, AL$$ to you0 )o you pro%ise %e that ' shall &e raised
up on the )ay o$ Fudg%ent# even though generations have passed i.e., died#,A while
he/she calls to Allah for help. The parents re&u.e their son or daughter, A*oe to you0
Gave $aithE indeed, the pro%ise o$ Allah is true1A But heMshe retorts or thin.s#, AThis the
*ords o$ the :ur7an# are nothing &ut tales or legends# o$ ancient people0A >4911I@
Regardless o$ our attitude to the /reator and our parents, we all have intelligence and are
en<oying the &lessings created $or us1 '$ we chose to &e ungrate$ul and prove dis&elie$, i.e.,
transgress the &ounds o$ what is right and proper, Allah re%inds us o$ the results o$ such
&ehavior,
And on the )ay that the Ln&elievers will &e placed &e$ore the Fire it will &e said to
the%#H ADou received your good things in the li$e o$ the world and you too. your pleasure
out o$ the%H &ut today shall you &e reco%pensed with a (enalty o$ hu%iliationH $or that
you were arrogant on earth without <ust cause and that you ever# transgressed1A
>49120@
Allah allows each individual ti%e to learn and reali2e the Kource o$ the &lessings and &e
grate$ul1 Allah continues to provide &lessings $or all &ut points out,
10.11 If Allah were to hasten for men the evil (they have earned) as He hastens
for them the good, their term (on earth) would be ended for them. ut !e leave
the ones who do not e"#e$t the meeting with %s (on the &ay of 'udgment), in
their tres#asses, wandering blindly.
Allah e-pects that &y the age o$ $orty see 8erse 4911?& a&ove#, we individually would have
%atured enough to sort out what is what, i.e., learned through e-periences o$ li$e and have
conte%plated and reali2ed the need $or gratitude to &oth parents and the /reator N as &y that
ti%e we would have learned &y &eco%ing parents ourselves1
Fust as a child intuitively runs to hisMher %other when in trou&le, when we grow in %aturity, there
are occasions when we reali2e that it is only the /reator that that can get us out o$ trou&le1
Accordingly, we pray and plead directly to the /reator in a variety o$ ways1 This, in $act proves
that we intuitively .now who the /reator is, however, %ay su&seJuently chose to &e ungrate$ul1
10.1( !hen trouble tou$hes a man he $ries to %s whether lying down on his side
or sitting or standing) but when !e have solved his #roblem he $ontinues (in
ingratitude) on his*her way as if he never $ried to %s for the trouble that tou$hed
him*her+ ,hus do the deeds of transgressors seem fair in their eyes+
;enerations o$ people &e$ore us were si%ilarly ungrate$ul1 The /reator has co%pletely
destroyed so%e o$ those generations, leaving &ehind no survivors or o$$ spring to re%e%&er
and pray $or the%1
10.1- .enerations before you !e destroyed when they did wrong/ their A#ostles
$ame to them with 0lear 1igns but they would not believe+ ,hus do !e re2uite
those who sin+
Archeological $indings provide evidence o$ generations that were co%pletely destroyed1 Allah
has produced new generations as a test to see how we individually react to Gis Blessings using
our intelligence1
10.13 ,hen !e made you heirs in the land, after those that !e destroyed to give
you a $han$e to demonstrate how you would behave+