Article appeared Friday, October 17th, 2014 in The News Today, Bangladesh

The Reelation !"4#$ yo%s%& 'ahb%b%l (sla', )h*

+hen does so'eone own so'ething, -enerally, when he.she p%rchases so'ething, he.she
owns the ite'/ +hen we 'an%&act%re, cra&t, or 'a0e so'ething, do we own it, O& co%rse, we
do1 The article 'ade belongs to the 'a0er or co'pany/ The owner can then 0eep it, sell it, or
een gie it away/ The owner 'ay een throw it away i& the thing 'ade does not &%l&ill its
p%rpose1
2i0ewise, i& we are created beings, what does it i'ply abo%t o%r ownership, *o we own
o%rseles or does the 3reator own %s, The 4oly 5cript%res clearly state the origin o& the
heaens and eerything on earth/ Acts 14 in the Bible relates an interesting eent with apostles
Barnabas and )a%l/ To help eeryone relate to the origin o& the 'iracles de'onstrated and
obsere their d%ties to the 3reator, they said,
Friends, why are yo% doing this, +e too are only h%'an, li0e yo%/ +e are bringing yo%
good news, telling yo% to t%rn &ro' these worthless things to the living God, who made
the heavens and the earth and the sea and everything in them. 6Acts 14718, N(9: {1}
2eading %p to this appeal, as gien in Acts 147; to 14711, Apostle )a%l apparently per&or's a
'irac%lo%s c%re/ Acts 14718 aboe relates how )a%l responded to those who clai'ed that he
was <god= in h%'an &or'/ 5o why did )a%l bring in the concept o& the living God, who made
the heavens and the earth? and also co'pare h%'an beings to -od, i.e., why did he say that
we too are human? To %nderstand, let %s re&lect on the &irst paragraph again/ 3an a
'an%&act%red or cra&ted thing hae the sa'e powers or s0ills as its originator, For e>a'ple,
can a car and its 'an%&act%rer hae the sa'e s0ills and powers? can an artist and his painting
share s0ills and powers or can a stat%e hae the sa'e @%alities as its 'a0er,
)a%l was si'ply appealing to the intelligence o& those gathered/ A created thing cannot, by any
stretch o& i'agination, hae the sa'e powers or s0ills as its 3reator/ The created obAect can
only de'onstrate powers and s0ills gien by the 3reator/ 3reated things cannot hae
independent powers and s0ills1 The 'ost recent and &inal 4oly 5cript%re or Reelation &or this
reason reiterates,
10.66 Behold! Verily to Allah belong all creatures in the heavens and on earth.
What do they follow who worship as His "partners" other than Allah? They follow
nothin !ut fancy and they do nothin !ut lie.
As Allah, o%r 3reator, has created each one o& %s, A%st as 4e has created eerything else in the
heaens and the earth, He owns us and everything else in the Universe. 5o an attrib%te or
@%ality o& the 3reator is <Owner= or Malik in Arabic/ 5o who co%ld be the partners 'entioned in
9erse 10/BB, A partner wo%ld be so'eone or so'ething that we ass%'e has powers si'ilar to
or e@%al to the 3reator/
The Aob o& h%'an beings is to %se their intelligence to separate the tr%th &ro' the %ntr%th to
achiee salation, i.e., approal o& the 3reator/ (n the Bible, a conersation between Ces%s
!pb%h$ and a 'an who was &a'iliar with the 2aw gien thro%gh Doses !pb%h$, in the -ospel o&
Dar0, 'a0es this clear/
E+ell said, teacher,E the 'an replied, EFo% are right in saying that God is one and there
is no other but Him. 6Dar0 127 "2, N(9: {"}
And,
To loe 4i' with all yo%r heart, with all your understanding, with all yo%r strength and to
loe yo%r neighbor as yo%rsel& is 'ore i'portant than all b%rnt o&&erings and sacri&ices/E
6Dar0 127"", N(9: {#}
+hen Ces%s saw that he had answered wisely, he said to hi', EFo% are not &ar &ro' the
0ingdo' o& -od/E/// 6Dar0 127"4: {$}
The kingdom of God i'plies salation, i.e., a&ter death, s%bse@%ently liing an eternal li&e in
pro>i'ity to the 3reator with 4is Approal/ The conersation 'a0es clear how to attain
salation/ Those who are able to separate the tr%th &ro' &alsehood? are able to ac0nowledge
and witness the oneness o& the %nseen 3reator by loing 4i' in ret%rn &or the li&e and blessings
that 4e has gien will achiee this honor/ (t is to delier this 'essage and to de'onstrate how to
approach the 3reator with loe and adoration was the p%rpose o& Ces%sG 'ission/ All disciples
who obsered the li&e and liing o& Ces%s %nderstood this p%rpose {%}/ Anybody who saw or
st%died the li&e o& Ces%s wo%ld <see= or realiHe -odGs p%rpose &or creating each h%'an being/
To co'e to ter's with the nat%re o& the 3reator, we 'ay as0 as 'any @%estions as we li0e/ For
e>a'ple, to %nderstand whether there can be '%ltiple gods, we 'ay as0, <(& there were two or
three, wo%ld there be any g%arantee that they wo%ld always be in agree'ent and lie
har'onio%sly together,= To cite an e>a'ple, the s%bse@%ent 9erse in the I%rGan clari&ies that it
is the 3reator who concept%aliHed the syste' o& se@%ential night and day/ 4e also e>plains
why7
10.6& 'e it is that has (ade for you the )iht that you (ay rest and the *ay for
you to (a+e thins visi!le ,to you-. Verily in this are Signs for those who listen.
The ordered syste' o& night and day cannot be rando' as it 'atches the need &or rest and
progressie wor0/ +ho other than the 3reator wo%ld 0now the needs o& h%'an beings and
organiHe things in s%ch an ordered way,
And it is 4e +ho 'ade the Night and the *ay to &ollow each other7 for suh as have
the will to elebrate His praises or to show their gratitude. 628/B2:
The lengths o& the night and day are precisely co'p%ted as are all the di&&erent 'oe'ents o&
the planets and their 'oons/ 4oweer, instead o& %sing intelligence to witness the +isdo' and
3are o& the 3reator, there are those who e@%ate created syste's with the 3reator and attach
&a'ily/
10.6. They say /Allah has !eotten a son!/ 0lory !e to 'i(! 'e is self1sufficient!
His are all things in the heavens and on earth! )o warrant do you have for this!
2ou say a!out Allah what you +now not3
Ces%s !pb%h$ clearly stated,
To the Cews who had belieed in hi', Ces%s said, E(& yo% hold to 'y teaching, yo% are
really 'y disciples/ 6Cohn ;7"1, N(9: {6}
Ces%sG teaching neer clai'ed diinity nor did he s%ggest that he was one o& Trinity nor that he
sho%ld be worshipped nor that he had powers independent o& the 3reator/ As s%ch, the
s%bse@%ent 9erse in the I%rGan warns,
10.64 5ay6 /Those who invent a lie aainst Allah will never 7ros7er./
JJJJJ
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