Being (Fabulously) Human

Last Saturday night my girlfriends & I went to a talk by Dr Zakir Naik titled "Is Qur'an God's Word?". Following that I watched his videos on YouTube & listened to the various debates he participated in & the many questions he answered.

Earlier in the morning we had gone for a Tafsir class where the Ustaz covered Surah Al-Balad (The City).. the 90th surah & the city in question is Makkah.. and one of the lessons mentioned in the surah was how men are created by Allah with judgement to choose: good or bad, right or wrong. This 'privilege' is not given to the Angels as they are not able to disobey Allah & does whatever that they are told (and for this are guaranteed Heaven).

With this freedom of choice, we humans are made accountable in the Hereafter for the paths we took. Hence there is the 'battle' between doing good or bad or things in between (people like to use the term 'grey areas').

In summary, it is a great power: to choose right from wrong, good from bad.. and in the end the thinking process behind these deeds will be questioned by our Maker in our final journey. Angels don't get to choose. Animals or plants can't choose either. Allah in His Infinite Wisdom has allowed us that privilege & choose wisely we must.