Islamic Thoughts

• ANALYSES
• 1 Behavior code of Muslims toward non-Muslims
• 2 September 11 (2001) attacks on America not compatible with Islam
• 3 Ways To Defuse Religious Tensions
• 4 The Value Of The Ten Commandments
• 5 Bright Spot Of The Us Constitution: Religious Freedom
• 6 Lessons from the prophet's hudaibiah treaty.
• 7 Rulers' roles in promotion of christianity.
• 8 Exploring a model definition of 'religion'
• 9 Where islam stands as a civilized religion?
• 10 Proving god's existence through experimental science.
• 11 Roles of man as necessary & God as sufficient condition.
• 12 Human kindness is a shadow of god's kindness.
• 13 Why islam is the best choice for the Africans?
• 14 In Old Age, All Roads Lead To Death.
• 15 No Creations Are Without Purposes & Uses.
• 16 Prayer Prevents People From Bad Actions.
• 17 When Haram May Be Excusable: Five-Step Conditions.
• 18 Islamization Of Some Un-Islamic Cultures.
• 19 Greater The Faith, Tougher The Test.
• 20 How Science Can Make A Difference For Muslims?
• 21 The Time Gap Reality Between Sin & Punishment.
• 22 Good & Bad Days Alternate In Cyclic Order.
• 23 Let Moon-Sighting Unite & Not Divide The Muslims.
• 24 Faith Crisis Among Some Intellectuals.
• 25 Islamic Policy Toward Animals.
• 26 Improving The Muslim Performance (Aamal) Standard.
• ARGUMENTS
• 27 How Middle Course Better Than Conservative And Liberal Extremes?
• 28 Why God Is The Best One To Be Worshipped?
• 29 Costs And Benefits Of Belief In The Afterlife
• 30 Bible Is Similar To Hadith But Different From Quran
• 31 Defaming Islam: Freedom Of Speech Or Violation Of Rights?
• 32 How Islam Compares With Democracy?
• 33 Who Is Responsible For '0' Small Pox Since 1980?
• 34 Timeliness Is The Leading Condition For Prayer.
• 35 Ten Arguments For Women's Education.
• 36 Why Physical Fitness Matters For The Muslims?
• 37 Homosexuality Vs Adultery: Which Is Worse And How?
• 38 Countering Abortionist Argument
• 39 Which Is Better: Open Or Secret Prayer?
• 40 Small Or Large Recitation: Which Is Better In Prayer?
• 41 Personal Or Social Suffering: Which Is More Painful & Why?
• 42 Cultural Slavery Vs Cultural Diffusion.
• 43 Why Should America Ban Religious Defamation?
• ASSORTMENTS
• 44 Visible Action Of Invisible God: From Author's Diary.
• 45 Optional Good Deeds Are Like Bodyguards For Compulsory Ones.
• 46 The Gravitation Law Of Performance (Not One Of Newton).
• 47 The Theory Of Relativity (Not That Of Einstein).
• 48 In Good Deeds
• 49 "Rob Peter to pay Paul" is not for islam
• 50 Muslims Cannot Be "Penny Wise And Pound Foolish".
• 51 Islam Endorses Salad Bowl & Not Melting Pot Theory.
• 52 100% Homosexuality Means Prospect Of 'O' World Population.
• 53 Sinning In Teens To 40's & Suffering From 50's To Death.
• 54 Revenge May Be Lower But Not Greater Than Harm.
• 55 Why Karl Marx Is Irrelevant Forever?
• 56 Is God The Same One For All Religions?
• 57 How God Controls Economy And Livelihood?
• 58 How Muslim Repression In Myanmar Violates Buddhist Principles?
• MISCELLANEOUS
• 59 Grim Reality of Death: Unfailing Lesson for Everyone

11 : HUMAN ROLE IS A NECESSARY AND THE DIVINE ROLE IS A SUFFICIENT CONDITION

God is the Omnipotent, the All-powerful. He can do everything and there is nothing He cannot do. Even if He can do everything, He does not do all by Himself. He Himself created and manages everything ranging from the largest galaxies to smallest microbes. As regards worldly matters, He delegates some powers to the means under control of human beings. Accordingly, parents produce child, farmers produce crops, doctors cure diseases and so on. But the real power behind doing these jobs lie in the hands of God. These media can have their jobs well done as long as the divine approval or cooperation is in place. If God wishes otherwise, then they become powerless and helpless like the parents get aborted births, farmers get crop failures and doctors watch their patients dying.

We therefore need to realize that for getting things done, the role of a human medium is necessary as long as God view it necessary but such medium is far from being a sufficient condition. Obviously, without divine sanction, a medium cannot do anything. By contrast, God can do anything even without the help of a medium. For example, He created Jesus without any father, supplied heavenly food to his mother Mary and so on. We should therefore keep in mind the differences in the roles of necessary condition (human medium) and sufficient condition (God).

In our real life examples abound showing that you read too much into human roles for getting a job done while ignoring or overshadowing the role of God as you give a big thank or praise to the medium and a small one to God. In doing so, you not only bypass the reality but also risk a major sin named Shirk (partnership). For example, people often tend to give full credit to the professional skill of a pilot for the safety of his flight. You must remember that if God did not favor the pilot with good weather or continuation of sound mechanical system, he could not avoid an accidental crash of the plane. Similarly, when you praise the doctor for saving your son's life, the kindness of God in doing so is totally absent in your mind.

In order to avoid such blunder, whenever you express your gratitude to any person for any helpful action, you should be mindful to do the following: (a) you give multiple thanks to God if you give one to a human medium or (b) at least you should keep the idea alive in mind that the most important part in any creditable achievement was played by God.