The Existence of God

Remembrance of God comes so that man may pray from his heart.” (Al-Shukr, Ibn Abi al-Dunya, Narration No. 133) This does not refer to just the words of prayer. This means that a person’s mind is awakened and noble feelings are engendered within him. He starts discovering God’s attributes in different forms. And when this happens, he utters such words of prayer as befit extraordinary circumstances. Constant Complaining The Quran describes how Satan became angry when God asked him to bow to Adam. He said to God that if he were given the chance, he would cause Adam’s whole race to go astray. At the time of throwing down this challenge, he said, “Most of them You will not find grateful.” (7:17) There are countless blessings given by God to human beings. Yet man, instead of acknowledging these blessings, becomes ungrateful. The reason for this lies in the character of Satan, or Iblis, who was a jinn (18:50). God heaped countless blessings on the jinn, who were invisible. He gave them existence, freedom of choice, and extraordinary options. He gave them a long life. For their survival in this world, God provided them with every necessity. Despite this, why was Iblis so ungrateful to God? The reason was that he was so full of resentment that he forgot all of God’s blessings. Instead, he fell to constant complaining. He exaggerated his grudges so much that he could not think of anything but complaining.