KNOWLEDGE AND IGNORANCE

Knowledge and Ignorance ~ 50 ~ KNOWLEDGE AND IGNORANCE When harm is done to man, he prays to his Lord and turns to Him in repentance; yet no sooner does He bestow on him His favour than he forgets what he had prayed and sets up equals to Him, in order to lead men away from His path. Say: ‘Enjoy your unbelief awhile; but you shall surely be consigned to Hell. Can he who passes his night in adoration, standing up or on his knees, who dreads the terrors of the life to come and hopes to earn the mercy of his Lord, (be compared to the unbeliever)? Are the wise and ignorant equal?’ Truly, none will take heed but men of understanding. (The Qur’an 39:8-9) Everyone experiences moments of helplessness, when the things treated by him as props fail to help him. In moments of adversity, man then turns away from all material support and begins to invoke the Almighty. It is as if he has come to realise that there is no god but the one God. But no sooner he is clear of adversity than he reverts to his previous state.