Which Of The Favors Of Your Lord Will You Deny?

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful, Most Compassionate
Assalaamu alaykum

Dear Friends

I pray that you are well.

We, among all creatures, stand in need of Allah, in all conditions and situations. We need sustenance, health and welfare, comfort and safety; and in the Hereafter, we need forgiveness, mercy and Paradise. Who else besides the Absolutely Powerful Being, the Lord of Majesty, is able to respond to our needs every moment of the time? His Attributes know no limit or count. He gives life to some and causes others to die. He elevates some and others He abases. Some He causes to become ill and others He cures. He alleviates the adversity of some; He causes the aggrieved ones to smile; He grants the requests of supplicants; He forgives the sins of the sinners and makes them deserving of Paradise; He gives power to some, and He snatches it away from others and abases them. In sum, every Attribute of Allah keeps finding its manifestation in diverse ways all the time.

فَبِأَيِّ آلَاءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ ﴿١٣

So which of the favors of your Lord will you deny? (13)

[Qur'an Ar-Rahman 55:13]

In Surah Ar-Rahman, Allah continuously recounted His bounties -- worldly as well spiritual. The greatest of all bounties and mercies is the Qur'an, because it is an all-comprehensive Book directing man in temporal and spiritual matters and in matters relating to this world and the next. Those who heeded the Qur'an and fulfilled its right, like the blessed Companions, Allah raised their status in the Hereafter and blessed them with inconceivable bounties and favors. In this world too they are promoted to such high stations as the greatest of kings were not able to attain.

الرَّحْمَـٰنُ ﴿١﴾ عَلَّمَ الْقُرْآنَ ﴿٢﴾ خَلَقَ الْإِنسَانَ ﴿٣﴾ عَلَّمَهُ الْبَيَانَ ﴿٤

The Most Merciful (1) Taught the Qur'an, (2) Created man, (3) [And] taught him eloquence. (4)

[Qur'an Ar-Rahman 55:1-4]

The fundamental object of man's creation is to impart to him the knowledge of the Qur'an, and for him to follow its guidance.

مَا خَلَقْتُ الْجِنَّ وَالْإِنسَ إِلَّا لِيَعْبُدُونِ ﴿٥٦

And I did not create the jinn and mankind except to worship Me. (56)

[Qur'an Adh-Dhariya 51:56]

Surely worship without Divine guidance is impossible. The source of Divine guidance is the Qur'an.

الم ﴿١﴾ ذَٰلِكَ الْكِتَابُ لَا رَيْبَ ۛ فِيهِ ۛ هُدًى لِّلْمُتَّقِينَ ﴿٢

Alif, Lam, Meem. (1) This is the Book about which there is no doubt, a guidance for those conscious of Allah - (2)

[Qur'an Al-Baqarah 2:1-2]

So learn the Qur'an. Whoever comes to the Book with sincerity, Allah will continue to teach and guide him.

If you don't take the time to be the student of Qur'an, it only shows that you are not appreciating the most valuable gift from Allah. As such you are denying the greatest mercy and favor of Allah.

May Allah grant us tawfiq and make us among those who are thankful. Ameen.

Please don't forget us in your night prayers. Jazakallahu khairan.

And Allah knows best.
Wassalaam