The power of the Almighty

“He has created the heavens and the earth with the truth; He makes the night cover the day and makes the day overtake the night, and He has made the sun and the moon subservient; each one runs on to an assigned term; now surely He is the Mighty, the Great Forgiver.” – The Koran, (Source: A Thousand Splendid Suns – Khaled Hosseini)

These were Mariam’s last thoughts before she was about to be executed and these are the thoughts that have lingered on in my mind ever since I’ve closed the book. Who is God? A question which has become much of a cliché…a thought that crosses my mind every time I say my morning prayers, every time I wish for something to happen, every time I leave the safe confines of my home, every time I look at his picture, stuck on my car’s dashboard, while driving or every time I believe.

‘He makes the night cover the day and makes the day overtake the night’ strange as it may seem when really thought about but there is a magical force that is leading the day into night and then night into day. In our mundane lives we forget to pause and admire the beauty in something as minor as this transformation of day into night and night into day. We forget to stand and feel the breeze that brings about a magical calmness if we really feel it.

‘He has made the sun and the moon subservient; each one runs on to an assigned term’ Imagine if the sun and the moon were to disobey? Imagine if the Sun feels under the weather one day and decides not to come out at all? Alarms will ring off like they do every morning and we will begin a new day by drawing open the curtains to see it’s still dark. Then thinking it’s strange yet without comprehending the enormity of the situation set out for work at 8 am with the car headlights on in full beam. Then reach the work place and forget about it all till the next morning when the sun is being obstinate and refusing to come out yet again. Maybe that’s when we will pause and realize the power of the Almighty?

He is the Mighty, the Great Forgiver just like parents God too is very forgiving. We take liberty with parents, hurt them, do things against their wishes and when the damage cannot be undone we are taken back by them in an embrace where it seems the mistake was never committed. God too has a short memory, He only waits for us to run back into his arms and the worse passes away so quickly. And just like parents He shows us ways of repairing the damage we have done.

It is this faith in an invisible power that makes me believe that I am being looked after, that I am not alone and that everything that is happening is for the good, it’s all well planned.

“Behind every trial and every sorrow that He makes us shoulder, God has a reason.” – The Koran