HE, Who Causes The Seed And Fruit To Sprout

Day 1028

Asalam alaikum wa rahmatullah…
In the Name of Allâh, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful

I’ve been thinking about this verse for a while, and the more I think about it, the more amazed I get at the greatness of ALLAH azza wa jall. We’ve all read this many times in the past, and come across it in tafsirs, but, we don’t really sit and ponder about it often enough. ALLAH azza wa jall says HE is: فَالِقُ الْحَبِّ وَالنَّوَى “HE, who causes the seed grain and fruit stone to split and sprout”. (Surah An’am)

Look at the quality HE describes for Himself, the one who causes the seed to sprout. Imagine someone engineers a way to grow a rose plant, so he makes the seed, makes some machines to get the plant rise out of the ground, for it to grow leaves, for it to even grow the rose-bud. If he cant get that rose-bud to sprout and actually become a rose, the entire experiment and all that time and effort have been for nothing. ALLAH azza wa jall, the best of creators, the one who shapes and the one who gives form, only HE can have the quality and attribute to not only start something from nothing but to complete it in the most perfect manner. Who would have thought that a tiny little seed would lead to a tree, that would lead to the branch, that would hold the fruit, that would in turn hold another seed, exactly like the one that started the whole process!

To realize the importance of this quality of ALLAH azza wa jall, to cause the final stage of growth and perfect it, imagine a mango that stopped growing once it starts to take shape in the branch. Every mango would be small, hard, green, and bitter. No one would eat it. Every ‘red-delicious’ apple would now be known as ‘green-bitter’. No fruit would be edible, no grain of any use, since without the last stage they would be non-existent. If you think world hunger is high now, imagine a world without bread.

Were it not for the perfection in the final stages of creation, imagine a baby that only developed until the last stage, and we know that the last stage of development in the womb is of the most essential, where if even one thing goes wrong, the defects will be life-long. Now imagine if the baby didn’t develop beyond the second-last stage. No baby would be born, all life-forms would be wiped out. Imagine if HE developed us perfectly with everything, and created our hands and even fingers, but didn’t finish it off with our fingernails. Grasping anything would be an impossible task.

In conclusion, only the most perfect creator can start something and end it with perfection, every step of the way. The fact that HE stresses on the final stage of HIS creation is proof of HIS power, majesty, and flawlessness. سَنُرِيهِمْ ءَايَـتِنَا فِى الاٌّفَاقِ وَفِى أَنفُسِهِمْ حَتَّى يَتَبَيَّنَ لَهُمْ أَنَّهُ الْحَقُّ
“We will show them Our signs in the universe, and in themselves, until it becomes manifest to them that this is the truth” (Fussilat: 53)

These are the signs of ALLAH azza wa jall, HIS greatness, His power, His might! All this, so we may remember, and contemplate, and be thankful…unfortunately… “But most men are unthankful”.

May ALLAH make us of those who remember Him often in gratitude, in repentance, and in praise, whose hearts are alive with His remembrance, whose limbs are busy in His worship, and whose path is filled with His guiding light. Ameen.