DAY 178: Fatir 10-14

•  Whoever seeks honour and power, then ˹let them know that˺ all honour and power belongs to Allah. To Him ˹alone˺ good words ascend, and righteous deeds are raised up by Him. As for those who plot evil, they will suffer a severe punishment. And the plotting of such ˹people˺ is doomed ˹to fail˺. And ˹it is˺ Allah ˹Who˺ created you from dust, then ˹developed you˺ from a sperm-drop, then made you into pairs. No female ever conceives or delivers without His knowledge. And no one’s life is made long or cut short but is ˹written˺ in a Record. That is certainly easy for Allah. The two bodies of water are not alike: one is fresh, palatable, and pleasant to drink and the other is salty and bitter. Yet from them both you eat tender seafood and extract ornaments to wear. And you see the ships ploughing their way through both, so you may seek His bounty and give thanks ˹to Him˺. He merges the night into the day and the day into the night, and has subjected the sun and the moon, each orbiting for an appointed term. That is Allah—your Lord! All authority belongs to Him. But those ˹idols˺ you invoke besides Him do not possess even the skin of a date seed.  If you call upon them, they cannot hear your calls. And if they were to hear, they could not respond to you. On the Day of Judgment they will disown your worship ˹of them˺. And no one can inform you ˹O Prophet˺ like the All-Knowledgeable.
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      Allah Alone Deserves Worship – Honor, power, and answers to prayers come only from Him.
      Human Weakness vs. Divine Power – Humans are created from dust; Allah controls life, death, and nature.
      Futility of Idolatry – False gods can’t hear, see, or act—worshipping them is irrational.
      Signs in Creation – The universe’s order proves Allah’s sovereignty.
      
      True power and honor belong only to Allah—He alone controls life, death, and nature, while false gods are powerless, deaf, and dumb, proving worship is due to Him alone.
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