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Animals [dwelling the land] do not work for a living, neither do
birds set up shops, yet nature provides them with all the resources they
require to live.
Whether it is four-legged animals or whether it is the birds,
analysis of their social and economic life tells us that they are also made of
the interplay of feelings and emotions. They also possess the urges of anger,
sex, maternal love, and paternal caring. Birds are also concerned with the
future of their offspring. When the children complete the round of education
necessary to live their lives, the parents hand over their house (nest) to
their children and fly away. The parents then build another home for
themselves, collecting each twig and twine a new.
Whether it is animals that graze on land, or fierce beasts, or
birds, they all possess intelligence and awareness. Insects know that if they
do not prepare ahead for their necessities, their progeny will be destroyed.
There are animals dwelling on the earth that possess a much keener sense of the
future than ordinary man. Cats and dogs can detect calamities and misfortunes
before their onset.
The question arises as to what the difference is between man and
beast? There is no difference between man and beast. Man is an animal walking
on his two legs, like the other animals.
Within the many different species of animals, man also one such
species. But when a person develops a relations!' with Allah the Exalted he
leaves the category of animals al becomes a human being. And the thought and intellect
t! distinguishes a human being is that he cannot help but 4 out that, 'Our life
and our death is all from Allah,' and what proves this beyond any doubt is that
when God gave us II He did not ask us our desire or permission regarding it. TN
isn't a single individual in the world who was born of his o% desire or who
will live forever according to his desire. We only able to make use of the
resources which have already been created for us. Hadhrat Baba Taj-ud-deen
Nagpur I' stated this point thus in his couplet:
Four-legged animals do not work for
wages, nor do
birds conduct commerce,
So said Daas Maloka, 'it is God who
provides a
living for all'
KHWAJA SHAMS-UD-DEEN AZEEMI
Science has made immense progress, yet many believe that, even with all of the modern tools at our disposal, human beings function at no more than 10% of their mental capacity. This leads to the question of what exactly it is that comprises the remaining 90%. Yet another question that arises is this: If it has taken man four and a half billion years to be able to apply only 10% of his ability, how long will it take for him to make use of the remaining 90%?
