It is important to realize the consequences of denying or
accepting such an important "divine message" because it
is related to your life, death and what would happen to you
after death. It is not like any other message.
It is a message from your Creator, the One who created the
universe and all beings. Think about it for a minute.
Suppose you applied for a job in a big company and you
received a letter from a recruiting officer saying that you
have potentially been selected.
Of course, you will be happy, but your happiness will be
greater if you received another letter from the director of the
human resources department congratulating you for being
selected for a well paid job.
How about if you received a letter from the CEO of that
company welcoming you on board? Wow! That letter has a
lot of meaning.
What about your priorities?
Naturally, you prioritize your commitments in a way that
gives higher attention and quicker response to the letter of
the highest importance to you.
Here is another example. Receiving a letter to pay a traffic
fine has a certain level of priority and importance to you.
But if you received a final notification to pay a fine within
48 hours otherwise tougher actions would be taken against
you, then this message obliges you to give it the highest
priority.
Similarly, the final call to board a plane is simply "the final
call". If you miss it, you miss your flight and you may not get
your money back.
Investigating the Message?
It is your duty to investigate the validity of any message you
receive and how genuine it is.
The divine Message you read in this book is related to
your relationship with your Creator. It concerns your life. It
affects your well being and future.
If it is really from God, how awful the consequences will be
when you meet Him? Can you escape death?
But, how can I know that the Message is truly from God? What tools I have to investigate the "Divine Message"?
Well, nowadays we have more sophisticated tools than our
forefathers. In the past, life was very simple.
People used to use their logic for deduction and inference.
An Arabic anecdote attributed to a Bedouin shepherd says:
"if footprints on the ground indicate the one who walked on
it, and a dropping of a camel indicates that it came from
a camel, then a sky of constellated stars, an earth of vast
pathways and oceans of huge waves should indicate the
existence of God".
Today, we live in a digital world of accelerated
technological advancements. We can fly anywhere
in the world. We can see what we could not see
in the past. We have sophisticated computers and
tools that can do what we could not do in old times.
Today, we have hi-tech tools to identify every person's
DNA and eye print.
We have tools that enable us to communicate with an
astronaut on the moon and spaceships going to other
planets. We instruments and machines that can tell us the
age of a mummy or a manuscript. So, Is it hard to investigate
whether a "Message" is true or not? Whether it came from a
reliable source or not?
God showed us signs that indicate His existence. For
example, the day and night are the most visible signs that
indicate the existance of a superpower that controls them.
The fact the sun rises and sets at specific times is a great
sign for us. Its disappearance and return at specific accurate
times without any delay is another sign.
And how many a Sign within the heavens and earth do
they pass by and turn away from them?
Quran, 12:105
I will turn away from My Signs those who are arrogant
in the earth without any right; If they see every Sign,
they will not believe in it. And if they see the way of
truth and guidance, they will not adopt it. But if they
see the way of error, they will take it on. That is because
they denied Our signs and they were heedless of them.
Quran, 7:146
