Synopsis "Divine Gifts"
The blessings, gifts, and favors of Allaah uponHis creation: Man lives in the shade of Allaah's numerous and perfect blessingsas he wallows in His expansive favor.These blessings are too abundant to be counted. To demonstratethe abundance of His blessings, He revealed Surat "An-Nahl" [The Bees], which is also called "an-Ni'am" [The Blessings]. Allaah The Almighty Says(what means): {If you count the blessing of Allah, you will not reckon it.}[Quran 16:18]. He also Says (what means): {They recognize the blessingof Allah, then they deny it, and most of them are ungrateful...} [Quran16:83]What then are the most manifest of these divine gifts whichAllaah bestowed upon His slaves, thereby favoring them, and whichnone are able to do or give except Allaah?The blessing of an upright creationAllaah The Almighty Created the father of mankind, Adam, sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam, with His hands to honor him, andHe created him in the best of stature.Allaah The Almighty Says (what means): {Indeed, We have createdman in the best of stature.} [Quran 95:4], and He infused life into himwith His spirit. He commanded the angels to prostrate in his honor andwith esteem for his offspring, as He The Almighty also Says (what means): {When your Lord said to the angels, "I am forming a man out of clay, sowhen I have completed him and infused life into him with My Spirit, then fall down before him in prostration." All of the angels thenprostrated-all together-but not Iblees. He was arrogant and was ofthe disbelievers. He said, "O Iblees! What prevented you fromprostrating for what I have created with My Hands? Are you arrogantor are you of the haughty?"} [Quran: 71-75]Then to complete the blessing upon man, He created his spousewith whom he could share his solitude. Allaah The Almighty Says aboutthis (what means): {He is who created you from one soul and made of itits mate, that he may dwell in comfort with her} until {they supplicatedAllaah their Lord, saying: If You give us one upright, we shall be of thegrateful.} [Quran 7:189]. Al-Qurtubi, May Allaah Have mercy upon him, , the exegete, said in his Tafseer: The meaning of 'upright' is that he will be a complete childwithout any deformities.Allaah The Almighty Says (what means): {He who created you, thenfashioned you, then proportioned you.} [Quran 82:7], i.e. He made youproportionate with a complete form.
