Monday, March 24, 2008

Insha' Allah

God will, Gods will. The constant cry of those who would not take up the responsibility of self determination. Freewill is the gift to self aware entities, in our ordered universe. Did God will that Hister would put the world to flames, did God will that Genghis Khan would bring the plague to Europe for a couple hundred years? Does God will that we should destroy the environment of our earth. Humanity picks up the pieces after the ravages, and inexorably moves forward, not that we can't understand Gods Plan because our lives are too short or our pond is too small. The laws of the creation are penetrable, just as the laws of nature are penetrable. It is the limit of our viewpoint that causes us to assume that there is less to heaven and earth than we can imagine.

4 comments:

Gingerman said...

Bravo! Dead On!

Wayfaring Man said...

The simple acceptance that the phrase إن شاء الله represents may be trivialized as a 7th Century equivalent to the Gallic shrug, but the concept is worthy of our admiration as Masons.

Acceptance, one might notice, is one of the least attainable human virtues.

Radcliffe said...

Acceptance as humility and the realization that we are but players, sure. And certainly as a reckoning that suffering is a usual experience. Still tho... the great trials are made through efforts against the tide.

Wayfaring Man said...

Your comment captures the argument perfectly. I nod in total agreement.