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Subhan Allah

Assalam Alaikum wa rahmat Allah.
Peace be upon you dear visitor.

Islam has its own terminology that was elevated and developed through the Arabic language from the Holy Quran. Hereby, the title of this blog entry Subhan Allah is one of the common and popular terms which literally means “Glory be to Allah (God)” or “Praise be to the Lord.”

Muslims generally – and the Arab ones of them particularly – use this term in different situations both on minor and major scales. On the minor scale, it can be used in situations when someone wonders about something either positively in a happy way which is almost be used like this, or negatively which is not the standard. On the other hand, the major scale, it is constantly used to reflect the deep respect for the unlimited power of The Almighty Allah (swt) – GOD – The Creator of this universe not only Earth.

Spiral Galaxy (Hubble Telescope)

In this post, I am implementing the term Subhan Allah on both minor and major scales; to express a positive happily wonder in parallel with the respect to Almighty Allah (swt). The reason behind saying it is merely related to the two following situations:

1. Sandstorm pictures: On 27^th of April 2005, BBC told about a sandstorm that hits Iraq that I found amazing. You can check the Sandstorm pictures slide show at BBC English and BBC Arabic yourself.
2. Space Explorations pictures: I saw slide show over the MSNBC network that demonstrated the new pictures captured by “Hubble Space Telescope” while exploring the space and universe. You can check the various new NASA’s Hubble images directly through the HubbleSite Gallery website.

For me it is amazing to see how these images reflect the manifestation of the infinite power for The Creator, Almighty Allah (swt). Consequently, nature in general – whether on Earth or universe – is a vivid source that can enlighten our minds to wonder plus ponder about how mankind had been chosen by Almighty Allah (swt) among all the other creatures to hold the responsibility of urbanizing Earth that Islam encourages; however the problem is simply that Mankind seems like forgetting about their mission in one way or another.

I would like to end this post with wondering about how some images of sandstorm plus Hubble Space images for recent Space Explorations lead me to say Subhan Allah and hence thinking about the creationism process where I believe that Clay equals Man as elaborated elsewhere. Nevertheless, I am highlighting the importance of thinking about universe not only Earth as this type of rational thinking is one of many basic facts in Islam that Muslims are told to practice as the Holy Quran mentioned in the two following verses:

{Indeed, in the creation of the heavens and earth, and the alternation of the night and the day, and the [great] ships which sail through the sea with that which benefits people, and what Allah has sent down from the heavens of rain, giving life thereby to the earth after its lifelessness and dispersing therein every [kind of] moving creature, and [His] directing of the winds and the clouds controlled between the heaven and the earth are signs for a people who use reason} — [Holy Quran (Koran) Translation - 2:164]

{Your Guardian-Lord is Allah, Who created the heavens and the earth in six days, and is firmly established on the throne (of authority): He draweth the night as a veil o’er the day, each seeking the other in rapid succession: He created the sun, the moon, and the stars, (all) governed by laws under His command. Is it not His to create and to govern? Blessed be Allah, the Cherisher and Sustainer of the worlds!} — [Holy Quran (Koran) Translation - 7:54]

Subhan Allah, indeed!

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