A DIRE WARNING!

Allah warns man in the Qur'aan never to become boastful of his ingenuity which enabled him to build lofty ships that conquer the oceans and travel from one corner of the earth to another because his versatile brain is also a gift of Allah given to him out of His Grace, but to remember that, no matter how sturdy the vessels he designed, how well built and how well equipped, how effectively powered and how expertly navigated, how cautiously controlled and how skilfully manoeuvred, they will always be at the mercy of the elements, the strength of the waves, the direction of the winds, the whims of the whirlpools, the ferocity of the storms, the chaos of the doldrums, - beyond the control of man but subservient to none but their Lord! When the tide turns against the ship, the waves heave and toss it around as if it were a toy built of straw, the oceanic winds rage and drive it off course, the hapless traveller goes down on his knees, begging His Lord for deliverance, in humble submission to His will and in total surrender to His Might, no longer the innovator, no longer the engineer, no longer the navigator