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 Surah Al Nisa
Ayat 28

Allah desires that He should make light your burdens, and man is created weak

M Shakir's Quran Translation

Man is Created Weak

God created man in a most complete state and equipped him with superior characteristics. His superiority over all
creatures - as shown by his distinctive intellectual skills of thought and comprehension, and his readiness to learn
and develop cultures - is unquestionable.

Have you ever thought why it is that despite all these superior features man has such a fragile body, which is always
vulnerable to external and internal threat? Why is it exposed to the attacks of microbes or bacteria, which are so tiny
they are invisible to the naked eye? Why does he have to spend a certain part of each day keeping him clean? Why
does he need bodily care? And why does he age in the course of time?

People assume that these needs are natural phenomena. Yet, being in need of care as a human serves a special
purpose. Every detail of the needs of man is specially created. Allah’s saying "man is created weak" is the manifest
statement of this fact.

Man's infinite needs are created on purpose: to make him understand that he is a servant of God and that this world
is a temporary residence for him.

Man has no influence whatsoever on the date and place of his birth. Likewise, he never knows where or how he will
die. Moreover, all his efforts to eliminate the factors negatively affecting his life are vain and hopeless.

Man has indeed a fragile nature requiring a lot of care to survive. He is intrinsically unprotected against, and feeble
in the face of, abrupt and unforeseeable incidents that occur in the world. Equally, he is exposed to unpredictable
health risks, no matter whether he is a resident of a high civilization or of a remote, undeveloped mountain village. It
is quite likely that at any moment man can develop an incurable or fatal disease. At any time, an accident may
happen dealing unrecoverable harm to one's bodily strength or one's most enviable charms. Furthermore, this
applies to all people: status, rank and race, etc., know of no exception to such an end. Both the life of a celebrity
with millions of fans and that of a common shepherd may well be completely altered one day by an unexpected
incident.

The human body is a weak organism of bones and flesh averaging 70-80 kilograms in weight. Only a frail skin
protects it. No doubt, this sensitive skin can easily be hurt and bruised. It becomes cracked and dry when exposed to
too much sunlight or wind. In order not to surrender to natural causes man always has to be on guard against the
effects of the environment.

Although man is equipped with marvelous bodily systems, the "materials" - the flesh, muscles, bones, nervous
tissue, cardiovascular system and fat - are prone to decay. If man were of a different material, rather than flesh and
fat, a material that gave no access to external intruders such as microbes or bacteria, there would be no chance of
becoming sick. However, flesh is the frailest 'substance': it becomes rotten and even worm-eaten when left at room
temperature for some time.

As a constant reminder of God, man often feels the fundamental needs of his body. Exposed to cold weather, for
instance, he runs health risks; his immune system gradually "collapses". On such an occasion, his body may fail to
maintain the constant body temperature (37°C) that is fundamental to good health. His heart rate slows, the blood
vessels contract, and arterial pressure increases. The body starts to shiver as a means of regaining heat. A lowered
body temperature of 35°C accompanied by a depressed pulse and contracted blood-vessels in arms, legs and fingers
signals a life-threatening condition. A person with a body temperature of 35°C suffers severely from disorientation
and constantly falls asleep. Mental functions slow. A slight decrease in body temperature can cause such
consequences, but even more exposure to cold weather, bringing body temperature below 33°C, causes loss of
consciousness. At 24°C, the respiratory system fails to function. The brain is damaged at 20°C and finally the heart
stops at 19°C bringing on the unavoidable end: death.

These are only very few examples. The purpose in providing these examples is to emphasize that, due to the
inexorable factors endangering his being; man will always fail to find profound satisfaction in his way of living. We
should avoid blind attachment to life and stop spending all this life running after dreams and, instead, we should
always remember Allah and the real life, the Hereafter.

There is an eternal Paradise promised to man. In paradise, man will be entirely insulated from all the physical
weaknesses and imperfections that surround him on earth. Everything he desires will be within easy reach.
Furthermore, fatigue, thirst, exhaustion, hunger, and injury do not exist in paradise.

(Excerpted with slight modifications from HARUN YAHYA’S ARTICLE “WEAKNESSES OF MAN”)

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scientific, historical and archaeological subjects. I am trying to provide explanation to those Ayaats in light of
Previous commentaries (Tafaseer), established science, archaeological discoveries and Arabic lexicons. Send in
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