Subject: [Masjid Tucson] Submission weekly reminder

In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

Peace be upon you,

	God Is Doing Everything*
[Quran 8:17] It was not you who killed them; GOD is the One who killed them. It was not you who threw when you threw; GOD is the One who threw. But He thus gives the believers a chance to earn a lot of credit. GOD is Hearer, Omniscient.
*8:17 Believing in God necessitates believing in His qualities, one of which is that He is doing everything. Without knowing God, there is no belief (23:84-90). Bad things are incurred by us, and executed by Satan, in accordance with God's laws (4:78-79, 42:30).

	Knowing God
[Quran 10:61] You do not get into any situation, nor do you recite any Quran, nor do you do anything, without us being witnesses thereof as you do it. Not even an atom's weight is out of your Lord's control, be it in the heavens or the earth. Nor is there anything smaller than an atom, or larger, that is not recorded in a profound record.


Knowing that God is in full control of everything helps us submit to Him. It helps us accept whatever happens to us personally or in the world. If someone annoys us or pushes us towards losing our temper--we can remind ourselves that God is doing everything. And that there's a good reason for everything.

Understanding that God is running everything sheds a new light on our submission to GOD. Instead of getting angry with the world, we learn to turn to God. Happiness is Submission to God.

May God help us to submit to Him totally.

References:
God is running everything, https://www.masjidtucson.org/publications/books/SP/2005/sep/page1.html
Knowing God, https://www.masjidtucson.org/publications/videos/vid.php?vid=ospZqOXEAGc
Happiness is Submission to God Alone, https://www.masjidtucson.org/publications/books/sp/2007/jul/page1.html

Peace.