Subject: [Masjid Tucson] Submission weekly reminder

In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

Peace be upon you,

God's Colorful Creations
[Quran 35:27] Do you not realize that GOD sends down from the sky water, whereby we produce fruits of various colors? Even the mountains have different colors; the peaks are white, or red, or some other color. And the ravens are black.

[Quran 39:5] He created the heavens and the earth truthfully. He rolls the night over the day, and rolls the day over the night.* He committed the sun and the moon, each running for a finite period. Absolutely, He is the Almighty, the Forgiving.

[Quran 31:29] Do you not realize that GOD merges the night into the day and merges the day into the night, and that He has committed the sun and the moon in your service, each running in its orbit for a specific life span, and that GOD is fully Cognizant of everything you do?

The colors that God has blessed us to enjoy are truly a feast for the senses. A sunset, a lush green hillside, a red rose, a bright blue sky. Even the black and white of a zebra is lovely to look at. God didn't have to do this. He could have made everything one color. So when you see a leaf change from green to red and fall from the tree, remember God who made the system. "Not a leaf falls without His knowledge ...." (Quran 6:59)

When the sky turns from blue to shades of yellow, orange and red, remember God who could have simply made the night plunge us instantly into darkness, instead of the gradual change.

When you see a snow capped mountain, or a red raspberry, or a rainbow on a cloudy day, remember it is all from God. As is our eyesight and the brain to see it all. What a blessing.


References:
There is More to Color than Meets the Eye, https://www.masjidtucson.org/publications/books/sp/2015/nov/page1.html
Not a Leaf Falls, https://www.masjidtucson.org/publications/books/sp/2022/oct/page1.html

Peace.