While I was coming back from work today; the car in front me swerved as if to miss hitting something on the road. I saw it was a squirrel crossing the road, except that it was limping. I assumed it had been hit by a car or somehow lost it/broken its legs. It was barely crawling and there were 4 more lanes of high-traffic to cross. The 10 seconds it took me to drive by it; I saw it just standing still at the divider. My heart sunk. One of 2 very bleak futures lay ahead; either it would get run over when it crosses or it will die where it was. Since its the middle of the road with no pedestrian-crossing, no 'person' can save it. My heart broke, but i instantly thanked Allah - Alhamdolillah that He made me a 'person'. I have family and friends who would have cared for me had I been injured like that squirrel. Even if I had been hit on the road, some one would have come to my rescue.
We read it over and over again how the human being is Allah's best
creation. We know it is because we have been given intellect and
decision making power. Allah has made jannah and jahannum as reward for
how we use that intellect and the decisions we make. Sometimes the weight of judgement day is so heavy, we wish were anything but a person. Sometimes, the world is so nasty we cant see the difference between a human and a wild beast. Yet today i saw why it is 'awesome' to be a human being. We take human compassion and the sense of community Allah has instilled in us for granted. We curse the human too easily - we overlook His infinite wisdom and mercy in our creation. Ya Rabb! You have indeed created a masterpiece in whatever you have created and the human being is a testament to that.
لَقَدۡ خَلَقۡنَا ٱلۡإِنسَـٰنَ فِىٓ أَحۡسَنِ تَقۡوِيمٍ۬
