What does the quran say about the eye? What does the eye symbol mean in islam?
An eye is a piece of fat weighing about five grams. This magnificent limb constantly takes photographs and records them to the memory existing in our brains. People open these memories and remember them from time to time.
If one is offered “Give your eyes and take the entire world in return”, who would accept such an offer?
If one is offered “Give your ears and take the entire world in return” who would give up his hearing ability?
We rejoice for these blessings, but we should also contemplate on their prices… Because, all these blessings have a price. Their price is to give thanks to Allah. In other words, to use those blessings in accordance with the contentedness of Allah, not against His commands.
“O man! What has seduced thee from thy Lord Most Beneficent? Him Who created thee. Fashioned thee in due proportion, and gave thee a just bias; In whatever Form He wills, does He put thee together.” (al-Infitar, 82: 6-8)
It is reminded in a verse that:
“It is He Who brought you forth from the wombs of your mothers when ye knew nothing; and He gave you hearing and sight and intelligence and affections: that ye may give thanks (to Allah).” (al-Nahl, 16: 78)
Those who are ungrateful and use these blessings for evil will be severely taken into account for these blessings. These blessings whose account will not properly given will become a disaster for their owner. It is stated in several verses of the Qur’an:
“Did ye then think that We had created you in jest, and that ye would not be brought back to Us (for account)?” (al-Mu’minun, 23: 115)
“Does man think that he will be left uncontrolled, (without purpose)?” (al-Qiyamah, 75: 36)
“We created not the heavens, the earth, and all between them, merely in (idle) sport.” (al-Dukhan, 44: 38)
“O man! What has seduced thee from thy Lord Most Beneficent? Him Who created thee. Fashioned thee in due proportion, and gave thee a just bias; In whatever Form He wills, does He put thee together.” (al-Infitar, 82: 6-8)
In this respect, if a person who comes to this world as blind or deaf keeps himself away from sins by means of his disabilities and if he does not rebel for his disability, this disability, which can be considered a reason for sorrow, will become a reason for eternal happiness in the hereafter. Such people will be happy because of their disability.
“It is He Who brought you forth from the wombs of your mothers when ye knew nothing; and He gave you hearing and sight and intelligence and affections: that ye may give thanks (to Allah).” (al-Nahl, 16: 78)
They will say:
“How lucky I was by being blind and deaf that prevented me from committing sins.
Another manifestation of compassion in creation of the human is as follows:
Allah Almighty bestows other strengths to those whom He did not give eyesight. A blind has more sensitive and powerful sense of hearing, feeling, and memory than those who can see. It is a manifestation of eternal compassion and blessing of our Lord…
Poverty and wealth have also similar reflections in this regard. If a poor does not complain but shows his contentedness for the will of Almighty, it will probably be for him the reason for the eternal wealth. However, if this poor man was rich in this world, his financial means might incite his selfish feelings to suppose himself powerful, lead him to commit sins and ruin his eternal life. Qarun and Bal’am bin Baura whose ends were expressed in the Qur’an are the most explicit examples of those people. Of course, its opposite is also possible.
In conclusion, a Muslim should deem his conditions pleasant, be contented with the divine fate and try to spend his life with patience, gratitude and devotion.
“Did ye then think that We had created you in jest, and that ye would not be brought back to Us (for account)?” (al-Mu’minun, 23: 115)
It is stated in the verses of the Qur’an:
“… it is possible that ye dislike a thing which is good for you,
and that ye love a thing which is bad for you.
But Allah knoweth, and ye know not.” (al-Baqara, 2: 216)
It is stated in a hadith:
“Strange are the ways of a believer for there is good in every affair of his and this is not the case with anyone else except in the case of a believer
- For if he has an occasion to feel delight, he thanks (Allah), thus there is a good for him in it, and
- if he gets into trouble and shows resignation (and endures it patiently), there is a good for him in it.” (Muslim, Zuhd, 64)
This is the indicator of a heart that matured and got its share from “the knowledge of Allah”. An ignorant heart cannot comprehend this fact.
What would happen if Allah Almighty had created us as one of the other creatures?
“Does man think that he will be left uncontrolled, (without purpose)?” (al-Qiyama, 75: 36)
“We created not the heavens, the earth, and all between them, merely in (idle) sport.” (al-Dukhan, 44: 38)
Source: The Universe, The Qur’an And The Human, Osman Nuri Topbaş, Erkam Publications