Subject: [Masjid Tucson] Submission weekly reminder

In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

Peace be upon you,

[Quran 13:13] The thunder praises His glory, and so do the angels, out of reverence for Him. He sends the lightning bolts, which strike in accordance with His will. Yet, they argue about GOD, though His power is awesome.

	Greatness of God*
[Quran 39:67] They can never fathom the greatness of GOD. The whole earth is within His fist on the Day of Resurrection. In fact, the universes are folded within His right hand.* Be He glorified; He is much too high above needing any partners.
*39:67 Our universe, with its billion galaxies, a billion trillion stars, uncountable decillions of heavenly bodies, spanning many billions of light-years, is the smallest and innermost of seven universes. This incomprehensible vastness of the seven universes is within God's hand. Such is the greatness of God. See Appendix 6.


God's power is awesome and His greatness beyond our imagination. The recent hurricanes in the United States remind us that with all our technology, we cannot control a storm. It requires moving half a billion tons of air in the atmosphere to weaken a Category 5 hurricane to a Category 2 storm according to the NOAA. That's beyond our abilities. Whether we stand in front of a storm, look up at a mountain or out into the ocean--we realize how tiny and powerless we are. And as small as we are compared to the earth, our earth itself is a tiny speck of dust in the Milky Way and infinitesimal in comparison to the universe. Can we imagine the greatness of the One who created the universes and holds them within His hand (Quran 39:67)?

Glory be to God.


References:
Greatness of God, https://www.masjidtucson.org/quran/appendices/appendix6.html
Why Were We Created?, https://www.masjidtucson.org/quran/appendices/appendix7.html
NOAA: Attempts to stop a hurricane, https://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd-faq/#Stop

Peace.