Subject: [Masjid Tucson] Submission weekly reminder

In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

Peace be upon you,

	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.


Try to imagine the size of our earth. This giant, solid planet that billions of humans stand on and travel around will simply sit within God's "fist." This "big blue marble" which seems so huge to us is truly like a little marble in God's hand. And we are tiny specks on that marble, insignificant. And even though our universe and the universes beyond it seem unimaginably large in comparison to the earth, these too are folded within God's "hand".

And yet if we worship God and lead a righteous life, He will reward us and grant us a place in Paradise. We have to acknowledge the greatness of God. He is in no need of partners or helpers. He holds it all lest it vanishes. He controls it all lest it spins out of control. It all belongs to God alone.

Glory be to God!


References:
Greatness of God, https://www.masjidtucson.org/quran/appendices/appendix6.html
Our Amazing Spaceship Earth, https://www.masjidtucson.org/publications/books/sp/2007/mar/page1.html

Peace.