When i was a kid we used to sing a prayer, yes sing a prayer, and it went like, "Count your blessings, name them one by one!" I think it was just singing because we never really bothered to actually count those blessing not to speak of naming them one by one!
Now, a decade after i last sang that prayer i was just contemplating how many blessings from God - Allah - do we just ignore and what is worse we don't even consider some of these as blessings at all - freebies from God we describe them as, at best!
Now, coming back to the counting thing, let us actually start counting. I know we would stop at some time. Pens would run out of ink, the springs underneath keyboards' keys would lose their elastic property, the capacitive touchscreens of our smartphones would turn ultra-resistive but the counting wont stop.
Anyways, let us give it a try. Here we go. I'll write 'Alhamdulillah for.....' meaning 'All praises be to The God for......' instead of 'Thank God for......'.
Let us start with the basic thing - Air, yes the air in the troposphere!
Alhamdulillah for the air around us!
Alhamdulillah for the Oxygen in the air!
Alhamdulillah for the definite proportion of Oxygen in the air!
Alhamdulillah for not allowing the Oxygen in the air to convert into Ozone!
Alhamdulillah for our nasal system which acts as the first filter for incoming air!
Alhamdulillah for our nasal system which regulates the temperature of the incoming air!
Alhamdulillah for the separate wind pipe and the food pipe!
Alhamdulillah for the selective opening of the wind pipe thus not allowing food to get into the lungs!
I know i'm missing a lot of things along the way! Biologists don't need to worry! ;)
Alhamdulillah for the presence of Haemoglobin in our blood!
Alhamdulillah for the presence of Ferrous group in the Hb in blood!
Alhamdulillah for the structure of the Hb molecule which increases its selective affinity to Oxygen!
And this is a wow moment! While as Hb of the blood picks up Oxygen from the respiratory organs but when it reaches the peripheries of the body which are in need of Oxygen, it releases the Oxygen. And here, its affinity for Carbon Dioxide increases and it picks up the Carbon dioxide and delivers it back to be ultimately breathed out. Isn't this amazing how Allah modifies the affinity of Hb in various parts of the body to take up Oxygen at one place and take up Carbon dioxide at the other place, in the same body. SubhaanAllah (How pure is The God from imperfections)!
I have studied Zoology at the pre college level and i can clearly and confidently say that i am missing a lot of steps here.
Alhamdulillah for the partitions in the human heart!
Alhamdulillah for the separation of the oxygenated and the deoxygenated blood in the heart!
I guess i can go on and on and on writing, typing zillions more lines starting with 'Alhamdulillah for......' but i don't want to replace the keyboard of my laptop, if ever a replacement is possible, as of now!
Some more, regarding the freebies!
Alhamdulillah for the running water.
Alhamdulillah for the electricity (albeit not 24 hrs ;)).
Alhamdulillah for the food we eat.
Alhamdulillah for facebook, twitter, yahoo, google....Internet (with due thanks to Mark Zuckerberg, Larry Page et al)
That was it, go on counting!
P.S: Not to be concluded! :D
Now, coming back to the counting thing, let us actually start counting. I know we would stop at some time. Pens would run out of ink, the springs underneath keyboards' keys would lose their elastic property, the capacitive touchscreens of our smartphones would turn ultra-resistive but the counting wont stop.
Anyways, let us give it a try. Here we go. I'll write 'Alhamdulillah for.....' meaning 'All praises be to The God for......' instead of 'Thank God for......'.
Let us start with the basic thing - Air, yes the air in the troposphere!
Alhamdulillah for the air around us!
Alhamdulillah for the Oxygen in the air!
Alhamdulillah for the definite proportion of Oxygen in the air!
Alhamdulillah for not allowing the Oxygen in the air to convert into Ozone!
Alhamdulillah for our nasal system which acts as the first filter for incoming air!
Alhamdulillah for our nasal system which regulates the temperature of the incoming air!
Alhamdulillah for the separate wind pipe and the food pipe!
Alhamdulillah for the selective opening of the wind pipe thus not allowing food to get into the lungs!
I know i'm missing a lot of things along the way! Biologists don't need to worry! ;)
Alhamdulillah for the presence of Haemoglobin in our blood!
Alhamdulillah for the presence of Ferrous group in the Hb in blood!
Alhamdulillah for the structure of the Hb molecule which increases its selective affinity to Oxygen!
And this is a wow moment! While as Hb of the blood picks up Oxygen from the respiratory organs but when it reaches the peripheries of the body which are in need of Oxygen, it releases the Oxygen. And here, its affinity for Carbon Dioxide increases and it picks up the Carbon dioxide and delivers it back to be ultimately breathed out. Isn't this amazing how Allah modifies the affinity of Hb in various parts of the body to take up Oxygen at one place and take up Carbon dioxide at the other place, in the same body. SubhaanAllah (How pure is The God from imperfections)!
I have studied Zoology at the pre college level and i can clearly and confidently say that i am missing a lot of steps here.
Alhamdulillah for the partitions in the human heart!
Alhamdulillah for the separation of the oxygenated and the deoxygenated blood in the heart!
I guess i can go on and on and on writing, typing zillions more lines starting with 'Alhamdulillah for......' but i don't want to replace the keyboard of my laptop, if ever a replacement is possible, as of now!
Some more, regarding the freebies!
Alhamdulillah for the running water.
Alhamdulillah for the electricity (albeit not 24 hrs ;)).
Alhamdulillah for the food we eat.
Alhamdulillah for facebook, twitter, yahoo, google....Internet (with due thanks to Mark Zuckerberg, Larry Page et al)
That was it, go on counting!
P.S: Not to be concluded! :D
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