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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Repentance: The Cradle of Mercy The Divine Gifts and Man’s Responsibility “Therefore eat of what Allah has given you, lawful and good (things), and give thanks for Allah's favor if Him do you serve.” Qur’an 16:114 Allah the Almighty, with His mercy, love and care grants us many talents and makes us fit for them. Among all the creatures, even the close angels, no others are fit, able and ready to get these talents.

The favors Allah bestows on us throughout life, if used according to the divine instructions, will bring us to material and moral perfection and will ensure happiness in this life and in the afterlife. The holy Qur'an draws our attention to the divine gifts and talents, which the following topics will help us explore: The abundance and capacity of blessings and talents. The way of getting blessings. Aiming at blessings. Being grateful for blessings. Warnings of being ungrateful for blessings.

Infiniteness of blessings. Those grateful for blessings. Badness of wasting blessings. Stinginess and not spending blessings. Disappearance of blessings. The completing of blessings. The reward of the permissible spending of blessings. As we explore the following twelve topics, it will be essential to pay attention to the Qur’anic verses; there we will discover high and divine concepts and topics. 1.

The abundance and capacity of blessings and talents Everything in the heavens and in the earth has been created for our sake and has been subjected to serving us: the sun, the moon, the planets and the spatial beings, whether seen or unseen. All of them have been subjected by Allah to serve us and to achieve our advantage.

Mountains, deserts, seas, woods, plants, gardens, springs, rivers, animals and all the different creatures on the earth serve us in one way or another and as sure our survival and the continuity of our activities. The many gifts of Allah surround us like a distracted lover, or like a kind, suckling mother, in order to assure the growth and the guidance of this exalted creature and to take his high being to the sought after perfection.

The apparent and hidden blessings and talents are spread on the table of life and nature so that we can get whatever we need in life. There are no defects on this table at all.