Human Nature
Sunday June 7, 2:30-4:00 pm
If We let man taste our grace, and then take it away from him—behold, he abandons hope, forgetting all gratitude.
And if We let him taste our favor after trouble has visited him, he is sure to say, ”Gone is all affliction from me!”—for behold, he is given to vain exultation and boasting.
[Most people are like this] except those who are patient in adversity and do things that are right: it is they whom forgiveness of sins awaits, and a great reward.
(11:9-11)
The Quran is guidance for mankind and as such comments often on human psychology. It describes human weaknesses and how to remedy them.
One common human tendency is described in these verses.
These verses describe the state of mind of people who do not see the Divine rules of cause and effect and therefore take short cuts in their choices. They live day to day centered on their immediate needs and desires, and tend to be reactive in their understanding. If something they like happens they feel exultation and pride, but when painful situations occur they become dispirited and lose hope. How to rise above this type of existence is the subject of our meeting.
