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Tuesday, 15 Thul Qa'dah 1433 H / 02 October 2012

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By Sh Mohamed Metwalli Al-Sha’rawii

When Al-Haqq (Allah SWT) created man, He wanted to make him the leader of the universe to reward him for choosing obediece. Allah also wanted to prepare man for the difficult test that will hit him throughout his life (Al-Hayat Al-Donia). That is because the lust of the soul together with the whispers of the devil - Al-Shytan - and the appeal of disobedience will need strength and power so that man does not fall into sins.

So Allah gave man a universe to serve him, a universe that has everything that man would need to save his life and to keep it going. The sun provides him with warmth and brightens his day so that he can go on building the universe as Allah ordered him. The earth provides him with the food, not only the essential elements for man’s life, but also gives him the luxury of choice. It produces different kinds of food from which he can select what he likes; a lot of vegetables and fruits with distinct tastes, cattle that provides the meat to eat and the wool to wear.

In the universe man also has the water from the sky – the rain - to save his life and to give life to animals and plants that serves him. And in that way Al-Haqq has provided man a universe with all the elements of life in it, so that he does not get distracted by those elements and forgets to serve and obey Allah, the provider of life. The universe is the first privilege that Allah (SWT) specified to man who is capable of choosing.

The second privilege is that Allah created all those elements of life subject to man. They cannot stop doing their role in life, the sun cannot say that it will rise today and not tomorrow, the moon cannot suddenly leave the sky and disappear, the wind cannot go far from the earth and prevent man from life, and the earth cannot say it will not blossom the plants. Everything that serves man in the universe performs its role perfectly.

And that oppressed universe is the unchanging universe, the good universe that never tires anyone or ruins anything. Its’ rules are rigid and continuous and it is all done by the decree of Allah so that man feels safe about his existence and survival. In that way man is not busy with the timing of the sunrise nor is he worried to find a way to get the water from the sky. He is not responsible of the succession of the night and day nor does he need to find out the ways to maintain the atmosphere around the earth. Allah relieved man from all those responsibilities so that he is not distracted by the universe from the Creator of the universe.

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CARAMEL WALNUT CRUNCHIES
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Ingredients
175g marie biscuits crumbed - 100g walnuts chopped - 325g condensed milk - 4 tsp golden syrup - ½ cup castor sugar - 150g butter - 100g dark chocolate - 25g (1 tablespoon) butter.

Method
1. Mix biscuit crumbs and walnuts together.
2. Place condensed milk, 150g butter, syrup and sugar in saucepan. Stir over low heat until melted and combined.
3. Increase heat while stirring. Boil until golden brown. Add walnuts mixture into heated mixture, mix well, place on greased pan and refrigerate.
4. Allow to set. Melt chocolate & 25g butter, cool slightly. Spread over the biscuits base using a hot knife, cut in squares. Store in air tight container and freeze.
5. Thaw 15 minutes before serving.

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