The universe becomes angry with the evil acts committed by people of misguidance
Eleventh indication
The wise Qur’an miraculously states that the universe becomes angry with the evil acts committed by people of misguidance, and the universal elements (like the heavens and earth with its oceans, rivers, and mountains) become enraged, and all other things and beings become furious. That is, by mentioning the attack of the heavens and earth upon the people of Noah who drowned in the Flood, and the wrath of the element of air at the obstinate unbelief of the peoples of Thamud and ‘Ad, the peoples of the Prophets Salih and Hud respectively, and the fury of the element of water and the sea at Pharaoh’s people, and the rage of the element of earth at Qorah, and as declared in the verse, Almost bursting with fury (67: 8), the fury and anger of Hell at the people of unbelief, and the rage of certain other elements and creatures at the people of unbelief and misguidance,41 the Qur’an restrains the people of misguidance and rebellion in a miraculous and most effective fashion.
QUESTION: Why do the sins of these worthless people, who are absolutely powerless before God, cause the anger of the universe?
THE ANSWER: As demonstrated in some other parts of the Risale-i Nur and in the foregoing Indications, unbelief and misguidance is a terrible aggression and crime that concerns the whole of existence. For what is expected of the universe, and of the most important purposes of its creation, is humanity’s worship of the Creator and its response to the Divine Lordship with belief and obedience. However, by rejecting the recognition of the Creator, the people of unbelief and misguidance annul that supreme purpose, which is the ultimate cause of the existence of creatures, and the reason for its continuance. This is a violation of the rights of all existence. Moreover, as they deny the manifestations of the Divine Names that appear on all creatures and, therefore, refuse to give them their true, exalted value due to their being the mirrors of those manifestations, they insult the sacred Names and degrade the value of all creatures and denigrate them. In addition, while all creatures are each an official of the Lord charged with a sublime duty, through unbelief they are debased and reduced to merely being lifeless, transient, and meaningless things; thus unbelievers infringe the rights of the whole of existence.
Thus, since in all its varieties and according to the degree of each, misguidance disdains the wisdom of the Lord in the creation of the universe and the purposes of the All-Glorified One for the continuance of its existence, the universe, with whatever is in it, becomes angry with the people of misguidance and rebellion.
O wretched human, who is physically small but whose guilt and wrongs are grave, and whose sins and shameful acts are tremendous! If you want to be saved from the wrath and hatred of the whole of existence, you should enter the sacred sphere of the wise Qur’an and follow the elevated Sunna of the noblest Messenger, who conveyed the Qur’an to us, upon him be peace and blessings. So enter that sphere and follow the Sunna!
Bediuzzaman Said Nursi
41 God Almighty sent a hurricane of stones upon the tribe of ‘Ad, who were destroyed in a sandstorm which lasted seven nights and eight days (7: 72; 11: 58; 23: 27; 26: 120; 69:7), and overthrew the cities of the people of Lot, upon him be peace, sending upon them an evil rain of stones (7: 84; 11: 82–83; 15: 73–74). An awful blast seized the tribe of Thamud, the people of the Prophet Salih, upon him be peace (7: 78; 11: 67; 15: 83; 69: 6), and the people of Shu‘ayb, upon him be peace (7: 91; 11: 94; 26: 189). Qorah was one of Moses’ people, but he betrayed and oppressed them by collaborating with Pharaoh against them, and rebelled against God. In the end, the Almighty caused the earth to swallow him and his wealth (28:81). God caused the people of Noah, upon him be peace, to drown in the Flood (7: 64; 11: 42–44), and Pharaoh, Haman, and their hosts in the sea (10: 90; 20:77–78; 26: 65–66). (Tr.)