“And of His Signs is your sleeping at night and your seeking His Bounty during the day. Indeed there are Signs in this for those who hearken.”
(Al Qur’ān – 30-23)
The expression ‘seeking His Bounty’ signifies man’s efforts to seek his livelihood. The earning of one’s livelihood is yet another manifestation of the All-Wise Creator’s Providence. It not only shows His creative power but also His immense mercy and compassion for His creatures. It is evident that He cares for and is benevolently concerned with providing for man’s needs. After working for several hours man needs a few hours of rest and relaxation to refresh himself, enabling him to resume work for a few more hours.
In order to make this possible, God has created in man the disposition to become fatigued and exhausted, which is followed by the urge to take a rest. That is not all however. God has also ingrained in man the powerful urge to sleep, an urge that involuntarily seizes him after he has remained awake and has exerted himself for a few hours.
Thus, the ability within man to seek his livelihood and the availability of livelihood outside him clearly point to the existence of God Who is Compassionate, Benevolent and Generous to His creatures. Unless a person is puerile it would be hard to consider all this to be merely the outcome of a fortuitous combination of circumstances, or the outcome of the will of a plurality of gods, or that these acts of bounteous generosity owe themselves to some blind, senseless, impersonal force.