mission impossible

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Assalamualaikum and g'day people...
If you think i went skydiving or rock climbing, no, i didn't do any of that.

then, wassup with the mission impossible?

here's the thing.
i attended a religious discussion session and the leader of the discussion told us something interesting...something i've never thought about so deeply. i'm going to share two stories from the Holy Quran with you guys.

# Story 1
You know how Prophets back then lived for thousands of years, maybe not thousands, but hundreds of years? Prophet Zakaria was an old man, hundreds of years old, i believe, and he does not have a kid. so, he prayed and prayed to God for a kid, and he never stopped praying. 
One day, God told him (via angels) He's going to grant his wish, by presenting him a son, Yahya. and the Prophet couldn't believe it.

He said: "O my Lord! How can I have a son when I am very old, and my wife is barren?" Allah said: "Thus Allah does what He wills." (Chapter 3, verse 40, The Holy Quran)

for a person like us, who studies Science, do you think it's possible for this to happen? We all know that in order to produce a fetus, we need an ovum and a sperm. but if the Prophet's wife is infertile, how is she producing the ovum, thus, logically, there will be no baby. 

# Story 2
Have you heard of the name Maryam? the Bible refers her as the Virgin Mary. in the Holy Quran, it is stated that Maryam has not married anyone and yet, she was pregnant with a son, Isa. 

She said: "O my Lord! How shall I have a son when no man has touched me." He said: "So (it will be) for Allah creates what He wills. When He has decreed something, He says to it only: "Be!" and it is. (Chapter 3, verse 47, the Holy Quran)

again, i would like to relate with scientific knowledge, is this possible? how can a woman gets pregnant with a son if she does not have sexual intercourse with anybody? 

well, some girls get pregnant by swimming in the pool. sperms can survive in the pool and maybe somehow gets into her.

hmm...smart guess. 
let me remind you that Maryam lived in the desert, where water is so difficult to find. i don;t think we have a public swimming pool at that time. 
the thing is, there's no explaination to these two scenarios. and these are just two of the crazy, impossible stories that i learnt from the discussion. 
why is God telling us these stories? why's His plan?
in simple language, He wants us to believe that He can do the most impossible thing we could think of. 

the Hereafter. 

i cannot imagine how awesome and cooling the heavens are like. how the rivers flow free, with pretty angels entertaining the people there. Wow! and there are 7 heavens altogether. What? 
can you imagine how hot the flames are in hell? and the people will not just rot it hell, they'll live and get burnt and die and live again, the cycle goes on and on. ouch! how insane and painful is that? 

Point is, as a believer (read: not BELIEBER) we need to put our trust in God. If He says "Be!" then, that's what it is. He has created the Earth, the planets, the universe, what's so impossible with the Hereafter? 
think about it...nothing's impossible.