Discovering the Quran

the most distant object in the nearby universe. As a point of comparison, the black hole at the centre of the Milky Way is 1,000 times smaller than this one which has been observed some 50 million light years away. (The Times of India, New Delhi, January 18, 2011, p. 19) This phenomenon, along with other such phenomena, provide a great source of realization of God. They make the power of God understandable to a formerly unimaginable extent. The hearts of those who think on such great matters will tremble at the concept of the majesty of God, and the hair on their bodies will stand on end. These scientific findings serve as reminders to man of his extreme helplessness and of God’s extreme powerfulness. Perusal of them is, without doubt, a universal source for the acquisition of high realization of God. What is realization? It is, on the one hand, a person’s coming to understand his limitations and on the other hand, his discovery of God’s limitlessness. As a result of this discovery, the state produced within one is realization of God. For a person who has attained to this, it is as if all the doors to God’s blessings, in this world as well as in the Hereafter, have opened up to him. It is the most fortunate of men and women about whom it will be said in the Hereafter: “Enter the Garden! No fear shall come upon you nor shall you grieve.” (7:49) God’s Special Blessings God created men and women with special blessings. These blessings are basically of two kinds. One of these, pertaining to His creation, is a human being having been created “in the