The History of God-Realization

We may bring forth thereby grain and a variety of plants and gardens dense with foliage.” (78:14-16) 5. The Animal Bang: The fifth phase is that of different kinds of living things coming into existence on earth, right from insects to elephants and tigers. This fifth phase of creation may be termed the Animal Bang. The number of living species is so great as to be almost incalculable. “Eight million seven hundred thousand is the latest estimated total number of species on the earth and the most precise calculation ever offered, according to a study co-authored by a researcher working with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). Around 6.5 million species have been found on land and 2.2 million (about 25% of the total) dwell in the ocean depths. The report also shows that 86% of all species on land and 91% of those in the seas have yet to be discovered, described or catalogued.” (Census of Marine Life, Washington DC, August 23, 2011) 6. The Human Bang: The sixth Bang is what may be called the Human Bang. In this last phase, man was created, and human beings spread across earth by reproduction, generation after generation. It has become apparent that over 13 billion years, every kind of creative event has taken place in a planned way. The purpose of this was that in the last phase man would be created and settled on the earth and then given the opportunity to bring civilization into existence by his own independent efforts. Civilization amounted to the partial unfolding of the words of God (Quran 31:27, 18:109) in a limited sense. The result of these workings of nature was to give a human being the opportunity to elevate his mind to a high level of development.