Discovering the Quran

Faith in the Unseen and lands at another place by gliding through the air on its own. This is without doubt a great sign of the power of the Lord of the Worlds. In modern times, scientific progress has made a great contribution to the lives of millions. This great role it has played has given us a new framework within which to understand the reality of things. Thanks to this scientific framework, it has become possible for what was earlier understood only as something mysterious, to be understood now on a rationally accepted base. This change in the times has opened up a limitless field of discovering God’s wisdom, or attaining a high level of God-realization. This modern scientific age was predicted in the Quran in the seventh century in these words: “We shall show them Our signs in the Universe and within themselves, until it becomes clear to them that this is the Truth.” (41:53) Faith in the Unseen When something is present but is not visible, the word unseen or invisible (ghayb) will be used. The same is true of God. Although God is apparently in the unseen, in reality, He is more present than any other thing which is present. Faith in the unseen (iman bil-ghayb) directly means faith in God, but indirectly it includes all those related things which are included in faith and is a must for a believer. For instance, revelation, angels, Paradise and Hell, etc. The truth is that we learn of things in two ways, one by observation and the other by inference. In respect of science, both these methods are equally reliable. In terms of validity, there is no difference between the two.