English book · GLORIFICATION of GOD

Limitless Majesty Of God

English book, p. 18

By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

LIMITLESS MAJESTY OF GOD The extremely vast universe suspended in limitless space being proof of the infinity of God’s majesty defies all description, making man stand in awe of his Creator. T he Quran states: “It was God who raised the heavens with no visible supports.”(13:2) This verse describes a great universal reality. This reality is so great that, on giving it deeper thought, man’s heart might well tremble and the hairs on his body stand on end. In ancient traditional times, man believed that all the objects visible to him had some material support. For instance, the stars, he supposed, were hanging from some heavenly roof, and the earth was based on some material support. But in modern times, with the invention of the telescope, space was observed by it. It was learnt that the whole universe consists entirely of empty space without any support. Galaxies, the solar system, the stars, and planets were

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