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Predictable Universe

English book, p. 136

By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

I had not come up with this point myself, but rather, it was based on the calculations of expert astronomers. These experts made such an accurate claim well in advance because the universe runs according to well-established laws. Even after millions of years, there has not been the slightest change. Based on this discovery, the scientist Sir James Jeans suggested in his book The Mysterious Universe that the study of the universe seems to indicate that its Creator is a Mathematical Mind. A major aspect of something being meaningful is that it is also predictable. This quality is present completely throughout the universe, one proof of which is evident in the above-cited example of the solar eclipse. Some people who deny the existence of God claim that the present universe came into being through chance or accident, not by the decision of any Creator. But this is not correct. If it is accepted that the present meaningful universe emerged as a result of an accident, the necessary consequence would be that we should also have to admit that the accidents, without any consciousness, that occur in this world are also a factor that can bring into existence meaningful things. In such a situation, the ‘accident’ that supposedly brought the universe into being must be repeatable. The universe should come into existence repeatedly because accidents happen frequently. If an unconscious accident has supposedly created a meaningful universe once, in the same way, it should happen again that a meaningful universe should come into being through an ‘accident.’ But as is known, a universe other than the one

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