English book · God and the Universe

A Rational Stand

English book, p. 156

By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

adopt from a purely logical viewpoint. There is no other way of looking at this. It is a fact that the universe has a high degree of organization. The matter of organization (nazm) is within man’s observation. Professor Davies has given a scientific example of the composition of the atom. Therefore, so far as the question of order in the universe is concerned, it is accepted by the scientific community. Regarding taking a rational stand, the second most important thing is that the concept of order can never be explained without the idea of an Organizer of the order. That is, design is not possible without a Designer. Without a Designer, the concept of order is rationally untenable. The presence of design has its compulsive logic, that is, unconditionally accepting the existence of a Designer. The absence of an explanation of the presence of the Designer is not a logical justification for denying the Designer’s fact. What Professor Davies says about the structure of the atom is true of everything in this world. Each part of this world, be it big or small, is so regulated by eternal laws and is so in proportion that even the slightest change in its structure will suffice to disturb the whole world’s system. For instance, gravity on Earth is, to the ultimate extent, suited to our needs. If the gravity on Earth were to become weaker or stronger, in both situations, the survival of human civilization would be rendered impossible. We know we have two immediate neighbours in space—the sun and the moon. If the sun were to take the place of the moon and the

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