English book · God and the Universe

Science and Belief in God

English book, p. 173

By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

THE UNIVERSE TESTIFIES TO GOD’S EXISTENCE This proves that the God of the sun and the earth are the same. If the Earth and the sun had two separate gods, both would want to run things according to their respective wills and then the distance between the sun and the Earth would keep increasing or decreasing. Due to this irregularity, human civilization on Earth would have been impossible. In the vast unknown universe, our planet Earth is a rare exception. There are countless things, like water, air, and plants, which are essential for human life, whereas elsewhere in the vast space, as far as man has come to know so far, there is no place where these things are present. This exception reveals that this Earth did not come about through unconscious matter acting independently, as atheists might argue. Instead, it must undoubtedly be the creative miracle of a conscious Being. Had it been the product of mere material forces, there would be many more such locales like Earth in the universe, and not just one. Everything in our universe is exceedingly meaningful. The meaningfulness of things proves that this world is the creation of a conscious Creator. No other explanation can account for this meaningfulness. For example, take the size of the Earth. The equatorial circumference of the Earth is around 25,000 miles. This size is immensely significant. Had this figure been 50,000 miles, the Earth’s gravity would be so much that it would have halted the physical growth of the human body. Because of this, only dwarf-like people would be seen on Earth. On the other hand, if this figure had been 12,000 miles, the Earth’s gravity would have been so low that it would not have been able to stop the growth

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