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Evidence of God in the Universe

English book, p. 182

By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

over the seemingly unstoppable army of this cactus in Australia, and then the problem was solved. The checks and balances of this sort abound in Nature. Can any person reasonably claim that they have come about by chance, on their own, and not because of the conscious planning of a Creator? Mathematical Precision in the Universe An astounding mathematical precision is found in the universe. A matter that appears stagnant and unconscious is not without order, organization, and meticulous arrangement. Specific, definite laws bind it. Here are some examples. 1. For instance, no matter when and where the word ‘water’ is uttered, it will have only one meaning—a compound consisting of two parts of oxygen and one of hydrogen. Everywhere on the Earth, water will boil at the same temperature—100 degrees Celsius—as long as the atmospheric pressure is 760 mm. Had there not been this sort of order, discipline, and regularity in matter and energy, there would have been no basis for scientific research and inventions because then, in this world, only mere chance would reign, and for scientists, it would have been impossible to say that under such-and-such conditions if one uses such-and-such method, such-andsuch results will appear. 2. The Periodic Table of Elements is perhaps the first thing a new student is shown in Chemistry. It categorizes elements into groups based on their atomic numbers—

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