English book · God and the Universe

Signs in the Universe

English book, p. 222

By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

is God Himself, manifesting Himself in innumerable forms. But this is not correct. The Quran considers such an answer to be incorrect. According to the Quran, things are not manifestations of God; instead, they are the commands of God. That is, God has, with His power, created them. It is not that God has manifested Himself in their form. Stars have, since ancient times, been a focus of the fancies and imagination of poets. Some poets have considered the moon as a ‘god.’ But the reality is different. Stars are giant balls of fire, and the moon is simply a dry rock with no drop of water or a single blade of grass. Despite being incredibly vast, the universe is an exceedingly unfavourable place for man, except for planet Earth. This exception of the planet Earth in this limitlessly vast universe is clear evidence of a conscious Being who, with His intention, has created the exceptional conditions to prevail on Earth necessary for human life to be possible there. Scientists have been trying to discover other planets similar to Earth for nearly half a century in the vastness of space so that it can be confirmed that our Earth is not unique in the universe, and such conditions may also be found on other planets. For some people, the intention might be to seek to prove that the Creator of the universe is ‘The Law of Nature’ or ‘The Law of Evolution’ and not God. But despite spending billions of dollars on this purpose, they have achieved nothing but failure. They have not found any astronomical body that can support life like the Earth.

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