God and the Universe
English book, p. 239
By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
GOD AND MAN devout believers in the Creator, God Almighty, finding enough evidence for God in the findings of modern science. It is a fact, though, that some deniers of God among the philosophers wrongly interpreted modern scientific discoveries to imply the non-existence of God, even though these discoveries, when rightly interpreted, actually pointed in the opposite direction—to God’s existence. When scientists study nature, a profound sense of its greatness emerges within them. Their inner being bows before the entity that created such a meaningful universe. The truth is that scientists were not responsible for forming the mindset of denying God in the modern era. Instead, it was some atheistic philosophers who misrepresented scientific discoveries, thereby, creating a self-constructed meaning of atheism. In reality, these scientific discoveries more accurately pointed towards the affirmation of God. VISION OF GOD In the books of Hadith, there is a narration by the famous Hadith-e Jibreel. One part of this Hadith is: ‘Worship God as though you are seeing Him. Or if you are not seeing Him, He is seeing you.” (Sahih al-Bukhari, Hadith No. 50) In the above Hadith, the reality of worship is explained. Reflecting on this tradition, one learns that although the direct vision of God is not possible for man, man can find God at the level of indirect vision. Although apparently,

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