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God and the Universe

English book, p. 240

By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

there is a difference between direct and indirect vision, in terms of reality, there is no difference between the two. How does a person attain an indirect vision of God? The method is to contemplate and ponder over God’s creation. Although God is not visible to us in His essence and Being, He fully manifests Himself through His attributes in His creations. As it were, creation mirrors God’s attributes through which we can realize the Creator. Whoever has seen the creation has, in a way, seen the Creator. Just as someone who has seen art has, in a way, seen the artist. In recent decades, scientists have discovered that high precision and design characterize the universe. This discovery reveals that a Supreme Mind is at work behind the universe. In the language of religion, this Mind is called ‘God.’ In the language of science, one could say that following this discovery, the existence of God becomes proven at the level of probability. In Quantum Physics, it is accepted that while probability is less than certainty, it is more than ‘perhaps.’ Therefore, from the scientific point of view, probability has acquired a status close to certainty. MAN’S RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD In the last few centuries, faith in God was regarded as a mere personal belief that had no relation to intellectual thinking. But in recent decades, such scientific evidence has continuously emerged that testifies to the fact that

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