The Oneness of God

THE LIFE WE WERE SEARCHING FOR it. Just as the rest of the universe obeys God, humans must also obey God, but of their own free will. The right attitude for man is that he should lead his life in obedience to God. It was to convey this message to human beings that all the prophets came into the world throughout human history. And the universe, at every moment, is giving out this same lesson to man. This is what the Islamic concept of the Oneness of God is about. The Quran says: “Is there any doubt about God, the Originator of the heavens and earth?” (14:10) This statement of the Quran appears to be a question, but it is the answer to it. In this verse, the word ‘fatir’ or Originator is a definite and specific proof in support of God’s existence, which the Quran expresses elsewhere in this way: “Do not those who deny the truth see that the heavens and the earth were joined together and that We then split them asunder?” (21:30) An estimate based on research conducted in 2019 suggests that the radius of the universe is approximately 46.5 billion light years. This indicates that the universe is not confined to a single state but continuously expands uniformly in all directions. This implies that the universe was once in a compressed state in the past. According to astronomers, in the beginning, the entire universe existed as a super-atom, with all its components drawn inward by immense force. Approximately 13.8 billion years ago, there was an event of a release of energy akin to an explosion in this primordial matter. Consequently, the