God and the Universe
English book, p. 304
By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
the Creator and man. As a result, the most extreme forms of atheism emerged from the womb of Darwin’s theory. The concept of the Oneness of God is also like this. The issue of the Oneness of God should be studied so that it can lead us to discover the relationship between God and man. Without this, not only would this study be incomplete, but there is also the possibility that it might lead the seekers of Truth in the reverse direction to some other destination. It is essential, therefore, that the study of monotheism be conducted in a way that can explain the relationship between the concept of monotheism in relation to man. Without this, the study of monotheism will remain incomplete; hence, it might lead the truth-seeker in the wrong direction rather than the One true God. MAN AND MONOTHEISM Man is just an insignificant part of the universe. The universe completely obeys its Creator and Master under compulsion, and the same thing is desired of man, too. The proper method of action for man is that he agrees to obey God of his own free will while the rest of the universe obeys God under the law of compulsion. If man submits to God, he will become a fellow traveler, as it were, of the rest of the universe. God manages all creatures in the universe. That is why the physical universe functions smoothly. In

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