English book · God and the Universe

God’s Existence

English book, p. 65

By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

UNIVERSAL EVIDENCE OF GOD AND THE HEREAFTER On our earth, nature presents numerous events at every moment. It appears to be a tremendous industrial system but operates as a zero-defect industry. It is an unparalleled cosmic control and an appeal for harmony that undoubtedly lies behind it. This clearly suggests that a great God—the Creator and Sustainer of the universe—is orchestrating these events. Evidence for the existence of the Creator is abundant in the creation. Therefore, using the inferential method of argument, we can state that this evidence in the creation points to the presence of the Creator. Intelligent Planning is Evidence of an Intelligent Planner From the data that modern science has provided us about the features of the creation of the universe, we can easily infer the existence of an All-Powerful Creator of the universe, as the examples below show: 1. Intelligent planning is very clearly evident in the universe. This planning is visible everywhere, from the tiniest particles to the sun and the moon. This is undoubtedly evidence that a Supreme Mind is at work behind this universe. The conviction of an unseen Creator being behind the visible creation is as scientific as accepting the existence of unobservable X-rays on seeing an X-ray image. 2. Observation of things in the universe reveals that there are exceptions and uniformity. An exception is something that does not follow a general rule. Consider a simple

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