God and the Universe

the universe is anything other than the One God. The very existence of the universe testifies that its cause is God. To consider anyone or anything other than God as the Creator of the universe is only a hollow speculation, in support of which there is no real, objective evidence whatsoever. All claims or theories that posit any factor other than God as the cause of the universe have been proven to be baseless in the light of modern scientific knowledge. FROM SCIENCE TO THE REALIZATION OF GOD The purpose of the creation of man is described in the Quran in these words: “I created the jinn and mankind only so that they might worship Me” (51:56). Here the term, “worship” has been interpreted by Abdullah ibn Abbas, a Companion of the Prophet (Al-Dinawri, al-Mujalasah wa Jawahir al-`Ilm: 225), and his student Mujahid, as obtaining maarifah or realization of God. (Abu Hayyan, Tafsir al-Bahr al-Muhit, Vol. 9, p. 562) In his commentary on the Quran, Ibn Kathir narrated the same thing with reference to Ibn Jurayj. (Vol 7, p. 425) The realization of God is connected with man’s very being. Man has been fashioned as a creature who possesses free will. One definition of man is a creature with the capacity for conceptual thinking. Conceptual thinking is an ability that no other creature possesses. For man, the realization of God is based on this unique ability. In this sense, for man,