Caliphate of Adam
English book, p. 69
By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
Caliphate of Adam if all the trees of the world are chiseled into pens and all the seas become ink, it will still not suffice to record the innumerable feats of God. These verses show that God wants these facts hidden in the universe to be discovered, explored and written down so that man may understand the majesty of God, and devote himself entirely to God with a greater degree of knowledge and wisdom. According to God’s plan, the process of discovering and recording the words of God begins in the present world and continues endlessly in the Hereafter to scale new levels of its completion. The completion of this work at the initial level has produced the modern civilization which is another name for discovering the divine signs hidden in nature. This is the event which has been predicted in the Quran, “We shall show them Our signs in the universe and within themselves, until it becomes clear to them that this is the Truth.” (41:53) We find a secular expression of the words of God in the works of God. This has been predicted in a tradition of the Prophet Muhammad, “God will provide support to this religion by secular people.” (Sahih, al-Bukhari, Hadith No. 3062) They have produced the modern civilization through extraordinary hard work. The present civilization is

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