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Living in God's Glory

English book, p. 25

By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

COSMIC UNITY thus remains valid even in this age of push-button wars, though it will indeed become inoperative if the unthinkable turns into a reality and a nuclear conflict is unleashed through madness or miscalculation. (The Times of India, February 2, 1984) Many believe that the universe is simply a soulless, selfautomated machine in modern times. however, the hard facts of modern warfare above contradict such mechanical interpretation. all the machines man has known have always needed an operator. on what grounds, then, can the argument that the universe is on the move without an operator be valid? This argument must be dismissed as conjecture, for it has no practical or theoretical basis to support it. let us suppose that the universe is a great machine: it needs a great mind to operate. Therefore, man has no alternative but to accept God, whether in religious terms as a Creator and sustainer or in scientific terms as the operator of the great machine of the universe. COSMIC UNITY The universe manifestly tells us that we should lead our lives in such a way that our thoughts, emotions, and activities should all revolve around a focal point, which can be nothing other than God. one significant discovery of cosmic research is that the whole universe revolves around one central point. The

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