God the Greatest

God the Greatest

1991 2 February 5 God the Greatest (270) The distinguished mathematician, Sir Michael Francis Atiyah, who visited Bombay recently, said that God was a mathematician. This idea is not new. About fifty years ago, sir James Jeans suggested that the universe was the handiwork of a mathematician. Centuries before him, Pythagoras said that all things were numbers. To Picasso, God was an artist. “God is really another artist,” he said, “He invented the giraffe, the elephant and the cat.” Einstein once said that the Lord is subtle and – though not malicious – is very clever.

A mathematician comes across such high mathematics as to make him aware of the triviality of his grasp on the subject. ‘God is a great mathematician!” he exclaims. To an artist, the art displayed in the universe appears so sublime as to make his art seem worthless and he spontaneously cries out, “God is the greatest artist!” The wisdom prevailing in the universe is such as to astonish a genius; he in turn discovers that there is a genius far greater than him at work. The truth is that God is the greatest mathematician, the greatest artist and the greatest genius. One who fails to find the manifestations of God in the universe is blind, and one who does not believe in God after having seen Him is insensate. In fact, anyone who observes the universe is struck by the awesome feeling that there is a Being greater than himself at work in it.

God’s might is indeed manifest in a thousand ways, but it is only those who open their minds and hearts to Him who can be truly aware of His blessings.

Man will find himself standing on the verge of Hell

1991 2 February 5 Man will find himself standing on the verge of Hell (26) This was the first sermon the Prophet delivered on reaching Medina: “People, send forth for the future; you will surely reap the fruits of your actions.”