Witness of the Universe

points the earth and the sky too become parts of this ecology. In surah Bani Isra’il God suggests that these creatures have many lessons to teach men. They are, like men, creatures of God. They too have their way of life as man has his. However, as compared to the human world, the greater part of the rest of the world, comprising vegetation, natural objects and animal life, is in a completely different category. For billions of years that part has been continuously pursuing a definite course, with none of its elements showing the slightest deviation from its predestined function. It is man who does not accept or abide by a preordained scheme of things; every human being has the desire to act according to his own free will. What does the Prophet demand from you other than the avowal that there is one single Creator of the world? The prudent course for you would be to eschew pride and stubbornness and obey the Creator. If you seriously think about the universe around you, you will realise that the entire expanse of the earth and the sky is evidence of the truthfulness of the call to God. The phenomenal world where man lives is itself an expression of submission to its Creator. How does man, who is a negligible part of the vastness of nature, justify his rebellion against his Maker? Every particle of the expanding universe is performing its respective function. Each moves on a set course, clearly indicating that some powerful and omniscient Being is controlling it by His will. The taking to a separate course of action as a matter of human volition in this vast universe is a pointer to man’s deviation from total assimilation with the rest of the universe. The entire universe is in consistent progress and motion.