THE GLORIOUS GOD OF A GLORIOUS UNIVERSE

By nature, man's condition demands that there must be a benefactor to him in this universe. meet the Creator of this universe so that he could prostrate before his Benefactor, but nowhere can he find this Benefactor in the world that modern science and technology has created. Unable to find his true God, he bows down before assumed, fabricated gods. But this is just like a mother, who unable to bear a child takes a plastic doll and holds it close to her bosom. In the words of the Quran: All those you worship instead of Him are mere names you and your forefathers have invented, names for which God has sent down no authority: all power belongs to God alone, and He orders you to worship none but Him: this is the true faith, though most people do not realize it. (12: 40) Man’s need for a supreme God is so intense that it is acknowledged by even those intellectuals who in accordance to their tastes do not approve of the existence of God and religion. For example, Bertrand Russell writes: If life is to be fully human, it must serve some end which seems in some sense outside human life, some end which is impersonal and above mankind such as God or truth or beauty. (Principles of Social Reconstruction) This is an acknowledgement of the innate urge for a God embedded in human nature. By denying the existence of God, modern man has forsaken his Creator. His salvation now lies only in once again finding God, his Creator. The concept of God is interwoven in man’s nature. The instinct of eating grass in a goat and of eating meat in a cat cannot be suppressed; in the same way, God cannot be detached from man’s nature. Man’s life has been fashioned in such a way that he continuously lives in a feeling of dependency. This feeling of helplessness is characteristic of every human being. It forces man to clutch onto a support that is more powerful than him; one that can deliver him from his weakness. It is this feeling of helplessness that drives man in his search for God. Man needs such a God before whom he can pour out his feelings of gratitude; to whom he can entrust all his affairs; in whose faith he will find succour even at times when there is no one to help him. Man desires a God he can trust, who will grant him success after every disaster, who can remove all difficulties from his path. Man’s