INDEPENDENCE DAY SPECIAL

founder of Quantum Physics, has explained that everything in essence is unseen. God, the Lord of the universe, created everything in such a way that a person must ponder, think, and reflect over all phenomena to arrive at truth. The whole of science is field of enquiry. The laws of nature are hidden so that a person may think and discover them. And the joy that comes from discovery is unparalleled. God made all things a matter of discovery for human beings: discover and know! Discover electricity, discover the workings of aeroplanes. Similarly, discover your Creator. I remember a verse: I created the jinn and humankind only so that they might worship Me. (51: 56) What is the hidden truth in verse? ‘Worship’ in this verse means realization of God. (Fath al-Qadeer al-Shuqani, Hadith 5/110) It means that what’s required of man is to acquire self-discovered knowledge. Achieve this state of self-discovered realization of God and fulfil the obligations of this discovery. God has kept all things in the unseen so that man may discover conviction, develop deep thinking, which shall give him a thrilling experience. When you discover and realize a truth, you get a thrill. If you realize the greatness of God, the Lord of the universe the same way you look with awe at Taj Mahal or other such imposing structures, this could not elicit the feeling of thrill and wonder about God. When you ponder, discover yourself, stand on self-discovered knowledge, a strange kind of thrill is created. This self-discovered realization of God is valued by God. For you to experience this thrill, things are kept in the unseen. This thrill comes to the scientist. I wrote an article in Al-Risala (Urdu version of Spirit of Islam) about an American scientist who made a great discovery. This discovery filled him with a thrill. He wanted to tell everyone about it. It was nighttime, and most of the people were in the theatre. He entered the theatre, snatched the loudspeaker, and proclaimed, “I have discovered a law of the universe!” If you make a realization of God, the Lord of the universe in this way, you will be flooded with the emotion to share your thrilling This is the conviction Quran provides to its readers. Quran is the Book of God. The message of the prophets was based on true knowledge. The author of the Quran is One who knew what Quantum Physics was long before Quantum Physics appeared.