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Before we explore whether there Now if you were alive during that
exists a creator or not, one must time, would you too say that the
first mention that science is merely world was flat and the centre of
a tool by which one looks upon universe? Let us say that you did
reality. Those great oft-repeated and that you backed your claim by
laws such as Newton’s three laws of saying, ‘because the great scientists
motion, or the law of gravity etc. say so.’ Well, in the 20th century
were merely observations and you would be considered backward
documentations of certain laws that and ignorant since those such
existed before, during and after observations have been nullified as
such scientists. Is it not true that we have more advanced tools
gravity existed before Newton proving otherwise. So by following
noticed it? Or the laws of motion the scientists in the 12th century
were allowing things to move and you would have arrived at a
for friction to work before those completely incorrect understanding
scientists decided to compile works about the world.
about them?
Who is to say that following the
So the first point regarding science comments and statements of the
is that it is simply a comment by scientists of the 20th and 21st
certain scientists upon a reality they century so too would not be proved
envisage. Now the way they wrong at a later date? Who then
envisage the reality, and the tools would be held to account for
they use allow them to understand believing in such misconceptions –
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obviously one can only blame Without having any answer to such
yourself if you did not truly go out questions we are simply continuing
to seek the truth. There are in a life which has no meaning and
manifest examples of such no purpose. And as a result it is no
contradictions in more recent times wonder why suicide rates and the
as well, topics ranging from prevalence of self-harm are
whether the universe is expanding, rocketing.
or whether the cause of asthma is as
a result of pollution or not. In fact If you were to be drugged
such contradictions will remain and unconscious, transported to an
continue so long as technology unknown location and then left to
develops. However, development find yourself awake in a darkened
does not necessarily mean one will room, you will naturally ask; Who
arrive at the correct answer as we put me here? Why am I here? And
have explained. what will happen next? These
questions would be foremost in
Mankind’s Greatest Question your mind such that you probably
would not be able to do anything
Despite the great advancement in without answering these questions
technology in recent times, there first. Are you and I not in exactly
still remain fundamental questions the same situation upon this earth?
which science has been unable to Who put us here? Why did they put
answer. Where did I come from, us here? What will happen once we
where am I going? What is the die?
relationship between man, life and
the universe? What is the link Questions of what happens after
between life and what was before death evoke in many an uneasy
life, and what is after life? Such feeling, a feeling that many shy
questions have been asked of away from if they do not have a
oneself by each and every human convincing answer. The truth of the
being at some stage of their life. matter is that the only certainty in
this life is that we are all going to
die. We all know people who were
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once alive and have since died. asking for any evidence. To do so,
Where have they gone? What will renders one on a level lower than a
happen to them? These are all farm animal and affords the chance
questions that have passed through to be exploited by others.
our minds but are we really content
with the excuses and answers we Returning to the issue as to whether
have provided ourselves with? there exists a Creator or not, to
answer such questions we firstly
The Proof of the Existence need to draw upon the
of a Creator understanding we have about
ourselves and all those things that
If we were to ask Joe public how we surround us. Looking to oneself as a
came about on this earth, you would human what do we notice? We find
probably hear a plethora of that we are all born i.e. we have a
different answers from Evolution, starting point and that we grow to a
Big-Bang to a Supreme Creator. certain height, achieve a maximal
However, as intelligent individuals, weight, and expire once we attain a
you and I do not go on or believe certain age – some more
what other people simply say, prematurely than others. Hence we
rather we want to be convinced by are limited. We have a limited
the greatest faculty we have been lifespan, limited dimensions, and
blessed with, the faculty of thinking limited intelligence. Therefore from
and intellect. As a human being, we observing oneself, we can make a
have been given the gift of thought blanket statement about human
and of comprehension such that beings in general, all humans are
one is able to judge and weigh up limited. What we mean by this
different arguments according to statement is that we are not
one’s level of understanding. It is an unlimited or infinite i.e. we don’t
insult for anyone to forego this live for ever or continue to grow
faculty and to follow any concept, without end.
whether that may be the theory of
evolution, the existence of a God, The second concept we can notice is
the Big-Bang theory blindly without that human beings are dependent
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and needy i.e. they require nutrition limited in that they grow only so tall
to live and grow, oxygen to breathe and live so long.
and dwellings for protection from
the environment. Humans are not Similarly if we look to the stars and
self-subsistent and consequently the planets, even though they seem
without food, water, warmth and so huge and great, they are still
oxygen they would not be able limited in size and are dependent
survive. Therefore human beings on many factors including
are limited, needy and dependent. gravitational pulls, energy etc. to
If one were to gather 100 persons in maintain their course and existence.
a single hall they still would have If we total the existence of all these
the same attributes of being needy, things, the stars, planets, people
limited and dependent. This is and things, we find that they too are
because the totality of limited limited, needy and dependent on
beings is limited. If one were to other things; since they are
gather 1,000, 1 million nay even 1 dependent on other factors to bring
billion people into a single space, them into being, to maintain their
they all still would have the complex interactions and to sustain
attribute of being weak, limited and their existence.
needy, since they still require food,
shelter, and will each live for a fixed Now we turn to the following
period of time. possibilities,
Less than fifty years ago in England If women in the Muslim World
and America, a woman could not today don’t have their rights, it is
buy a house or car without the co- not because Islam did not give them
signature of her father or husband! to them. The problem is that in
Additionally, Islam gives great many places alien traditions have
respect to women and their role in come to overshadow the teachings
society; it gives them the right to of Islam, either through ignorance
own property, marry who they want or the impact of Colonialisation.
and many other rights. Also, it
should be mentioned that the Summary and Call
Prophet Muhammad’s mission
stopped many of the horrible Having read this short work, we
practices in regards to women that hope that your eyes have been
were present in the society of his opened to the Islamic way of life,
time. For example, the Qur’an put and we have contributed at least a
an end to the pagan Arab practice of little to improving your
killing their baby daughters when understanding about the Muslim
they were born. Additionally, Islam faith. However, knowledge is of
put restrictions on the unrestricted little benefit if one does not act
polygamy of the Arabs of the time, upon it; rather if one believes that
and put many laws in place to some truths have been mentioned
protect the well-being of women. in this leaflet then one should strive
Today, most of the so-called hard to investigate them further
reforms in the status of women and accept the call if it is the Truth.
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