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Conclusion
All the living beings and systems we have covered in this book
clearly establish that Allah created the entire universe and all the
beings therein. Every being, including man, owes its life to Allah. He is
the One Who gives them life and keeps them alive until a certain
date. It is Allah Who feeds them, protects them and, when they fall
ill, restores them to health.
The signs of Allah's creation, only a few of which we tried to
review in the book, are so manifest that any conscientious person with
insight can easily see and accept the facts referred to above.
However, one's reaching that point, i.e., accepting that one is
surrounded with evidence that demonstrates Allah's creation of the
universe, is not enough. In the Qur'an, Allah refers to those people
who accept His existence yet are still not on the right way:
Say: Who provides for you out of heaven and earth? Who
controls hearing and sight? Who brings forth the living from
the dead and the dead from the living? Who directs the
whole affair? They will say, Allah. Say, So will you not
have taqwa? That is Allah, your Lord, the Truth, and what
is there after truth except misguidance? So how have you
been distracted? (Surah Yunus: 31-32)
The type of human mentioned in the verse is quite important:
those people answer all the questions they are asked about the
existence and attributes of Allah, and accept that Allah creates
everything. Yet, still Allah warns them So will you not have taqwa?
or So how have you been distracted?
This shows us that to accept the being of Allah does not mean
having been saved from error. Satan does not reject the being of
Allah but rebels against Him. A person may confirm the existence of
Allah under the influence of some traditional convictions, without
fully grasping its meaning. The human type described above is like
that. Such people confirm Allahs existence only verbally, yet do not
reflect on this major matter or comprehend the essence of it. In the
Quran, this state is described as follows: They do not measure
This is the greatest truth of the world and nothing can be more
important for anybody than this.
As we stated in the beginning, some people are liable to close
their eyes to this truth, and not to confirm the being of Allah, or to
affirm Him only verbally, and forget about the hereafter. This
situation is described in the Quran in Prophet Yusufs speech: Allah
alone is qualified to judge. His order is to worship none but Him.
That is in truth the straight and upright religion, but most of
mankind simply do not know. (Surah Yusuf: 40). In another verse,
Allah says But most people do not know it. They know an
outward aspect of the life of this world but are heedless of the
hereafter. (Surat ar-Rum: 6-7). As stated in the verse, these
people only know the outward aspect of the life of this world. For
instance, they may know exchange rates or fashion very well.
However, they cannot see Allahs signs which everywhere, and cannot
grasp Allahs might. They may seem to be accepting Allahs existence
verbally, but this is a very crooked form of belief. As stated in a
verse, you have made Him into something to cast disdainfully
behind your backs! (Surah Hud: 92)
These people are not aware of Allah and the hereafter in a real
sense. For this reason, the social order they have adopted is a system
based on ignorance of Allah and disregarding His existence. However
cultivated these people, who are heedless of Allah, might seem, they
are in truth deeply ignorant and this is why a society made up of
these people is called an ignorant society in the Qur'an.
The members of this society cannot conceive of Allah by their
own efforts. For this reason, Allah has revealed the Quran to men as
a guidance (Surat al-Baqarah: 2). The Quran communicates to
people the facts of which they are unaware and invites them to know
Allah and serve Him. Dissemination of the Quran among people will be,
in accordance with Allahs command, through those who believe in it,
that is, the believers. With regard to the numerous orders of Allah
concerning the communication of religion, believers are responsible
for conveying the message of the Quran to other people, and
summoning them to the right path of Allah.
In this book, we tried to explain some subjects in the Quran to
which Allah calls our attention. We attempted to call attention to only
a few of Allahs infinite signs in the universe, and make them more
noticeable. We sought to put light on those great facts which are
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