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““INTRODUCTION TO STUDY OF INTRODUCTION TO STUDY OF TAUTAUHHEED – (AQA’ID)EED – (AQA’ID)””

Intermediate Level Islamic course in English for AdultsIntermediate Level Islamic course in English for Adultsconducted by Ustaz Zhulkeflee Hj Ismailconducted by Ustaz Zhulkeflee Hj IsmailBATCH - # 6

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OUR PROPHET MUHAMMAD SAID:OUR PROPHET MUHAMMAD SAID:

"(To know Allah) Think (and reflect) upon Allah's creation "(To know Allah) Think (and reflect) upon Allah's creation

(i.e. what He has created) and do not try to think in Allah (i.e. what He has created) and do not try to think in Allah

(His Essence: (His Essence: DzatDzat), for you will most certainly not be able ), for you will most certainly not be able

to comprehend it.“ to comprehend it.“

((Al-HadithAl-Hadith))

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For those with knowledge ……For those with knowledge ……

““Of all His servants, Of all His servants, only such as are endowed with (innate) only such as are endowed with (innate)

knowledge stand (truly) in awe of Allahknowledge stand (truly) in awe of Allah: (for they alone : (for they alone

comprehend that) verily, Allah is Almighty, Much Forgiving.”comprehend that) verily, Allah is Almighty, Much Forgiving.”

((Qur’an: Fatir 35 : 40Qur’an: Fatir 35 : 40))




The terms "TAUHEED AL-KHALIQIYYAH" refers to

the approach of confirming the Oneness of God

(Allah) as the Creator (AL-KHAA-LIQ), verified from

the evidence inherent in the whole of creation.




““ALL PRAISE is due to Allah, (ALL PRAISE is due to Allah, (KHKHALAQA-AS-SAMA’ALAQA-AS-SAMA’) who has ) who has

created created the heavens and the earth, and brought into being the heavens and the earth, and brought into being

deep darkness as well as light: and yet, those who are bent deep darkness as well as light: and yet, those who are bent

on denying the truth regard other powers as their on denying the truth regard other powers as their

Sustainer's equals! .He it is who (Sustainer's equals! .He it is who (KHKHALAQA-KUMALAQA-KUM) has ) has

createdcreated you out of clay, and then has decreed a term [for you out of clay, and then has decreed a term [for

you] - a term known [only] to him. And yet you doubt –”you] - a term known [only] to him. And yet you doubt –”

((Qur’an: An-’am: 6: 1-2Qur’an: An-’am: 6: 1-2))




Although most people can easily acknowledge the God as

the CREATOR (KHAALIQ) of creation, and that this ‘ First

Cause ‘ is One, Unique – (TAUHEED).

Yet, after creation, many wrongly imagined or been misled Yet, after creation, many wrongly imagined or been misled

to believe that God then does not have the ultimate role of to believe that God then does not have the ultimate role of

being the LORD (being the LORD (AR-ROBBAR-ROBB) Sustaining the whole world. ) Sustaining the whole world.

Many ascribe that He, like human, is merely watching over Many ascribe that He, like human, is merely watching over

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For those with knowledge ……For those with knowledge ……And to reject this false notion (conjecture) thus "TAUHEED

AR-RUB-BU-BIYYAH" is the approach of confirming that the

Oneness of God (Allah) is also as Him being the Sustainer or

Cherisher (AR-ROBB) , in the evidence of the wonderful

order and harmonious existence of all things in this

universe.

Without acknowledging this aspect, many had fallen into

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An invitation to reflect



An invitation to reflect

"Behold! In the "Behold! In the creation of the heavens and the earth creation of the heavens and the earth

and in the and in the alternation of Night and Dayalternation of Night and Day, there are , there are

indeed indeed Signs for men of understandingSigns for men of understanding, ,

Men who celebrate the praises of Allah, standing Men who celebrate the praises of Allah, standing

sitting and lying down on their sides and sitting and lying down on their sides and contemplate contemplate

the wonders of creation in the heavens and the earththe wonders of creation in the heavens and the earth, ,

(with a thought): (with a thought):

"Our Lord! You have "Our Lord! You have not created this for nothingnot created this for nothing! Glory ! Glory

to Thee! Give us salvation from the penalty of the to Thee! Give us salvation from the penalty of the

Fire." Fire."

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"And on earth there are Signs (of Allah's existence, visible) to "And on earth there are Signs (of Allah's existence, visible) to

all who are endowed with inner certainty, all who are endowed with inner certainty, just as (there are just as (there are

signs) thereof within your own selvessigns) thereof within your own selves: can you not then see? “: can you not then see? “

( ( Qur'an: Az-Dzariyat: 51 : 20-21 Qur'an: Az-Dzariyat: 51 : 20-21 ))

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In analysing of the Signs of His Existence, Allah s.w.t.

does not want us to be man-centred in our outlook.

Allah, the Creator and Sustainer of the Universe invites

man to observe yet His other greater Signs in the whole

of creation.


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""Greater indeed than the creation of man Greater indeed than the creation of man is the is the

creation of the heavens and the earthcreation of the heavens and the earth: yet most : yet most

man do not understand (what this implies.) man do not understand (what this implies.)

But (then), the blind and the seeing are not But (then), the blind and the seeing are not

equal." equal."

( ( Qur'an: Ghafir 40 : 57 Qur'an: Ghafir 40 : 57 ))

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"Soon will We show them "Soon will We show them Our signs Our signs in thein the furthest furthest

regions (of the universe) regions (of the universe) and and in their own souls in their own souls

(Nafs-Self)(Nafs-Self), until it become manifest to them that , until it become manifest to them that

this is the Truth. Is it not enough that thy Lord this is the Truth. Is it not enough that thy Lord

doth witness all things? " doth witness all things? "

( ( Qur'an: Fussilat: 41: 53 Qur'an: Fussilat: 41: 53 ))


"(Hallowed be) He Who has created seven "(Hallowed be) He Who has created seven **

heavens in full harmony with one another, heavens in full harmony with one another, no no

fault will thou see in the creation of the Most fault will thou see in the creation of the Most

GraciousGracious. And turn thy vision (upon it) once more, . And turn thy vision (upon it) once more,

canst thou see any flaw? Again turn thy vision a canst thou see any flaw? Again turn thy vision a

second time; second time; (thy) vision will come back to thee (thy) vision will come back to thee

dull and discomfiteddull and discomfited, in a state worn out. “ , in a state worn out. “

( ( Q : Mulk: 67: 3 -4 Q : Mulk: 67: 3 -4 ))


* * In the Arabic usage, - as in other Semitic languages as well, the

number "seven"' is often synonymous with "several" (see Lisanul

Arab). The term "sama' " ("heaven" or "sky”) is applied to anything

that is spread like a canopy above any other thing.

Thus, the visible skies which stretch like a vault above the earth and

form, as it were, its canopy, are called "sama' ": and this is the

primary meaning of this term in the Qur’an in a wider sense, it has

the connotation of "cosmic system". Thus, taken together with the

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So after analysing our biological wonders So after analysing our biological wonders (inner), let us now turn towards the horizon (inner), let us now turn towards the horizon of this vast universe (outer) ....of this vast universe (outer) ....


Because our awareness is limited to ourselves and our immediate Because our awareness is limited to ourselves and our immediate

surroundings, we tend to regard the entire creations of Allah s.w.t. surroundings, we tend to regard the entire creations of Allah s.w.t.

within this limitation and therefore fail to fully grasp the Might of within this limitation and therefore fail to fully grasp the Might of

Allah, the One Absolute Creator and Sustainer. Allah, the One Absolute Creator and Sustainer.

With our given faculties, we are invited to survey the vast universe in With our given faculties, we are invited to survey the vast universe in

which confirmation of the Oneness of Allah, the Creator and Sustainer which confirmation of the Oneness of Allah, the Creator and Sustainer

is ever manifested. is ever manifested.


Allah s.w.t. hints at the full harmony and the perfect order which is an Allah s.w.t. hints at the full harmony and the perfect order which is an

inevitable indication of this Truth. inevitable indication of this Truth.

See and reflect. See and reflect.

The simple statement of the Qur'an is in actual fact very profound to The simple statement of the Qur'an is in actual fact very profound to

those who have knowledge of the universe. For many of us although those who have knowledge of the universe. For many of us although

we may know about the sun, the moon and the stars yet this we may know about the sun, the moon and the stars yet this

‘knowledge’ of ours is simply a superficial awareness; lacking depth. ‘knowledge’ of ours is simply a superficial awareness; lacking depth.


We are like a man standing beside a deep ravine at night without We are like a man standing beside a deep ravine at night without

knowing how deep and dangerous it is, therefore lacking true knowing how deep and dangerous it is, therefore lacking true

awareness – (heedless; lacking in precaution; reckless even). awareness – (heedless; lacking in precaution; reckless even).

But, when the deep ravine becomes apparent at daybreak, it sent But, when the deep ravine becomes apparent at daybreak, it sent

chills down our spine especially fearing for our safety. chills down our spine especially fearing for our safety.

Thus knowledge, like Geology, Botany and Astronomy etc. are Thus knowledge, like Geology, Botany and Astronomy etc. are

relevant and important as a means towards our deeper realization relevant and important as a means towards our deeper realization

of of TAUTAUHHEEDEED,, - from the knowledge of certainty regarding the - from the knowledge of certainty regarding the

Reality of existence.Reality of existence.


““O mankind, worship your Lord, who created you and those O mankind, worship your Lord, who created you and those

before you, that you may become righteous ( being before you, that you may become righteous ( being

conscious of Him - conscious of Him - TAQWTAQWA) - [He] who made for you the A) - [He] who made for you the

earth a bed [spread out] and (earth a bed [spread out] and (SAMAA-A BI-NAA-ASAMAA-A BI-NAA-A) the sky ) the sky

a ceiling (canopy) and sent down from the sky, rain and a ceiling (canopy) and sent down from the sky, rain and

brought forth thereby fruits as provision for you. So do not brought forth thereby fruits as provision for you. So do not

attribute to Allah equals while you know [that there is attribute to Allah equals while you know [that there is

nothing similar to Him].”nothing similar to Him].”

((Qur’an: Baqarah: 2: 21-22Qur’an: Baqarah: 2: 21-22))


““And the sky a ceiling (canopy) “And the sky a ceiling (canopy) “


Protection of all life from hazardous or deadly radiation from Protection of all life from hazardous or deadly radiation from

space (filter for UV- and x-rays from sun).space (filter for UV- and x-rays from sun).

Letting pass the vitally important sunlight to the surface of the Letting pass the vitally important sunlight to the surface of the

continents and oceans (energy source).continents and oceans (energy source).

Protections from rapid cooling at night and heating at day.Protections from rapid cooling at night and heating at day.

Makes possible a mean temperature on Earth's surface of Makes possible a mean temperature on Earth's surface of

+15 °C instead of -18 °C as would be without atmosphere.+15 °C instead of -18 °C as would be without atmosphere.

Transport of energy (warmth of air that can be felt and latent Transport of energy (warmth of air that can be felt and latent

warmth of water vapour) from the equatorial regions to warmth of water vapour) from the equatorial regions to

medium and higher latitudes.medium and higher latitudes.


Transport of water vapour through dynamic processes of Transport of water vapour through dynamic processes of

general air circulation that determines precipitation.general air circulation that determines precipitation.

Storage of huge amounts of nitrogen (important for plants).Storage of huge amounts of nitrogen (important for plants).

Reservoir for carbon dioxide and oxygen.Reservoir for carbon dioxide and oxygen.

Is part of different vital cycles of matter.Is part of different vital cycles of matter.

Dissipation and decomposition (oxidation, reaction with Dissipation and decomposition (oxidation, reaction with

radicals, photolysis) of natural and anthropogenic (man-made) radicals, photolysis) of natural and anthropogenic (man-made)

emissions.emissions.

Protection from smaller meteorites that burn up by heating Protection from smaller meteorites that burn up by heating

from the friction when entering the Earth's atmosphere and from the friction when entering the Earth's atmosphere and

can not reach the surface.can not reach the surface.


Twinkle, twinkle little star?Twinkle, twinkle little star?

We are not quite aware of the vastness of the We are not quite aware of the vastness of the

universe. Many of us have seen and have universe. Many of us have seen and have

described the stars as "described the stars as "twinkling little startwinkling little star." ."

Our short-sightedness does not help us to Our short-sightedness does not help us to

really feel the awesome grandeur of Allah's really feel the awesome grandeur of Allah's

creation. creation.


Twinkle, twinkle little star?Twinkle, twinkle little star?

Studies in astronomy show that the number of stars in the sky is more Studies in astronomy show that the number of stars in the sky is more

numerous than all the grains of sand on all the seashores of our planet, numerous than all the grains of sand on all the seashores of our planet,

many stars being vastly greater in size than our earth, some even are many stars being vastly greater in size than our earth, some even are

so enormous that each has the girth the size of which can contain so enormous that each has the girth the size of which can contain

hundreds of thousand of earths inside them and still have room to hundreds of thousand of earths inside them and still have room to

spare! spare!

A few of them are even big enough to contain millions of earths! A few of them are even big enough to contain millions of earths!


How vast is the Universe?


How vast is the Universe? Astronomers estimate that the universe consists of five hundred

million galaxies.



Each galaxy contains about 100,000 stars. Each galaxy contains about 100,000 stars.

The nearest galaxy i.e. our galaxy, the Milky Way, which is partially The nearest galaxy i.e. our galaxy, the Milky Way, which is partially

visible at night, measures in 100,000 light years visible at night, measures in 100,000 light years ** across. across.

** (Light travels at 186,282 miles per second. And a light year means (Light travels at 186,282 miles per second. And a light year means

that it would require one year travelling at this speed to cover that that it would require one year travelling at this speed to cover that

distance !! ) distance !! )



According to astronomers, we on earth are 30,000 light years way

from the centre of this galaxy.

This galaxy in turn forms part of an even larger super-galaxy within

which 17 galaxies similar to ours are in perpetual motion.

The entire cluster is 2 million light years in diameter.


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EVER EXPANDINGEVER EXPANDING

"And it is We who have-built the universe with (Our creative) "And it is We who have-built the universe with (Our creative)

power; and, verily, it is power; and, verily, it is We who are steadily expanding it. We who are steadily expanding it. ““

( ( Qur'an: Az-Dzariyat: 51 :47 Qur'an: Az-Dzariyat: 51 :47 ))


We are told that the size of the universe is not static but expanding every

moment in all directions. So rapid is this expansion that according to an

estimate by Sir Arthur Stanley Eddington (1882-1944), noted British

physicist and astronomer, every 1300 million years, all the distances in

this universe are doubled.

This estimation of the vastness of the universe is based on Einstein's

theory of relativity. But this is just a mathematician's guess. The truth is

man has yet to comprehend the vastness of the universe.

EVER EXPANDINGEVER EXPANDING


Ever moving in harmony



"(Hallowed be) He Who has created seven heavens in full harmony "(Hallowed be) He Who has created seven heavens in full harmony

with one another, no fault will thou see in the creation of the Most with one another, no fault will thou see in the creation of the Most

Gracious. And turn thy vision (upon it) once more, canst thou see any Gracious. And turn thy vision (upon it) once more, canst thou see any

flaw? Again turn thy vision a second time; (thy) vision will come back flaw? Again turn thy vision a second time; (thy) vision will come back

to thee dull and discomfited, in a state worn out. “ to thee dull and discomfited, in a state worn out. “

( ( Q : Mulk: 67: 3 -4 Q : Mulk: 67: 3 -4 ))



The innumerable stars are continuously moving at extraordinary The innumerable stars are continuously moving at extraordinary

speeds. Some moving singly, some in groups of two or more, while speeds. Some moving singly, some in groups of two or more, while

innumerable stars are grouped in constellations. innumerable stars are grouped in constellations.

Have you not seen dust particles in a darken room when you allow a Have you not seen dust particles in a darken room when you allow a

small ray of light to shine through. small ray of light to shine through.

Now imagine on a much larger scale! Now imagine on a much larger scale!


The difference is that dust particles collide and move in combination The difference is that dust particles collide and move in combination

whereas stars, notwithstanding their enormous numbers are at whereas stars, notwithstanding their enormous numbers are at

immeasurable distances from each other and follow their respective immeasurable distances from each other and follow their respective

courses. courses.

Apart from this, the stars have their planets orbiting around it, and their Apart from this, the stars have their planets orbiting around it, and their

respective satellites or moon are also perpetually in motion following respective satellites or moon are also perpetually in motion following

their fixed orbits around the planets. Each planet also is rotating at their fixed orbits around the planets. Each planet also is rotating at

incredible speed on its own axis.incredible speed on its own axis.




It is amazing that all this motion is going on with a remarkable

organization and regularity.

Neither do the stars collide, nor does their speed alter.

The revolution of our earth around the sun, its rotation around its axis

and the movement of the moon around it, all are precisely timed.



According to astronomical calculations, it has frequently happened

that entire galactic systems consisting of millions and millions of

moving stars have entered other galactic systems and have passed

right through them without colliding.



In the face of all these evidence, human intellect is left with no option

but to accept that this is NOT a self -organised system, left to “chance ”.

On the contrary it MUST be by a unique Power which set them up and

maintain such boundless and infinitely varied system.



Those who insist that this creation happens from Those who insist that this creation happens from random random

chance, surely, are resting on the most remotest of probability chance, surely, are resting on the most remotest of probability – –

because it would be like admitting that order and harmony can because it would be like admitting that order and harmony can

come out from disorder and anarchy!come out from disorder and anarchy!

And remember when we they quote the ‘odds ’ of say : “one in a And remember when we they quote the ‘odds ’ of say : “one in a

million (or in fact more) “ – this is an admission of improbability – million (or in fact more) “ – this is an admission of improbability –

that is : “that is : “how very remote that this is the outcome of mere chancehow very remote that this is the outcome of mere chance.”.”


How stubbornly foolish! Nay, if we sincerely look within our How stubbornly foolish! Nay, if we sincerely look within our

heart and mind, especially reinforced and supported by our pure heart and mind, especially reinforced and supported by our pure

intuition (intuition (FITwRAHFITwRAH), these evidence prove clearly of the existence ), these evidence prove clearly of the existence

of an absolute Creator and Sustainer.of an absolute Creator and Sustainer.

And there can only be One God Who is the Absolute - and to And there can only be One God Who is the Absolute - and to

deny this is to conceal or cover an obvious truth (the attitude deny this is to conceal or cover an obvious truth (the attitude

termed ‘termed ‘KUFR’ KUFR’ ''). ).

CONCLUSION


"Our Lord! not for naught hast Thou created (all) this! "Our Lord! not for naught hast Thou created (all) this!

Glory to Thee! Give us salvation from the penalty of the Glory to Thee! Give us salvation from the penalty of the

Fire.”Fire.”

((Qur’an: Aali ‘Imran: 3: 191Qur’an: Aali ‘Imran: 3: 191))

CONCLUSION


How stubbornly foolish! Nay, if we sincerely look within our heart

and mind, especially reinforced and supported by our pure

intuition (fitrah), these evidence prove clearly of the existence of

an absolute Creator and Sustainer.

And there can only be One Who is the Absolute - and to deny this

is to conceal or cover an obvious truth (the attitude termed 'kufr').

Na-'uudzu billaah min dzaalik!


From an article written by Mr. A. Cressy Morrison, former From an article written by Mr. A. Cressy Morrison, former

President of the New York Academy of SciencesPresident of the New York Academy of Sciences, first , first

appeared in the "Reader's Digest" (January 1948appeared in the "Reader's Digest" (January 1948););

On recommendation of Professor C. A. Coulson, F.R.S., On recommendation of Professor C. A. Coulson, F.R.S.,

Professor of Mathematics at Oxford University, was Professor of Mathematics at Oxford University, was

republished in the Reader's Digest (November 1960)republished in the Reader's Digest (November 1960). .


Also Also adapted into the book adapted into the book : "God of Islam”. By Seyyid : "God of Islam”. By Seyyid

Saeed Akhtar Rizvi. Saeed Akhtar Rizvi.

It shows how the science compels the scientists to admit It shows how the science compels the scientists to admit

the essential creed of a Supreme Creator.the essential creed of a Supreme Creator.

http://introductiontotauhid.blogspot.com/2008/08/article-seven-reasons-why-scientist.html


“ “We are still in the dawn of the scientific age and every increase We are still in the dawn of the scientific age and every increase

of light reveals more brightly the handiwork of an intelligent of light reveals more brightly the handiwork of an intelligent

Creator. In the 90 years since Darwin we have made Creator. In the 90 years since Darwin we have made

stupendous discoveries; with a spirit of scientific humility and stupendous discoveries; with a spirit of scientific humility and

of faith grounded in knowledge we are approaching even of faith grounded in knowledge we are approaching even

nearer to an awareness of God. For myself, I count seven nearer to an awareness of God. For myself, I count seven

reasons for my faith" :reasons for my faith" :

Mr. A. Cressy Morrison, Mr. A. Cressy Morrison, former President of the New York Academy of Sciencesformer President of the New York Academy of Sciences


FIRSTLY :

By unwavering mathematical law we can prove that our universe was

designed and executed by a great engineering Intelligence.

Suppose you put ten coins, marked from one to ten, into your pocket and

give them a good shuffle. Now try to take them out in sequence from one

to ten, putting back the coin each time and shaking them all again.


FIRSTLY :

Mathematically we know that your chance of first drawing number one is

one in ten; of drawing one and two in succession, one in 100; of drawing

one, two and three in succession, one in a thousand, and so on; your

chance of drawing them all, from one to number ten in succession, would

reach the unbelievable figure of one chance in ten thousand million.


FIRSTLY :

By the same reasoning, so many exacting conditions are necessary for life

on earth that they could not possibly exist in proper relationship by

chance.

The earth rotates on its axis at one thousand miles an hour; if it turned at

one hundred miles an hour, our days and nights would be ten times as

long as now, and the hot sun would then burn up our vegetation during

each long day while in the long night any surviving, sprout would freeze.


FIRSTLY :

Again, the sun, source of our life, has a surface temperature of 12,000

degrees Fahrenheit, and our earth is just far enough away so that this

"eternal fire" warms us just enough and not too much! If the sun gave off

only one-half its present radiation, we would freeze, and if it gave half as

much more, we would roast.


FIRSTLY :

The slant of the earth, tilted at an angle of 23 degrees, gives us our

seasons; if it had not been so tilted, vapours from the ocean would move

north and south, piling up for us continents of ice.


FIRSTLY :

If our moon was, say, only 50 thousand miles away instead of its actual

distance our tides would be so enormous that twice a day all continents

would be submerged; even the mountains would soon be eroded away.


FIRSTLY :

If the crust of the earth had been only ten feet thicker, there would be no

oxygen without which animal life must die. Had the ocean been a few

feet deeper, carbon dioxide and oxygen would have been absorbed and

no vegetable life could exist.


FIRSTLY :

Or if our atmosphere had been thinner, some of the meteors, now

burned in space by the million every day, would be striking all parts of

the earth, starting fires everywhere.

Because of these, and host of other examples, there is not one chance in

millions that life on our planet is an accident!


SECONDLY :

The resourcefulness of life to accomplish its purpose is a manifestation of

all-pervading Intelligence.

What life itself is, no man has fathomed. It has neither weight nor

dimensions, but it does have force; a growing root will crack a rock.


SECONDLY :

Life has conquered water, land and air, mastering the elements,

compelling them to dissolve and reform their combinations.


SECONDLY :

Life, the sculptor, shapes all living things; an artist, it designs every leaf of

every tree, and colours every flower.

Life is a musician and has each bird to sing its love songs, the insects to

call each other in the music of their multitudinous sounds.


SECONDLY :

Life is a sublime chemist, giving taste to fruits and spices, and perfume to

the rose changing water and carbonic acid into sugar and wood and, in so

doing, releasing oxygen that animal may have the breath of life.


SECONDLY :

Behold an almost invisible drop of protoplasm, transparent and jelly-like,

capable of motion, drawing energy from the sun.


SECONDLY :

This single cell, this transparent mist like droplet, holds within itself the

germ of life, and has the power to distribute this life to every living thing,

great and small. The powers of this droplet are greater than our

vegetation and animals and people, for all life came from it.


SECONDLY :

Nature did not create life; fire-blistered rocks and a salt less sea could not

meet the necessary requirements. "Who, then, has put it here?"


THIRDLY :

Animal wisdom speaks irresistibly of a good Creator who infused instinct

into otherwise helpless little creatures.

The young salmon spends years at sea, then comes back to his own river,

and travels up the very side of the river into which flows the tributary

where he was born. What brings him back so precisely?


THIRDLY :

If you transfer him to another tributary he will know at once that he is off

his course and he will fight his way down and back to the main stream

and then turn up against the current to finish his destiny more

accurately.


THIRDLY :

Even more difficult to solve is the mystery of eels.

These amazing creatures migrate at maturity from all ponds and rivers

everywhere those from Europe across thousands of miles of ocean - all

bound for the same abysmal deeps near Bermuda. There they breed and

die.


THIRDLY :

The little ones, with no apparent means of knowing anything except that they

are in a wilderness of water, nevertheless find their way back not only to the

very shore from which their parent came but thence to the rivers, lakes or

little ponds -- so that each body of water is always populated with eels.


THIRDLY :

No American eel has ever been caught in Europe, no European eel in African waters.

Nature has even delayed the maturity of the European eel by a year or more to make

up for it's longer journey.

Where does the directing impulse originate?


THIRDLY :

A wasp will overpower a grasshopper, dig a hole in the earth, sting the

grasshopper in exactly the right place so that he does not die but

becomes unconscious and lives on as a form of preserved meat.

Then the wasp will lay her eggs handily so that her children when they

hatch can nibble without killing the insect on which they feed; to them

dead meat would be fatal.


THIRDLY :

The mother then flies away and dies; she never sees her young. Surely the

wasp must have done all this right the first time and every time, or else

there would be no wasp.

Such mysterious techniques cannot be explained by adoption; they were

bestowed.


FOURTHLY :

Man has something more than animal instinct - the power of reason.

No other animal has ever left a record of its ability to count ten or even

to understand the meaning of ten. Where instinct is like a single note of a

flute, beautiful but limited, the human brain contains all the notes of all

the instruments in the orchestra.


FOURTHLY :

No need to belabour this fourth point; thanks to the human reason we can

contemplate the possibility that we are what we are only because we have

received a spark of Universal Intelligence.


FIFTHLY :

Provision for all living is revealed in phenomena which we know today

but which Darwin did not know - such as the wonders of genes.

So unspeakably tiny are these genes that, if all of them responsible for all

living people in the world could be put in one place, there would be less

than a thimbleful.


FIFTHLY :

Yet these ultra-microscopic genes and their companions, the

chromosomes, inhabit every living cell and are the absolute keys to all

human, animal and vegetable characteristics.

A thimble is a small place in which to put all the individual characteristics

of two thousand million human beings.


FIFTHLY :

However, the facts are beyond question. Well then, how do genes lock up

all the normal heredity of a multitude of ancestors and preserve the

psychology of each in such an infinitely small space?


FIFTHLY :

Here evolution really begins - at the cell, the entity, which holds and carries

genes.

How a few million atoms, locked up as an ultra-microscopic gene, can

absolutely rule all on earth is an example of profound cunning and

provision that could emanate only from a Creative Intelligence - no other

hypothesis will serve.


SIXTHLY :

By the economy of nature, we are forced to realise that only infinite

wisdom could have foreseen and prepared with such astute husbandry.

Many years ago a species of cactus was planted in Australia as a

protective fence.


SIXTHLY :

Having no insect enemies in Australia the cactus soon began a prodigious

growth; the alarming abundance persisted until the plants covered an

area as long and wide as England, crowding inhabitants out of the towns

and. villages, and destroying their farms.


SIXTHLY :

Seeking a defence, the entomologists scoured the world; finally they

turned up an insect which exclusively feeds on cactus, and would eat

nothing else.


SIXTHLY :

It would breed freely too; and it had no enemies in Australia. So animal

soon conquered vegetable and today the cactus pest has retreated, and

with it all but a small protective residue of the insects, enough to hold

the cactus in check forever.

Such checks and balances have been universally provided.


SIXTHLY :

Why have not fast-breeding insects dominated the earth? Because they

have no lungs such as man possesses; they breathe through tubes. But

when insects grow large, their tubes do not grow in ratio to the

increasing size of the body.


SIXTHLY :

Hence there has never been an insect of great size; this limitation on

growth has held them all in check.

If this physical check had not been provided, man could not exist.

Imagine meeting a hornet as big as a lion!


SEVENTH :

The fact that man can conceive the idea of God is in itself a unique proof.

The conception of god rises from a divine faculty of man, not shared with

the rest of our world - the faculty we call imagination.


SEVENTH :

By its power, man and man alone can find the evidence of things unseen.

The vista that power opens up is unbounded; indeed, as man is perfected

imagination becomes a spiritual reality.


SEVENTH :

He may discern in all the evidence of design and purpose the great truth

that heaven is wherever and whatever is; that God is everywhere and in

everything, but nowhere so close as in our hearts.

It is scientifically as well as imaginatively true; in the words of the

psalmist: “The heavens declare the glory of God and the firmament shows

His handiwork.”


IN THE NAME OF ALLAHIN THE NAME OF ALLAHMOST COMPASIONATEMOST COMPASIONATEMOST MERCIFULMOST MERCIFUL

““Whatever is in the heavens and on earth, doth Whatever is in the heavens and on earth, doth

declare the Praises and Glory of Allah― declare the Praises and Glory of Allah―

the Sovereign, the Holy One, the Sovereign, the Holy One,

the Exalted in Might, the Wise.”the Exalted in Might, the Wise.”


Regarding Mr. A. Cressy A. Cressy Morrison’s findings, this is what Allah s.w.t. says in the Qur’an.

““Of all His servants, only such as are endowed with (innate) Of all His servants, only such as are endowed with (innate)

knowledge stand (truly) in awe of Allah:.”knowledge stand (truly) in awe of Allah:.”

((Qur’an: Fatir 35 : 40Qur’an: Fatir 35 : 40))


““In time We shall make them fully understand Our messages In time We shall make them fully understand Our messages

[through what they perceive] in the utmost horizons [of the [through what they perceive] in the utmost horizons [of the

universe] and within themselves, so that it will become clear universe] and within themselves, so that it will become clear

unto them that this [revelation] is indeed the truth. [Still] is it unto them that this [revelation] is indeed the truth. [Still] is it

not enough [for them to know] that thy Sustainer is witness not enough [for them to know] that thy Sustainer is witness

unto everything?”unto everything?”

((Qur’an: Fussilat: 41: 53)Qur’an: Fussilat: 41: 53)


What Allah says is indeed true.

Any who can sincerely think; who can observe many such wonderful

signs – having knowledge of such complexity; and of how amazingly

equipped some of these are; their ability to function in such a manner,

etc. - and these things are not able to directly manage themselves, but

somehow are being managed - surely, we have to concede of the

power of Allah, the Creator


Who created and designed them? and Whose power Sustains and

continue to manifest a Will over them ?

To deny existence of God - this is sheer arrogance and surely

preposterous for this would then merely ascribe it to 'nature'.

And what is 'nature'? An unknown entity, devoid of any attribution of

Will nor intelligence. Yet they imply that it (nature) alone can sustain

us ... !??


How stubbornly foolish are the deniers of truth ! Nay, if we sincerely look

within our heart and mind, especially reinforced and supported by our

pure intuition ( FITRAH ), these evidence prove clearly of the existence of

an absolute Creator and Sustainer.

And there can only be One Who is the Absolute - and to deny this is to

conceal or cover an obvious truth (the attitude termed ‘ KUFR ').

NA-‘UU-DZU – BIL-LAA-HI – MIN – DZAA-LIK!

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"Exalted are You (O Allah); we have no "Exalted are You (O Allah); we have no knowledge except what You have taught us. knowledge except what You have taught us. Indeed, it is You who is the Knowing, the Wise.“ Indeed, it is You who is the Knowing, the Wise.“

((Qur’an: Baqarah: 2: 32Qur’an: Baqarah: 2: 32))

IN THE NAME OF ALLAH,IN THE NAME OF ALLAH, MOST COMPASSIONATE,MOST COMPASSIONATE,MOST MERCIFULMOST MERCIFUL

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