It has taken me a while to come to this conclusion, but I believe it is well formed from my discussions with people on this board over the past however long I've been on this forum. I also draw from muslims I know, both friends and non-friends of mine. My thesis I guess you would say, is that a zealous need for pride and honor is the most destructive thing in Islam (as well as in Judaism and Christianity.)


I have heard many a person on this forum state that honor is more desireable than peace. That they would rather fight until the death before they compromise with the Jews (or Zionists as racist Muslims seem to refer to all Jews as.) They would rather have the blood of their children running in the streets if they could have the satisfaction of "winning." This is not only true for Islam, but for the other two Abrahamic religions as well, but for the sake of discussion (since this is a Muslim message board) I'll stick to how it affects Islam.


The conflict in the middle-east, to most Americans, seems rediculous. It's two people who look alike, live in the same area, and share a common ancestor fighting over a piece of land the size of New Jersey. Both sides refuse to budge. The Jews want Isreal to be a sovereign nation and to spread. The Muslims want Isreal wiped off the face of the earth. When outsiders hear Muslims on TV or radio or see them in print talking about how Allah is commanding them to fight the good fight and they will relinquish nothing to the Jews, it makes the outsider less likely to care what happens with the whole situation. What seems to get lost in all the dialogue in the middle-east situation is that no matter what happens, the Jews and the Muslims are going to have to live together NO MATTER WHAT. You'll never rid the world of Jews and you'll never rid the world of Muslims. Eventually, both sides will have to stop placing their own egotistical pride and honor about peace and settle down and talk.


Think about it this way. Two men are in a bar fight, we'll call them Bill and Mike. Bill is punching and swearing at Mike, whereas Mike is trying to block Bill's punches and saying "Bill. Why do you seek to hurt me? Can we not settle this peacefully?" Who do you think outsiders are more likely to take sides with? A raging violent alcoholic? Or a rational, calm, peace-seeking Mike? When I see Arab Muslims on TV talking of jihad and "getting back" at the Jews, I can only think of one word to describe them. Stupid. Has jihad ever worked? Do you think that bombing the Jews will make the Jews less likely to attack you again? How about what the outside world thinks? How does that make you look to America, Europe, East Asia?


Islam has a chance to rise above the hatred they see in Judaism. It called taking the moral high-ground. Sometimes, you have to suck it up and take one for the team. I can only thing of the Dalai Lama. A man who's country was invaded and taken over by the Chinese; millions of Tibetans killed and tortured. If he were waging terrorist attacks on the Chinese from his home in India, would he be in any better shape? WOuld Tibet all of a sudden become his? No. His Holiness instead acted peacefully and reached out to the outside world. Tibet now has millions of people all over the globe sympathetic to the Tibetan cause, simply because the Tibetans had no pride to defend, only peace. I am Irish-American. Ireland and England have been, essentially, at war for the past 600 years (if not more.) Pride is what fuels the IRA the Ulster Unionists. Peacefull effort to mend the wounds of the Irish and British are always thwarted by Irish and British terrorists, and both Islands are worse off because of it.


The point it, pride and honor are not more important than peace. Jews have too much pride; they refuse to share a nation with the Muslims. Muslims have too much pride; many of them have a near insane hatred for the Jews and want to constantly "win." Christians have too much pride; they have carried out crusades against millions of people just because they thought their way was the right way.


A lot of you will probably say "But you can't possibly understand the situation. You're not a Muslims or a Jew." or "You are just ignorant. You have not seen the light of Islam." But perhaps it is my inability to see the light that keeps me from becoming blind to reason and sanity.


As a post-script, I think it goes without saying (however, I'm saying it. Funny huh?) that OF COURSE not all Muslims place pride over peace. I know pleanty of muslims from the middle-east and Africa who just want peace and don't care how it comes about. It's easy to call for death for honor if you aren't the one strapping on a pack of dynamite. A Sudanese friend of mine who fled the Arab militias of Sudan said to me once something along the lines of "the Arabs came and bruned my village, so I was very mad at them. But then, I realized I was more mad at the violence itself. I wish I could tell the Arabs that I was willing to live in peace with them, and there was no reason to be fighting."


There is NO reason to place pride and honor above peace. Freud would call you a sociopath or an egotists.


Salaam.

<i>By the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful</i>


Assalaamu’alaykum….


Since there are peoples who do not have respect for the holy book, Al-Qur’an, let us browse through several ayahs/sentences from the Qur’an and for those who choose to remain ignorant, this is an open invitation to you, if you are true….


THE QURAN ON THE UNIVERSE


“Verily in the heavens and the earth are Signs... (45:3)



Signs? What signs? Let us see the signs…..


“Then He turned to the heavens when it was smoke...” (41:11)



The science of modern cosmology, observational and theoretical, clearly indicates that, at one point in time, the whole universe was nothing but a CLOUD OF SMOKE” (i.w. An opaque highly dense and hot gaseous composition)


“Have not those who disbelieved known that the heavens and the earth were one connected entity, then We separated them (21:30)



The entire universe came into existence from only one entity, and then they were separated (Big Bang theory)


“We constructed the heaven with our hands, and we keep expanding it.” (51:47)



Our knowledge of the Expansion of the Universe


“It is He Who created the Night and the Day and the sun and the moon: all (the celestial bodies) SWIM along each in its orbit.” (21:33)



“He created the heavens and the earth in true (proportions): He makes the Night overlap the Day and the Day overlap the Night: He has subjected the sun and the moon (to His law) each one follows a course for an appointed time” (39:5)



The sun and the moon move along their on orbit


“He draweth the Night as a veil over the Day. Behold verily in these things there are Signs for those who consider!” (13:3)



Now, would you consider these signs or would you remain in ignorance?


THE QURAN ON THE CEREBRUM


“Let him beware! If he does not stop, We will drag him by the Forelock, a lying, sinful forelock” (96:15-16)



P/s - * Forelock is the front portion of the head.


The motivation and the foresight to plan and initiate movements occur in the anterior portion of the FRONTAL LOBES, the PREFRONTAL AREA.


In relation to its involvement in motivation, the PREFRONTAL AREA is also thought to be the functional center of AGGRESSION...


This area of the cerebrum is responsible for planning, motivating and initiating good and sinful behavior, and is responsible for telling lies and speaking the truth. Thus, it is proper to describe the front of the head as lying and sinful when someone lies or commits a sin as the Qur’an said, “...A lying, sinful Naseyah “(front of the head)!


Just continue to live with your ignorance, and you will be dragged by your frontlock!!!


THE QURAN ON OCEANS


“He has let free the two seas meeting together. There is a BARRIER between them, they do not transgress.” (55:19-20)



Modern Science has discovered that in the places where two different seas meet, there is a barrier between them. This barrier divides the two seas so that each sea has its own temperature, salinity and density.


The Mediterranean Sea water enters the Atlantic Ocean over the Gibraltar sill with its own warm, saline and less dense characteristics, because of the barrier that distinguishes between them.


“He is the one who has let free the two bodies of flowing water, one palatable and sweet, and the other salty and bitter. And He has made between them a barrier and a FORBIDDING PARTITION.” (25:53)



Modern Science has discovered that in estuaries, where fresh (sweet) and salt water meet, the situation is somewhat different from what is found in places where two seas meet. It has been discovered that what distinguishes fresh water from salt water in estuaries is a “pycnocline” zone with a marked density discontinuity separating the two layers.


“Or is like the darkness in a deep sea. It is covered by waves, above which are waves, above which are clouds. Darkness, one above another. If a man stretches out his hand, he cannot see it...” (24:40)



The darkness in deep seas and oceans is found around a depth of 200 meters and below. At this depth, there is almost no light. Below a dept of 1000 meters there is no light at all.


Scientists have only recently discovered that there are internal waves which “occur on density interfaces between layers of different densities.”


The internal waves cover the deep waters of seas and oceans because the deep waters have a higher density than the waters above them. Internal waves act like surface waves. They can also break just like surface waves. Internal waves cannot be seen by the human eye, but they can be detected by studying temperature or salinity changes at a given location.


THE QURAN ON HUMAN EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT


“Then We made him as a drop in a place of settlement, firmly fixed (the womb of a mother). Then We made the drop into an alaqah(leech, suspended thing, blood clot), then We made the alaqah into a mudghah (chewed, lump)” (23:12-14)



In comparing a leech to the embryo at the transitory stage (alaqah) we find similarity between the two.


Also, the embryo at this stage obtains nourishment from the blood of the mother, similar to the leech which feeds on the blood of others.


The second meaning of the word alaqah is “suspended thing”... The suspension of the embryo, during the alaqah stage, in the womb of the mother.


During the early stages (about 15 days old), the embryo suspended to the womb of the mother. The actual size of the embryo is about 0.6mm.


We find that the external appearance of the embryo and its sacs during the transitory stage (alaqah) is similar to that of a blood clot. This is due to the presence of relatively large amounts of blood present in the embryo during this stage.


The blood in the embryo does not circulate until the end of the third week.


Thus the embryo is like a clot of blood at this stage!


The embryo at the mudghah stage acquires the appearance of a chewed-like substance because of the somites at the back of the embryo that “somewhat resemble teeth marks in a chewed substance.”


When comparing the appearance of an embryo at the mudghah stage with a piece of gum that has been chewed, we find similarity between the two.


THE QURAN ON MOUNTAINS


“Have We not made the earth as a wide expanse and the mountains as PEGS?” (78:6-7)



Mountains have underlying roots.


Modern earth sciences have proven that mountains have deep roots under the surface of the ground


The mountains, like pegs, have deep roots embedded in the ground.


“And he has set firm mountains in the earth so that it would not SHAKE with you; and rivers and roads: that ye may guide yourselves” (16:15)



The mountains play an important role in stabilizing the crust of the earth.


Likewise the Modern theory of plate tectonics holds that mountains work as stabilizers for the earth has just begun to be understood in the framework of plate tectonics since the late 1960’s


THE QURAN ON CLOUDS


“Have you not seen how God makes the clouds move gently, then joins them together, then makes them into a stack, and then you see the rain come out of it...” (24:43)



<b>The clouds are pushed by the wind</b>: Cumulonimbus clouds begin to form when wind pushes small pieces of clouds (cumulus clouds) to an area where these clouds converge


<b>Joining</b>: Then the small clouds join together forming a larger cloud.


<b>Stacking</b>: When the small clouds join together updrafts within the larger cloud increase... These updrafts cause the cloud body to grow vertically, so the cloud is stacked up... When these drops of water and hail become too heavy for the updrafts to support them, they begin to fall from the cloud as rain, hail, etc.


“And he sends down HAIL from mountains (clouds) in the sky, and he strikes with it whomever he wills, and turns it from whomever he wills. The vivid flash of its lightning nearly blinds the sight.” (24:43)



Meteorologist have found that these cumulonimbus clouds, that shower hail, reach a height of 25,000 to 30,000 ft (4.7 to 5.7 miles)


Clouds become electrified as hail falls through a region in the cloud of supercooled droplets and ice crystals... The hail, left with a negative charge, falls toward the bottom of the cloud, thus the lower part of the cloud becomes negatively charged. These negative charges are discharged to the ground as lightning.


“Those whom God willeth to guide He opens their breast to Islam; those whom He willeth to leave straying He makes their breast close and constricted as if they had to climb up to the skies” (6:125)



So which one are you, the guided or the staring one?


"This is no less than a Message to the Worlds and they shall certainly know the truth of it (all) after a while" (38:87-88)



Do you know the truth yet?


“God, Who will soon show you his signs, so that ye shall know them.” (27:93)



He did showed His signs……


“Do they not consider the Qur'an? Had it been from other than God they would surely have found therein much discrepancy.” (4:82)



Do I have to tell it once again?? No, consider by yourself……


Wallahu’alam…..

Dear brother and sister


I just seem to have always when it comes to Islam / Quran thousands of question upon question.


It never ends why is this yet still when I am doing my M.C.S.E I just have few questions.


These are some of my question


Why do you have to eat with right hand and if you were bore by mother nature to eat with left then what do you do. And where in the Quran does it say you have to eat with right hand.


Ps to the above question please don’t go to your hadith and pick up a point from there I need the above information from the Quran


2) Is it really against Islam to watch TV and if so where does it say in the Quran , just where.


3) Why is it that Muslim can’t unite as one and this it say in the quran and if so where.


4) Why is it that its far to hard to find any good information on islam and yet its easy to find information on Jesus or any other piece of infor such as computers etc….


5) why , just why are there over 75 sectors and which sectors does this fourm room belong to and why can’t we have one sector just to keep things simple and does it say in the quran that we should have 75 sectors if so where in the quran does it say


6) I just want to once just once in my life pray to Allah , from deep in side me I know that I am a sinful person , but god or mighty I just want to help the poor and become a good Muslim and pure my soul , how can I take the first step in once again praying and learning the quran.


7) one last question out of my thousands of question it just came into my head is it really wrong to listen to music and if so where just where does it say in the quran

Dear brother and sister


I just seem to have always when it comes to Islam / Quran thousands of question upon question.


It never ends why is this yet still when I am doing my M.C.S.E I just have few questions.


These are some of my question


Why do you have to eat with right hand and if you were bore by mother nature to eat with left then what do you do. And where in the Quran does it say you have to eat with right hand.


Ps to the above question please don’t go to your hadith and pick up a point from there I need the above information from the Quran


2) Is it really against Islam to watch TV and if so where does it say in the Quran , just where.


3) Why is it that Muslim can’t unite as one and this it say in the quran and if so where.


4) Why is it that its far to hard to find any good information on islam and yet its easy to find information on Jesus or any other piece of infor such as computers etc….


5) why , just why are there over 75 sectors and which sectors does this fourm room belong to and why can’t we have one sector just to keep things simple and does it say in the quran that we should have 75 sectors if so where in the quran does it say


6) I just want to once just once in my life pray to Allah , from deep in side me I know that I am a sinful person , but god or mighty I just want to help the poor and become a good Muslim and pure my soul , how can I take the first step in once again praying and learning the quran.


7) one last question out of my thousands of question it just came into my head is it really wrong to listen to music and if so where just where does it say in the quran

Salam alaikum!


I know I have not been around much, but I do still read here and other places.


I recently came across this: http://www.muskurahat.com/islam/teachjihad.asp


It is an article about preparing for Jihad.


Up until now, I believed "Jihad" meant any struggle you do in the cause of God. Such struggles could be writting a book, building a masjid - anything you can do in the cause of God.


But the article above clearly defines Jihad as a term of violent acts (whether one feels they are justified or not, war and fighting is still violence).


How can Islam be the religion of peace, when such articles exist?


To struggle and do for the cause of God, I do not need to know how to opperate mortars, ak-47's, and know martial arts. I can do for the cause of God without violence.


Do muslims really think Muhammad (pbuh) had ak-47's and mortars? Why then, does the author of the article above believe those things are necessary for Jihad?


Do you agree with that article?

<b>Asalamu Elykum wr wb,</b>


I am a very big fan of Harry Potter Books, so i thought if no one minds i should start a topic about it.


My favourite books were "Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix" and "Harry Potter nad the Goblet of Fire"


They were great


So, which book is your favourite, out of the 5 of them?

To mant zealots, bigots, and the like...


Feel like I'm wasting my time with a bunch of fanatics...in fact, I am

What these scientists have to say about Al-Qur’an?


<b>Professor Keith Moore</b>, one of the world’s prominent scientists of anatomy and embryology.  University of Toronto, Canada


“It has been a great pleasure for me to help clarify statements in the Qur’aan about human development. It is clear to me that these statements must have come to Muhammad from Allah, or Allah, because almost all of this knowledge was not discovered until many centuries later. This proves to me that Muhammad must have been a messenger of Allah.”


<b>Professor Siaveda</b>, He is also one of the most famous scientists in the world.


”I think it seems to me very, very mysterious, almost unbelievable. I really think if what you have said is true,”


<b>Professor William W. Hay</b> is one of the best known marine scientists in the United States. Satellite photography and emote-sensing techniques. Professor Hay replied:


“I find it very interesting that this sort of information is in the ancient  scripture of the Holy Qur’aan, and I have no way of knowing where they would come from, but I think it is extremely interesting that they are there and that this work is going on to discover it, the meaning of some of the passages. Professor Hay: Well, I would think it must be the divine being!”


<b>Professor Yushudi Kusan</b>: Director of the Tokyo Observatory,


”I can say, I am very mush impressed by finding true astronomical facts in the Qur’aan.”


<b>Professor Alfred Kroner</b> who is one of the world’s most famous geologists


"Thinking about many of these questions and thinking where Muhammad came from, he was after all a bedouin. I think it is almost impossible that he could have known about things like the common origin of the universe, because scientists have only found out within the last few years with very complicated and advanced technological methods that this is the case.”


<b>Dr. T.V.N. Persaud</b> is a Professor of Anatomy and Head of the Department of Anatomy, and a professor of Pediatrics and Child Health, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.He is the author or editor of 25 books, and has published over 181 scientific papers. In 1991, he received the most distinguished award presented in the field of anatomy in Canada.


"It seems to me that Muhammad was a very ordinary man. He could not read or write. In fact, he was illiterate. We are talking about 1400 years ago. You have someone who was illiterate making profound pronouncement and statements and are amazingly accurate about scientific nature. I personally cannot see how this could be mere chance. There are too many accuracy’s and, like Dr. Moore, I have no difficulty in my mind in concerning that this is a divine inspiration or revelation which led him to these statements."


<b>Joe Leigh Simpson</b>, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the North Western University in Chicago in the United States of America. Professor Simpson said:


“It follows, I think, that not only is there no conflict between genetics and religion, but in fact religion can guide science by adding revelation to some traditional scientific approaches. That there exists statements in the Qur’aan shown by science to be valid, which supports knowledge in the Qur’aan having been derived from Allah.”


<b>Professor Palmer</b> a scientist from the U.S.


”We need research into the history of early Middle Eastern oral traditions to know whether in  fact such historical events have been reported. If there is no such record, it strengthens the belief that Allah transmitted through Muhammad bits of his knowledge that we have only discovered for ourselves in recent times. We look forward to a continuing dialogue on the topic of science in the Qur’aan in the context of geology. Thank you very much.”


<b> Tagata Tagasone</b>, formerly Head of the Department of Anatomy and Embryology at the University of Shiang Mai in Thailand. He is now the Dean of the College of the Medicine at the University.   


“From my studies and from what I have learned throughout this conference, I believe that everything that has been recorded in the Qur’aan 1400 years ago must be the truth, that can be proved by the scientific means. Since the Prophet Muhammad could neither read nor write, Muhammad must be a messenger who relayed this truth which was revealed to him as an enlightenment by the One Who is an eligible Creator. This Creator must be Allah, or Allah. Therefore, I think this is the time to say ‘Laa ilaaha illallah’, that there is no Allah to worship except Allah, ‘Muhammad Rasool Allah’, Muhammad is messenger of Allah...”


<b>Professor Armstrong</b>, Scientist works at NASA,


“I am impressed that how remarkably some of the ancient writings seem to correspond to modern and recent Astronomy. There may well have to be something beyond what we understand as ordinary human experience to account for the writings that we have seen.”


<b>Professor Dorja Rao, </b>“It is difficult to imagine that this type of knowledge was existing at that time, around 1400 years back. May be some of the things they have simple idea about, but do describe those things in great detail is very difficult. So, this is definitely not a simple human knowledge.”


<b>Ali Selman Benoist</b>, France, Doctor of Medicine.


"The essential and definite element of my conversion to Islam was the Qur'an. I began to study it before my conversion with the critical spirit of a Western intellectual .... There are certain verses of this book, the Qur'an, revealed more than thirteen centuries ago, which teach exactly the same notions as the most modern scientific researches do. This definitely converted me."

Pondering on the Signs of God


HARUN YAHYA


In the Qur'an, it is stated that the unbeliever is one who neither recognizes nor appreciates the signs of God. The distinguishing mark of a believer is his ability to see those signs and proofs. He knows that these are not created in vain, and can realize the power and great art of God everywhere and find ways to revere Him. He is one of those men of sense, who "celebrate the praises of God, standing, sitting, and lying down on their sides, and contemplate the (wonders of) creation in the heavens and the earth, (and say): 'Our Lord! not for naught have You created (all) this! Glory be to You! Give us salvation from the penalty of the Fire.' " (Surat Al'Imran 3:191)


At various points in the Qur'an, expressions like, "will you not take heed?", "...there is a sign for thinking men," lay stress on the importance of pondering upon the signs of God. God has created an endless list of subjects for reflection. Everything we see and sense in the heavens and on the earth and in between is indeed a manifestation of God's creativity and, as such should be food for thought. One of the verses gives the example of these divine blessing of God:


"With it He produces for you corn, olives, date palms, grapes and every kind of fruit: verily, in this is a sign for those who give thought." (Surat an-Nahl, 16:11)


Let us think for a moment of one of the above mentioned items: the date palm. The tree, as is well known, grows up from a seed out of the earth. From this tiny seed (a seed is not even 1 cubic centimetre in size), arises an enormous wooden mass of 4-5 metres long and hundreds of kilograms in weight. The only thing that the seed can use while constituting this great mass is the earth in which it is buried.


How can a seed know how to form a tree? How can it "reason" to decompose the necessary substances in the soil to create wood? How can it predict the required shape and structure? This last question is especially important, because it is not an ordinary wooden piece that emerges from the seed. It is a complex living organism with roots for assimilating substances from the earth, with veins and with branches that are perfectly organized. A human being has difficulty in drawing even a picture of a tree, while on the contrary a simple seed can produce such an extremely complex object by merely using the substances in the soil.


This observation concludes that a seed is extremely intelligent and wise, even more so than we are. Or to be more precise, there is an amazing intelligence in what a seed does. But what is the source of that intelligence? How can it be possible for a seed to have such intelligence and memory?


No doubt, this question has a single answer: the seed is created by being endowed with the ability to form a tree, that is, it is programmed so in advance. Every seed on earth is encompassed by God and grows within His knowledge. In one of the verses it is stated:


"With Him are the keys of the unseen, the treasures that none knows but He. He knows whatever there is on the earth and in the sea. Not a leaf falls but with His knowledge: there is not a grain in the darkness (or depths) of the earth, nor anything fresh or dry (green or withered), but is (inscribed) in a record clear." (Surat al-An'am, 6:59)


It is God who creates the seed and causes it to spring forth as a new plant. In another verse it is said:


"It is God Who causes the seed-grain and the date-stone to split and sprout. He causes the living to issue from the dead, and He is the one to cause the dead to issue from the living. That is God: then how are you deluded away from the truth?" (Surat al-An'am, 6:95)


The seed is merely one of the numerous signs that God has created in the universe. If men begin to think not only with their minds but also with their hearts, and ask of themselves, the questions "why" and "how", they will be able to understand that entire universe is the proof of the existence and power of God.

The Obvious Existence of God


HARUN YAHYA


From the moment man opens his eyes to this world a great order surrounds him. He needs oxygen to survive. It is interesting that the atmosphere of the planet on which he lives provides more than just the adequate amount of oxygen he needs. This way, he breathes without difficulty. For the existence of life on this planet, the existence of a source of heat is essential. In response to this need, the sun is located just at the right distance to emit just the exact amount of heat and energy man needs. Man needs nourishment to survive. Every corner of the world abounds in astonishingly diversified provisions. Likewise, man needs water. Surprisingly, three-fourths of the planet is covered with water. Man needs shelter, and in this world, there is land on which it is suitable to build and all sorts of materials to make shelters.


These are only a few among billions of details making life possible on earth. In brief, man lives on a planet perfectly designed for his survival. This is certainly a planet "created for human beings".


A person's interpretation of the world rests on "acquired methods of thought." That is, he thinks in the way he has been taught, or, less kindly, the way in which he is indoctrinated. Under this misguidance, he often dismisses all the aforementioned as "trivial realities." However, if he does not side-step the matter, and start questioning the conditions making our existence possible, he will surely step out of the boundaries of habitual thinking and start to think:


How does the atmosphere serve as a protective ceiling for the earth?


How does each one of the billions of cells in the human body know and perform its individual tasks?


How does this extraordinary ecological balance exist on earth?


A person seeking answers to these questions surely proceeds on the right path. He does not remain insensitive to things happening around him, and doesn't plead ignorance about the extraordinary nature of the world. A person who asks questions, who reflects on and gives answers to these questions will realize that on every inch of the planet, a plan and an order reigns:


How did the flawless order in the whole universe come into being?


Who provided the delicate balances in the world?


How did living beings, incredibly diversified in nature, emerge?


Keeping oneself occupied with relentless research to answer these questions results in a clear awareness that everything in the universe, its order, each living being and structure is a component of a plan, a product of design. Every detail, the excellent structure of an insect's wing, the system enabling a tree to carry tons of water to its topmost branches, the order of planets, and the ratio of gases in the atmosphere, are all unique examples of perfection.


In every detail of the infinitely varied world, man finds his Creator. God, the owner of everything in the whole universe, introduces Himself to man through the flawless design of His creation. Everything surrounding us, the birds in flight, our beating hearts, the birth of a child or the existence of the sun in the sky, manifest the power of God and His creation. And what man must do is to understand this fact.


These purposes owe their existence to the fact that everything has been created. An intelligent person notices that plan, design and wisdom exist in every detail of the infinitely varied world. This draws him to recognition of the Creator.


So you never plead ignorance that all living beings, living or non-living, show the existence and greatness of God. Look at things around you and strive to show appreciation in the best manner for the eternal greatness of God.


The existence of God is OBVIOUS. Ignoring it would only be the beginning of the greatest damage we could ever do to ourselves. That is simply because God is in no need of anything. He is the One Who shows His greatness in all things and in all ways. God is the owner of everything, from the heavens to the earth. We learn the attributes of God from the Qur'an:


God! There is no god but Him, the Living, the Self-Sustaining. He is not subject to drowsiness or sleep. Everything in the heavens and the earth belongs to Him. Who can intercede with Him except by His permission? He knows what is before them and what is behind them but they cannot grasp any of His knowledge save what He wills. His Footstool encompasses the heavens and the earth and their preservation does not tire Him. He is the Most High, the Magnificent. (Surat al-Baqarah: 255)