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an important article on
?/b>Pondering
on the Signs of God"
by Harun Yahya for your?information and use.
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Shah Abdul Hannan
Pondering
on the Signs of God*
By
Harun Yahya
In
the Qur抋n,
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): 慜ur
Lord! not for naught have You created (all) this! Glory
be to You! Give us salvation from the penalty of the
Fire.?/font>) (Surat Aal `Imran 3:191)**
At
various points in the Qur抋n,
expressions like, 搘ill
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抯
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
centimeter in size), arises an enormous wooden mass of
4-5 meters 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 搑eason?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抋m
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抋m
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 搘hy?and
揾ow?
they will be able to understand that entire universe is
the proof of the existence and power of God.
*
Taken with permission from www.harunyahya.com
**
The translation of the Qur抋n
used in this article is Yusuf Ali抯
translation
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