The Call of the Quran
3. Witness of the Universe
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3. WITNESS OF THE UNIVERSE
In surah
al-Anaam
of the Qur’an there occurs a
description of flatterers who ask the Prophet to
show a miracle to prove the credibility of the
message brought by him from God. The Qur’an
says that faith does not depend on miraculous
events but on man’s ability to derive inspiration
and deduce messages from such signs as can be
perceived with open eyes. Anyone who possesses
this quality of perception will realise that the
miracles he demands are already in existence. Can
there be a greater miracle than the existence of the
universe with all its diverse manifestations? And
does it not confirm the truth of the message of
God brought by the Prophet? No miracle can
convince a person who is determined not to learn
a lesson from the events taking place before his
very eyes.
The Qur’an cites as further examples of God’s
miraculous creation the other creatures, like birds
and animals also living, besides man, in the world.
At other points the earth and the sky too become
parts of this ecology. In surah
Bani Isra’il
God
