Islam Rediscovered
3. The Concept of God
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at their invitation. He stood among the youth and
simply recited this verse from the Qur’an:
“Is there any doubt about God, the Creator of
the heavens and the earth?” (14:10)
The result was miraculous. The youths were left
speechless. They found this argument from the
Qur’an so convincing that they needed no further
arguments to believe in God. How did it happen
that assertion alone was sufficient to bring them to
belief? It is because God is self-subsisting. He needs
no proofs for His existence. The reason for God
being self-evident is twofold. Firstly, the existence
of the universe itself is a proof of the existence of
God. Secondly, man’s existence in itself is a proof of
God’s existence. Therefore, man believes in God,
because he is bound to believe in Him. His inner
nature speaks for God. Hence, most often, a simple
assertion about the existence of God suffices for a
man with an unbiased mentality to believe in God.
One cannot afford to deny God, as that would be
tantamount to a denial of one’s own nature. At the
same time, in the external world man sees clear
evidence of God in nature all around him, day in
