RENAISSANCE JULY 2021

Faith & Beliefs 31 Monthly Renaissance July 2021 This means that he not only realises that there is a designer of this universe, but also that He is the best Creator, totally good and blessed; whatever He has created is an example of the expertise of nature, magnificence of industry and glory of all that is good and blessed: ﻞ  ﻟﺬيۡۤ ﺣۡﺴﻦ £ ۡءٍ ﺧﻠﻘﻪ F€ ) . ٧:٣٢ ( He Who has made everything which He has created most good (32:7) Obviously, the world is not dependent upon these colourful manifestations for its survival. It is possible that there may have been a world empty of these gardens and parks, valleys and mountains, crests and troughs. There could have been this environment but without these cool winds and chirping birds. It is possible that there was this sky, but no gathering of stars, the splendour of dawn and the volley of colours of the rainbow. But this has not happened. Instead, we see that the world is replete with all of these splendours. The question then arises: why is this so? The Qur’ ā n says that this is so as to awaken the internal senses of man and to create the insight within him that such a wonderful world could not have come into existence without a Creator. Further, that Creator is not just one who creates, but He is one Who possesses expertise of nature, magnificence of industry and glory of all that is good and blessed. وۡجٍ C¿ ۡ ﻟﺴﻤﺂء ﻓﻮۡﻗﻬﻢۡ ﻛﻴۡﻒﺑﻨﻴۡﻨٰﻬﺎ وزﻳﻨٰﻬﺎ وﻣﺎﻟﻬﺎ ﻣﻦ 5° ۤۡ و H½ۡ ﻓﻠﻢۡ ﻳﻨ . و ﻵۡﻹرۡض ۡ ﻣﺪدۡﻧٰﻬﺎ و ﻟۡﻘﻴۡﻨﺎ ﻓﻴ ﺑﻬﻴۡﺞٍ ˆ ﻞ زوۡج  ۡ ﺒﺘۡﻨﺎ ﻓﻴۡﻬﺎ ﻣﻦ ‹ و ﻧ FG ﻬﺎ رو . ً ة CÂۡ ﺗﺒ ٰي Cۡd و ذ ﻞﻋﺒۡﺪٍ ﻣﻨﻴۡﺐٍ M ﻟ ) . ٥٠: ٦ ۔ ٨ ( Do they not look at the sky above them?- How We have made it and adorned it, and there are no flaws in it? And the earth- We have spread it out, and set thereon mountains standing firm, and produced therein every kind of beautiful growth (in pairs) - to be observed and commemorated by every devotee turning (to God). (50:6-8) It is not possible that a person sees these splendours of the earth and skies and just passes by. If his eyes are open, then observation