| INTRODUCTION
A family who returns from a long holiday only
to find that their home has been furnished with new items in a most ordered
and perfect manner and that every detail has been thought of and provided
to meet their needs, will be most astonished and affected. They will wonder
who arranged this surprise, for how could they not in the face of such an
extraordinary event? Would they really say: "We don't really care how this
happened, just as long as it happened"? Or would they suppose that everything
happened by itself or by chance, and that the new furniture decided on its
own to install itself there? Such ideas are laughable, for all events are
the result of a certain intelligence, consciousness, and power that makes
them happen. For that reason, the existence of someone who has thought of
everything and consciously arranged it is clear.
This example also applies to the universe, our world, and all of its
living and non-living entities. There are countless infinitely complex
systems and delicate balances in the universe, in all of existence and
all phenomena, from the human body to the sky, from animals to the depths
of the oceans. Everyone who can think and reason sees that only God, with
His superior power and intelligence, could have created these complex
systems and delicate balances.
These people encounter countless proofs of God's existence, such as brightly
colored, sweet-smelling flowers; delicious fruits and vegetables that
spring from muddy soil; the sense organs, which enable us to enjoy each
created item's unique properties (e.g., smell and taste); the human body
with its many complex systems, all of which work in harmony; the Sun,
which illuminates and warms, and its ideal size and distance from our
Earth; the rain, which brings bone-dry soil to life; and countless other
proofs.
Each of these is a "sign leading to faith." In other words, they are
miracles of creation and truths that guide people to faith and then increase
that faith. Every unbiased person who thinks deeply about these proofs
will come to faith by clearly seeing these reflections of God's existence
and greatness. Thanks to these signs, believers will come to know God
better and increase their faith in, love for, and fear [and awareness]
of Him.
However, due to the pervasive materialist worldview to which they are
subjected from childhood onward, most people cannot see these signs or
else find it hard to see them. This misguided materialistic system, which
suggests that everything depends on chance, coincidence, and natural phenomena,
prevents people from seeing the evident miracles of creation that pervade
the universe. It literally draws a curtain over their eyes. Most people
do not look at these signs and say, "How beautifully God has created these";
rather, they say, "How nice." In other words, they look at them with a
disinterested eye.
This book seeks to lift this curtain of indifference by dealing with
the importance of these signs leading to faith. At the same time, it contains
the views of several Islamic scholars of these signs and gives examples
of them. Moreover, it also considers how these signs are the most effective
way of disproving the superstitious teachings of the theory of evolution,
the greatest deception of our time, and one that continues to lead people
to atheism in the End Times.
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