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مشاهدة النسخة كاملة : PROVING THE EXISTENCE OF ALLAH (SWT) TO AN ATHEIST.



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11-18-2006, 09:07 PM
[align=left:f28c8a1e99][font=Arial Black:f28c8a1e99][size=24:f28c8a1e99][color=red:f28c8a1e99]PROVING THE EXISTENCE OF ALLAH (SWT) TO AN ATHEIST.[/color:f28c8a1e99][/size:f28c8a1e99][/font:f28c8a1e99]

by Dr. Zakir Naik

[b:f28c8a1e99]CONGRATULATING AN ATHEIST[/b:f28c8a1e99]

Normally, when I meet an atheist, the first thing I like to do
is to congratulate him and say, " My special congratulations to
you", because most of the people who believe in God are doing blind
belief - he is a Christian, because his father is a Christian; he is
a Hindu, because his father is a Hindu; the majority of the people
in the world are blindly following the religion of their fathers. An
atheist, on the other hand, even though he may belong to a religious
family, uses his intellect to deny the existence of God; what ever
concept or qualities of God he may have learnt in his religion may
not seem to be logical to him.

My Muslim brothers may question me, "Zakir, why are you
congratulating an atheist?" The reason that I am congratulating an
atheist is because he agrees with the first part of the Shahada i.e.
the Islamic Creed, 'La ilaaha' - meaning 'there is no God'. So half
my job is already done; now the only part left is 'il lallah'
i.e. 'BUT ALLAH' which I shall do Insha Allah. With others (who are
not atheists) I have to first remove from their minds the wrong
concept of God they may have and then put the correct concept of one
true God.

[b:f28c8a1e99]LOGICAL CONCEPT OF GOD[/b:f28c8a1e99]

My first question to the atheist will be: "What is the
definition of God?" For a person to say there is no God, he should
know what is the meaning of God. If I hold a book and say that 'this
is a pen', for the opposite person to say, 'it is not a pen', he
should know what is the definition of a pen, even if he does not
know nor is able to recognize or identify the object I am holding in
my hand. For him to say this is not a pen, he should at least know
what a pen means. Similarly for an atheist to say 'there is no God',
he should at least know the concept of God. His concept of God would
be derived from the surroundings in which he lives.

The god that a large number of people worship has got human
qualities - therefore he does not believe in such a god. Similarly a
Muslim too does not and should not believe in such false gods.

If a non-Muslim believes that Islam is a merciless religion
with something to do with terrorism; a religion which does not give
rights to women; a religion which contradicts science; in his
limited sense that non-Muslim is correct to reject such Islam. The
problem is he has a wrong picture of Islam. Even I reject such a
false picture of Islam, but at the same time, it becomes my duty as
a Muslim to present the correct picture of Islam to that non-Muslim
i.e. Islam is a merciful religion, it gives equal rights to the
women, it is not incompatible with logic, reason and science; if I
present the correct facts about Islam, that non-Muslim may Inshallah
accept Islam.

Similarly the atheist rejects the false gods and the duty of
every Muslim is to present the correct concept of God which he shall
Insha Allah not refuse. (You may refer to my article, 'Concept of God in Islam', for more details)

[b:f28c8a1e99]QUR'AN AND MODERN SCIENCE[/b:f28c8a1e99]

The methods of proving the existence of God with usage of the
material provided in the 'Concept of God in Islam' to an atheist may
satisfy some but not all.

Many atheists demand a scientific proof for the existence of
God. I agree that today is the age of science and technology. Let us use
scientific knowledge to kill two birds with one stone, i.e. to prove the
existence of God and simultaneously prove that the Qur'an is a revelation
of God.

If a new object or a machine, which no one in the world has ever
seen or heard of before, is shown to an atheist or any person and
then a question is asked, " Who is the first person who will be able to
provide details of the mechanism of this unknown object? After little bit of
thinking, he will reply, 'the creator of that object.' Some may say 'the
producer' while others may say 'the manufacturer.' What ever answer
the person gives, keep it in your mind, the answer will always be either
the creator, the producer, the manufacturer or some what of the same
meaning, i.e. the person who has made it or created it.


Don't grapple with words, whatever answer he gives, the meaning will be same, therefore accept it.


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[b:f28c8a1e99]SCIENTIFIC FACTS MENTIONED IN THE QUR'AN: for details on this
subject please refer to my book, 'THE QUR'AN AND MODERN SCIENCE - COMPATIBLE OR INCOMPATIBLE?

THEORY OF PROBABILITY[/b:f28c8a1e99]
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In mathematics there is a theory known as 'Theory of Probability'.
If you have two options, out of which one is right, and one is wrong, the
chances that you will chose the right one is half, i.e. one out of the two
will be correct. You have 50% chances of being correct. Similarly if you
toss a coin the chances that your guess will be correct is 50% (1 out of 2)
i.e. 1/2. If you toss a coin the second time, the chances that you will be
correct in the second toss is again 50% i.e. half. But the chances that you
will be correct in both the tosses is half multiplied by half (1/2 x 1/2)
which is equal to 1/4 i.e. 50% of 50% which is equal to 25%. If you toss a
coin the third time, chances that you will be correct all three times is
(1/2 x 1/2 x 1/2) that is 1/8 or 50% of 50% of 50% that is 12½%.

A dice has got six sides. If you throw a dice and guess any
number between 1 to 6, the chances that your guess will be correct is 1/6.
If you throw the dice the second time, the chances that your guess will be
correct in both the throws is (1/6 x 1/6) which is equal to 1/36. If you
throw the dice the third time, the chances that all your three guesses are
correct is 1/6 x 1/6 x 1/6) is equal to 1/216 that is less than 0.5 %.

Let us apply this theory of probability to the Qur'an, and assume
that a person has guessed all the information that is mentioned in the
Qur'an which was unknown at that time. Let us discuss the
probability of all the guesses being simultaneously correct.

At the time when the Qur'an was revealed, people thought the
world was flat, there are several other options for the shape of the
earth. It could be triangular, it could be quadrangular, pentagonal,
hexagonal, heptagonal, octagonal, spherical, etc. Lets assume there are about
30 different options for the shape of the earth. The Qur'an rightly says it is
spherical, if it was a guess the chances of the guess being correct is 1/30.

The light of the moon can be its own light or a reflected light. The Qur'an rightly says it is a reflected light. If it is a guess, the chances that it will be correct is 1/2 and the probability that both the guesses i.e the earth is spherical and the light of the moon is reflected light is 1/30 x 1/2 = 1/60.


Further, the Qur'an also mentions every living thing is made of water. Every living thing can be made up of either wood, stone, copper, aluminum, steel, silver, gold, oxygen, nitrogen, hydrogen, oil, water, cement, concrete, etc. The options are say about 10,000. The Qur'an rightly says that everything is made up of water. If it is a guess, the chances that it will be correct is 1/10,000 and the probability of all the
three guesses i.e. the earth is spherical, light of moon is reflected
light and everything is created from water being correct is 1/30 x 1/2 x
1/10,000 = 1/60,000 which is equal to about .0017%.

The Qur'an speaks about hundreds of things that were not known to
men at the time of its revelation. Only in three options the result is
.0017%. I leave it upto you, to work out the probability if all the
hundreds of the unknown facts were guesses, the chances of all of them

being correct guesses simultaneously and there being not a single wrong
guess. It is beyond human capacity to make all correct guesses without a
single mistake, which itself is sufficient to prove to a logical person
that the origin of the Qur'an is Divine.

[b:f28c8a1e99]CREATOR IS THE AUTHOR OF THE QUR'AN[/b:f28c8a1e99]

The only logical answer to the question as to who could have
mentioned all these scientific facts 1400 years ago before they were
discovered, is exactly the same answer initially given by the atheist or
any person, to the question who will be the first person who will be able

to tell the mechanism of the unknown object. It is the 'CREATOR', the
producer, the Manufacturer of the whole universe and its contents.
In the English language He is 'God', or more appropriate in the Arabic
language, 'ALLAH'.

[b:f28c8a1e99]QUR'AN IS A BOOK OF SIGNS AND NOT SCIENCE[/b:f28c8a1e99]

Let me remind you that the Qur'an is not a book of Science,
'S-C-I-E-N-C-E' but a book of Signs 'S-I-G-N-S' i.e. a book of ayaats. The
Qur'an contains more than 6,000 ayaats, i.e. 'signs', out of which more
than a thousand speak about Science. I am not trying to prove that
the Qur'an is the word of God using scientific knowledge as a yard stick
because any yardstick is supposed to be more superior than what is being
checked or verified. For us Muslims the Qur'an is the Furqan i.e. criteria
to judge right from wrong and the ultimate yardstick which is more superior
to scientific knowledge.

But for an educated man who is an atheist, scientific knowledge is
the ultimate test which he believes in. We do know that science many a
times takes 'U' turns, therefore I have restricted the examples only to
scientific facts which have sufficient proof and evidence and not
scientific theories based on assumptions. Using the ultimate yardstick of
the atheist, I am trying to prove to him that the Qur'an is the word of God

and it contains the scientific knowledge which is his yardstick which was
discovered recently, while the Qur'an was revealed 1400 year ago. At the
end of the discussion, we both come to the same conclusion that God though
superior to science, is not incompatible with it.


[b:f28c8a1e99]SCIENCE IS ELIMINATING MODELS OF GOD BUT NOT GOD[/b:f28c8a1e99]
Francis Bacon, the famous philosopher, has rightly said that a
little knowledge of science makes man an atheist, but an in-depth study of
science makes him a believer in God. Scientists today are eliminating
models of God, but they are not eliminating God. If you translate this into
Arabic, it is La illaha illal la, There is no god, (god with a small 'g' that is fake god) but God (with a capital 'G').

Surah Fussilat:
"Soon We will show them our signs in the (farthest) regions (of the
earth), and in their own souls, until it becomes manifest to them that this
is the Truth. Is it not enough that thy Lord doth witness all things?" [Al-Quran 41:53]

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