❀ Divine Wisdom in the Astonishing System of the Universe ❀
✍️ Written by: Syed Abul A‘la Maududi رحمه الله
✿ Can a Shop Function on Its Own?
Imagine someone tells you about a shop that:
– Has no shopkeeper,
– No supplier,
– No seller, and
– No security,
Yet it runs perfectly, goods arrive automatically, are sold regularly, and never get stolen.
Would you believe it?
🟥 Reason flatly rejects such a claim—it would seem completely absurd.
✿ Can a Factory Operate Without a Creator?
Now suppose someone claims that a factory came into being on its own—
– No owner,
– No engineer,
– No machinery designer,
Yet machines built themselves, parts aligned perfectly, and products manufactured seamlessly.
Would any rational mind accept this?
🟥 Such a statement would be seen as a sign of insanity.
✿ Can Everyday Objects Create Themselves?
Consider common things:
– A light bulb,
– A chair,
– A shirt,
– A house…
Can any of these exist without design or effort?
Even if all the world’s philosophers and scientists claimed so—
❌ You still wouldn’t believe it, because it defies all logic.
✿ The Wondrous System of the Universe
Look at the immense cosmic order:
– The sun, moon, and stars move in perfect harmony,
– Clouds form from sea vapor and travel with the wind,
– Rain falls and revives the earth,
– Dead seeds bloom into colorful plants and fruits…
📌 Can such a grand system—more complex than any shop or factory—arise without a planner?
Even a simple chair can’t form itself,
Then how could this unfathomably vast universe exist on its own?
✿ The Miracle of Human Creation
The human body is a marvel of design:
– It contains iron, carbon, sulfur, and other elements worth just a few rupees.
– Yet from these low-cost materials, you can’t assemble a living, breathing person.
In the tiny factory of a mother’s womb,
– Two microscopic cells unite,
– A full human is formed—
– With eyes, ears, brain, heart, and every organ in its perfect place.
✿ Each Human Is Unique
Millions of people are born daily,
Yet no two are exactly alike:
– Each differs in appearance, voice, abilities, and thoughts.
– Even twins born from the same womb are not identical in mind and personality.
📌 Can such endless diversity arise without the will of a powerful, intelligent Creator?
✿ Reason and the Reality of God
Can such precise systems, delicate balance, and breathtaking design exist without guidance, without intelligence, without purpose?
🔸 Anyone who claims this entire universe functions without God has lost touch with reason.
To argue with such a person is to waste time on the irrational.
✿ Final Reflection
This universe, in all its magnificence, is a living testimony to the wisdom of its Creator.
📖 ﴿أَفِي ٱللَّهِ شَكّٞ فَاطِرِ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ﴾
“Is there any doubt about Allah, the Creator of the heavens and the earth?”
(Surah Ibrāhīm: 10)
