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Evidence of Allah's Existence Can Be Seen Through Conscience 17

many explicitly admit the obvious but then stare at the
ground, shake their heads, and let it go at that.
Why does the scientific community not greedily
embrace its startling discovery? Why is the observation
of design handled with intellectual gloves? The dilemma
is that while one side of the elephant is labeled
intelligent design, the other side might be labeled God.
(Michael J. Behe, Darwin's Black Box, New York: Free
Press 1996, pp. 232-233)
The signs of Allah's existence are very clear and manifest
for all to see. It is an evident truth that the Creator of the
design prevailing across the universe is Allah. Some of those
who reject the existence of Allah do so not because they
really do not believe in Him, but because they want to avoid the
moral code they would have to observe as believers. Everyone
knows the existence and eternal power of Allah in his
conscience. However, someone who acknowledges the
existence of Allah and perceives His power, also knows that he
will be answerable to Him, and that he must obey His rules and
live for Him. He who insists on rejecting despite his awareness
of these facts, does so because accepting this great fact is not
in compliance with his interests and the feeling of superiority
inside him. In the Qur'an, these people are described in Surat
an-Naml:
They repudiated them wrongly and haughtily,
in spite of their own certainty about them.
See the final fate of the corrupters. (Surat an-
Naml, 14)
Events that took place between Prophet Ibrahim (AS) and
his people told in the Qur'an, provide a very good example. The
people of Prophet Ibrahim worshipped idols. It is important to