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helpless people or stone or wooden idols have powers, as it is only the
infinitely powerful and mighty Lord Who is responsible for everything

that happens in the universe. The 5th verse of the Surat as-Sajda says:
“He directs the whole affair from heaven to Earth" (Surat al-Sajda: 5).
Allah created the whole universe and every living or lifeless being it
contains. It is revealed in the verses as follows:
Your Allah is One god. There is no god but Him, the All-Merciful,
the Most Merciful. In the creation of the heavens and earth, and the
alternation of the night and day, and the ships which sail the seas to
people’s benefit, and the water which Allah sends down from the
sky – by which He brings the earth to life when it was dead and
scatters about in it creatures of every kind – and the varying direc-
tion of the winds, and the clouds subservient between heaven and
earth, there are signs for people who use their intellect. (Surat al-
Baqara: 163-164)
Allah is He Who raised up the heavens without any support – you
can see that – and then established Himself firmly on the Throne.
He made the sun and moon subservient, each running for a speci-
fied term. He directs the whole affair. He makes the Signs clear so
that hopefully you will be certain about the meeting with your
Lord. (Surat ar-Ra‘d: 2)
As stated in these verses, it is possible to realize the existence and
unity of Allah by observing the harmony that exists in the universe and
nature. The existence of a great harmony and balance in the universe
that enables human life, or the fact that all living beings in nature bear
the signs of a common creation (like DNA for instance), show that the
world of existence is governed by an infinitely rational order. Michael

Denton, a renowned molecular biologist, states in his book titled
Nature’s Destiny: How the Laws of Biology reveal Purpose in the Universe
that everything from the universe itself down to the structure of the

Harun Yahya (Adnan Oktar)