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did, present there in front of it, it will wish there were an age
between it and then. Allah advises you to beware of Him.
Allah is Ever-Gentle with His servants. (Surah Al 'Imran: 30)

Satan's Command: "Ignore the Signs of Creation"

The universe and the systems of nature are flawless, down to the
last detail, and are magnificently ordered. When we examine any
part of the universe, from the smallest to the largest, we see that
each one sets forth proof of a deliberate creation. Within an un-
changing order, there are thousands of details which we cannot cat-
egorize in full, from the heavenly bodies moving in their orbits, to
the balance of gases in the atmosphere which is necessary for life to

continue, from the human body specially designed to allow people
to live, to the smallest elements such as cells, protein, DNA and
atoms—all of which require a different design expertise. All of these
were created in the most wonderful way and continue their exis-
tence faultlessly.
However, those who resist the faith ignore countless proofs of
Allah's existence and oneness, and try to explain the creation of liv-
ing things in terms of uncontrolled coincidences. They connect the
faultless design of the human body, the miracles of creation in the
bodies of living things, the taste of cherries, strawberries and or-
anges, the smell of violets and honeysuckle and their splendid ap-
pearance and the unique characteristics of the stars, the sun and the
moon in the heavens, to blind chance and resort to every method to

reject the fact of creation. The basic claim of these people is that
every detail in the universe is the end product of a series of mere co-
incidences lasting millions of years and occurred through the un-
conscious mingling of atoms. The chief proponents of this are the