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HARUN YAHYA
touches, smells and tastes?
At this point, we face the obvious fact: that man, a being of consciousness
who can see, feel, think and exercise reason, is much more than a mere assem-
blage of atoms and molecules. What defines a human being is the "soul"
granted to him by God. Otherwise, it would be highly unreasonable to at-
tribute his consciousness and other faculties to a three-pound piece of flesh:

He Who has created all things in the best possible way. He com-
menced the creation of man from clay; then produced his seed from
an extract of base fluid; then formed him and breathed His Spirit
into him and gave you hearing, sight and hearts. What little thanks
you show! (Qur'an, 32: 7-9)

The Being Nearest to Us Is God
Since a human being is not merely a lump of matter but a "soul," then who
makes that soul feel the sum of perceptions which we call the external world?
Who continues to create all these perceptions, ceaselessly?
The answer is obvious. God, Who breathed into man His spirit, is the
Creator of all things. He is also the real source of all perceptions. The exis-
tence of anything is possible only through God's creation. God informs us
that He creates continuously and that whenever He stops creating, every-
thing will disappear:

God keeps a firm hold on the heavens and the Earth, preventing them
from vanishing away. And if they vanished no one could then keep
hold of them. Certainly He is Most Forbearing, Ever-Forgiving.
(Qur'an, 35: 41)
This verse is describing how the material universe is maintained under
the might of God. God created the universe, the Earth, mountains, and all liv-
ing and non-living things, and maintains all these under His power at every
moment. God manifests His name al-Khaliq in this material universe. God is
al-Khaliq, in other words, the Creator of all things, the Creator from nothing.
This shows that there is a material universe, outside our brains, consisting of
entities created by God. However, as a miracle and manifestation of the su-
perior nature of His creation and His omniscience, God shows us this mater-

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