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question is that we see matter only as an illusion and we can
never have direct experience of its external existence. Since
matter is a perception to us, it is something “artificial.” That is,
this perception must have been caused by another power,
which means that it must have been created. There is a
Creator, Who has created the material universe and continues
His creation ceaselessly. This Creator tells us, through the
Book He revealed, about Himself, the universe and the reason
of our existence. This Creator is Allah and His book is the
Qur’an.
The facts that the heavens and the earth are not stable,
that their presence has been made possible by Allah’s having
created them and that they will disappear when He ends this
creation, are all explained in the following verse:

It is Allah Who keeps a firm hold on the heavens and
earth, preventing them from vanishing. And if they van-
ished, no one could then keep hold of them. Certainly He
is Most Forbearing and Ever-Forgiving. (Surah Fatir: 41)

30. How is it that Allah encompasses everything
and He is closer to us than our jugular vein?
Material beings cannot see Allah; but Allah sees the mat-
ter that He created in all its forms. That is, we cannot grasp
Allah’s being with our eyes, but Allah has thoroughly encom-
passed us from the inside, from the outside, in looks and in
thoughts. We cannot utter any word unless it is with His
knowledge, nor can we even take a breath.
While we watch these sensory perceptions that Allah
shows to us in the course of our lives, the closest being to us
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