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The conclusion revealed by quantum mechanics is that matter
is not absolute and eternal, as materialists claim it to be. In the
same way that matter is not timeless or eternal, the entities we see
around us are not simply collections of atoms. According to quan-
tum physics, matter has changed its nature in a way that material-
ists never dreamed of, and it has been scientifically proven that the
basis of matter is simply a form of energy. In the face of the facts re-
vealed by quantum physics, materialism has scientifically col-
lapsed.
Paul Davies and John Gribbin summarize the way in which
the new physics has entirely eliminated materialism:
It is fitting that physics—the science that gave rise to materialism—
should also signal the demise of materialism. During this century the
new physics has blown apart the central tenets of materialist doc-
trine in a sequence of stunning developments. First came the theory
of relativity, which demolished Newton’s assumptions about space
and time . . . Then came the quantum theory, which totally trans-
formed our image of matter. 28
Fred Alan Wolf describes how scientists have now abandoned
materialism:
Some of us, including many scientists, don’t agree with the new ob-
jective materialism. We believe in our heart of hearts, as did the al-
chemists that came before us, that something far richer than materi-
alism is responsible for the universe. 29
What is the result of the collapse of materialism? The stubborn
opinion that matter is the only absolute reality is one of the
greatest deceptions that prevents people from believing in
Allah. Instead of regarding the external world as the composite
of their perceptions, they behave as if they had direct ex-
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