Page 39 - Basic Tenets of Islam

HARUN YAHYA (ADNAN OKTAR)

We have created all things in due measure. Our
command is only one word, like the blinking of an eye.
We destroyed those of your kind in the past. But is there
any rememberer there? Everything they did is in the
Books. Everything is recorded, big or small. (Surat al-
Qamar: 49-53)

Man must seek to appreciate the extent of Allah's
knowledge, and reflect to comprehend His greatness.
Billions of people have appeared on earth since time
immemorial. Therefore, Allah created billions of pairs
of eyes, billions of different fingerprints, billions of
different eye tissues, billions of different types of
humans... If He so willed, He could also create billions
more. As stated in the Qur'an, "... He adds to creation in
any way He wills. Allah has power over all things."
(Surah Fatir: 1)
Allah also possesses the power to create many other
things beyond our limited imagination. The entire extent of
the treasures Allah has bestowed in this world for His
servants is all within His Sight. He sends down to us only

that which He wills, all within a measure predetermined:
There is nothing that does not have its stores with Us
and We only send it down in a known measure.
(Surat al-Hijr: 21)
This matter, manifested everywhere in Allah's superb
creation, holds true for both that which we know as well as
that which we do not. Allah states this fact in the verse, "...
and He creates other things you do not know." (Surat an-

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