Page 205 - Matter: The Other Name for Illusion

It is possible to create a feeling of fullness
with artificial signals from outside the human
brain. These can make someone feel full,
even if he has not eaten anything.

He could have made them stationary. Then We appoint the sun to be the
pointer to them. Then We draw them back to Ourselves in gradual steps.
It is He Who made the night a cloak for you and sleep a rest, and He
made the day a time for rising. (Surat al-Furqan: 45-47)

As we have seen in this verse, God reveals that He first created shadow,
then the Sun as a cause of it. Dreams are an example that can help us to
understand this creation better. Although our dreams have no material
counterpart, we still perceive the light and warmth of the Sun. From that point
of view, dreams are indications that perceptions of the Sun can be created in

our minds without its actually being there.
However, within this test, God has also provided humans with a reason
for everything. Day is caused by the Sun, and rain by clouds. All of these are
images that God creates individually in our minds. By creating a cause before
an effect, God enables us to think that everything functions within specific
rules, and thus enables us to carry out scientific enquiry.

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