Page 881 - Atlas of Creation Volume 1

Harun Yahya

The findings of physics show that
the universe is a collection of per-
ceptions. The following question
appears on the cover of the well-
known American science maga-
zine New Scientist which dealt with
this fact in its 30 January 1999
issue: "Beyond Reality: Is the
Universe Really a Frolic of Primal
Information and Matter Just a
Mirage?"

An article titled "The Hollow
Universe", published in the 27
April, 2002, edition of New
Scientist, said: "You're holding a
magazine. It feels solid; it seems to
have some kind of independent ex-
istence in space. Ditto the objects
around you -perhaps a cup of cof-
fee, a computer. They all seem real
and out there somewhere. But it's
all an illusion. Those supposedly
solid objects are mere projections,
emanating from a shifting kaleido-
scopic pattern living on the bound-
ary of our Universe."

Mankind's Limited Knowledge

One implication of the facts described so far is that actually, man's knowledge of the external world is ex-
ceedingly limited.

That knowledge is limited to our five senses, and there is no proof that the world we perceive by means
of those senses is identical to the "real" world.
It may, therefore, be very different from what we perceive. There may be a great many dimensions and

other beings of which we remain unaware. Even if we reach the furthermost extremities of the universe, our
knowledge will always remain limited.
Almighty God, the Creator of all, has complete and flawless knowledge of all beings who, having been
created by God, can possess only the knowledge that He allows them. This reality is explained in the Qur'an
as follows:

God, there is no deity but Him, the Living, the Self-Sustaining. He is not subject to drowsiness or sleep.
Everything in the heavens and the earth belongs to Him. Who can intercede with Him except by His per-
mission? He knows what is before them and what is behind them but they cannot grasp any of His knowl-
edge save what He wills. His Footstool encompasses the heavens and the Earth and their preservation does
not tire Him. He is the Most High, the Magnificent. (Surat al-Baqara: 255)

The Artificially Constituted "External World"

The only world we know is the one that is designed, recorded, and made vivid there—in short, the one

created and existing within our minds. Perceptions we observe in our brain may sometimes be coming from
an artificial source.
We can illustrate this with an example:

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