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t should be evident to anyone with wisdom and conscience that
none of the objects that exist, none of the events that transpire, and
none of the laws that abide in this universe are either vain or pur-
poseless. The structure and endurance of the universe, as we have shown
in previous chapters, are based on very delicate balances. Those balances
demonstrate as a matter of unquestionable fact that the universe was CRE-
ATED. That being so, can it be said that this universe was created in vain?
Certainly not.
A purpose is sought in even the smallest act committed by someone
dwelling on this earth, which does not even occupy as much room as a
dust particle among billions of galaxies. So, how reasonable can it be to
claim that the entire universe was created in vain?
Allah informs people that they have not been created in vain:
Did you then think that We had created you in jest, and that you would
not be brought back to Us (for account)? (Surat al-Mumenoon, 115)
The existence of life on earth is made possible by a train of countless
miraculous phenomena extending from the Big Bang to atoms, from atoms
to galaxies, and from galaxies to our own planet. Life on earth is such that
its every need is subtly planned for and created in the most suitable way:
the sun in the sky providing all the needed energy, provisions stored under
the ground, and a world furnished everywhere with millions of species of
plant and animal varieties. Despite all the extraordinary events we have
described, people still can reject the existence of their Creator. Considering
it reasonable to be shaped into a man from a sperm, these people do not

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