Page 11 - The Miracle in the Spider

Foreword 11

in the Qur'an, the sole reason for the existence of any human being is to
understand the act of his and the universe's creation and to serve God,
who is Lord of all.
It takes some effort to acquire this understanding. Part of this
consists of observing everything that exists, considering it, and being able
to decipher the message within. Because everything which exists, and
especially every living thing in nature, is a sign of God's existence and
bears witness to His being.
God draws our attention to these verses in the Qur'an, which He
revealed to show the true way to the human beings He had created:
In the creation of the heavens and earth, and the alternation of the night
and day, and the ships which sail the seas to people's benefit, and the
water which God sends down from the sky – by which He brings the earth
to life when it was dead and scatters about in it creatures of every kind –
and the varying direction of the winds, and the clouds subservient
between heaven and earth, there are Signs for people who use their
intellect. (Surat al-Baqara: 164)

On examination, what the Qur'an reveals in the above verse may
seem perfectly normal events in many peoples' eyes. The alternation of
night and day, ships floating instead of sinking, the rain's giving life to the
soil, the movement of winds and clouds… Modern man thinks that all of
these can be explained by science and with a mechanical logic, for which
reason he thinks that they carry with them no element of surprise.
However, science only considers naked material truths, but is never able
to provide an answer to the question "Why?" It is from the condition of
widespread ignorance created by the religionless social order dominating
the world that people are prevented from considering these verses and
understanding the different meanings which lie behind them. Essentially,
and in fact, the Qur'an says that the nature of those verses can be
perceived only by "people who reflect."
For a "people who reflect", basically every part of nature is a sign, or
in other words a key to the door to truth. Since nature can be split up into
a nearly infinite number of parts, the number of doors and keys is also