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The Signs Leading To Faith
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Say: “Who provides for you out of heaven and Earth? Who con-
trols hearing and sight? Who brings forth the living from the
dead and the dead from the living? Who directs the whole af-
fair?” They will say: “God.” Say: “So will you not guard

against evil?” That is God, your Lord, the Truth, and what is
there after truth except misguidance? So how have you been
distracted? (Qur’an, 10:31-32)
As can be seen from these verses, researching, learning

about, and meditating on the signs leading to faith are means of
understanding, with sure and certain knowledge, God’s ab-

solute control and dominion over all of creation. This under-
standing leads to submission to God. Believers who ponder the
body’s many systems and delicate balances understand that the
body itself did not establish these perfectly functioning sys-

tems. They realize that the body is a collection of cells formed
from atoms devoid of any consciousness, sensory organs, and

reasoning ability. Given this reality, they form the sure opinion