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served and protected roof yet still they turn away from Our
Signs. It is He Who created night and day and the sun and moon,
each one swimming in a sphere. (Surat al-Anbiya': 30-33)
A Sign for them is the dead land which We bring to life and from
which We bring forth grain, of which they eat. We place upon it
gardens of dates and grapes, and cause springs to gush out from
it, so they may eat its fruits – they did not do it themselves. So
will they not be thankful? Glory be to Him Who created all the
pairs, from what the ground produces and from themselves and
from things unknown to them. (Surah Ya Sin: 33-36)
In the heavens and earth there are certainly Signs for the believ-
ers. And in your creation and all the creatures He has spread
about, there are Signs for people with certainty. And in the alter-
nation of night and day and the provision Allah sends down
from the sky, bringing the ground to life by it after it has died,
and the varying direction of the winds, there are Signs for peo-
ple who use their intellect. Those are Allah's Signs that We recite
to you with truth. In what discourse, then, after Allah and His
Signs, will they believe? (Surat al-Jathiyya: 3-6)

Communicating Allah's Existence
to the General Public
As the foregoing makes clear, the Qur'an presents various
methods for communicating Islam. The decision about which
method to use depends upon the believers' conscience and wis-
dom. Many parts of the Qur'an refer to messengers conveying
Islam to a single person. They also mention an open address to
the general public.
The Qur'an implies that Allah's messengers called their peo-
ple publicly by saying: "My people." One of the relevant verses
is as follows: