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                  ing, sight and hearts. What little thanks you show! (Surat as-Sajda 7-9)

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                  Since a human being is not merely a lump of matter but a "soul,"
             then who makes that soul feel the sum of perceptions which we call the
             external world? Who continues to create all these perceptions, cease-
             lessly?
                    The answer is obvious. Allah, Who breathed into man His spir-
             it, is the Creator of all things. He is also the real source of all percep-
             tions. The existence of anything is possible only through Allah's crea-
             tion. Allah informs us that He creates continuously and that whenever
             He stops creating, everything will disappear:
                  Allah keeps a firm hold on the heavens and the Earth, preventing them
                  from vanishing away. And if they vanished no one could then keep
                  hold of them. Certainly He is Most Forbearing, Ever-Forgiving. (Surah
                  Fatir: 41)
                  This verse is describing how the material universe is maintained
             under the might of Allah. Allah created the universe, the Earth, moun-
             tains, and all living and non-living things, and maintains all these un-
             der His power at every moment. Allah manifests His name al-Khaliq in
             this material universe. Allah is al-Khaliq, in other words, the Creator of
             all things, the Creator from nothing. This shows that there is a material
             universe, outside our brains, consisting of entities created by Allah.
             However, as a miracle and manifestation of the superior nature of His
             creation and His omniscience, Allah shows us this material universe in
             the form of an “illusion,” “shadow,” or “image.” As a consequence of
             the perfection in His creation, human beings can never reach the world
             outside their brains. Only Allah knows this real material universe.
                  Another interpretation of the above verse is that Allah constantly
             maintains the images of the material universe that people see. (Allah
             knows the truth.) If Allah wished not to show us the image of the world
             in our minds, the entire universe would disappear for us, and we could
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