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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