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The Evident; The Outward
He is the First and the Last, the Outward and the Inward. He
has knowledge of all things. (Surat al-Hadid, 57:3)

The signs of Allah’s existence, which are spread throughout the
universe, are evident for all people of understanding. Grasping
Allah’s existence demands no more than a careful scrutiny into
one’s surroundings, for the universe abounds with signs of creation.
From the simplest to the most complex ones, all systems reveal a
network of miracles that present even more mysteries as one makes
an in-depth analysis. In the Qur’an, Allah gives the following exam-
ples of these miracles:
Have they not looked at the sky above them: how We struc-
tured it and made it beautiful, and how there are no fis-
sures in it? And Earth: how We stretched it out and cast
firmly embedded mountains onto it and caused luxuriant
plants of every kind to grow in it? (Surah Qaf, 50:6-7)
Have they not looked at the birds above them, with wings
outspread and folded back? Nothing holds them up but the
All-Merciful. He sees all things. (Surat al-Mulk, 67:19)
Allah splits the seed and kernel. He brings forth the living
from the dead, and produces the dead out of the living.
That is Allah, so how are you deluded? He splits the sky at
dawn, and appoints the night as a time of stillness and the
Sun and the Moon as a means of reckoning. That is what
the Almighty, the All-Knowing has ordained. He has ap-
pointed the stars for you so you might be guided by them

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