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A HISTORICAL LIE: THE STONE AGE

everything from nothingness and Who knows everything, down to
the last detail.
Because the memory of God is infinite, nothing existing in it
ever becomes lost. In other words, no living being created by God
ever vanishes. No flower fades, no drink of water finishes, no period
comes to an end, and no food is wholly consumed. In its first form as
a cloud of dust, the universe is in God's sight; every moment in his-
tory exists in His sight as they once were. The stones of Stonehenge
are being set in place, the Egyptian pyramids are being constructed,
the Sumerians are surveying the stars, Neanderthals eke out their
living, the Lascaux cave images are being painted, people live in
Catal Huyuk, and World War II is raging. In the same way, societies
that will live thousands of years from now exist in God's sight, even
as they are building their civilizations and arranging their lives.
Eternity has begun for a being or an event by the time it is cre-
ated. For instance, when a flower is created, it is, in reality, destined
not to disappear. That it ceases to become a part of one's sensations
and is erased from one's memory does not actually mean that it has
vanished or died. Its state in the sight of God is what actually mat-
ters. Furthermore, all states of this being, from its creation, through-
out all moments of its life or death, do exist in the memory of God.

Honest Reflection

All this knowledge is of utmost importance in human life. And
this is definitely not any sort of philosophy or school of thought, but
the result of scientific conclusions that are impossible to deny.
Most probably, many readers are reflecting on these facts about time-
lessness and the real nature of time for the first time in their lives.
However, one important thing must be kept in mind: God, in
the Qur'an, reveals that "only those who sincerely turn to God"

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