Islam: Faith, Practice & History

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probability,forexample,anilliteratepersoncanneverwriteanessayby
randomlyhittingthekeysofatypewriter.Similarly,thepresentsystem
inouruniversecouldneverhavecometoexistonthebasisofchanceor
accident.


It therefore follows that the wonderful design and order that is ob-
served in the human body and in the universe around us constitutes
complete evidence and living proof that the universe has a wise and
powerfuldesigner andcreator.The morewe learn aboutthe systemof
creation, the more aware we become of the greatness of its Creator.


Even the things produced by human beings themselves reflect the
knowledgeandintelligenceoftheCreator,becauseitisnotpossiblefor
someonewhohasnounderstandingandintelligencetogivetoHiscre-
ations such understanding and intelligence.


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This lesson is based on the followings:
Dar Rah-e Haq Board,The Roots of Religion, Qum 1982.
FewdetailshavebeenaddedfromS.SaeedAkhtarRizvi,GodofIslam,
Tanzania, 1969 andNāsirMakārimShirazi,PrinciplesofIslamicIdeology,
Tehran 1985.
It has been compiled & edited for this course by S.M. Rizvi.

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