When we see two identical watches, we need not be told that they
weremadein thesamefactory.Onthe sameground,whenwe seethe
entireuniversewoveninto asingleentity; allitscomponentsgoverned
bythesamelaws;allitspartsoperatingonthesamepattern,ournatural
instinctguides us to believe thatit iscreated, madeandcontrolled by
ONE and only ONE Creator.
And,remember, thereisa greatdifference betweenwatches andthe
universe. Watches may be imitated or duplicated by impostors and
forgerers.But,asthescientistssay,“bydefinitionthereisonlyoneuni-
verse.Onecannotrepeatitordoexperimentswithit.”So,weneednot
botherourselveswiththethoughtofanyimitation-gods.Iftheuniverse
—thecreation—cannotbemorethanone,howcanGod—theCreator—
be more than one?
* * *This lesson is entirely based on chapter 18 of Syed Saeed Akhtar
Rizvi'sGodofIslam,Dar-es-salaam,1970.Ithasbeenslightlysummarized
and edited to suit this course by S.M. Rizvi.