IMAN AND ISLAM(part4)

However, in the universe the state of substances changes in physical events. In chemical reactions, the essence or structure of substances changes. We see objects or substances cease to exist and change into other substances. Today. in atomic changes and nuclear reactions, which have been discovered recently, the matter or element, too, ceases existing and turns into energy. '0** 'Wujud' means. 'existence. being.' There are three kinds of existence. The first one is Wajib al-wujud, the Necessary Existence. He always exists. He has never been nonexistent before. nor will stop existing in the everlasting future. Only Allahu ta'ala is Wajib al-wujud. The second one is numtani' al-wujud, that cannot exist. It should never exist. Such is sharik al-Bari' (partner to Allahu ta'ai5). Another god partner to Allahu ta'dl5 or likeness to Him can never exist. The third one is manikin al• wujud, that may or may not exist. So are the universe, all creatures without any exception. The opposite of wujud is 'Adam (non-existence). All creatures were in 'Mum, were nonexistent, before they came into existence." For, it is a change, an event. to come into existence out of nonexistence, and, according to our knowledge in physics, in order for a change to take place in a substance, the substance has to be acted upon by an exterior power, the source of which has to precede the substance. create itself: it could not, of course, create other mumkins, either. That which has created the mumkin has to be Wajib al-wujud.The existence of the'alam shows that a creator who created it out of nothing exists. So, the Unique Creator of all that are mumkin, the creatures, is the only Wajib al-wujud without being hadith or mumkin, but always existent and qadim (eternal). `Wajib-al-­wujud' means that its existence is not from something else but from itself, that is, it is always self-existent and is not created by someone else. If this were not so, then it would have to be a creature (mumkin and hadith) created by someone else. And this is contrary to what is deduced above. Persian •Khnda' (used as a name for Allah) means 'always self-existent. eternal.'* We see that the classes of beings are in an astounding order, and science finds out new laws of this order each year. The Creator of this order must be Hayy (Ever-living), ' Alim (AB-knowing), Qadir (Almighty). lurid (All-willing), Sami' (All-hearing), Basir (All-seeing), Mutakallim (All-speaking) and Khaliq (All-creating)*", because, death, ignorance, incapability or being disposed under others' compulsion, deafness, blindness and dumbness are all defects. imperfections. it Is impossible that such defective attributes be in Him who has created this alama or kinat (all beings) in such an order and who protects them against annihilation.?" Moreover, we see the above attributes of perfection also in creatures. He has created them in His creatures. If these attributes did not exist in Him, how could He create them in His creatures, and would not Ills creatures be superior to Him? We should also add that in Him who has created all these worlds of beings there should exist all the attributes of perfection and superiority and none of the attributes of deficiency, for, one defective cannot be creative. Let alone these reasonable evidences, ayat-i karimas and " There is more detailed information in the chapter on page 79. *" These are the eight Sifat ath-Thubitiyya of Allahu ta'ala. *" Every being, from atom to stab. has been created with some calculations and laws. The regularity in the known laws of physics. chemistry. astronomy and biology bewilders the human mind. Even Darwin had to say that when he thought of the order and delicacy in the structure of the eye, he felt as if he would go crazy. Is it possible that He who has created all the laws, delicate calculations and formulas taught as scientific knowledge he defective? hadith sharifs explain clearly that Allahu ta'al5 has the attributes of perfection. 'Therefore, it is not permissible to doubt it. Doubt causes disbelief. The above-given eight attributes of perfection are called as-Stint ath-Thnbutitya. Allahu ta'8.1a has all the eight attributes of perfection. There is no defect, disorder or change in His Person, Essence, Attributes or Deeds.