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Both - those who deny GOD's existence and those who claim that believe in GOD is only a matter of faith devoid of evidence - are reasonably wrong. Believe in GOD, with reason, is so within reach that one can put his or her finger on it. It doesn't take much thinking to see the simple reality that not only GOD exists, but that His existence is also necessary for the existence of everything.
One who contemplates on man, life and the universe would, clearly, see that they're limited and dependent. Man, for example, is limited in form and capacity, and he depends on life that surrounds him and the universe for his existence. Other forms of life, as well, are also limited and dependent. A tree, for example, has a limited shape and needs water for its nourishment and growth. The universe is also limited and dependent.
The universe being limited is simply concluded form the limited bodies it contains. Moons, planets and stars, for example, are all limited, and the sum of limited objects is also limited. In other words, a limited number + a limited number = A limited total. It is self-proven evidence (axiom).
The dependency of the universe is expressed in every celestial object. The moon needs both the earth and the sun to follow around in its orbit around the earth; the earth needs both moon and the sun to follow around in its orbit around the sun; the sun needs gases for its existence, etc. Such an enlightened approach invites the reasonably-sound to decode existence.
Moreover, the limitation of man, life and the universe includes their confinement to time, which would suggest that they must have a beginning and must come to an end. If that is the case, the question that would arise and become intense in the mind is: If everything has a beginning, who is the Initiator? There has to be an Initiator, who began them and created them all. One who incorporates his or her intellect would arrive at three possibilities, of who this Creator could be.
The first possibility would suggest that this creator is another creature; the second possibility would suggest that this creator is a creator who created himself; and the third possibility would suggest that this Creator is unlimited (i.e. He has no beginning and has no end) and that He is independent (i.e., He does not depend on any of His Creation for His existence).Through the use of intellect, we can examine the above mentioned possibilities as to their validities.
As for the first possibility (i.e. a creator is another creature), it is rationally invalid. If the creator was a creature, then he would also be limited with a beginning and an end, as well as dependent - sharing the two common features of man life and the universe. And if this is the case, then who began him and created him!? For the one who created him and brought him into being would be the creator, so this possibility makes no sense, thus it is invalid.
As for the second possibility (i.e. a creator creating himself), it is also false. To have a beginning is a feature of being limited, and to be a creator means that the creator is unlimited. A creator, who is both, limited and unlimited just makes no sense as it is contradictory to reason. Consequently, the second possibility is rationally invalid, as well.
As for the third / last possibility (i.e. an Unlimited Creator, who is independent and free from the wants, the needs and the authority of all others), it is -- intellectually - sound and convincing, and this is Allaah (swt), the Khaaliq (Creator) of everything.
Believing in the existence Allaah (swt) is much simpler than this, it is an innate matter and just as I had mentioned above that with a little common sense one can put his or her finger on it. There are so many signs, within the human self and the universe at large, which invite every conscience being to believe in Allaah (swt), and it takes so much effort for one to deny.
When a nomad, who wandered the desert at night, was asked by an atheist - by way of negation - to prove the existence of GOD, he was really shocked that there is an actual conscience being that can be blind enough by not seeing this simple truth and would ask such a silly question. This nomad - who did not go to Harvard, or Princeton or Yale -- simply replied:
"Dung indicates that a camel passed by; foot prints indicate that a walker walked by. A heaven of constellations, earth of mountain passes and oceans of waves, do not all of these indicate the existence of GOD!?"
In other words, where did everything come from!? There must be a Creator who created everything.
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