Our God — Page 47
Logical Arguments for the Existence of God 47 into existence by themselves, but are the fruits of some workman’s efforts. If someone tries to convince me that all of these things have come into existence by themselves, I would never believe them; in fact, no one else would be prepared to believe it either. Sadly, however, there are hundreds of thousands of people in this world who would have us believe that this earth, the heavens, ani- mals, vegetation, inanimate objects, heavenly bodies, the earth, and the human body are not created by any Creator but have existed by themselves from eternity. How can I believe them? I have, before me, a statement by an Arab Bedouin. Someone inquired from him as to what evidence he had for the existence of God. He replied: When someone passing through a jungle sees camel dung, he concludes that a camel must have passed this way; when he sees the footprint of a man in the desert sand, he infers that some wayfarer must have passed this way. Now, looking at this earth, with all its wide tracks, and this heaven, with its sun and the moon and the stars, does it not make one think that these must have a Maker? What an unpretentious statement that is full of wisdom! Glory be to God! The words of an illiterate Arab Bedouin, the profoundness of which is not understood by the philosophers of Europe and America despite their wisdom and logic! Concerning the creation and organisation of the universe, the Holy Quran says: 1 يِفَا ِهّٰللا ٌّكَش ِرِطاَف ِتٰوٰمَّسلا َو ِضْرَاْلا 1. S u rah Ibr a h i m, 14:11.