A Rejoinder to Pope's Allegations Against Islam — Page 5
All that is in the heavens and the earth glorifies Him, and He is the Mighty, the Wise. " (HOLY QURAN 59: 23-25) Pope quoted in his lecture; "Theodore Khoury, observes: For the emperor, as a Byzantine shaped by Greek philosophy, this statement is self-evident. ButfiJr Muslim teaching, God is absolutely transcendent. His will is not bound up with any of our categories, even that of rationality. " So for as the attributes and the powers of God are !Concerned he is not bound to his creatures, otherwise what will be the difference between the creature and the creator? Our abilities, talents and aptitudes of mind are very limited as compare to the attributes and the powers of the creator of the universe, but still we can comprehend his existence. In his creation from the smallest particle to the greatest galaxies, even our own subsistence is a living proof of the existence God. In spite of being hidden from our physical eyes he is every where, and controlling the entire universe. It is true that with our own power we cannot see him but he himself reaches to us, as Holy Quran says; "$J '" ", J {fJ } ~\\ ~\ d/ /~\1\!J ~ /~/ }~\1\;S- :J ~ ~ " YJ). )" J J). ) ;" "'" ;". / "Eyes cannot reach Him but He reaches the eyes. And He is the incomprehensible, the All-Aware. " (HOLY QURAN 6:104) God according to Islamic belief is incomprehensible, but same time he is closer than our own souls. He is more aware about us than our own selves. 5