Revelation, Rationality, Knowledge & Truth — Page 290
BELIEF IN THE UNSEEN وَسَخَّرَ لَكُمْ مَّا فِي السَّمَواتِ وَمَا فِي الْأَرْضِ جَمِيعًا مِّنْهُ إِنْ فِي ذلِكَ لَايَتٍ لِقَوْمٍ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ * 45:14. And He has pressed into your service whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth, all of it entirely. In that there are Signs surely for a people who reflect. . A more wonderful gesture of encouragement for limitless exploration could not be conceived. It is underwritten that everything that man would discover would be of service to him. But that is not all. The following verse speaks not only of the visible heavens and earth but also of that something which fills the space between the two - the heavens and the earth - to be of benefit to man. The Quran made this amazing disclosure as early as fourteen hundred years ago. The message is clear that the apparent void in the interstellar space is in reality filled with some form of existence of which man has no knowledge: وَمَا خَلَقْنَا السَّمَوتِ وَالْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا إِلَّا بِالْحَقِّ 15:86. We have created the heavens and the earth, and whatever lies between the two, according to the requirements of truth and wisdom. . . '. What is it that exists between the two and how can that be pressed into the service of man, are questions as yet unanswered. The Quran is speaking of such vastness as lies beyond the grasp of human imagination. Perhaps it is the dark matter which is being referred to, or something of which we have no knowledge so far. This spectacular disclosure by the Quran implies, that one day man will be 284