Life Supreme — Page 87
90. LIFE SUPREME 13. DIVINE TRUTHS REFLECTED. IN THE UNIVERSE "Are you in doubt concerning Allah, Maker of the heavens and the earth?" (14:11). Take a walk on a clear night and look up at the myriads of shining orbs which adorn the heavens. What you observe is only a nook of the universe, yet its vastness and the wonders contained within it surpass our comprehension. The more we ponder over the secrets and marvels of the universe the more do we see reflected in it the attributes of God. A starry night is a perfect setting for the remembrance of God. . INFINITE SPACE. The universe exists in an ocean of space; and as we gaze into the depths of the night sky we are reminded that space is infinite. This is because space is nothing. It is the absence of something; and being nothing it must be limitless and boundless. Were there a limit to the dimensions of space then it must come to an end somewhere, but what would there be at the end? Either there must be something or nothing. If there is something then it must be occupying space; and if there is nothing then the end of space has not been reached. As we deliberate over this self-evident fact we are reminded that God is. Eternal and Infinite: "Allah is He besides Whom there is no God, the Ever-Living, the. Self-Subsisting. (3:3). We are also reminded that the life of the soul is infinite. It moves on from one stage to another on its journey of infinite progress. . Regarding the souls of the righteous in the life to come, Almighty. God says in the Holy Quran: "Their light will run before them and on their right hands. They will say, 'Our Lord, perfect our light for us and forgive us; surely Thou hast power over all things'. (66:9) 22. Commenting on this verse Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, the. Promised Messiah, has said: