Unity of God — Page 19
19 and the Teachings of Muhammad s as and all things are under His command, then it must be accepted that everything is governed by one overarching law, and this one law cannot operate without One God. If One Being is not enforcing the law upon all things in the world, science is invalid. For example, water has the property of extinguishing, while fire has the property of burning. But, if the god of fire and the god of water are different gods and both decided to alter the properties of their respective creations, how could nature run its course? Imagine one god created Magnesium to ease bowel movement, and another god produced the stomach with relevant properties to accept the effects of Magnesium; if the latter opted to change properties of the stomach, Magnesium would cease to affect bowel movements, regardless of dose intake. In short, science cannot work without accepting the concept of Tauheed , nor can the world progress without it. Second , no one could venture to conduct research in a field without the concept of Tauheed. The belief that other objects have divine powers would inhibit scientists from conducting experiments on those objects. For example, how could a person be willing to dissect an object he considers a deity? Conversely, people will readily research those same objects if they