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IMAM JAFFER AL-SADIQ (AS) AND ATHEIST
Ibne Abi Al Auja, an atheist
came in the Masjid-e-Nabavi in
Madinah and challenged the
companion of Imam Jaffer
al-Sadiq (AS), Mufaddal Ibne
Umer, about the existence of
God. When he could not
thoroughly convince the atheist,
he came to the Imam. The Imam
explained in minute details of
creation of human beings, animal
kingdom and the outside world.
In this article, we shall
restrict ourselves to the “human
body”.
The Imam said: “A human being is
conceived within three dark
coverings of the mother.
His mother’s menstrual flow is
diverted to serve as his
nutrition. After the birth, the
same fluid is directed towards
her breasts to feed him for
growth. (This very miracle of
mother’s blood first is consumed
to make bones, flesh, skin and
different delicate body parts
and after birth, the same blood
is converted to milk! should be
sufficient).
As he moves about and needs
harder food to build up a strong
body, his molars appear to
masticate food material to
facilitate digestion. He carries
on with such nutrition till he
attains puberty. The male grows
hair on face as sign of
manliness. A female keeps her
face clean, lovely and hairless.
Can you imagine the manner in
which man, through these stages,
are lead and perfected, can take
place without a Designer and a
Creator? One can imagine the
disastrous result of any
abnormalities.
Just see the advantages that
accrue to the children from
weeping. There is a fluid in the
child’s brain which, if not
drained off, may cause trouble
or illness, even the loss of an
eye. The discharge of the fluid
leaves it healthy and brighter
eyes!
The saliva dripping from the
mouths of children may cause
serious derangement if not
allowed to flow. The excess flow
result in mental idiocy,
foolishness even paralysis.
Just consider the conditions of
various organs, the functions
each one is required to perform
and the perfection of design.
Hands are meant to handle
business, both feet are meant
for locomotion, the eyes are to
see with, the mouth is to take
in food, the stomach is to
digest it, the liver is to
extract its nutrition for
distribution to the various
parts of the body after
manufacturing same into blood,
bile, lymph, and phlegm, the
orifices of the body are meant
to eliminate waste of the body.
What we say is all things are
created by One, who is The
Master of Knowledge and Power.
They say that there is no
Creator and yet admit that
nature had this by ingenuity and
plan. It is obvious that action
emanates from an Omniscient
Creator, Who has laid down a
method among His Creation
through His Omniscience, which
these people call nature.
For instance, a seed needs water
to sprout- no rain no corn; a
child is born by the union of
man and woman, and without this
process of union and
insemination, no child can be
born: water evaporates to cause
a cloud, the cloud is moved
about by air to give rain; there
can be no rain without such a
process. These atheists took
these causes and nature as the
real Creator, denying the
existence of the Creator above
all these. This is manifest
error, seeing that water is
lifeless, and unless it is
enlivened by the Life-giver, how
can it produce corn? And how can
the sperm which is without
intelligence, develop into an
infant, unless energized by the
Omnipotent to create a head out
of one part, hands and feet from
other parts, bones from yet
another part and heart and liver
from another part. Other forms
of creations can be considered
accordingly.
Now consider the nutrition
supplied to the body, and the
ingenious plan underlying it.
Just note that on the arrival in
the stomach, the food is
processed into chime of the
physicians and the extract is
transferred to the liver by fine
capillaries forming a network in
that organ. The stomach is
constituted as a rectifier for
transfer of material to the
liver in rectified form, to
prevent injury to that delicate
structure. The liver then takes
up the extracts of the nutrients
taken in, and by an inscrutable
ingenuity, changes it into blood
to be pumped by the heart to all
parts of the body by means of
blood vessels, in the manner of
irrigation channels seen in
gardens and fields supplying
water to any place. All waste
products and toxic waste is
carried off to organs designed
to eliminate them, e.g. the gall
bladder, the intestines, the
sweat glands of armpits and
thighs. The bile matter goes to
the gall bladder, some matter
goes to the spleen and the
moisture goes to the bladder.
Just consider the ingenuity that
goes into the building up of the
body! How well these organs are
co-coordinated! How the vessels,
the intestines and the bladder
etc are organized to collect the
waste products of the body so as
to prevent them to cause
disease.
Glory is then to Him Who created
these organs according to a
remarkable plan and design. All
praise is due to Him, Who is
worthy of it.
Similarly, the parts of body are
either single or double. Head is
one while hands and feet are two
and so on. Think of the
ingenuity of these systems.
The parts involved in the
production of voice-larynx,
tongue, teeth and lungs resemble
the musical parts in a bagpipe.
The tongue is forged to
distinguish between the varied
tastes of foods. The teeth
masticate the foods to make it
soft enough for digestion.
Imagine the importance of teeth
to a person who have lost his
teeth. The lips help to suck in
water or other fluids.
The skull protects the brain
which is wrapped in membranes
for protection. The skull is
covered with hair safeguarding
it against heat or cold. Who
then, except Almighty Allah,
made these extraordinary
protections for the most
important part of the body? Just
consider the eye-lid, how it is
fashioned as a screen for the
eye, with the eye-lashes like
the strings for raising and
lowering the screen. Who has
concealed the heart within the
breast and covered it with a
membrane? Who has arranged for
its protection by means of the
ribs, the muscles rind flesh?
Who has shaped the two holes in
the throat; one for food and the
other called wind-pipe? And who
has placed a flap on the
wind-pipe so as to protect food
particles entering it which may
cause obstruction and even
death? Who has shaped the
sphincters, controlling the
outlets of urine and stool? Who
has given the resilience to the
muscles of the stomach to digest
coarse foods? Can you imagine
all these can be performed by
inert nature? Certainly not. All
this is the planning of Almighty
Omnipotent Designer, Who has
the fullest knowledge and has
the perfect Omnipotence in
advance of creation. He is
Allah, the Al-knowing, Almighty.
Who endowed man with intellect?
Surely He Who made reward and
chastisement as essential for
him. He would not need intellect
if he were not to be responsible
for reward and punishment. The
Almighty Creator endowed him
with intellect to distinguish
between good and evil, and after
his decision between good and
evil, to get the reward for
goodness and chastisement for
evil. Just consider what has
been explained (condensed)
above. Can there be such
orderliness and method in the
absence of planning? Certainly
not! Allah Almighty is far
exalted above what these
(atheist) say.
Similarly, Allah has provided
the knowledge which is essential
for his life but denied him
certain knowledge like his life
span in the world. One can
realize the pros and cons of
this Divine decision.
On the same lines the benefits
of memory and dreams. Some
dreams are true but most of them
are untrue!
As for the general human needs;
man needs water more than bread.
Hence Almighty has provided
immense supply of water free but
for bread he has to plan and
make efforts which will keep him
busy.
Birds and animals are all same
without distinction but no two
men are same. They have been
made different to do business in
life. If two animals are the
same it is not harmful to them
but if two men are the same, you
can imagine the problems
involved. Who then has provided
such niceties and perfections
which stagger imagination?
Surely He Who created all these,
Whose grace extends to all
things. |
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