Those who fail to recognize the existence of God I have five simple challenges for you.

Those who fail to recognize the existence of God I have five simple challenges for you.

1. Initiate a life - Even when the fetus is formed, the body is developed and the human is on the verge of becoming but if God choses not to breathe his spirit no life can emerge. Nobody can breathe into the fetus an artificial life and no science or technology can replace the real spark of life that happens even before the brain in the fetus has fully formed. This biological miracle has not been explained and cannot be explained using empirical evidence. It requires spiritual explanation. Why did it happen? Why at that particular moment in the fetal development did life come into being? Why does the heart start pumping even long before the brain has started functioning? This verse tells me that God causes my life to begin and I certainly believe it. If you wish to deny God, you should instigate a life. Go on; give life if you are truthful!

2. Delay death – Every single soul shall taste death. This is one inevitable truth that nobody can deny. We shall die at an appointed time and a place. Our death is predetermined! When we die our soul, the spark of life that brought the fetus to life, departs. Why does it depart in that way? Where does it go? Who causes it to leave? Why is it that some of us live and some die? I believe in God and I know the answers to those questions but do you? God tells me that he causes my death, He causes my soul to leave my body and he enables death to regenerate life. If you wish to deny God, delay your death by even one second. I am not even asking you to escape death!

3. Escape the Day of Judgment – God tells me that my life will end on this earth after an appointed time but my life will continue in the hereafter. My soul shall be reunited with my physical body, I will either live in the heavens forever rejoicing on the fruits if my labour or rot in hell suffering for my Godless life. The fact that my life on this earth is only a steppingstone for the life to come is what the Qur’an categorically tells me. I believe it without any doubt. It makes perfect sense to me that God who caused me to be born from nothing and caused my death surely is capable of bringing me back to life. My life on this earth alone and without consequence does not make any sense. Many things in life are left unresolved and if life was the only chance to attain resolution to everything my life would seem unfair. Absolute resolution to injustices, unfairness, inequalities, discriminations, subjugations and oppressions require a life that would never end and a place where complete justice would be served. Otherwise, life would have been a waste of my time. Life in the hereafter would be comprehensive and permanent but if you wish to deny the Day of Judgment try to escape it!

4. Find food and resources that do not belong to God – Everything on this earth has been made by God for the use of human beings. Fruits and vegetables, plants and animals, rivers and lakes, land and sky and even the planetary systems are all designed and made available for the benefit of human beings. We have come to learn this as a basic fact by using science and technology we have at our disposal. We cannot deny that these are part of a masterful design for life to sustain on this earth. I believe this is the work of the supreme fashioner and designer of the entire universe God. I cannot imagine such perfectly life sustaining conditions were caused by mere accidents. If you wish to deny God find food and natural resources that do not belong to God.

5. Predict your future accurately: God alone has knowledge on the future; to Him there is no past, no future but everything is present. He resides beyond our universe, He is not limited by our space and time and He is not constrained by human weaknesses. We have no idea what will happen to us in the next few seconds. We cannot predict our tomorrow and certainly have no way of knowing what waits for us after we die. You cannot forecast accurately even your finance, your business transactions or even the mood of your loves ones. God has infinite knowledge of everything from our inner thoughts to the smallest movements of subatomic particles. God has full knowledge of everything. If you wish to deny God prove to the world that you have knowledge of everything too. In fact, just predict your tomorrow accurately.

It is not true that human beings can do anything they want. Yes, we can travel to the outer space and distant planets but we cannot exist in those spaces without protective gears, artificially generated oxygen and many other survival tools. Smallest mishap in such hostile environment could cause the greatest catastrophe. Yet we claim we could do anything!

When I read these verses I have no other logical or intellectual conclusion but to humbly accept God. How can you refuse to acknowledge God when He and His signs are all around you? Open your eyes and take a closer look.