The world of today is thriving upon Science and its daily fantastic developments. If one is sick, it is the modern medicines that cures. The daily luxuries of life so essential for man's comforts are provided by science. These amongst so many others include electricity and its wonders of light, heat, cooking ranges, frigidaires, washing machines, radios, televisions, cars, trucks, trains, ships, aircrafts, electronic equipments, calculating machines, computers etc. These have intoxicated man with its charm, comfort, wealth, position and power.
As the common man does not have any scientifically proveable evidence of life after death, so he considers death the total end of everything. Therefore achievement for him is the material success and the name he can acquire in this life. This is his all. He cannot understand that after death when his body would have been reduced to dust and after his dust would get scattered and mixed with tha earth all around, how could it ever be possible for him to be raised from the dead when no trace whatsoever of him is left anywhere?
Four thousand years back Nimrod, the first king of mankind after The Great Deluge, was a rebel against God. He even tried to shoot and kill God. That is how he got the title of the "Mighty hunter” against God [1]. He was the builder of the "Tower of Babel" [2]. The top of this tower temple was so very high that clouds used to float under its top. "Bab" means "Gateway" and "El" means "to perfection or heaven". That is how this tower got its name "Bab-el" which stands for "Gateway to Heaven". A painting of the Tower of Babel has been done by Pieter Bruegel. It shows the clouds floating under the top of the Tower of Babel. This painting is shown on page 63 of “Science and Discovery" under the heading of "Man Reaches to the Heavens" published for International Pictorial Treasury of Knowledge by International Graphic Society, Engleswood Cliffs, New Jersey, U. S. A.
King Nimrod propagated that everything in the universe including mankind had come about due to a process of 'Evolution' by nature i. e. merely by a freak accident in a meaningless universe. So also destruction of everything merely depended upon time. Hence there was no such thing as a reward for good deeds done on earth in a "heaven”. Nor will there be any punishment for vice committed during this life in a "hell". The Universe will exist for ever.
Nimrod claimed there was no necessity for a God. Especially for such a God whom none could contact, see, feel, or talk to. Therefore everyone must rely upon themselves if they wanted to achieve anything. It was defeatism and cowardice to put the blame for one's shortcomings on God. Therefore belief upon such a God was the height of absurdity and ignorance. These theories have become the basis of Atheism and Communism.
Nimrod further taught that people should rely upon their wisdom and skill to plan and their strength and efforts to execute their objective The wondrous cities with their palaces, the bridges across the Euphrates, the building of dams and irrigation canals, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the extraction of copper, the manufacture of bronze etc. were the results of hard work and human intelligence.
When the “Tower Temple of Babel" was put to ungodly worship [3] the curse of God fell upon entire Mankind. At this point of time the generations of Noah were united with one language. Overnight the single language of the builders of Babel changed into numerous different languages. This caused chaos and confusion. This curse broke up the unity of Mankind. Different language groups departed from Babylon in different directions to set up separate nations and Kingdoms. With the numerous Nations around us, one realises that this curse is still plaguing man even after 4000 years, and preventing unity amongst Mankind. Now its Nuclear race threatens the very existence of man on Earth.
Man challenges— Has anyone who has been dead come back to life to give proof that there is life after this earthly life? He does not believe in the first miracle of the raising of the dead to life, after the body had been deliberately cut, mutilated, mixed and scattered over a vast area so as to leave no trace :
"And when Abraham said (unto God) ; My Lord : Show me how Thou givest life unto the dead (after it has been reduced to dust and scattered in the earth and become naught). He asked: Dost thou not believe ? Abraham replied ; Yea. but I ask in order that my heart may be at ease. (God) advised : Take thou then any four of the birds (i e. four different species; Abraham took a peacock, an eagle, a dove and a cock), and cause them to incline unto thee ( i. e. teach each of them to come to you when you call their respective names and when these birds have been so trained then cut them up into small pieces and mix these pieces all together ). Then scatter this mixture of cut up pieces on each of the (several nearby) hills, Then call them, ( and you win see before your eyes how the scattered mutilated parts will come flying from the different directions of that particular type of bird which you have called and you wilI see how) they will come to thee, (reassemble and come back once again to life ) in haste. And know that Allah is Mighty, Wise" [4].
Modern man basically does not believe in any "Miracle". Because miracles cannot be substantiated by scientific methods of testing. Hence miracles are beyond the scope of knowledge of ordinary man. Yet Man thinks himself in his pride and arrogance to be the all knowing and nothing is beyond him !
Science is proving daily before us that it is far from perfect and cannot meet all the problems facing us. New theories or processes are being discovered or proved showing that the previous theories which were relied upon to be correct were in fact wrong. In spite of these daily facts the modern Man contends that unless some modern methods of research could show that there is life definitely after this life, most men are not inclined to pay any heed to the question of resurrection. Just because it has not been proved to his satisfaction by rigid scientific tests, he refuses to believe in the evidences before him. He usually discards the existing evidences as unproved.
On the other hand all scriptures the world over proclaim :
This our present life on earth is transitory – This is evidenced by the facts of life. Not a single person from the time of creation of Adam is alive with us today. No not even the mighty kings nor any scientist nor anyone else has survived for thousands of years to be with us today: Man, inspite of all his past and present scientific achievements including visiting the moon and possibly other planets has failed in his most cherished attempt of prolonging his life indefinitely. All religions teach that God Almighty is the only One Who is alive from infinity till eternity [5]. That the entire universe has not come out of nothing. It has not come about by chance or accident. And that the "Something" from which this vast unfathomable creation has come about is from the Creator. It is He, Who has created Man for a very definite purpose saying :
"For dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return'' [6].
''For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul ?" [7].
"Marvel not at this : for the hour is coming, in that which all that are in the graves shall hear HIS voice,"
“And shall come forth (from their graves) : they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life ; and they that have done ill, unto the resurrection of damnation" [8].
But I say unto you, that every idle word that man shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgement" [9].
"For there is nothing hid which shall not be manifested" [10].
"And as I saw the dead small and great, stand before God: and the books were opened : and another book was opened, which is the book of life : and the deed were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works" [11].
All religious books make it clear that Man has come on this earth for a very definite purpose at the will of God, Who is the Creator of all things. As such Man will have to give an account for what he has done on earth. And on that basis Man is to be rewarded or will suffer in the next life. For this purpose Man would be resurrected from the dead long long after he has died and become dust and his dust scattered into nothingness and his identity completely lost. That He Who created Man originally out of nothingness, when no trace of him existed can certainly recreate him once more out of nothingness whenever He likes without any difficulty whatsoever. That all power rests in and with God.
References to Chapter 1 :
[1] Holy Bible — Genesis 10 : 8 & 9.
[2] Holy Bible — Genesis 11 : 1 — 9.
[3] Pages 22 to 72 of "Destruction or Peace" by Hajee Mahboob Kassim, 20 Royd Street, Calculta-700 016, published 1971.
[4] Holy Quran — Surah 2 — Al Bakr : Ayat 260.
[5] Holy Quran — Surah 2 - Al Bakr : Ayat 255.
[6] Holy Bible — Genesis 3 : 19.
[7] New Testament — St. Matthew 16 : 26 and St Mark 8 : 36.
[8] New Testament - St. John 5 : 28 & 29.
[9] New Testament — Si. Matthew 12 : 36.
[10] New Testament — St. Mark 4 : 22 similar is St. Matthew 10 : 26.
[11] New Testament — Revelation 20 : 12.
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