Existence of GodPREPARED BY TAYYAB PIRZADA, STUDENT OF NEUROSCIENCE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO

Overview

Existence of GodTruth of IslamExperiencing God

Kalām cosmological argumentEverything that has a

beginning of its existence has a cause of its

existence;

If the universe has a beginning of its

existence;

Therefore: The universe has a cause of its

existence.

Laws of Thermodynamics First Law: Energy cannot be created or destroyed but only conserved Second Law: The universe increases in entropy (chaos) with every spontaneous

chemical reaction Third Law: The entropy of a pure crystalline substance at Absolute Zero temperature is

0

EntropyEntropy is chaos (disorder)

Humans are low entropy (high order)

Boltzmann Equation

Entropy = Boltzmann Constant (Gas Constant/Avagadro’s Number) to the natural logarithm of W (the number of

microstates in a macrostate, i.e. the number of energetically equivalent ways to arrange atoms in a

compound)

Entropy = Chaos

Entropy: Disorder Slowly Destroying the Universe

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGIBPOhfbok (30:40 to 33:15)

Boltzmann Equation in the Qur’anفان عليها من كل

“Everything upon this (universe) dies.” (Qur’an 55:27)

Second Law of Thermodynamics

Heat Death of the Universe

First Cause of the Universe The universe is gradually, irreversibly increasing in

entropy (disorder; chaos) with each spontaneous reaction, and energy always goes from a hot system to a cold one.

Since the Universe has not suffered a heat death yet, this indicates that the Universe had a beginning and is not infinite. With that said, anything that is finite, must have a Creator.

The Secrets of the Qur’an "The God of Islam is the same God who is visible in the mirror of

the laws of nature and is discernible in the book of nature. Islam has not presented a new God but has presented the same God who is presented by the light of man’s heart, by the conscience of man, and by the universe.“

“The Qur’an opens the doors to hundreds of insights and eternal truths regarding spiritual medicine and also physical medicine.”

- Promised Messiah (as)

Truth of the Qur’an

The Qur’an contains scientific prophecies fulfilled in modern times

How could the Prophet Muhammad (sa) have known these things 1400 years ago?

Therefore the Qur’an is the Word of God

Truthfulness of the Qur’an from Science and Modern Technology

� ق��‌ ح� ل� ٱ ق� �� ح ح� ل� ق� ح� ح� �� ح ح� ح� ح� ى� �� ح ح� ل� ہ� ہ� �ق � ح� ى� �ہ ح� ہ ح�ا ح�" ل# ٱ ��ہ ح$ا ہ� ى% ح� ح& ل� ہ� ہ'� ق$ ح)“Soon We will show them Our Signs in the Horizons, and in their

own bodies until they understand that it is the truth.” [41:54]

Qur’an and Cosmology Qur’an and Human Biology Qur’an and Modern

Technology Qur’an and Plant Biology Qur’an and Astrobiology

Big Bang Theory“Do the atheists not see that the universe was a closed

up mass, then We exploded it out?” [21:31]

Creation of Stars and Planets “Then He turned to the universe when it was smoke, and said unto it and unto

the earth: Come both of you, willingly or not. They said: We come, obedient.” [41:12]

Star formation occurs by molecular interstellar clouds which are 70% hydrogen gas and some helium

Pillars of Creation Nebula with Star Formation

Expansion of the Universe “And the universe We built with Our own hands and indeed We

go on expanding it.” [51:48] Discovered by Edwin Hubble in 1929 (1,297 years after the death

of the Prophet Muhammad [sa])

Abiogenesis “And We made from water every living thing. Will they not then

believe?” [21:31] “He created man from dry ringing clay like pieces of pottery.”

[55:15]

Miller-Urey Experiment- Proved amino acids biogenesis could occur in a

hydrogen-rich reducing primordial atmosphere in the Ocean

Polymerization in Clay- Hydrolysis reaction (breaking of peptide bonds)

occurs in water, therefore polymerization of first amino acids must have occurred on clay

Human Embryology “Then We placed him as a drop of sperm

in a safe depository; Then We fashioned the sperm into a clot; then We fashioned the clot into a shapeless lump; then We fashioned bones out of this shapeless lump; then We clothed the bones with flesh; then We developed it into another creation.” [23:14-15] 

Dr. Keith Moore, professor of anatomy, in the Faculty of Surgery at the University of Toronto Medical School verified that the Qur’anic account of human embryology is in line with modern biomedical science in the 1980’s

Evolutionary Neuroanatomy and Psychodynamic Psychology

“The state of self is surely prone to enjoin evil.” [12:54] “And I do call to witness the self-accusing state of self.” [74:3] “And you, O state of self at peace!” [89:28]

Frontal Lobe Evolution Frontal lobe of cerebral cortex has evolved

greatest in size and function in humans Involved with higher thought, language, and

abstract cognitive function Other animals also have frontal lobes but at

smaller sizes (hence less higher thought) Chimpanzees can produce sign language but

cannot conceptualize abstract concepts like humans

Other lobes are fairly similar in humans as other animals (i.e. the neuroanatomical regions responsible for breathing, eating, mating etc.)

Genetic Engineering “And he (Satan) said…’and assuredly I will incite them and they will alter the creation

of Allah.’” [4:119-120]

Prediction of Social Media and Modern Communication Systems

“And when various people are brought together.” [81:8]

Plant Reproduction “(God is the One Who) sent water down from the sky and thereby

We brought forth genders of plants each separate from the other.” [20:54]

Extra-terrestrial Life “Allah is He Who created seven (many) galaxies, and of the earth

many others like it.” [65:13] “And among His Signs is the creation of the heavens and the

earth, and of whatever living organisms He has spread forth in both. And He has the power to gather them together when He will so please.” [42:30]

Earth is in precise Goldilocks Zone in proximity to the Sun, necessary for planet to be biophilic; another sign of God

Drake’s Equation “The dwellers of the heaven and the dwellers of the earth glorify Him. This is an

indication that other planets in the universe are also populated and their dwellers follow Divine guidance.” – Promised Messiah (as) in “Philosophy of the Teachings of Islam” pg. 103

Drake’s Equation:N = R* x fp x ne x fl x fi x fC x L

N = the number of civilizations in our galaxy with which communication might be possible;

R* = the average number of star formation per year in our galaxy

fp = the fraction of those stars that have planetsne = the average number of planets that can potentially

support life per star that has planetsfl = the fraction of planets that could support life that

actually develop life at some pointfi = the fraction of planets with life that actually go on to

develop intelligent life (civilizations)fC = the fraction of civilizations that develop a technology

that releases detectable signs of their existence into spaceL = the length of time for which such civilizations release

detectable signals into space

Beauty of Life and the Universe   ہ( ح* ق+ ل� ح� ق' ح+ ح�, ح�ٱ� ق� ل+ $� ح ح�ٱ� )- ن ح�ا ل� ق� ہ/ ق' ح0 ح1 ل� ح�ٱ ق2 ل0 ح�,  ٱ�

“The sun and moon are in orbit. And the stars and plants both submit (to Allah).” [55:4-5]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9D05ej8u-gU

Numerical Miracles of the Qur’an: Sea-Land Ratio

Numerical Miracles of the Qur’an: Word Repetitions

Day 365يوم  – times Month – 12شهر times Satan شيطان and Angels مالئكة – Both 88 times Heaven جنة and Hell جهنم – Both 77 times Man رجل and Woman إمرأة – Both 23 times

Human karyotype contains 23 chromosomes from father and 23 chromosomes from mother

Experiencing God through Quantum Physics

Atomic Orbitals

Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle: We can never be certain of exactly where an

electron is at any one point in time but only make a probability of where in space it may be (i.e. an atomic orbital)

Electrons are both particles and waves, shown by the double-split experiment

Since we can not be sure of what is exactly going on at the quantum (atomic) level but we can be deterministic at the macroscopic level, this indicates that God may fluctuate and change the universe at an atomic level as He pleases

Double-Split Experiment

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlb-HEyOXc0 (27:18 to 30:43)

True Dreams of Scientists Many scientists have experienced true dreams from God which

led to revolutionary discoveries German chemist Dr. August Kekulé discovered the ring-structure of

benzene after seeing a dream of a snake eating its tail Neuroscientist Dr. Otto Leowi discovered neurotransmission and the

first neurotransmitter acetylcholine (involved in muscle function) after seeing and performing an experiment in a dream

Dr. Kekulé’s Dream

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDiDl-ByUd4

Near-Death Experiences

Khalifa-tul-Masih IV (rh) explained how an Ahmadi Muslim lady was in a coma and met God in heaven:

Allah told her that she was already dead for many years; she requested Allah to give her more time on Earth

Allah said He would bring her back to Earth and that the doctors would try to give her blood through a needle but she should reject this needle, that they would say she would not have children but she would, and that she would live a long life

When she returned to consciousness, the doctors tried inserting the needle but she refused but they did anyway, and her arm started swelling. She also had children and lived a long life

Many individuals have had near-death experiences in which they saw the afterlife (usually heaven)

Dr. Eban Alexander, a neurosurgeon who did not strongly believe in an afterlife or in God, after he was in a coma with limited activity in his cerebral cortex, claimed to have seen heaven and wrote a book on it

Albert Einstein and Charles Darwin on God

Einstein: "I want to know God's thoughts; the rest are details." "Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one." "Science without religion is lame. Religion without science is blind.“

Darwin: “But I may say that the impossibility of conceiving that this

grand and wondrous universe, with our conscious selves, arose through chance, seems to me the chief argument for the existence of God.”

“The theory of evolution is quite compatible with the belief in a God; but that you must remember that different persons have different definitions of what they mean by God.”

Pascal’s Wager

Power of Prayer“The weapon of a believer is prayer” – Prophet Muhammad

(sa)

Prayer Experiment: Make a hypothesis that God exists, and start praying. Note down your

observations Anything in life, including all science research, involves effort