The Factory of the Universe
A believer sees an invisible world in the visible world. He finds the Creator in creation. He finds the Organizer in the organization.
If you visit a man-made factory, you will be shown around its various departments, and its functioning methods will be explained to you. In addition, you will find instructions hung at various places telling you about the working of the machinery. There will be personnel at every point to answer your queries. Besides, the factory will provide ample literature containing all the necessary information.
The universe is the biggest of these ‘factories’. However, there is no instruction board or guide to explain it. Planning and manufacturing are going on here too. There is the packaging industry, and there is also a constant arrangement for supplies. Here the laws of supply and demand are observed. Here there is also an arrangement for the recycling of waste. Here, there is control and balance and an arrangement for procur-ing raw materials. There is all this and much more, but there is no one to tell us about it or explain it to others. The tall peaks of the mountains appear like a universal stage, but on their summits, there is no speaker. When the birds twitter, it appears they will convey some message, but we never receive it because we fail to understand their language. When there is thunder and lightning, it seems like they are the vocal cords of nature, announcing some message, but their language remains unintelligible to man.
‘Faith’ is what fills this vacuum in the human being, making him the confidante of nature’s secrets. The believer is, in a way, a scientist. A scientist explores the solar system amongst the scattered spheres of the universe. He attempts to discover the hidden powers of matter. In static matter, he sees a moving machine.
Similarly, a believer sees an invisible world in the visible world. He finds in creation the Creator. He finds in the organization the Organizer.
When faith reaches its culmination, it is converted into dawah which means to give words to the wordless melody of the universe. Dawah means to act as a representative of God on God’s earth. A dayee (one who calls people to God) is a person who converts God’s silent communication into an audible one. He hears the message from the Creator and delivers it to the people.
