d) Some ignorant Arabs...

d) Some ignorant Arabs, although believing in God, called God at first and then their idol while performing the Haj pilgrimage. e) The Holy Qur’an has also pointed out that Arabs thought idols would provide them with intercession with God: و يقولون هولاء شفعانا عندالله “They say´ These are our intercessors with God. “ (10:18) Void of Reasons for Defying God None of those who defy God have ever been able to produce any reasons why God does not exist.

Atheists and materialists have no reasons that show there is no origin to the universe; they have merely criticized the reasons theists have for the existence of God. Debating on the reasons why God exists cannot logically prove that God does not exist. If one is to defy the existence of God, independent reasons that God does not exist are required. Those who defy God mainly refer to the evil and discomfort in the world.

If there really is a God, they say, why is there so much pain and suffering in the world? Such criticism will obviously never lead to the defiance of God, for the most we are able to conclude from it is that the order and harmony in the universe is not what we might expect or imagine. In fact, those who refer to evil in the world are concerned with divine justice rather than the actual existence of God itself.

As Voltaire says, those who attempt to defy the existence of God by referring to the evil and suffering in the world are like someone who enters a highly sophisticated mansion full of exquisite architecture, paintings and woodwork. Although the extremely skillful works he sees can only lead to the fact that a master must have built them, he says that since he found drops of blood and broken arms and legs on the stairs or in the hall, such a mansion cannot have a maker!

This is clearly a baseless argument, for asking about the maker of a mansion is quite irrelevant to violations in the laws and rules that govern it. Classifying People based on Their Belief in God According to their belief in God, humans can be divided into three groups: 1- Believers in God: This group is dominant both qualitatively and quantitatively, for most scientists and great thinkers throughout history have believed in God.

2- The Indifferent: These people do not seem to have any belief in God, nor do they believe in the existence of any absolute being as God, either.