What is deduced from the Qur'an in respect of the causes and...

What is deduced from the Qur'an in respect of the causes and their role is that the Almighty Creator knows every­thing and can do whatever He likes. But He has created the world in a particular way and has laid down for it a parti­cular system in which certain things perform the role of producing certain others.

But their role is that of Allah's obedient functionaries, who accomplish the jobs alloted to them unhesitatingly and comply with His commands dutifully, without infringing them in the least. The enormous magnetic power of the sun, though a gigantic force in its own vast field, is still subject to the command of the Creator. The magnetic power of the earth is also a mighty force.

But it is also subservient to the command of Allah, who empowers a small bird to resist it and remain aloft in the space for hours. Narrating the story of Prophet Ibrahim (P) the Qur'an says: * * "The idol worshippers cried: "Burn him and avenge your gods if you are men of actions ". We said: Fire, "Be coolness and peace for Ibrahim ". They planned to harm him, but We frustrated their plans". (Sura al‑Anbiya, 21:68 ‑70). So whenever Allah deems it fit, He may prevent fire from burning.

If, with the advancement of technology, man can now neutralize a mine or an incendiary bomb, he has made, by giving an electronic signal, then why should not Allah be able to prevent the action of a thing which He has made? The miracles A sensible man having some knowledge can easily under­stand the nature of miracles if he takes into consideration the relation of material causes to Allah, His will and His command. The Islamic outlook on the world supports the occurrence of miracles.

It finds no contradiction between it and the law of causation, which enunciates that no phenomenon appears without a cause, because from the Qur'anic point of view a miracle is a phenomenon which has a special cause, viz. the will of Allah. Not only this that the occurrence of the miracles has no contradiction with the universal law of causation in principle but for practical purposes also it is not incon­sistent with the normal system of cause and effect.

Man while evaluating the scientific and experimental laws does, not sit waiting for the discovery of absolute and unexceptionable rules. All those who are conversant with the advanced experimental sciences know well that the law of relativism is applicable to most of the laws of these sciences.