Faith and Science: Refuting Stephen Hawking's claim: ‘There is no heaven; it’s a fairy story!’

"Has not He Who created the heavens and the earth the power to create the like of them?’ Yea, and He is indeed the Supreme Creator, the All-Knowing.   Indeed,  His command, when He intends a thing, is only that He says to it, ‘Be!,’ and it is." [Al-Qura'n - 36:82]

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By Zia Shah | May 16, 2011

Every agnostic or atheist has to deny accountability and hereafter by definition.

If our universe is an accident and that is your world view then Hawking is right.  But, if you are amazed at the beauty and organization of our universe as Albert Einstein was, then Hawking is plain wrong for you.  Here are the verses of the Holy Quran arguing the case for hereafter:

Allah is He Who raised up the heavens without any pillars that you can see. Then He settled Himself on the Throne. And He pressed the sun and the moon into service: each pursues its course until an appointed term. He regulates it all. He clearly explains the Signs, that you may have a firm belief in the meeting with your Lord.  (Al Quran 13:3)

The Holy Quran addresses the issue in greater detail in the following verses in the chapter Yasin, adding the domain of biology to that of astronomy as the argument is built further:

Does not man see that We have created him from a mere sperm-drop? Yet lo! he is an open quarreler!  And he coins similitudes for Us and forgets his own creation. He says, ‘Who can quicken the bones when they are decayed?’  Say, ‘He, Who created them the first time, will quicken them; and He knows every kind of creation full well. He Who produces for you fire out of the green tree, and behold, you kindle from it.  Has not He Who created the heavens and the earth the power to create the like of them?’ Yea, and He is indeed the Supreme Creator, the All-Knowing.   Indeed,  His command, when He intends a thing, is only that He says to it, ‘Be!,’ and it is.  So Holy is He, in Whose hand is the kingdom of all things. And to Him will you all be brought back.  (Al Quran 36:78-84)

More:

The anesthesia of familiarity: There should be a Creator for this universe
Albert Einstein’s search for God
Photosynthesis: deserving of our awe or ridicule?
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To read about the interview of Stephen Hawking:

Reference:
Shah, Zia. Refuting Stephen Hawking's claim: ‘There is no heaven; it’s a fairy story!’ [Internet]. Version 3. Knol. 2011 May 16.
Available from: http://knol.google.com/k/zia-shah/refuting-stephen-hawking-s-claim-there/1qhnnhcumbuyp/361.


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