Muhammad: Legacy
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The Miracle of the
spider (English)
Why a book
about spiders?
Some people may think that the subject of this book is
not one that interests them very much. They may tell
themselves both that a book about a little insect has
nothing in it for them, and that the busy pace of their
lives leaves them no time for such a book.
Then again, these same people may feel that a book on
economic or political research, or perhaps a novel,
would be more attractive and "useful." Or they may think
that books on other subjects will be of greater interest
to them.
Whereas the fact is that this book the reader is holding
will be a great deal more "useful" than many he has
hitherto read, and has much more to offer him. Because
this book is not a biology text written to give detailed
information about this tiny animal called the spider.
The book may have the spider as its subject, but its
true importance lies in the truth about life it reveals
and the message it has to give.
Like a key ...
A key is a tool which looks pretty unimportant in
itself. If you give one to a person who has never seen
one before, and who is therefore unaware of the
relationship between key and lock, he will consider the
thing in his hand meaningless and a useless piece of
metal. Whereas sometimes a key, depending upon what lies
behind the door that it opens, can be one of the most
valuable things in the world.
This book has been written, not with the aim of taking
the spider as a subject on its own, but to use it as a
"key." As for the reality behind the door which this key
opens, it is the greatest truth anyone can ever discover
throughout the course of his life.
This truth is that human beings and the universe they
inhabit were created, down to the tiniest detail, by
God, and exist to show that He exists and to praise Him.
Therefore, just one part extracted from nature, for
example, a single plant or a single animal, can bring a
truth-seeker closer to an understanding of the entire
universe.
This book, which describes the surprising and incredible
characteristics of the spider, known by so few people,
and which will in describing them also ask "how?" and
"why?" has been written with that end in mind. And for
that reason alone this book is more significant than
many books you may have read up until now.
