What is the response to one who denies the principle "Matter is neither created nor destroyed," relying on the idea that scientists will discover its error, citing verses such as: "O company of jinn and mankind, if you are able to pass beyond the regions of the heavens and the earth, then pass. You will not pass except with authority" and "Is He then who creates like one who does not create?"?
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This statement is religiously invalid, for matter perishes, as Allah Almighty says: "Everyone upon it will perish, And there will remain the Face of your Lord, Owner of Majesty and Honor." And their saying: "It is not created from nothingness" is a denial of creation, and Allah is the Creator of all things. This implies that the universe is independent of Allah, which is the logic of atheists. Therefore, experimental science textbooks must be purged of statements that entrench atheism.
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