GOD IS ALL-ABLE & ALMIGHTY
Question: A questioner asked Ibn-e Adam: “Does GOD have the power to enclose a mountain in a hen’s egg in such a way that neither does the egg become bigger in size nor does it break nor does the mountain become smaller?”
Answer: Ibn-e-Adam said to the questioner, “Stand up in your place and look around you carefully.” At this, the questioner stood up and looked at the mountains around him.
Ibn-e-Adam asked, “Tell me, how many senses you have?”
The questioner replied, “I have five senses, like all others.”
At this abrupt answer the people in the gathering started laughing to mock the question asked.
Ibn-e-Adam asked, “Which of your senses is the smallest as compared to the other four? Think carefully, and then reply.”
After thinking for a moment, he replied, “My smallest sense is my sight. I look at things from the hole of my eye which is smaller than the hole of a needle.”
Ibn-e-Adam said, “Good! Now tell me that how much smaller we can call it if it is compared in measurement with the smaller things?”
The questioner replied, “We can measure it approximately as the size of a grain of millet.”
Ibn-e-Adam said, “Can you tell that the mountain in front of you that you are seeing, when passes through the eye hole equal to a grain of millet, changes its size or not? And if not, then do you feel any change in the size of your eye hole during the action of seeing? Or sizes matter not in the process of seeing and you see the whole big mountain completely & perfectly as it passes through the eye hole equal to a grain of millet?”
“Look, neither does the mountain become smaller nor does the hole of the eye become bigger nor does the mountain cause any damage to the hole of the eye by passing through it. O questioner, why you want GOD Almighty to show you in a hen’s egg which is already happening in the hole of your eye equal to the size of a grain of millet. Tell me, isn’t it a proof of the All-Powerfulness and All- Ability of GOD”? GOD has already told the truth that people do not ponder over the signs of GOD even after seeing them.”
At this, the people in the gathering said “GOD is great”, and the questioner was amazed.
