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Reason #3: Position of the Earth

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My philosophy is that whether you’re an atheist or theist, a logical way of starting the humble journey to see if God exists or not is to look at one’s surroundings.

And what better place to understand than our planet itself? Here’s a list of 6 things you may or may not have known:

  1. It’s in the perfect distance from the Sun. A little closer and it’s too warm. A little further and it’s too cold.
  2. Its atmosphere protects us from meteors and the Sun’s dangerous rays.
  3. The moon moderates the planet’s wobble on its axis and possibly stabilizes the oceans’ tides.
  4. There’s oxygen for us to breathe in with the help of plants of course!
  5. Available water and edible food to keep us nourished.
  6. Lack of the presence of unstoppable creatures that can wipe us out of existence.

So think about all this. We sometimes rave about the planet being the perfect distance from the Sun, but if one of the other factors was not here, we would not exist.

If we can appreciate this, shouldn’t we wonder – doesn’t it seem like everything got fine-tuned to allow life to exist here? Can we honestly say this was by chance or just the works of nature? Never in a billion years can all these things come together and give existence to life….. unless Something Supernatural that is full of wisdom and incredibly powerful made it happen.

Reason #2: Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) praying for hours at night

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One may ask, “How is this a proof?” Great question! Well, if a person is a fraud, there are few possible reasons why he would claim to be a Prophet, right? Fame, power, and women are common ones.

Yes, he might just be crazy enough to make the claim for the greater good, unite his people, and make the world a better place. In his mind, he could’ve justified it.

BUT then why pray so much? As you may know, in Islam, it is mandatory for Muslims to pray the 5 daily prayers. That’s hard enough! Let’s excuse that and say, “Fine, that’s possibly to make human beings develop self-control.”

But how was Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ)? Yes, like every other Muslim, he would make the 5 prayers and he would do it regardless of what was going on. But it was not just those. He would do a lot of voluntary prayers every day. And at night, when he could’ve lowered his guard, given up his disguise, or at least rested, he would sleep a little, wake up, and then pray for hours before dawn came about.Why would an imposter give up sleep for something he made up? He could’ve just prayed when he woke up. But nope! In fact, he would pray so much that his wife ‘Aisha (ra) is reported to have asked him why he’s praying so much that his feet would swell, after which he gave his famous response, “Should I not be a grateful servant?” [Sources: Sahih Bukhari 1078 & Sahih Muslim 2819]