VII. Lightning and the Architecture of Reality

Al La Mi Ra. Pramu read the opening verse of Surah Ar-Ra’d, “Alif Lam Mim Ra,” and paused in silence. Then he continued reading, “Allah is the one who raised the heavens without pillars that you can see. Then God established Himself above the Throne and subjected the sun and the moon, each running its course for an appointed time.”

For Pramu, this was not merely a cosmological description, but a key to understanding the structure of reality.

He interpreted the word “above” as referring to space, while “for an appointed time” referred to the dimension of time. The movement of the sun and moon represents physical dynamics. Yet, the sun and moon are not merely celestial bodies—they are manifestations of energy. In the language of physics and chemistry, the sun is a source of light, heat, radiation, and constant material transformation. Therefore, this verse, in Pramu’s view, addresses the foundations of existence. When read and understood carefully, these verses speak about the principles of mathematics, physics, biology, chemistry, and psychology—not about punishments for human actions, but about the universe itself.

Since the Big Bang, humanity has sought to understand the universe beginning with energy—from the initial explosion, through the formation of hydrogen, to the emergence of stars, chemical elements, and life. But energy never stands alone. It moves through space, follows specific laws, and always carries information. Even light, such as lightning, is a massless form of energy that carries data and obeys electromagnetic laws.

When lightning strikes the night sky, splitting the air with light and sound, Pramu sees more than a weather event. He sees a reflection of deep cosmic order. The discharge of massive electrical energy caused by the potential difference between cloud and Earth results in light—electromagnetic radiation—and sound—pressure waves. Lightning demonstrates the direct connection between dimension and energy.

Behind this event lies a deeper system: electromagnetism, the fundamental force that governs the interaction between electric charges and magnetic fields. Every charged particle carries data—position, motion, charge—and follows laws such as Maxwell’s equations. The electromagnetic fields created carry information in the form of waves. The light of lightning, composed of photons, consists of massless particles that can affect massive particles like electrons. Here, we witness the bridge between the visible and invisible, between the massive and the massless.

Humans perceive this stimulus primarily through light. But to see and receive light is not simply to observe illumination—it is to receive data and law through the eyes. This stimulus is then processed by the brain through neural electricity, where neurons transmit signals much like lightning within the body—another form of electromagnetism. The perception of reality, therefore, is an experience of interpreting electromagnetic data within the constraints of law, processed by a biological system.

On the atomic scale, electromagnetism governs electron orbits. Electrons do not simply follow gravity but are primarily guided by electromagnetic force. These interactions form molecules such as water, which is essential for life. Thus, from lightning in the sky to chemical reactions within the human body, the same laws operate, linking the macrocosm and the microcosm.

Modern physics now acknowledges that reality is not only composed of matter and energy, but also of data and law. String theory, for example, states that all particles are vibrations of one-dimensional strings that exist in hidden dimensions. These vibrations carry information about mass, type, and behavior. In other words, what we perceive as particles and forces are manifestations of patterned data shaped by orderly structure across dimensional space.

For Pramu, all of this converges into a single insight: the universe is a system of energy moving through dimensional space, governed by deeper data and law. Lightning is a clear symbol of this—visible light revealing an invisible structure, an order that unites sky, Earth, and consciousness itself.

So when Pramu reads the verses of Ar-Ra’d and sees lightning in the sky, he finds no contradiction between scripture and science. Instead, he finds coherence—the deep structure of reality described by the verse aligns with the concept of Al La Mi Ra in Pramu’s philosophy. For Pramu, the verse is not only a spiritual metaphor, but a scientific description of a universe governed by order and awareness.