1.Who created all that exists around us?
اللَّهُ الَّذِي خَلَقَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا
It is Allaah Who has created the heavens, the earth and all that is between them. (32:4)
2.Who created us?
وَاللَّهُ خَلَقَكُمْ
It is Allaah Who created you. (37:96)
3.What is our argument against those who deny the existence of God?
أَمْ خُلِقُوا مِنْ غَيْرِ شَيْءٍ أَمْ هُمُ الْخَالِقُونَ أَمْ خَلَقُوا السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ بَل لا يُوقِنُونَ
Were they created without a Creator? Or were they their own creators? Did they create the heavens and the earth? Nay! They will never be convinced. (52:35-36)
It is a fact that man is a creation .How can a creation come into existence without a creator? It is both unimaginable and incorrect to suggest that man is his own creator. For again there arises a question: How could man create himself when he did not exist? In fact, the belief in a creator having divine attributes is an undeniable fact.
4.Do we have many creators or one?
قُلِ اللّهُ خَالِقُ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ وَهُوَ الْوَاحِدُ القَهَّارُ
Say: "Allaah is the Creator of all things, He is the One, the Irresistible." (13:16)
5.Can we see Allaah in this life?
ذَلِكُمُ اللّهُ رَبُّكُمْ لا إِلَهَ إِلاَّ هُوَ خَالِقُ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ فَاعْبُدُوهُ وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ وَكِيلٌ
لاَّ تُدْرِكُهُ الأَبْصَارُ وَهُوَ يُدْرِكُ الأَبْصَارَ وَهُوَ اللَّطِيفُ الْخَبِيرُ
That is Allaah your Lord! There is no god but Him, the creator of everything. Therefore, worship Him; He is the Guardian of everything. No vision can grasp Him while He grasps all visions. He is the Subtle, the Aware. (6:102-103)
@. The Subtle = Al-Latif in Arabic.
Al-Latif as a name of Allaah is difficult to define in words; also the idea it represents is difficult to grasp in our minds. It implies:
(1) Fine, subtle (the basic meaning);
(2) So fine and subtle as to be imperceptible to human sight;
(3) So pure as to be incomprehensible;
(4) With sight so perfect as to see and understand the finest subtleties and mysteries;
(5) so kind and gracious as to bestow gifts of the most refined kind; extraordinarily gracious and understanding.
6.What should we say to those who ask 'who created Allaah’?
هُوَ الْأَوَّلُ وَالْآخِرُ
He is the First (nothing is before Him) and the Last (nothing is after Him). (57:3)
We cannot deny our existence nor can we deny the existence of things we see and feel around us. The universe is not eternal. It has a beginning. Then, who created it? No matter whether we believes in God or Nature as a creator, we have to believe in a creator who existed before all the creation. If we, for the sake of an argument accept a creator who created God, again the question arises: “who created this supposed creator?” And thus there is possible no end to this question. We have to stop somewhere; we have to believe in a creator who existed before all else, an eternal God. Now we have a choice: to believe ‘the blind forces of nature’ to be this first creator or to believe Allaah to be the creator of all, a Being free of all defects, capable of everything, having perfect knowledge of the minutest.”
7.What are the signs that prove the existence of Allaah?
إِنَّ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ لايَاتٍ لِّلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَفِي خَلْقِكُمْ وَمَا يَبُثُّ مِن دَابَّةٍ آيَاتٌ لِّقَوْمٍ يُوقِنُونَ وَاخْتِلافِ اللَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ وَمَا أَنزَلَ اللَّهُ مِنَ السَّمَاء مِن رِّزْقٍ فَأَحْيَا بِهِ الْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهَا وَتَصْرِيفِ الرِّيَاحِ آيَاتٌ لِّقَوْمٍ يَعْقِلُونَ تِلْكَ آيَاتُ اللَّهِ نَتْلُوهَا عَلَيْكَ بِالْحَقِّ فَبِأَيِّ حَدِيثٍ بَعْدَ اللَّهِ وَآيَاتِهِ يُؤْمِنُونَ
Surely in the heavens and the earth there are signs for the true believers;
and in your own creation and that of animals which are scattered through the earth, there are signs for those who are firm in faith, and in the alternation of night and day, in the sustenance that Allaah sends down from heaven with which He revives the earth after its death and in the changing of the winds, there are signs for those who use their common sense. These are the revelations of Allaah, which We are reciting to you in all truth. Then, in what report will they believe if not Allaah and His revelations? (45:3-6)
The creation of the universe and the perfection in its design and governing is a proof that there is Someone who is governing it.
The perfect physical structure man has is a proof that there is some creator who created him.
The physical structure of the animals being exactly in harmony with their surrounding proves that there is some Creator who knows their requirements. Also it is a Sign of the existence of God that huge animals are domesticated so easily as if they were created for man only.
The constant system of the alternation of day and night and the benefit in it points to the existence of a Creator. Also the psychological, social and physical benefits in the alternation of days and nights show that there is someone who knows.
The water cycle, the dependency of all the creatures on water, the abundance of water on the earth, the co-ordination of the sun, the winds in the rain system points to the unity of God.
In fact every creature in itself is an evident proof of the existence, wisdom and power of the true god, Allaah.
8.Why, then, people do not believe in Allaah when there are so many signs of his existence and oneness?
وَكَأَيِّن مِّن آيَةٍ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالأَرْضِ يَمُرُّونَ عَلَيْهَا وَهُمْ عَنْهَا مُعْرِضُونَ
There are many signs in the heavens and the earth, which they pass by; yet they turn (their faces) away from them! (i.e. they pay no attention to them!) (12:105)
Man is so busy that he has no time to ponder upon the Signs spread throughout the universe. Then, how can he benefit from them? Even when he comes across something, he turns away his eyes from them.
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9.Who gave us the powers of hearing and seeing?
وَاللّهُ أَخْرَجَكُم مِّن بُطُونِ أُمَّهَاتِكُمْ لاَ تَعْلَمُونَ شَيْئًا وَجَعَلَ لَكُمُ الْسَّمْعَ وَالأَبْصَارَ وَالأَفْئِدَةَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ
Allaah brought you forth from the wombs of your mothers when you knew nothing, and He gave you hearing, sight and intelligence so that you may give thanks to Him. (16:78)
10.Who sends rain and provides water to drink and produces crops by it?
هُوَ الَّذِي أَنزَلَ مِنَ السَّمَاء مَاء لَّكُم مِّنْهُ شَرَابٌ وَمِنْهُ شَجَرٌ فِيهِ تُسِيمُونَ يُنبِتُ لَكُم بِهِ الزَّرْعَ وَالزَّيْتُونَ وَالنَّخِيلَ وَالأَعْنَابَ وَمِن كُلِّ الثَّمَرَاتِ إِنَّ فِي ذَلِكَ لآيَةً لِّقَوْمٍ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ
It is He Who sends down water from the sky, which provides drinking water for you and brings forth fodder to pasture your cattle. With it He grows for you crops, olives, date palms, grapes, and every kind of fruit: surely there is a great sign in this for those who think. (16:10-11)
اللَّهُ الَّذِي خَلَقَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا
It is Allaah Who has created the heavens, the earth and all that is between them. (32:4)
2.Who created us?
وَاللَّهُ خَلَقَكُمْ
It is Allaah Who created you. (37:96)
3.What is our argument against those who deny the existence of God?
أَمْ خُلِقُوا مِنْ غَيْرِ شَيْءٍ أَمْ هُمُ الْخَالِقُونَ أَمْ خَلَقُوا السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ بَل لا يُوقِنُونَ
Were they created without a Creator? Or were they their own creators? Did they create the heavens and the earth? Nay! They will never be convinced. (52:35-36)
It is a fact that man is a creation .How can a creation come into existence without a creator? It is both unimaginable and incorrect to suggest that man is his own creator. For again there arises a question: How could man create himself when he did not exist? In fact, the belief in a creator having divine attributes is an undeniable fact.
4.Do we have many creators or one?
قُلِ اللّهُ خَالِقُ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ وَهُوَ الْوَاحِدُ القَهَّارُ
Say: "Allaah is the Creator of all things, He is the One, the Irresistible." (13:16)
5.Can we see Allaah in this life?
ذَلِكُمُ اللّهُ رَبُّكُمْ لا إِلَهَ إِلاَّ هُوَ خَالِقُ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ فَاعْبُدُوهُ وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ وَكِيلٌ
لاَّ تُدْرِكُهُ الأَبْصَارُ وَهُوَ يُدْرِكُ الأَبْصَارَ وَهُوَ اللَّطِيفُ الْخَبِيرُ
That is Allaah your Lord! There is no god but Him, the creator of everything. Therefore, worship Him; He is the Guardian of everything. No vision can grasp Him while He grasps all visions. He is the Subtle, the Aware. (6:102-103)
@. The Subtle = Al-Latif in Arabic.
Al-Latif as a name of Allaah is difficult to define in words; also the idea it represents is difficult to grasp in our minds. It implies:
(1) Fine, subtle (the basic meaning);
(2) So fine and subtle as to be imperceptible to human sight;
(3) So pure as to be incomprehensible;
(4) With sight so perfect as to see and understand the finest subtleties and mysteries;
(5) so kind and gracious as to bestow gifts of the most refined kind; extraordinarily gracious and understanding.
6.What should we say to those who ask 'who created Allaah’?
هُوَ الْأَوَّلُ وَالْآخِرُ
He is the First (nothing is before Him) and the Last (nothing is after Him). (57:3)
We cannot deny our existence nor can we deny the existence of things we see and feel around us. The universe is not eternal. It has a beginning. Then, who created it? No matter whether we believes in God or Nature as a creator, we have to believe in a creator who existed before all the creation. If we, for the sake of an argument accept a creator who created God, again the question arises: “who created this supposed creator?” And thus there is possible no end to this question. We have to stop somewhere; we have to believe in a creator who existed before all else, an eternal God. Now we have a choice: to believe ‘the blind forces of nature’ to be this first creator or to believe Allaah to be the creator of all, a Being free of all defects, capable of everything, having perfect knowledge of the minutest.”
7.What are the signs that prove the existence of Allaah?
إِنَّ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ لايَاتٍ لِّلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَفِي خَلْقِكُمْ وَمَا يَبُثُّ مِن دَابَّةٍ آيَاتٌ لِّقَوْمٍ يُوقِنُونَ وَاخْتِلافِ اللَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ وَمَا أَنزَلَ اللَّهُ مِنَ السَّمَاء مِن رِّزْقٍ فَأَحْيَا بِهِ الْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهَا وَتَصْرِيفِ الرِّيَاحِ آيَاتٌ لِّقَوْمٍ يَعْقِلُونَ تِلْكَ آيَاتُ اللَّهِ نَتْلُوهَا عَلَيْكَ بِالْحَقِّ فَبِأَيِّ حَدِيثٍ بَعْدَ اللَّهِ وَآيَاتِهِ يُؤْمِنُونَ
Surely in the heavens and the earth there are signs for the true believers;
and in your own creation and that of animals which are scattered through the earth, there are signs for those who are firm in faith, and in the alternation of night and day, in the sustenance that Allaah sends down from heaven with which He revives the earth after its death and in the changing of the winds, there are signs for those who use their common sense. These are the revelations of Allaah, which We are reciting to you in all truth. Then, in what report will they believe if not Allaah and His revelations? (45:3-6)
The creation of the universe and the perfection in its design and governing is a proof that there is Someone who is governing it.
The perfect physical structure man has is a proof that there is some creator who created him.
The physical structure of the animals being exactly in harmony with their surrounding proves that there is some Creator who knows their requirements. Also it is a Sign of the existence of God that huge animals are domesticated so easily as if they were created for man only.
The constant system of the alternation of day and night and the benefit in it points to the existence of a Creator. Also the psychological, social and physical benefits in the alternation of days and nights show that there is someone who knows.
The water cycle, the dependency of all the creatures on water, the abundance of water on the earth, the co-ordination of the sun, the winds in the rain system points to the unity of God.
In fact every creature in itself is an evident proof of the existence, wisdom and power of the true god, Allaah.
8.Why, then, people do not believe in Allaah when there are so many signs of his existence and oneness?
وَكَأَيِّن مِّن آيَةٍ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالأَرْضِ يَمُرُّونَ عَلَيْهَا وَهُمْ عَنْهَا مُعْرِضُونَ
There are many signs in the heavens and the earth, which they pass by; yet they turn (their faces) away from them! (i.e. they pay no attention to them!) (12:105)
Man is so busy that he has no time to ponder upon the Signs spread throughout the universe. Then, how can he benefit from them? Even when he comes across something, he turns away his eyes from them.
Chapter.2
9.Who gave us the powers of hearing and seeing?
وَاللّهُ أَخْرَجَكُم مِّن بُطُونِ أُمَّهَاتِكُمْ لاَ تَعْلَمُونَ شَيْئًا وَجَعَلَ لَكُمُ الْسَّمْعَ وَالأَبْصَارَ وَالأَفْئِدَةَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ
Allaah brought you forth from the wombs of your mothers when you knew nothing, and He gave you hearing, sight and intelligence so that you may give thanks to Him. (16:78)
10.Who sends rain and provides water to drink and produces crops by it?
هُوَ الَّذِي أَنزَلَ مِنَ السَّمَاء مَاء لَّكُم مِّنْهُ شَرَابٌ وَمِنْهُ شَجَرٌ فِيهِ تُسِيمُونَ يُنبِتُ لَكُم بِهِ الزَّرْعَ وَالزَّيْتُونَ وَالنَّخِيلَ وَالأَعْنَابَ وَمِن كُلِّ الثَّمَرَاتِ إِنَّ فِي ذَلِكَ لآيَةً لِّقَوْمٍ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ
It is He Who sends down water from the sky, which provides drinking water for you and brings forth fodder to pasture your cattle. With it He grows for you crops, olives, date palms, grapes, and every kind of fruit: surely there is a great sign in this for those who think. (16:10-11)