And how many Signs in the heavens and the earth do they pass by? Yet they turn (their faces) away from them! (Noble Quran-12:105)
· Anything that has a beginning cannot be the cause of its own existence.
· A deterministic system needs a designer.
In context of cosmology, then it becomes a necessity that there exist an uncaused, intelligent (agency, source, entity) which caused all that exist.
You were not responsible for your own birth nor, the smartphone you use came into existence on its own.
Today it has been established that our universe was indeed created and did not exist, it had a beginning,
not only that scientists tells us that it came out of nothing…!!!
But remember
nothing cannot create something… you still need something to create something out of nothing.
So what caused, created, our universe?
Simple logical and rational reasoning suffice.
Let’s assume ‘A’ created our universe.
Now there are only two possibilities for existence of ‘A’.
If there is a third possibility let me know…
First possibility: ‘A’ itself was created by say ‘B’ and then ‘B’ was created by ‘C’,
This is infinite regression which is
inconclusive, irrational and impossible.
Let’s say you have 1000 dominoes lined up , to begin domino effect you need first initial push to the first domino.
Now if you have infinite number of dominoes lined up, it means there is no first domino and therefore there cannot be first initial push and hence domino effect cannot exist,
the sequence will never start.
The first scenario for ‘A’ is therefore impossible.
The second possibility for ‘A’ is the most
reasonable, rational, logical, and the only possibility.
‘A’ never had a beginning, it always existed, we can further expound that ‘A’ possesses intelligence (including all the knowledge and information present in our universe) and
'A' is capable of bringing things into existence out of nothing.
Moving on to second statement…
A deterministic system requires a Designer.
A deterministic system cannot arise out of randomness because randomness and determinism are inimical to each other.
Actually there is no such thing as true randomness, there is no such thing as
by chance.
What we have is
bounded uncertainty, for example no matter how many times you throw a dice, throw it for a zillion times,
you will never ever get a 7.
What we have is a
bounded uncertainty that any number from 1 to 6 may show up.
If you plant an apple seed you don’t get randomly an orange tree (unless Monsanto is involved…).
Even the uncertainty that exist at quantum level is a bounded uncertainty.
Scientists tells us that it is Higgs boson that is responsible for giving mass and properties to all the matter that exists in our universe.
If true randomness existed we would be seeing all kind of different matter popping out into existence.In fact our universe will collapse due to random process taking place,
Do you think a unicorn is yet to pop out into existence?
All you have to do is know how to manipulate Higgs boson, and there you have a nice little unicorn.!!!
Before a Deterministic system comes into existence, its parameters, its specifications, its possible states, needs to be
pre-determined.
For example our humble electronic calculator which is a deterministic system, before it can be manufactured(created) its specification needs to be pre-determined, how many digits it can display, to what level of accuracy it can perform calculation and so on.
Our universe is a deterministic system and it is governed by laws of the nature which gives it a deterministic attribute.
Therefore before our universe came into existence, it had to be pre-determined what type of laws of nature it will have, what possible state it can have, its behavior and so on.
And this can only come about if it has a Designer.
Where does God come in here?
There are two mistakes that an atheist makes.
They club Gods of different religions under one roof and reject them lock stock and barrel.
This is like saying all bacterias are harmful for health, which is factually incorrect.
A spoon by any other name is a spoon but A spoon by any other function is not a spoon
The second logical fallacy an atheist commits is asking for empirical evidence for existence of God.
Any god that has empirical evidence is a false god because anything that has empirical evidence means it obeys the law of nature and anything that is subservient to the law of nature cannot be the creator of that law,
Let’s talk about God of Islam Allah (swt).
Remember ‘A’ it is always existing?
In the noble Quran Allah (swt) describes himself.
Say: He is Allah, the One and Only;
Allah, the Eternal, Absolute;
He begetteth not, nor is He begotten;
And there is none like unto Him.
(Chapter 112)
Beside this Allah (swt) has at least 99 names or attributes, some relevant one are…
Allah is also known as ‘al-Bâqî’ meaning…
The One whose existence has neither beginning nor end. The One whose existence is beyond the realm of time.
‘A’ possesses all intellect present in our universe.
Allah is also known as ‘al-'Alîm’ meaning…
The One who is intuitively aware of all things, even before they happen.
One from whom no knowledge is concealed. The One who is aware of the complete details of all matters.
‘A’ is capable of bringing things into existence out of nothing.
Verily, His command, when He intends a thing, is only that He says to it, “Be!”– and it is!)
[Noble Quran 36:82)
Praise be to Allah, Who created (out of nothing) the heavens and the earth, Who made the angels, messengers with wings,- two, or three, or four (pairs): He adds to Creation as He pleases: for Allah has power over all things.
(Noble Quran 35:1)
Our universe is deterministic.
This is in compliance with Islamic view.
" Verily, all things have We created in proportion and measure.." [Al-Qur'an 54:49]
One of the article of faith in Islam is Al-Qada' and Al-Qadr, of Allah.
Both al-Qada' and al-Qadr mean the predestination of an action or an event. However if they are combined then al-Qadr means the predestination of an act or event before it occurs and al-Qada' refers to act or event after it takes place.
As You must have realised 'A' is the only rational and logical Agency, entity, source that is capable of creating our universe
and by function 'A' fits Allah. (Remember spoon?)
Now all you have to acknowledge is that..
'A' is for Allah.
But of course...
Let there be no compulsion in religion: Truth stands out clear from Error: whoever rejects evil and believes in Allah hath grasped the most trustworthy hand-hold, that never breaks. And Allah heareth and knoweth all things.
Noble Quran-2:256
Islam is the most logical and rational religion.
It offers rational explanation for any query you may have.
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