To Answer the Divisive Issue:
Does the Universe Have a Creator?
The Existence of God the
Creator is self-evident to all rational minds. That is why no one ever denied
the Existence of a Supreme Creator except small groups of people. Divine
Scriptures were based on the peoples' acceptance of the Existence of their Lord
Most High—that He was the One Who created them, provided for them, gave them
life and made them to die—then, He increased them in knowledge of Him and
called them to worship Him Alone, without partner, for they knew that no one
else made them or provided for them, no one else gave them life or took them in
death. They knew that no one else could be described by any of the Attributes
of God the Creator.[1]
The question might be
rephrased in the following manner:
We say: Is it the Creator Who is
Eternal—the Alpha, before Whom nothing existed—and the Omega—after Whom nothing
exists—or is it matter?
A law was discovered called "The Law
of Available Energy" or "The Law of Entropy," which confirms
that matter is not eternal and therefore the existence of this universe could
not possibly be eternal.
The Law of Available Energy,
or the Law of Entropy
The Law of Available Energy
states that: heat always flows from regions of higher temperature to regions of
lower temperature, never the opposite.
It is not possible for heat to flow from regions
of lower temperature to regions of higher temperature; heat always flows from
regions of higher temperature to regions of lower temperature.
Based on this important scientific
discovery:
There must come a time when the heat of
all elements balances out. At that time, no useful energy is available for life
and work. As a result: chemical and natural processes stop and life comes to an
end spontaneously.
With that, we have firmly established that
the universe is not eternal.
In this manner, scientific research has
inadvertently confirmed that the universe has a beginning, and therefore, it
has also automatically confirmed the Existence of God, the Creator of this
universe, for everything that has a beginning cannot come into being on its
own; it must have a Prime Mover—God the Creator.
We should also point out that there is no
contradiction between a thing being created by Allah (Glorious & Exalted)
and its creation having a natural explanation.
It was said to the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh), "Oh Messenger of Allah,
what is your opinion of medicines we take to treat illnesses, healing prayers
we say to seek relief, and protection prayers we say to ward off evil? Do they
prevent what Allah has preordained for us at all?"
He (pbuh) replied, "They
are the preordainment of Allah." [Reported by al-Tirmidhi]
From our observations of the creations of
Allah (Blessed & Exalted), we find that it is from His Way (Glorious &
Sublime) that He creates things for a reason, and that the reasons for some
things do not change at all.
Allah (Glorious & Sublime) is the One
Who creates the reasons and gives them a cause, and they have no effect except
through His Power (Glorious & Exalted).
To conclude this chapter, we will present
the summary of a debate that took place between Muslims and communists who deny
the Existence of God the Creator, which took place following the Russian
Revolution led by Lenin. There was a gathering of Muslims, Christians, and
communists, materialists or otherwise. More than ten thousand people were
there.
The Debate
The leader of the communists stood up and
lectured and talked and raved, until he said:
The people say, "God exists and He
is the one who created the world, who protects and guides it, but this saying
of theirs is a fairy tale. If He existed, we would see Him as we see the sun,
the moon and everything else! They say He is big and great and glorious, as it
says in the Quran, the Torah, and the Bible, yet we now see the smallest of things
with observational instruments—microscopes and telescopes. We have examined and
scrutinized everything, but we cannot see Him. No one has seen Him. No one has
even reported to have seen Him! So He is absent and He does not exist. All
things are produced by nature according to materialistic principles…."
Abu Abd al-Karim (the Muslim
speaker) then said:
So I stood and went up to the podium. I
praised Allah Almighty and asked that peace and blessing be sent upon His
messenger, our master, Muhammad (pbuh), and said, "The leader who denies
the Existence of His Lord and Creator, Glorious in His Power, based his denial
on the fact that he cannot see Him, so I ask him, 'Is there a soul in his body
and consciousness in his mind?'
Of course, he had to say: Yes, he does
have a soul in his body and consciousness in his mind. And if that were so, can
he see his soul and consciousness? What is it and how is it?
Like that, he admitted the existence of
something he could not see and confessed to the reality of that which he could
not witness. In fact, he admitted to the existence of a soul and consciousness
because of the obviousness of their effect.
If that were the case then, he should
admit the Existence of Allah, for all creation is the effect of His Power and a
Sign of His Knowledge and Wisdom.
If this ignorant, defiant person could not
even see the soul within his own body, how could he see the Lord of the Worlds,
when the soul is one of His Decrees?
The Noble Creator is He with Whom there is
no comparison, He Who has no equal. May He (Glorious and Exalted) be magnified
above that which the unjust say about Him. {So the disbeliever was utterly
defeated. And Allah guides the wrong-doing people.}[Al-Baqarah 2:258]
Abu Abd al-Karim then said, "So the
Muslims said, 'Allahu Akbar,' (God is Great!) "Subhan Allah,'
(Glory be to Allah!) and they clapped and cheered and were merry, while the
misguided deniers were embarrassed and humiliated."
As a result of this debate,
the Russians attacked the home of Abu Abd al-Karim and took everything in it of
value. Then they sentenced him to death by firing squad. But Allah Almighty,
his Creator and Maker, rescued him from their evil and outdid them in an
amazing story to be told in its time and place.[2]
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