Intermediate
Creed
Surah: At-Tur (35)
Were They Created from Nothing? Or Are They the Creators?
أَمۡ خُلِقُواْ مِنۡ غَيۡرِ شَيۡءٍ أَمۡ هُمُ ٱلۡخَٰلِقُونَ
— الطور الآية 35
Verse: "Were they created from nothing? Or are they the creators?" (52:35)
The impregnable philosophical argument: Existence has three possibilities: Created from nothing (impossible — the void produces nothing); you created yourself (impossible — nothing makes itself); a Creator made you — and that is Allah.
Uthman ibn Affan narrated: When he read this verse one night he kept repeating it until morning — "the truth became clear to him."
Lesson: Evidence of Allah's existence needs no telescope or laboratory — it needs a moment of sincere reflection on the reality of your own existence.
The impregnable philosophical argument: Existence has three possibilities: Created from nothing (impossible — the void produces nothing); you created yourself (impossible — nothing makes itself); a Creator made you — and that is Allah.
Uthman ibn Affan narrated: When he read this verse one night he kept repeating it until morning — "the truth became clear to him."
Lesson: Evidence of Allah's existence needs no telescope or laboratory — it needs a moment of sincere reflection on the reality of your own existence.
Source: Ibn Kathir (7/416); Al-Sadi; Al-Qurtubi (17/65)
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What three possibilities does the verse present to establish the existence of the Creator?
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