First Proof: Creation of This Universe and Its Wonderful Design
O man! All this universe that surrounds you; the heavens, the stars, the galaxies, and the earth that is spread in which there are neighboring tracts out of which different plants grow bearing all fruits, and on which you find all creatures in pairs, this universe did not create itself and most definitely could never make itself.
It must then have a creator. Who then is that creator who created it in this wonderful design and perfection and made it a sign for those who can see save Allah, the One, the Subduer? There is no Lord of deity worthy of worship besides Him. He says: “Did nothing create them or were they the creators? Or did they create heavens and the earth? Nay, but they have no firm belief.” (Holy Quran 52:35-36)
If their creation was not accidental and they had not created themselves or created the heavens and the earth; it should then be affirmed that there exists a creator who created them as well as the heavens and the earth. That Creator is Allah, the One, the Subduer.
Second Proof: Nature
All creatures are naturally inclined to believe in the existence of the Creator; to affirm that He is greater and mightier than all things. This inclination is more well-rooted than elementary mathematics and does not need to be proved by any evidence except for him who has an abnormal nature; a nature that has been exposed to circumstances that turn it away from what it should admit.
Allah SWT says: “That (Islamic Monotheism) is the nature upon which Allah has created mankind. Let there be no change in Allah’s (law of) creation. That is the straight religion. (Holy Quran 30:30)
Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) said: “Verily, my Lord commanded me to teach you what you do not know of what He has taught me today: ‘All money that I endow a slave with is lawful for him. I created my slaves naturally inclined to Islamic Monotheism and it was the devils who came to them, led them away from their religion, made forbidden for them what I made lawful, and urged on them to associate partners with Me in worship of which I did not send any proof.” (Sahih Muslim 2865)
Third Proof: Consensus of All People
All past and modern nations are in consensus that this universe has a creator who is Allah the Lord of all the worlds, that He is the Creator of the heavens and the earth, and that He has no partner among His creatures as He does not have a partner in His Sovereignty.
No belief has ever been reported by any of the past nations that their false deities took part with Allah in the creation of the heavens and the earth. Rather, they believed that it was Allah Who created them, that there was no creator or sustainer besides Him, and that He alone owns the power to benefit or harm.
Allah Almighty informs us in the following verse of the idolaters’ affirmation of His Lordship and guardianship: “And indeed, if you ask them, ‘Who has created the heavens and the earth?’ They will surely say: ‘The All-Mighty, the All-Knower created them.” (Holy Quran 43:9)
Four: The Reason
Human reason inevitably confirms that this universe has a great Creator; for sound reason agrees that this universe is a created thing that did not bring itself to being, hence, it must have an originator.
Also, man knows that he falls into crises and afflictions and when he is unable to prevent them or remove them, he faces the heavens with his heart and seeks His Lord’s aid to remove his distress even though he may denounce His Lord and worship his idols in his normal days. This is an indisputable fact. Even the animal raises his head and looks at the sky whenever it is visited by an affliction.
Allah Almighty informs us that man, whenever he is afflicted with harm, hastens to his Lord and asks Him to remove the harm. “And when some hurt touches man, he cries to his Lord (Allah Alone) turning to Him in repentance, but when He bestows a favor upon him from Himself, he forgets that for which he cried for before and he sets up rivals to Allah.” (Holy Quran 39:8)
God Almighty says about the idolaters:
“He it is Who enables you to travel through land and sea, till when you are in the ships and they sail with them with a favorable wind, and they are glad therein, then comes a stormy wind and the waves come to them from all sides and they think that they are circled therein, they invoke Allah, making their faith pure for Him Alone, saying: ‘If you (Allah) deliver us from this, we shall truly be of the grateful. But when He delivered them, behold! They rebel (disobey Allah) on the earth wrongfully. O mankind! Your rebellion (disobedience to Allah) is only against your selves, - a brief enjoyment of this worldly life, then (in the end) unto Us is your return and We shall inform you that what you used to do.” (Holy Quran 10:22-23)
Allah Almighty also makes the following remarks:
“And when a wave covers them like shades (like clouds or the mountains of seawater) they invoke Allah, making their invocations for Him only. But when He brings them safely to land, there are among them those who stop in the middle (between belief and disbelief). But none denies Our Signs but every perfidious ungrateful.” (Holy Quran 31:32)
Conclusion
This Lord who brought this universe to existence, created man in the best form embedded in his nature servitude and submission to Him, subjected human reason for his Lordship and His exclusive worthiness to be worshipped. It is Allah whom all nations unanimously testify to His guardianship.
He should inevitably be One in His Lordship and worthy to be worshipped. As He has no partner in creating His creatures, He should also have no partner in His worthiness to be worshipped. There are numerous evidence for this. Let us discuss some of them in the next blog. Until then, stay blessed. Assalamalikum!
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