Section 4: Explanation of the Methodology of the Qur'an in Establishing the Existence of the Creator and His Oneness

The methodology of the Qur’an in establishing the existence of the Creator and His Oneness is a methodology that is in consonance with the pure Fitrah (natural disposition) and a sound mind. This it does by advancing authentic proofs from which the mind can benefit and submit to in humility. Amongst these are: It is necessarily known that every event must possess a cause: This is an issue that is instinctive and necessarily known, even to a child. If a kid is beaten by someone, and he being blind, is unaware of the personality, he would say: ’Who beat me?’ If ‘Nobody has beaten you.' His mind would never agree that the beating occurred without a Beater. If he is told: ‘So-and-so beat you.' He would cry until he is opportune to beat the person in revenge. This is why Allah - the Most High - Said: “Were they created by nothing or are they themselves the creators? This is an restrictive sentence structure. Allah mentions it, with a negating interrogative syntax in order to explain that all these antecedents, are necessarily known to everyone and that it is impossible to deny them. He - the Most High - said: “Were they created by nothing?” Meaning, without a creator who created them, or they themselves created their own selves? Both cases are false (and impossible). So, it becomes clear that they have a Creator who created them and He is Allah-glorified is He, there is no creator besides Him. He - the Most High - said: “This is the creation of Allah. So show Me that which those (whom you worship), besides Him have created...” (Qur’an 31: II) “Show me! What have they created of the earth?” (Qur’an 46: 4) “Of do they assign to Allah partners who have created the like of His creation, so that the creation (which they made and His creation) seemed alike to them. Say: ‘Allah is the Creator of all things, He is the One, the Irresistible. ” (Qur’an 13:16) “...Those whom you call besides Allah cannot create (even) a fly, even though they combine together for the purpose...” (Qur’an “Those whom they (the polytheists, pagans, idolaters etc.) invoke besides Allah have not created anything, but are themselves “Is then He, Who creates as one who creates not? Will you not then Despite all these repeated challenges, no one has ever claimed that he has created something. Not even just a claim, not to talk of proving it. So, it becomes clear that Allah, glorified is He, is the Sole Creator, possessing no partner. The Systematic Order of the Entire Universe and Its Precission: This is the most conclusive evidence that its (i.e the universe’s) controller is a single deity, and that its Lord is One, possessing neither partner nor rival. He - the Most High - said: " “No son (or offspring or children) did Allah beget, nor is there any Ilah (god) along with Him; (if there had being many gods), behold each god would have taken away what he had created, and some would have tried to overcome the others!...” (Qur’an 23: 91) The True God must necessarily be a Creator Who acts. Had there been along with Allah another god who shares with Him His kingdom - Most Lofty is Allah above such - then he (the god) would have his own creatures and actions. Therefore, he would not love the partnership of the other god with him, rather; if he is capable of overcoming his partner and being the sole owner of kingdom and Godship, he would do so. If he is not able to do that, he would go away with his portion of the kingdom and creation, and administer it separately from the other, just as earthly kings control their kingdoms separately from the other’s authority. So, there would occur a split. Therefore, one of three scenarios comes into play: • Either one of the two overpowers the other and takes sole authority over the kingdom and creation. • Or each administers his kingdom and creation without the influence of the other, and so a split occurs. • Or that they (the kingdom and creation) are under a single authority, One Who acts therein as He Wills, So, He is the True God and they are His This is what exists in reality. There has never been a split or fissure in the universe. This indicates that its Controller is One, without rival and that its Possessor is One, The Subjugation of Creatures to Fulfilling Their Roles and Abiding by Their Peculiarities: There is no creature that deviates and refuses to fulfill its role in the universe. This is what Musa >& brought forth as evidence when Faun (Pharaoh) asked him “Fir'aun (Pharaoh) said: “Who then, O Musa (Moses), is the Lord of you two?” ( Qur’an 20: 49) Musa responded with a comprehensive and sufficient answer: “IMusa (Moses)] said: ‘Our Lord is He Who gave to each thing its form and nature, then He guided it right. ” (Qur’an 20: 50) That is, our Lord is He Who created all creatures, and gave each creature its befitting form and nature (large or small), proportionality and all its traits. Thereafter, He guided each creature to the purpose for which it had been created. This guidance is the guidance of reasoning and inspiration. It is a perfect guidance, which is observed in all creatures; each creature you would find, hastens to those benefits, which have been created for it and averts harm from itself. So much so that Allah endowed animals and beast with reasoning that enables them to perform those actions, which benefit them and avert evil from themselves, and fulfill their roles in life. This is what He, the Most High, said: The One Who created all creatures and granted each its good nature - one, which the intellect cannot imagine a better form - and guided it to what is beneficial to it, is the True Lord. To deny Him is a denial of the most significant Being in existence, and this is arrogance and an open display of falsehood. Allah granted creation everything they require in this life and then guided them on how to benefit therefrom. There is no doubt that He granted each species its shape and form, which is appropriate to it, and granted the male and the female what is appropriate to each regarding sex, love and sociability. He also granted each organ its form and adaptation for the function associated with it. In these are decisive proofs that He is Lord of all things, and He is the One Who deserves worship not others. Undoubtedly, the intent of establishing (proving) His Lordship over His creatures and His sole right to such, is to prove therewith the obligation of worshipping Him Alone without associating partners to Him. This is Tawhid-al-Uluhiyyah (Unity of Godship). If a person believes in Tawhid-ur-Rububiyyah (Unity of Lordship) but has not believed in Tawhid-al-Uluhiyyah (Unity of Godship) or has not fulfilled its requirements in the right manner, then he is not yet a Muslim or a Monotheist. Rather, he is a disbeliever and an infidel. This is what we shall now discuss in the next section, by Allah’s leave. “Who made everything He has created good. ” (Qur’an32: 7) '... In everything there is a sign that points to His Oneness.: