1. Islamic Belief and Rationality
To have faith in a creator is considered by many
as equal to following something blindly. The rise of science and technology in the last 50 years
has resulted in many people abandoning their religious beliefs and adopting the faith of science
which concludes there is no need for a creator.
Names such as Richard Dawkins a staunch atheist regularly ridicules those who believe in a
creator and look upon any person who believes in Allah ‫ ىلاعتو هناحبس‬as effectively
contradicting the very make-up of a human being. Scientists as well as those who are smitten by
the discoveries in the scientific world have over the years developed a number of theories which
for them proves there is no such thing as a creator. These theories or arguments can be
categorized as follows:
Scientific theories - based around the fact that Allah ‫ ىلاعتو هناحبس‬has never been seen, heard
or touched so how could He exist, and all things are just different forms of atoms (matter) so
there is no need for a creator.
Moral arguments - such as how could a creator exist and create so much evil, corruption, vice,
wars and unhappiness in the world? Surely Allah ‫ ىلاعتو هناحبس‬would be all the good things
such as love, peace and mercy.
Logical arguments - The ideas developed from logic include, if Allah ‫ ىلاعتو هناحبس‬is all
powerful could he create a stone heavy enough that he couldn't lift and other questions such as
can Allah ‫ ىلاعتو هناحبس‬create a wall even he couldn't climb.
Cult theories - These theories include that we may live in a matrix, aliens could have created us
or even the devil may have created us.

2. Before looking at these arguments it must be understood that all of them are designed to try and
prove that there is no need for a creator.
The limitations of science
There is no doubt, the development of science over the last 200 years has led to the creation and
invention of technology and research which would have been unimaginable to all those in the
18th century. The genetic make-up of humans, the discovery of DNA, the motor vehicle etc are
just some of the success stories of scientific development. However many who are mesmerised
by science have tried to use it to suggest there is no creator. This is a complete misuse of science;
this can be seen if we look at how science concludes facts.
The scientist would carry out an experiment in a laboratory and would subject the thing under
study to various conditions such as extreme heat or cold and then see how it reacts in comparison
to how it would react in its normal environment. From this, facts would then be concluded.
Hence science can not experiment with those things which are intangible such as ideas, laws,
history, behaviour and those things beyond the universe. This is because all these things are not
tangible. You cannot take them into a laboratory and heat them or freeze them. Therefore it is
impossible for science to experiment with Allah ‫ ىلاعتو هناحبس‬as Allah ‫ ىلاعتو هناحبس‬cannot
be experimented with.
Many scientists argue there is no need for a creator as everything we see in the universe such as
planets, humans, stars etc are just different forms of matter. They are just atoms which are
arranged in a particular way and when a human dies as an example, they turn into dust which is
another form of matter. However it is physically impossible for anything to change from one
state to another on its own. Water cannot change into steam on its own, and ice cannot turn into
liquid on its own. Both of these need something else to make the transition. For water to
transform into steam it requires heat, and for ice to turn into liquid it requires a certain amount of
cold. For transformation to occur any amount of heat or cold is not enough, but a specific amount
is needed i.e. steam will not be generated from water unless the heat is 100 degrees; 80 degrees
will not generate steam. Why will this only occur at 100 degrees? Why not at any other
temperature? This is because the water, the heat and the steam have no will on deciding things.
The rule of changing from water to steam at 100 degrees was imposed on them - they had no
choice; if they did then they could transform at any temperature, not only at 100 degrees. This
shows that it is wrong to suggest things are merely matter or atoms as something other then them
is laying rules and controlling things, this can only be the creator.
Good and bad
Many believe that it's not your belief in Allah ‫ ىلاعتو هناحبس‬or following a religion that makes
you a good person. Rather it's if you have good morals such as honesty, love, peace, mercy etc,

3. and if these are the best morals then how could Allah ‫ ىلاعتو هناحبس‬allow so much oppression,
wars, disease and disasters in the world? Surely this proves there is no creator?
This argument has a number of problems as it assumes Allah ‫ ىلاعتو هناحبس‬is like a human
who has morals and it assumes humans created such attributes, hence Allah ‫ىلاعتو هناحبس‬
must have them aswell. If Allah ‫ ىلاعتو هناحبس‬was like a human then it means Allah ‫هناحبس‬
ot suolucidir eb dluow sihT .snamuh ot tnereffid on yad eno eid dna dlo worg dluow ‫وت عال ى‬
believe. Placing the blame for the existence of problems around the world is even more
ridiculous as all of them are man-made. WWI was started by Britain as Germany was threatening
Europe. WWII was again started by Britain along with Russia and France due to Hitler
expanding Germany. The Iraq war was started by the US due to Oil. The war in Kashmir was
effectively created by the British as they gave a majority Muslim land to India, and finally the
problems in the Middle East were created by Britain who imposed Israel upon the people of
Palestine. The oppression around the world is created and maintained by humans not Allah
.‫س بحان ه وت عال ى‬
It must be logical....
The people who raise logical arguments in no way prove that Allah ‫ ىلاعتو هناحبس‬does not
exist. Rather they raise circular arguments which go nowhere. Whether Allah ‫ىلاعتو هناحبس‬
can lift a stone, fly, climb etc in no way proves he doesn't exist. These questions in themselves
are wrong as there is no correct answer to them whichever way you answer them. They are the
same as asking, is Germany the largest continent in the world? Obviously it is not. However this
means Germany is a continent just not the largest. The problem here is the question asked was
wrong as it contradicted the definition of Germany which is that it's a country in Europe. Similar
to this would be to ask, can the cat speak Chinese? Answering yes is irrational and answering no
would mean the cat cannot speak Chinese but it can speak. Again the question was wrong as it
assumes cats can speak.
Hence logical arguments are in fact illogical as they contradict the definition of what a creator is.
So lifting, climbing, throwing etc are attributes of humans. How can humans use their attributes
to describe Allah ‫ ?ىلاعتو هناحبس‬This would be the same as one of us creating a drink, giving
it a colour and taste and then the drink imposing restriction and rules for us. The created does not
affect the creator.
Cult theories
One would think, with the development of science that more and more people would conclude
that the signs in the world show us that there is a creator. However unfortunately more and more
people are beginning to believe in the weird and wonderful. Keanu reeves film about the struggle
of Neo against some supernatural force called the Matrix which controls everything raised the
possibility that life as we see it may not be what it seems. Some, such as a group of scientists in
the US called clonaid, even say that humans were created by aliens.
The problem here lies with the method of thinking, which is anything and everything is possible;
there is no such thing as an ultimate truth. This type of thinking is encouraged in the West, as

4. critical thinking is healthy and ensures only the strongest theories would remain as they can
withstand the test from any suspect thinker. However ideas such as ‘we come from alien's' etc are
physically not provable or cannot be verified by anyone who claims them. There is no evidence
whatsoever of a Matrix. In fact you will never know whether the writer of this article is a human
or some alien. Such thinking is irrational and in fact keeps you from ever believing in conclusive
things which can be verified.
Islam and the mind
By using our mind and senses of touch, smell, taste, hearing and sight which most humans have
we can asses everything around us and conclude nothing in the universe exists on its own. All of
them whether the leaf on a tree, plants, computers, cars etc rely on other things to work and
survive and all of them are restricted by universals laws which they cannot go beyond. This
indicates that they could not have created themselves and they cannot live forever due to their
reliance on other things for their existence, which means there must be something other than
them that brought them into existence. The creator cannot have any of the attributes of the
created as this would place the creator in a situation of being created.
When the correct process of thinking is used it is inevitable that all people would come to the
conclusion of a creator. It is only deviant thinking that has allowed evolutionary ideas to gain
mainstream attention. The Islamic belief is a rational belief built upon the mind. Over 60% of the
Qur'an discusses Allah's creations and orders all to think about the created. There are many
verses in the Qur'an that ask all humans to think and ponder:
"Or were they created out of naught? Or are they the creators? Or did they create the heavens
and the earth? Nay, but they are sure of nothing!" [At-Tur , 52: 35-36]
"Behold! In the creation of the heavens and the earth, and the alternation of Night and Day,
there are indeed signs for men of understanding." [Al-Imran, 3:190]
Through the use of the rational method we can conclude the correct theories from the completely
irrational theories.