Outline
a.
Arguments for the Existence
of God
i.
Argument from Design/Teleological
Argument
1.
Historical background
2.
Qur’an and Hadith (Tradition of Mufaddal and the story of lady with spinning machine)
3.
Definition of Order and
Design and their relation to telos (goal or end)
4.
Mechanic and Organic design
(the question of life)
5.
Problems of Teleological argument
a.
Mathematical possibility of
accidental design and order (design by Chance)
c. Evolution: Nature behind the design (not God)
Related verses from Qur'an
Indeed in the creation of the heavens and the earth, and the
alternation of night and day, and the ships that sail at sea with profit to
men, and the water that God sends down from the sky with which He revives the
earth after its death, and scatters therein every kind of animal and the
changing of the winds, and the clouds disposed between the sky and the earth,
are surely signs for a people who apply reason. 2:164
Indeed in the creation of the heavens and the earth and the
alternation of night and day, there are signs for those who possess intellects.
Those who remember God … and reflect on the creation of the heavens and the
earth [and say] "Our Lord, You have not created this in vain! Immaculate
are You! Save us from the punishment of the Fire. 3:190-191
He created seven heavens in layers. You do not see any
discordance in the creation of the All-beneficent. Look again! Do you see any
flaw? 67:3
Our Lord is He who gave everything its creation and then
guided it. 20:50
Among His signs are the creation of Heaven and Earth, as
well as the diversity in your tongues and colors. In that are signs for those
who know. 30:22
Splitter of the dawn, He has made the night for rest, and
the sun and the moon for calculation. That is the ordaining of the All-mighty,
the All-knowing. 6:96
It is He who made the sun a radiance and the moon a light,
and ordained its phases that you might know the number of years and the
calculation of time. God did not create all that except with reason. He
elaborates the signs for a people who have knowledge. 10:5
God
is the One Who has raised up the Heavens without any support you can see. Then
He mounted on the Throne and regulated the sun and moon; each runs along on a
specific course. He directs the matter; He manifests signs so that you may be
convinced about meeting your Lord. 13:2
Book Excerpts
Indeed in the creation of the heavens and the earth, and the
alternation of night and day, and the ships that sail at sea with profit to
men, and the water that God sends down from the sky with which He revives the
earth after its death, and scatters therein every kind of animal and the
changing of the winds, and the clouds disposed between the sky and the earth,
are surely signs for a people who apply reason. 2:164
Indeed in the creation of the heavens and the earth and the
alternation of night and day, there are signs for those who possess intellects.
Those who remember God … and reflect on the creation of the heavens and the
earth [and say] "Our Lord, You have not created this in vain! Immaculate
are You! Save us from the punishment of the Fire. 3:190-191
He created seven heavens in layers. You do not see any
discordance in the creation of the All-beneficent. Look again! Do you see any
flaw? 67:3
Our Lord is He who gave everything its creation and then
guided it. 20:50
Among His signs are the creation of Heaven and Earth, as
well as the diversity in your tongues and colors. In that are signs for those
who know. 30:22
Splitter of the dawn, He has made the night for rest, and
the sun and the moon for calculation. That is the ordaining of the All-mighty,
the All-knowing. 6:96
It is He who made the sun a radiance and the moon a light,
and ordained its phases that you might know the number of years and the
calculation of time. God did not create all that except with reason. He
elaborates the signs for a people who have knowledge. 10:5
God
is the One Who has raised up the Heavens without any support you can see. Then
He mounted on the Throne and regulated the sun and moon; each runs along on a
specific course. He directs the matter; He manifests signs so that you may be
convinced about meeting your Lord. 13:2
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