Single Idea 6819

[catalogued under 28. God / B. Proving God / 3. Proofs of Evidence / b. Teleological Proof]

Full Idea

Do they not see how We have made the night for them to rest in and the day to give them light? Surely there are signs in this for true believers.

Gist of Idea

True believers see that Allah made the night for rest and the day to give light

Source

Mohammed (The Koran [c.622], Ch.27)

Book Reference

Mohammed: 'The Koran', ed/tr. Dawood,N.J. [Penguin 1968], p.86


A Reaction

The main traditional argument for God implied in the Koran is the design argument. It is clear from this that Islam will not be comfortable with Darwinian evolution, which implies we are 'designed' for the Earth, not the Earth for us.