Introducing Islam a Simple Introduction to Islam
Man’s Quest
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There is no doubt about the transitory nature of this
world. It came into existence at a specific time some
twenty million years ago. Its Creator must have
existed eternally, for only an infinite Creator could
have fashioned a finite world. If God had not
always existed, then this transitory world could
never have come into being. The very existence of
an ephemeral universe shows that there must be an
eternal Creator. If the Creator had not existed
eternally, He could never have existed at all and, if
there had been no Creator, there would have been
no creation either.
If we assert that the world was created on a certain
date, then this means that there must have been a
Creator before that date. If we go on to assert that
this Creator was Himself created on some previous
date, however, then our claim can have no meaning.
The Creator cannot himself have been created; He
always was. In His infiniteness He has created a
finite world. His existence, and that of all mortal
creatures, is dependent upon His immortality.
Since God is immortal, He must also be absolute,
for absoluteness is the greatest attribute of
