6.6. THE LOGICAL PROOF
Logically speaking, it is obvious that in a case where two things exist, one of those things must either be a part of the other and dependent on it like its attributes, or it must exist by itself, distinct from the other. Thus, when God created the world, He either created it inside Himself or outside of Himself. The first possibility is unacceptable because it would mean that Allaah, the infinite Supreme Being, has within Himself finite attributes of deficiency and weakness. Therefore, He must have created the world outside of Himself as an entity distinct from Himself yet depending on Him. Having created the world outside of Himself, He either created it above Himself or below Himself. Since human experience nowhere confirms prayer downwards, and being below creation contradicts God’s majesty and supremacy, God must therefore be above His creation and distinct from it.
As to the contradictory descriptive statements that God is neither connected to the world nor separate from it, or that He is neither in the world nor outside of it, such words are not only illogical but they, in fact, deny God’s actual existence. Such claims relegate God to the surrealistic realm of human thought where opposite can co-exist and the impossible exist (like three god in one).
By Bilal Philips
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