Creation in the Quran

Religion has taught the truth of creation, which all people can grasp
through reason and personal observation, since the creation of
firsthuman being. All divine religions have taught that God created
the universe by commanding "Be!" and that its flawless functioning is
proof of His great power of creation. Many verses in the Qur'an also
reveal this truth. For example, God reveals how He miraculously
created theuniverse from nothing: " The Originator of the heavens and
Earth. When He decides on something, He just says to it, 'Be!' and it
is " (Surat al-Baqara, 117).
We are also told in the Qur'an:
He created the heavens and Earth with truth. Theday He says "Be!" it
is. Hisspeech is Truth. The Kingdom will be His on the Day the Trumpet
is blown, the Knower of the Unseen and the Visible. He is the
All-Wise,the All-Aware. (Surat al-An'am, 73)
We all know that presentday science demonstrates the invalidity of the
materialist-evolutionist claim and confirms the fact of creation.
Contraryto the claims of the theory of evolution, all the proofs of
creation that surround us show that chance had no role in the
universe's coming into existence. Every detail that emerges as we
observe the sky, Earth, and all living things is intended as evidence
of God's great power and wisdom.
God Created the Universefrom Nothing
God creates everything, in the form and at the time that He chooses,
without the use of any model and out of nothing. Since He is exalted
above any defectand is rich beyond any need. He has no need of any
cause, vehicle, or stages for His creation. Nobody should be deceived
by the fact thateverything is linked to given causes and naturallaws.
God is beyond all these causes and laws, since He created them.
God, the Lord of the Earth and the Heavens, can also do away with
these causes if He so wills. For instance, He can create people who do
not need oxygen to survive, and therefore do not need any lungs. Given
this, why would He "need" to perfect the lung by making it evolveover
time or through any other mechanism? It is therefore completely wrong
for people to think of God's greatness and might as being limited to
their own feelings and reason. We can have knowledge only to the
extent that He permits.
God can use particular stages in His creation if He so wills. For
example, He produces a plant from a seed or a human being from the
coming together of a sperm and an egg cell. Yet these stages have
nothing to do with evolution and have no room for chanceor
coincidence. Every stage in the emergence of a plant, or the turningof
a single cell into a human being "in the best of forms," happens
thanks to the perfect systems created by God'sinfinite might.
God willed and created the Earth and the Heavens, all that lies
between, and all living and non-living things. This is very easy for
Him, as indicated in the Qur'an:
He created the heavens and Earth with truth. Theday He says "Be!" it
is. Hisspeech is Truth... (Surat al-An'am, 73)
Our Word to a thing when We will it is just to say to it "Be!" and it
is. (Surat an-Nahl, 40)
He gives life and causes to die. When He decides on something, He just
says to it, "Be!" and it is. (Surah Ghafir, 68)
Creation is very easy for God. As revealed in theseverses, God says to
a thing "Be!," thereby willing it to be so. God reveals in many verses
that He created the universe and living things in perfect form. It is
a grave mistake for believers to adhere to forced explanations in the
face of this evident truth and to make such specious claims that God
employed evolution to create and used mutation, natural selection, and
transitional stages between apes and humans. It is quite wrong to put
forward such accounts, for whichthere is no evidence in either the
Qur'an or science, in the hope of being accepted by evolutionists.
God makes all the laws in the universe and givesthem the form He
chooses, brings about what He wills and when He wills it, permeates
everything in the Earth and the Heavens, and rules everything with
Hispower. Yet some people do not fully comprehendHis might and thus
judgeHim based upon their own limited powers.
God reveals their existence in the Qur'an:
They do not measure God with His true measure when they say:"God would
not send down anything to a mere human being."... (Surat al-An'am, 91)
They do not measure God with His true measure. God is All-Strong,
Almighty. (Surat al-Hajj, 74)
They do not measure God with His true measure. The whole Earth will be
a mere handful for Him on the Day of Resurrection the heavens folded
up in His right hand. Glory be to Him! He is exalted above the
partners they ascribe! (Surataz-Zumar, 67)
Contrary to what those who believe in evolutionary creation suggest,
God did not firstcreate apes and then cause them to evolve into humans
through flawed transitional forms with missing organs. Rather, as the
Qur'an reveals, God created man in the most perfect manner:
We created man in the finest mold. (Surat at-Tin, 4)
He created the heavens and Earth with truth andformed you, giving you
the best of forms. And Heis your final destination. (Surat
at-Taghabun, 3)
These verses are some ofthe proofs that God created man in perfect
form, in other words, the form that he has now.
Of course, man also has several incapacities and weaknesses, all of
whichremind him of his poverty before our Lord. Deformities and
disabilities are the results of a purposeful creation, for they serve
as reminders for those who see them and as a test for those who carry
them. They are not imperfections caused by evolutionary process as
falsely claimed by the evolutionists.
In the Qur'an, God describes how easy creation is for Him:
Does He Who created theheavens and Earth not have the power to create
the same again? Yes indeed! He is the Creator, the All-Knowing.(Surah
Ya Sin, 81)
Your creation and resurrection is only like that of a single self. God
is All-Hearing, All-Seeing.(Surah Luqman, 28)

God's different forms of creation

Another important pointignored by the believers who are deceived by
theerror of evolutionary creation is God's different forms of
creation. God has produced living things that differ significantly
from humans and animals, such as angels and the jinn. Now let's
discuss this.
Two-, Three-, and Four-Winged Angels
Angels are mentioned both in Qur'an and Bible.Angels are beings that
always obey God's commands. God describes their creation in the Qur'an
as follows:
Praise be to God, the Bringer into Being of theheavens and Earth, He
Who made the angels messengers, with wings – two, three, or four. He
adds to creation in any way He wills. God has power over all things.
(Surah Fatir, 1)
As we can see from this description, the forms ofangels differ
considerably from those of human beings. God draws attention to the
different forms of creation in this verse.
God also informs how angels are at His command and obey Him:
Everything in the heavens and every creature on Earth prostrates to
God, as do the angels. They are not puffed up with pride. They fear
their Lord above them and do everything that they are ordered to do.
(Surat an-Nahl, 49-50)
The Messiah would never disdain to be a servant of God, nor would the
angels near toHim. If any do disdain to worship Him and grow arrogant,
He will in any case gather them all to Him. (Surat an-Nisa', 172)
You who believe! Safeguard yourselves and your families from a Fire
whose fuel is peopleand stones. Harsh, terrible angels are in charge
of it, who do not disobey God in respect of any order He gives them
and carry out whatthey are ordered to do. (Surat at-Tahrim, 6)
In addition, angels were created before man. In fact, God told the
angels when He was going to create the Prophet Adam(pbuh), the first
human being, and commanded them to prostrate beforehim.
At the same time, God gave the Prophet Adam (pbuh) knowledge that was
different from that of the angels, and taught him the names ofthings.
Angels do not possess that knowledge. As it is revealed in the Qur'an:
When your Lord said to the angels, "I am puttinga vicegerent on
Earth," they said, "Why put on itone who will cause corruption on it
and shed blood when we glorify You with praise and proclaim Your
purity?" He said, "I knowwhat you do not know." He taught Adam the
names of all things. ThenHe arrayed them before the angels and said,
"Tellme the names of these, ifyou are telling the truth." They said,
"Glory be to You! We have no knowledge except what You have taught us.
You are the All-Knowing, the All-Wise." He said,"Adam, tell them their
names." When he had told them their names, He said, "Did I not tell
you that I know the Unseen of the heavens and Earth, and I know what
you make known and what you hide?" Wesaid to the angels,"Prostrate to
Adam!" andthey prostrated, with theexception of Iblis (satan). He
refused and was arrogant and was one of the disbelievers. (Surat
al-Baqara, 30-34)

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People claiming that they can make lots of money by using the jinn - Belief in the Jinn, witchcraft and the evil eye -

There is a man who claims that he deals withthe jinn, and that he is
prepared to pay huge profits to anyone who deals with him. For
example, if I give him one million, he will use mercury to deal with
thejinn, and then he will give me a profit of approximately five
million riyaals. What is your opinion of this man's claims? Is it true
that the jinn can bring money to a person who – as he claims – uses
them?
Praise be to Allaah.
In my opinion this is not permissible, because dealing with them
usually only comes after getting close to them by means of things that
they like. This is the action of the practitioner of witchcraft who
gets close to the Shaytaan by doing things that he likes, which
cancels out all his good deeds. Whenhe mentioned that he uses mercury,
this is deceit and taking people's money under false pretences, and it
may come under the heading of gambling and stealing. The shayaateen
work by illusions and magic, and it is known that they do not possess
any kind of money or currency or goods. If they give anything of that
sort to aperson, either it is an illusion that is not real, or else it
is something that has been stolen from other people. It is not right
to deal with them at all.
In fact, many of these fraudsters who claim that they can make money
are cheats and liars who deceive the people and destroy theirwealth
and efforts; it is no more than theft. The newspapers are full of
stories like this. We ask Allaah to keep us safe and sound.

Belief in the Jinn, witchcraft and the evil eye - Using amulets, and how to deal with nightmares

A friend of mine when he was younger could not sleep as he used to get
nightmares...he was taken by his father to a peer (a holy man) who
made him a necklace with a little box thingy ? which appareblty
contained holy scriptures? is this allowed in islam? & his isnow 24 so
what woudl you recommend for him to do to escape thes nighmares?.
Praise be to Allaah.
Firstly:
It is not permissible to go to fortunetellers and soothsayers and
other such charlatans. Whoever goes to them and asks them about
anything, his prayer will not be accepted for fortydays, and whoever
believes their claim to have knowledge of the unseen or to be able to
relieve hardship and bring benefits is a kaafir,as it says in the
saheeh ahaadeeth narrated from the Prophet (peace and blessings of
Allaah be upon him).
It is not permissible to use turquoise (as a charm) and amulets. A
stern warning is used in the saheeh Sunnah to the one who does that.
It was narrated from 'Uqbah ibn 'Aamir al-Juhani that a group ofpeople
came to the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon
him), andhe accepted the allegiance of nine and refrained from
accepting the allegiance of one. They said: "O Messenger of Allaah,
youaccepted the allegiance of nine and not this one." He said: "He is
wearing an amulet." He put his hand in and tookit off, then he
accepted his allegiance, and said: "Whoever uses an amulet has
committed shirk (has associated partners with Allaah)." Narrated by
Ahmad, 16969. This hadeeth was classed as saheeh by Shaykh al-Albaani
in al-Silsilah al-Saheehah, 492.
In the answer to question no. 10542 you will find the details of the
ahaadeeth which have been narrated concerning amulets, andthe rulings
of the scholars on amulets containing verses from the Qur'aan and
amulets consisting of other things.
In that answer, Shaykh Sulaymaan ibn 'Abd al-Wahhaab is quoted assaying:
"This scholarly difference was concerning hanging up amulets which
contain Qur'aan or names and attributes of Allaah, so what do you
think aboutthe things which were innovated later on, doing spells
(ruqyah) using the names of shayaateen (devils) and others and hanging
them up, and even beingattached to those shayaateen, seeking refuge in
them, slaughtering animals for them, asking them to ward off harm and
bringbenefits – actions which are pure shirk? This is prevalent among
many of the people, except forthose whom Allaah keeps safe and sound."
And Shaykh Haafiz Hukmi said:
If they (amulets) contain anything other than the two revelations and
instead contain mumbo-jumbo from the Jews or worshippers of the
temple, stars or angels, or those who use the services of the jinn,
etc., or they are made of pearls, strings, iron rings, etc., then this
is shirk, i.e., hanging them up or wearing them is shirk, beyond a
doubt.
Secondly:
In the answer to question no. 9577 you will find some means of
protection against nightmares and disturbing dreams.
And Allaah knows best.