Islam, Creationism and Scientific Thought

As far as creation goes, Islam teaches that Allah is beyond space and time, corruption and age. When he relays to us that he did such and such, in a day, it is symbolic to us as a day to God can be thousand or millions or billions of years. He is not subject to time and space.

We believe in a supreme being that created everything, but science is the human method in the discovery of how he did it and what is out there yet to discover. Everything is discovered through the scientific method. Scientific method is not used to prove or disprove the existence of God, but is used to discover the secrets of what exists, ie God’s creation.

This is one of the major hallmarks that has made Islam distinct from medieval Christianity. While Chrisitians were presecuting scientists and thinkers, they thrived in the Early Islamic empire.

Going back on myself for a moment…

Muslims believe in a supreme being, ie “Allah”. Allah literally means “The God”; singular. [Al] plus [illah] = Allah

The very first verse of the Quran says, “Alhamdulillahi rabbyil ‘alameen”, which means “All praise is due to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds“

There are many more verses but I will stop at there for ease of understanding.

Muslims believe God created everything that exists, seen and unseen, known and unknown. He created this universe and possibly many other universes, dimensions and many things we just dont know. He created many worlds, some which may have life other than the life Allah has told us about and we see here on earth. Allah identifies for us 3 types of intelligent life forms in our universe. Angels, beings made of light, Jinn, beings made of fire, and Mankind. Of course we know there is all of what exist in the world. There is sufficient evidence in Quran to support the idea that Allah has created other life in other worlds in this universe and anywhere else unknown.

I have posted on possible Alien life forms in this thread: http://islamfactor.org/index.php?showtopic=294&hl=alien

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