Proof that the bodies that make up the world we see around us- the stars, the planets, the mountains, the trees, the animals- are all emergent.
Proving Islam: Introduction
The key to Islam is the testimony of faith, which is to bear witness that there is only One God and that Muhammed ﷺ is His messenger. In this series, we will offer a systematic proof for Islam by establishing the truth of those claims, as well as some of what follows from them.
God: Cause or Willing Agent?
The Philosophers claim that Allah is a cause for the existence of the world. So since the world is an effect of Allah’s beginningless existence, the world is also without beginning. In this article, we will argue against this belief.
Whatever Can Come to an End, Must have a Beginning
If an essence can cease to exist, then this essence must have emerged into existence. This is because the existence of this essence can be neither necessary, nor impossible. Which means its existence must be contingent. And all contingent essences are emergent.
The Impossibility of Tasalsul
Tasalsul is the belief that time is beginningless. Meaning: that the present is preceded by an infinite number of past events. It is impossible due to its being contradictory.