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God is active in the Cosmos & continuous creatio{{Quote|Decharneux, Julien. De Gruyter. 2023. <i>Creation and Contemplation: The Cosmology of the Qur'ān and Its Late Antique Background (Studies in the History and Culture of the Middle East Book 47) (Kindle Edition. pp. 203-204).</i>|The text repeatedly ascribes to God the cosmic role of sustaining the world. God continuously provides humans with food and necessary supplies (e. g. Q 6:96, 7:9, 26:75, 28:57, 29:60, 30:40, 34:24, 36:71 – 73). He is also responsible for the regularity of astral motions in the sky (e. g. Q 7:54, 13:2, 14:33, 16:12, 29:61, 31:29, 35:13, 39:5), for the succession of day and night (e. g. Q 14:33, 16:12), as well as any other things that allow humans to live on a daily basis. All these passages show that the Qur’ān grants to the theme of the creatio continua (“continuous creation”; i. e. maintenance of the universe) a prominent place within the overall Qur’ānic cosmological discourse. This is hardly surprising given the natural theological system described in the first chapter. God’s creatorship is observable in the cycles and the regularity of the world.}}He is seen as deciding the outcome of battles (36: 74-75), and other gods cannot (46: 28), and working through believers to fight unbelievers Q8:17<ref>Durie, Mark. ''The Qur’an and Its Biblical Reflexes: Investigations into the Genesis of a Religion. 2.4 An Act of God by Human Hands (p. 58-59) (Kindle Edition pp. 165-166)'' Lexington Books. 2018.</ref> and sending invisible angels to Muhammad (3: 123-126) Q33:9, Q9:26 | God is active in the Cosmos & continuous creatio{{Quote|Decharneux, Julien. De Gruyter. 2023. <i>Creation and Contemplation: The Cosmology of the Qur'ān and Its Late Antique Background (Studies in the History and Culture of the Middle East Book 47) (Kindle Edition. pp. 203-204).</i>|The text repeatedly ascribes to God the cosmic role of sustaining the world. God continuously provides humans with food and necessary supplies (e. g. Q 6:96, 7:9, 26:75, 28:57, 29:60, 30:40, 34:24, 36:71 – 73). He is also responsible for the regularity of astral motions in the sky (e. g. Q 7:54, 13:2, 14:33, 16:12, 29:61, 31:29, 35:13, 39:5), for the succession of day and night (e. g. Q 14:33, 16:12), as well as any other things that allow humans to live on a daily basis. All these passages show that the Qur’ān grants to the theme of the creatio continua (“continuous creation”; i. e. maintenance of the universe) a prominent place within the overall Qur’ānic cosmological discourse. This is hardly surprising given the natural theological system described in the first chapter. God’s creatorship is observable in the cycles and the regularity of the world.}}He is seen as deciding the outcome of battles (36: 74-75), and other gods cannot (46: 28), and working through believers to fight unbelievers Q8:17<ref>Durie, Mark. ''The Qur’an and Its Biblical Reflexes: Investigations into the Genesis of a Religion. 2.4 An Act of God by Human Hands (p. 58-59) (Kindle Edition pp. 165-166)'' Lexington Books. 2018.</ref> and sending invisible angels to Muhammad (3: 123-126) Q33:9, Q9:26 | ||
=== Natural scientifically explained processes as miracles === | |||
Wind is seen as a sign of God ((Q 35:9)) rather than (science quote), and bringing down rain rather than (water cycle science citation). | Wind is seen as a sign of God ((Q 35:9)) rather than (science quote), and bringing down rain rather than (water cycle science citation). | ||
----“They have taken gods other than He, in order that they be given victory, but they are not able to give them victory.” (36: 74-75) {{Quran|36|74-75}} - also loses battles to | ----“They have taken gods other than He, in order that they be given victory, but they are not able to give them victory.” (36: 74-75) {{Quran|36|74-75}} - also loses battles to | ||
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* Birds held up by God & parallel | * Birds held up by God & parallel | ||
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=== Inanimate objects worship God === | === Inanimate objects and animals worship God === | ||
These are inanimate objects that do not have a consciousness capable of worshipping anything. | These are inanimate objects that do not have a consciousness capable of worshipping anything. (pre-Islamic parallel)? - ask academic | ||
{{Quote|{{Quran|13|13}}|<b>The Thunder celebrates His praise,</b> and the angels [too], in awe of Him, and He releases the thunderbolts and strikes with them whomever He wishes. Yet they dispute concerning Allah, though He is great in might.}}{{Quote|{{Quran|22|18}}|Have you not regarded that whoever is in the heavens and whoever is on the earth prostrates to Allah, as well as the sun, the moon, and the stars, the mountains, the trees, and the animals and many humans? And many have come to deserve the punishment. Whomever Allah humiliates will find no one who may bring him honour. Indeed Allah does whatever He wishes.}} | |||
Even their shadows do somehow. | |||
{{Quote|{{Quran|13|15}}|To Allah prostrates whoever there is in the heavens and the earth, willingly or unwillingly, and their shadows at sunrise and sunset.}} | |||
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* Inanimate objects worship god: All created things naturally adore God {{Quran|13|13}} (Q 13:13: “the thunder adores by praising him”). See {{Quran|22|18}} "Have you not regarded that whoever is in the heavens and whoever is on the earth prostrates to Allah, as well as the sun, the moon, and the stars, the mountains, the trees, and the animals and many humans?." | * Inanimate objects worship god: All created things naturally adore God {{Quran|13|13}} (Q 13:13: “the thunder adores by praising him”). See {{Quran|22|18}} "Have you not regarded that whoever is in the heavens and whoever is on the earth prostrates to Allah, as well as the sun, the moon, and the stars, the mountains, the trees, and the animals and many humans?." | ||