{"id":5517,"date":"2019-10-24T10:51:20","date_gmt":"2019-10-24T15:51:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ask-a-muslim.com\/?p=5517"},"modified":"2019-10-24T10:51:55","modified_gmt":"2019-10-24T15:51:55","slug":"who-created-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ask-a-muslim.com\/en\/who-created-god\/","title":{"rendered":"Who created God?"},"content":{"rendered":"

You have three possibilities for universe origin:<\/p>\n

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  1. It was created from nothing<\/li>\n
  2. It was self-created<\/li>\n
  3. It has an external cause<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The first possibility is that the universe was created from nothing. Can something really come from nothing? This is impossible. We know from our own personal experience of life, as well as the laws of the universe, that things don\u2019t just pop into existence out of nothing. Out of nothing, nothing comes! This leads us to the next possibility: the universe was self-created.<\/p>\n

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    Can something create itself?<\/strong><\/h4>\n

    This is a self-contradiction. Something creating itself requires its own pre-existence. Things cannot exist and not exist at the same time. That would be like saying that your mother gave birth to herself! Since something cannot come from nothing, and self-creation is absurd,<\/p>\n

    Then what is the alternative?<\/strong><\/h4>\n

    There is one final possibility: the universe has an external cause. When we observe the planets, solar systems, galaxies, stars and everything else in the universe, we can see that it is highly ordered, with intricate systems and laws in place. This implies that there is an intelligent mind behind the universe, a Creator. Imagine a set of train locomotives endless can that be illogical no of course.<\/p>\n

    But we can deduce the creator is one because if they were two they would quarrel<\/p>\n