Agnostic: I appreciate your conviction, but I find “certainty” a bit arrogant. The universe is vast and silent. How can you claim to know the Creator exists when the most honest answer is, “I don’t have enough data”? To me, it’s a 50 % coin flip.
Muslim: I hear you. Muslims value intellectual humility, but we distinguish between blind faith and certainty grounded in evidence. We believe God has left signs that function as rational pointers. If you see complex code, you infer a programmer. If you see a book, you infer an author. Why should the universe — far more complex — be the only exception?
Agnostic: Because a programmer is physical. You’re speaking of a Being beyond time and space. That feels like a logical leap.
Muslim: Let’s examine that carefully. We use what theologians call the Argument from Contingency or Origination: The universe began to exist (as modern cosmology supports). Whatever begins to exist must have a cause. Therefore, the universe has a cause.
If the cause itself were contingent—dependent on something else—we would fall into infinite regress, and we would never reach the present moment. Just as an infinite chain of falling dominoes without a first domino would never fall. This points to a Necessary Creator whose existence is not dependent on anything. Even an infinite chain of dependent things does not explain itself.
Agnostic: But who created God?
Muslim: Everything that exists needs a creator except God. God is the Creator, so He is uncreated. The Quran says in Surah Al-Ikhlas (112): "He is Allah, the One. Allah, the Eternal Refuge. He neither begets nor is born, nor is there to Him any equivalent." So Allah is unique and uncreated.
Agnostic: Does the universe proves the existence of God?
Muslim: The universe is orderly, finely tuned, and contains physical laws, suggesting God's intelligent regulations. Consciousness and morality exist in humans, which cannot arise from purely material processes. Complex systems—like DNA or life-supporting planetary conditions—suggest intelligent regulation, not random chaos.
Agnostic: But I believe in science. Darwin’s theory says life evolved naturally, by chance, over millions of years. Everything is coincidence.
Muslim: Science is limited. It explains processes but not ultimate questions. For example, creating a medicine like a COVID vaccine took years and huge effort from scientists. Human bodies and brains are weak; our intelligence is limited. Science cannot fully explain why the universe exists or why life has perfect systems.
Evolution can describe changes within life forms over time, but it does not explain why matter and physical laws exist, or why life has the specific conditions needed to evolve. Even Darwin himself acknowledged that natural selection does not explain the origin of life.
Chance alone is insufficient to account for consciousness, morality, and self-awareness. These require intelligence and immaterial aspects, which science cannot reduce to random mutation.
So, believing in God does not contradict science; it addresses the foundational questions that science cannot answer: why the universe exists, why life exists at all, and why there is order and consciousness rather than chaos. Science and reason together point to a Necessary, Intelligent Creator which is God.
Agnostic: I only believe in what I see with my human eyes.
Muslim: Our eyes are weak. That’s why we wear eye glasses. Telescopes can see far, but they can’t see everything. Many things exist that we cannot see with our human eyes: gravity, emotions, consciousness, awareness.
Agnostic: If I admit there is a God, I must obey Him. But I want to be free.
Muslim: Obeying God does not take away your freedom, it gives it real purpose. True freedom is not doing whatever you want blindly; it’s living a meaningful life, in harmony with the One who created you. Humans were made to worship God, just as you show gratitude when someone gives you a gift. God gave you your heart, liver, brain, and all your body systems that work perfectly. Worshiping Him is like saying “thank you” for all His countless gifts. It is not slavery—it is choosing the path that leads to your ultimate benefit, happiness, and success, while respecting the wisdom of your Creator..
Agnostic: What about suffering? Why does God allow evil?
Muslim: Suffering does not mean God doesn’t exist. Humans have limited understanding; God is Al-Hakim, The All-Wise. Life is a test, not just comfort. Pain and difficulties can teach lessons, build patience, and help us distinguish good from evil. A wise and moral Creator allows challenges for good reasons we may not see.
Agnostic: Assuming God exists, why Islam specifically?
Muslim: Islam uniquely teaches:
Absolute oneness of God.
No incarnation (God never becomes human).
No inherited guilt that contradicts justice.
The Noble Qur'an was preserved accurately through history.
Prophet Muhammad’s (PBUH) life well-documented historically.
Because Islam:
Does not deify nature.
Does not make God a part of the universe.
Does not teach the Trinity or Incarnation.
Does not nullify reason.
Allah the creator of this universe (There is nothing like Him) Surah Ash-Shura (42:11)
Agnostic (after thinking carefully):
Random existence destroys reasoning.
Consciousness and moral truths fit better with the existance of God.
Life is a test, not just comfort.
Islamic teachings match reason.
Staying agnostic would mean accepting brute facts, denying morality, or rejecting consciousness.
Now I am convinced, and I belief 100 % in the existence of the Creator of this universe. If God revealed guidance to humans, then we must follow Him.
Agnostic: What should I do now?
Muslim: Accept Islam and testify sincerely the following:
I bear witness that none has the right to be worshipped except Allah. I bear witness that Muhammad is His Messenger.
Ashhadu an lā ilāha illā Allāh, wa ashhadu anna Muḥammadan rasūlullāh.
Agnostic (fully convinced): I bear witness that none has the right to be worshipped except Allah. I bear witness that Muhammad is His Messenger. Ashhadu an lā ilāha illā Allāh, wa ashhadu anna Muḥammadan rasūlullāh.
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