Islamic Answers to Common Atheist Attitudes

Islamic Answers to Common Atheist Attitudes

The book provides logical and faith-based responses to atheist arguments regarding creation and the problem of evil, emphasizing the perfect harmony between scientific facts and Islamic creed.

A group of people who had entertained doubts about God’s existence came to discuss the issue with Abu Hanifah, an early Islamic scholar, and he said to them: “Before we enter into a discussion on this question, tell me what you think of a boat in the Euphrates which goes to shore, loads itself with food and other things, then returns, anchors and unloads all by itself without anyone sailing or controlling it?” They said: “That is impossible; it could never happen.” So he said to them: “If that is impossible with respect to a ship, how is it possible for this whole world with all its vastness to move by itself?”