📘 ❞ A Conversation with an Atheist ❝ كتاب ــ محمد الغزالى السقا

عن كتاب A Conversation with an Atheist:
did not need to have a creator. Then, why do you accept the argument that
the universe existed on its own and at the same time find it strange when
the people of faith say that Allah, the One Who created the universe, has
no beginning?! It is one and the same question... why do you
believe yourself when you say it while belying others when they believe
stick thereto?! Moreover, if you think a creator who has no creator of himself
is a myth, then, a universe without a creator is a myth too according to your
own logic!
He said:
We live in this world and feel its existence and thus cannot deny it!
I said:
Who asked you to deny the existence of this world? When we take
a taxi or boat or an airplane on a certain route, we do not question the
existence of the car for example, rather, we might ask: does it run by itself
or there is a skillful driver behind the wheel?! Hence, coming back to your
question I may say: your question is self-refuted. You and I admit an actual
existence, no one can deny this. You claim that it has no beginning in
relation to the matter, while I do believe that it has no beginning in relation
to the creator. So, if you want to ridicule an existence with no beginning,
you should ridicule yourself before ridiculing the people of faith!

He said:
Do you mean that the two parties have the same presupposition?
I said:
I am going to elaborate on this only to reveal and expose the void
allegations on which atheism depends. As for the presuppositions, they are
not the same as far as the two parties (i.e. the believers and the disbelievers)
are concerned. Consider this; you and I are looking at an erect palace; I –
with the eye of an expert – believe that an architect has built it, while you
believe that some wood, steel, stones, and paint have gathered by them
selves and on their own and in a certain fashion and built that palace for
human beings to dwell therein.
The difference between our views is similar to
that if we find a satellite that orbits in the outer
space; then, you would say: it was launched by
itself and without any supervision or direction from
anyone. While I would say: it had to be launched
by an administrative supervising mind...! The
presuppositions are not the same. To me, it is the
inescapable truth, while it is to you the doubtless
untruth. Amazingly, the disbelievers of our age are skilled at giving us (i.e.
the believers) certain titles and casting every shortcoming on us and at the
same time they describe themselves as smart, advanced and even genius.
We live on paved earth, under a built heaven and we do have brains with

Book author :
In an attempt to make use of Muslim scholarship in the field of Da`wah, the EDa`wah Committee EDC__ presents in this ebook a conversation that took place between the prominent Muslim scholar Sheikh Muhammad alGhazali and an atheist.