Islam - Its Meaning for Modern Man — Page 161
161 10 Man and the Universe THE UNIVERSE WAS CREATED; IT DID not just happen. So much is the attribute of Creation regarded as a concomitant of the Godhead that the Creator has become a synonym for God. Not only did the universe not just happen of itself, but it was created with a purpose. It is inconsistent with the Godhead that He should bring into being anything merely by way of sport or pastime. “We created not the heaven and the earth and all that is between the two in play. If We had wished to find a pastime We would surely have found it in what is with Us, if at all We were to do such a thing” (21:17 ⎯ 18). Indeed, to imagine that God does anything without purpose, in effect amounts to a denial of God (38:28). All God’s attributes operate in accordance with the requirements of wisdom (15:86; 39:6; 46:4). The whole of God’s creation is in harmony. There is no discord, disorder, or incongruity. Everything is adjusted and co-ordinated so as