Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times

In the first few minutes he highlights that we are contingent beings and have consciousness of our thoughts, our loves, our hates, our pain and our joys. How did we come to be?

Ghamidi suggests that there are only two possible answers. Either we are part of an eternal universe and the universe itself has created us, as the atheists will have us believe, or there is the answer of the theists, which we have been informed by the prophets.

From minute six onwards, he makes an argument about the coherence of the Quran and how it is above contradiction. He argues that all writings or creations of humans come through trial and error, continue to show conflict and contradictions, and hold our attention for only a limited period. Then, their weaknesses become more and more apparent. On the other hand, the Quran has held human attention for more than fourteen centuries without revealing any contradictions. Additionally, the prophet’s life before his ministry and how the Quran was revealed to him is exceptionally different from any other human endeavor.

I am just paraphrasing and summarizing. If you know Urdu for the best impact, you want to hear him in his articulate presentation.

After 15 minutes, the video again emphasizes where humans came from and where the universe came from?

Ghamidi is very persuasive. He has an excellent narrative, and I, as a Muslim, believe all this. Nevertheless, it is a very long jump that an atheist will have to make over a lifetime, from the study of the universe to the study of the Quran, tackling all the criticisms that have been leveled against it. It will be a lifelong project.

I propose to divide the narrative into smaller topics so that agnostics and atheists have more ways to reach the truth.

Several questions can be tackled scientifically and philosophically:

1. Is the universe eternal?
2. Why is there something rather than nothing?
3. Where did the laws of nature come from?
4. What is the origin of life or consciousness from a dead universe?
5. What does the fine-tuning of our universe suggest?

Just a scientific and philosophical study can direct toward truth, if sincerely pursued.

However, I do not propose to limit ourselves to science and philosophy. The Quran asks some of these questions or provides materials to tackle them without specifically asking them. Here are a few examples:

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