1. By Haajar Elhalfawy & Najma Osman
Unit 1.3 The meaning and importance of belief in the creativity of Allah
By Haajar Elhalfawy & Najma Osman

2. Learning Objectives
To be able to explain the meaning of the Creativity of Allah
To understand why belief in the Creativity of Allah is important to Muslims
To be able to express your opinion on this

3. Key words
Creativity-The action of creating the universe by Allah Iman-Faith in Allah

4. Meaning
It means that the universe and all humans are under the control of Allah. It is Allah who determines whether or not they live or die and what will happen to you in the hereafter

5. Allah’s creativity
Muslims believe in the creativity of Allah and that Allah created everything in the universe. This follows from the belief that Allah is One and that there is nothing and no- one that can compare with Allah. The idea of the universe comes from Allah. He is also the one who makes the universe happen, who creates it and keeps it going. More importantly for human beings, Allah is also the One who creates life on the earth with all its many varied forms, all the different creatures who share the earth with us and all the laws that control the way we live. All life comes from Allah.

6. Muslim Perspective
Muslims do not agree with the idea that the universe and the earth are just here by chance. All the time scientists are discovering how the world works. For Muslims, this means that they are discovering new things about the creativity of Allah. But not everyone agrees with these discoveries show that Allah is the creator.

7. Muslim perspective
Muslims do not agree with the idea that the universe and the earth are just here by chance. All the time scientists are discovering how the world works. For Muslims, this means that they are discovering new things about the creativity of Allah. But not everyone agrees with these discoveries show that Allah is the creator.

8. End of presentation
What have you learnt?