THE QURAN CONTRADICTS ITSELF: DOES ALLAH CREATE QUICKLY OR SLOWLY?

 THE QURAN CONTRADICTS ITSELF: DOES ALLAH CREATE QUICKLY OR SLOWLY?

THIS IS A TRAGEDY FOR MUSLIMS.

Quick or slow creation?
We find in the Quran:

Quran 7:54
"Indeed, your Lord is Allah, who created the heavens and the earth in six days ..."

Many Muslims today attempt to modernize their interpretation, aligning the six days with cosmology's currently suggested age of the universe at about 15 billion years. Thus, they claim that the word for "day" does not only mean a day but can also represent a period or even an age. They even assert that the Quran aligns closely with science on this matter, despite earlier interpreters, including Muhammad himself, understanding the days of creation as literal 24-hour days of the week.

However, the Quran makes another statement regarding the speed of God’s creation:

Quran 2:117
“The Originator of the heavens and the earth! When He decrees a matter, He only says to it, ‘Be,’ and it is.”

Does this verse not indicate that God creates instantly? Does this truly leave room for billions of years of development?

Six days are still very fast and could fit within the realm of "Be, and it is," considering the vastness of the universe and the complexity of life..., but would it not be easier to interpret Surah 2:117 as “When He decrees a matter, He only says to it, ‘Be!’ and after about 10 billion years, it becomes”?

And He said to Adam, “Be!” And as evolution proceeded, after about 3 billion years, Adam emerged.

Again, this could be aligned with an interpretation made in goodwill. However, these contradictory pages are written for Muslims who lack such goodwill and insist on a literal reading of the Bible so that conflicts arise. Therefore, if we insist on a literal reading of the Quran, we achieve the same results.

Did Allah create quickly or slowly?

THIS IS A GREAT TRAGEDY.

Shalom,

Dr. Max Shimba for Max Shimba Ministries