Does Criticizing Intelligent Design Undermine Design Discourse in the Qur’ān? A Kalāmic Response (Article)

Authors: Shoaib Malik, Hamza Karamali and Moamer Yahia Ali Khalayleh

Excerpt: Al-Rāzī: “Whoever delves deeper into the seas of the [knowledge of] the things that God, The Most High, has created will have greater knowledge of the majesty and tremendousness of God, The Most High.”

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3 questions
1. What key theological difference does the article highlight between the Intelligent Design (ID) movement and the Qurʾanic design argument (QD)?
2. According to the article, how does the Qurʾanic design argument (QD) proceed from the universe’s contingency to asserting there is one God?
3. What position attributed to Al-Rāzī about natural explanations does the article report?

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