ABSTRACT
Proofs of the existence of God are frequently to be found in Islam, starting with the Qur’an itself. The Qur’an sees itself as a rational and not a poetic work, although the language is often remarkably beautiful, inviting its readers or hearers to think, reflect and ponder. The most significant of these of course is that there is a God who created the world, and we can come to accept this by looking at that world in the right sort of way. The argument here is not demanding, and invites us to look at nature and then consider how it came about, and the answer is that God made it. We can call these arguments informal, and they have proved very popular in the modern Islamic world. What they bring out quite nicely though is that for most Muslims questioning the existence of God is regarded as wildly implausible, since it is so obvious that he exists.
