Some expressions have confused my mind, how should we understand these expressions: “The creator of the car is Allah, The creator of the computer is Allah”? Could you please explain them?
Dear Brother / Sister,
We should understand from this these expressions: the one who created the raw materials of cars and computers is Allah. The inspirer of the advanced technology thereby who let them be made by humans is Allah.
As a matter of fact, this is clearly emphasized in the verse which narrates the words of Abraham, who addresses the people who made idols from stone and wood is as follows: "But Allah has created you and your handiwork!" (As-Saaffat, 37/96).
There are two similar approaches by scholars for the expression of the verse, “"But Allah has created you and your handiwork!":
Firstly, the pronoun “MA” appearing in the verse is masdariyya, which means infinitive. According to this, the meaning of the verse is as follows: “It is Allah who has created you and your actions” because, it is Allah who created all of your equipment; hands, feet, brain, power, in short all of your things. Thus, all of the things you will make with the equipment that was given by Allah actually belongs to Allah.
Secondly, “MA” appearing in the verse is mawsula (a relative pronoun) and the meaning of the verse is as follows: “It is Allah who has created you and the materials of the things you make.”
These two approaches are true and support each other. Accordingly, we can explain the meaning of the verse as follows:
“It is Allah who gives you the power of working and the materials of the things you make.”
For example, it is Allah who created the raw materials of a computer and let it have an ability of processing and recording; in short, it is Allah who both teaches the computer that information then lets it process them with mathematical codes ; it is also Allah who inspires humans how to make them through His assistance.
Though it is human who prefers and wants it to be made, the creator of it is Allah (SWT).
We can compare all things and works to it.
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