Innate Nature and the Computer
Innate Nature and the Computer
(Episode 3)
Allah's Peace & Mercy be upon you
Dear viewer, we start today
with the PRIME foundation:
Proving the existence of Allah
to establish the platform
for all that comes next
What guides us to Allah's existence?
It's innate nature and mind
We will start with
the innate evidence for Allah
What is meant by innate nature?
We often hear this expression
But what does it mean? How does it prove
the existence of Allah Almighty?
Innate nature refers to
the forces and impulses that are
embedded in the human soul;
whose effects emerge as humans grow
and interact with their environment;
starting from the moment an infant latches
onto its mother's breast to suckle
then his/her inclination towards
truth and good morals
We may liken man's innate nature
to a computer's operating system
This operating system has components
that work
in perfect harmony to produce
a rational balanced human being
Notice Allah's words
that may be translated as
“We have certainly created man in
the best of stature.” (Quran 95:4)
"The best stature" includes the
innate components needed to fulfill
the purpose of human creation
This is clear when the Quran
quotes Moses, Peace be upon him,
"Our Lord is the One Who has
given everything its distinctive form
then guided [it]." (QTM 20:50)
Among the "guided" is Mankind
Allah has perfected
the creation of the human being
and guided him/her by innate nature
to the following:
1- Acknowledge that he and this
universe have a Provident Creator
and feel his need for this Creator;
resorting to Him in hardship
2- He guided him with
an innate nature that will
formulate within him rational axioms;
with which he can comprehend
the Words of this Creator and
and his duties towards Him
3- He guided him to ask about
the purpose of his existence and
his destiny after death;
which forms the driving force to search
for the Commandments of his Creator
and live accordingly
4- He guided him with the moral tendency
to have innate love
for what is good, just and righteous
and innate hatred of evil, tyranny and
corruption in harmony with
the Commandments of the Creator;
so that Mankind has a natural
affinity towards Allah's commands
5- He guided him to realize
his free will to choose:
to obey or disobey the Creator,
“And have shown him the two ways.”
(QTM 90:10)
6- And He guided Mankind with
instincts necessary for survival
in harmony and balance during
his trial period on Earth such as
the maternal and survival instincts
Something similar to this broad definition
of innate nature is found in
Ibn Ashour's book
"Liberation and Enlightenment"
regarding the verse:
“We have certainly created
man in the best of stature.” (QTM 95:4)
It is an innate package
of components working
in amazing harmony to produce
a functional purposeful human being
Innate nature may be obscured
during the course of one's life
One may struggle with it,
deafen his ears
or totally suppress it
to silence its call
so that it can no longer be heard
However all this cannot change
the fact that it is inherent
within the human from conception
pre-dating all efforts to suppress it
and that it will continue to plague him
every now and then
by its affinity to anything that removes
its accumulated dust and revives it
This is why innate nature is such
a major predicament for atheists
It necessitates an external involvement
from a Knowledgeable Intending
Source Who transcends
random bio-chemical reactions
The atheists' predicament is
like someone saying,
"This computer was created by pure chance!
Its parts were not designed or
assembled by a designer;
but by a chaotic turbulent wind
We turned on the computer:
Lo and behold!
A fully-functioning operating system
and software programs;
each designed for a specific purpose!
How do you explain the existence
of these programs, atheist?
Even if we let your ridiculous lie
about the hardware slide;
how do you explain the existence
of the software programs on this device?
Biochemical reactions,
random mutations and natural selection
—if we overlook the fact
that they cannot create
and concede that they did somehow create
and give life to a human—
how can random blind processes
instill, in the human mind and soul
this integrated directed innate bundle?
And how do you explain the formation of
an identical set in every newborn human?
Some atheists admit to this quandary
such as the British atheist
and philosopher Thomas Nagel,
in his well-known book titled:
"Mind and Cosmos: Why the Materialist
Neo-Darwinian Conception of Nature is
Almost Certainly False"
Mind and Cosmos:
Why the
Materialist Neo-Darwinian Conception
of Nature is Almost Certainly False!
The book lists 3 fundamental issues which
Darwinian materialism cannot address:
Consciousness, cognition, and values
Yet its author remained an atheist!
As for atheists in general,
how did they deal with the dilemma?
They wavered between denying
the innate nature of these components;
i.e. claiming that such innate components
do not exist in humans
since inception
but are the result
of environment and upbringing
While others acknowledged the
existence of innate components but
tried to find
materialistic explanations
Both parties ended up in a mess
of confusion, contradiction and absurdity
as we shall see, Allah willing
We discussed the definition
of innate nature and the atheists'
dilemma in dealing
with it, in general
In the following episodes
we will explore the atheists' predicament
with each of the aforementioned
components of innate nature;
so you can say
with full conviction,
"Praise to Allah, who has guided us to
this; and we would never have been guided
if Allah had not guided us." (QTM 7:43)
It is worth mentioning that in
our episodes about innate evidence
for the existence of Allah,
the Exalted
I benefited a lot from the
book "Shumu An-Nahar"
by Eng. Abdullah Al-Ujairi
may Allah Protect him
Our next episode, Allah willing
will be about Mankind's
innate religiosity
Stay tuned..
May the peace and mercy
of Allah be upon you