The Difference Between Creator & Maker
Themaker ofacomputerisnotitscreatoranddidnotgive ititsexist-
ence;hisonlyskillwasthathegaveanewformtowhatwasalreadyin
existence. He wasnot aware of the computations andthe information
thatwillbestoredinitinthefuture.Similarly,otherinventors,discover-
ersandartisansarenotinformedofall theminutiaeof themovements
andstillnessofwhattheyhavemade,becausetheyhavenotgivenexist-
encetothem,theyhavenotbroughtthemfromnon-existenceintoexist-
ence.Therawmaterialswerealreadyinexistenceintheworld.Only,by
analysingandconstructing,havetheychangedtheirform.Takethecase
oftheairplane,whichismadefromrawmaterialsinmineswhichwere
extracted, smelted and forged and made into the finished products.
Clearly,then, the makers did not create what they made; they only
changedtheformofthematerials.Forthisreason,theyarenotperman-
ently aware of their artifacts, and one cannot, therefore, properly call
themcreators.If,insomecasestheyhavetobecalledcreators,theyhave
only been called so figuratively, not literally.
ButGod,Whohasgivenexistenceto allthings,isalways awareand
knowledgeableoftheiractions,becauseHeistherealandtrueCreator.
The Qur'ān says,“Shall He not know who created?”(67:14)
Nowwe haveunderstoodthat we ourselvesand allthe creaturesof
this world are not separated from the glorified presence of God.
Whereverwe are andtowhatever landwe travel,in the depthsof the
oceans,intheouterreachesofspace,inthenarrowplacesofthevalleys,
we arenot hiddenfrom Him.He sees thesmallestof ourgoodorbad
deeds, and will reward and punish accordingly.
CansomeonewhohassuchaGodandbelievesinHimeverfallprey
to sin? Think about it.
* * *This lesson is based on the followings:
Dar Rah-e Haq Board,The Roots of Religion, Qum 1982.
It has been edited for this course by S.M. Rizvi.