The “God of the Gaps” fallacy and the Koran
Nahl/79 and “Design”
Nahl/79 Do they not look at the birds, held poised in the midst of the sky? Nothing holds them up but Allah. Verily in this are signs for those who believe.
In this verse, it was said that the birds are kept by God in the sky. This situation is not unbelievable although it seems so. The staying of the birds in the sky is not a necessity, but the result of a design. Thus, the one who keeps them in the sky is only the God! This verse is clearly a design argument.
“Command”
Nahl-12
He has made subject to you the Night and the Day; the sun and the moon; and the
stars are in subjection by His Command: verily in this are Signs for men
who are wise.
Rum-25 And among His Signs is this, that heaven and earth
stand by His Command: then when He calls you, by a single call, from the
earth, behold, ye (straightway) come forth.
Rum-46
Among His Signs is this, that He sends the Winds, as heralds of Glad Tidings, giving
you a taste of His Mercy,- that the ships may sail by His Command and that
ye may seek of His Bounty: in order that ye may be grateful.
In these 3 verses it was emphasized that events are directed by God with the intervention of the things known as the “laws of the nature”, by the usage of the word “command”. In these verses, the usage of the word “command” and not saying that “God is doing” directly is so meaningful…