Entropy as an Approach to Inferring Cosmic Order and Proving the Existence of the Creator: A Study Under the Framework of Modern Science and Islamic Creed

Abstract

Objectives: This study aims to analyze the concept of entropy in modern physics and employ it as an inferential approach to understanding cosmic order and proving the existence of the Creator, within an integrative framework that combines contemporary scientific findings and the fundamentals of Islamic creed.

Methods: The study adopted the descriptive-analytical method to describe the concept of entropy and its scientific implications, and the inductive method to trace relevant religious texts and physical data, with the goal of identifying points of integration between the modern scientific perspective and the Islamic theological framework.

Results: Entropy is shown to be a central concept in explaining the direction of natural processes toward increasing disorder, without negating the existence of cosmic order. It also reveals a precise legal structure governing the evolution of the universe, supports the statistical interpretation that links phenomena to probability rather than absolute randomness, and is associated with the arrow of time that defines its physical direction. The initial low entropy of the universe raises a profound scientific issue, and entropy can be used as a supportive tool in theological inference within methodological constraints, while an overall harmony is observed between modern physics and the Islamic worldview based on divine laws governing cosmic order..

Conclusions: The study concluded that entropy can be employed as an indirect epistemic approach in supporting the inference of the Creator's existence, within precise methodological constraints that distinguish between definitive and theoretical scientific evidence, while preserving the independence of both the scientific and theological domains while achieving integration between them.