Argument From Fitrah (Predisposition

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P1: All human beings possess a deep, pre-reflective awareness or orientation toward certain fundamental truths — such as the existence of a Creator, moral responsibility, and purpose. (This disposition is what Islam calls the fitrah.)

P2: If a belief is universally and persistently held across cultures, eras, and developmental stages and if it is non-inferentially known, then it is rational to treat it as properly basic, unless defeated by stronger evidence. (Based on Reformed Epistemology, e.g., Plantinga’s properly basic beliefs.)

P3: Belief in God is universal (present in every culture), persistent (resilient even under suppression), and pre-rational (emerging in children prior to formal instruction).(Anthropological, cognitive science, and psychological research support this.)

P4: Therefore, belief in God qualifies as a properly basic belief, it is grounded in the natural cognitive and moral structure of human beings. (It does not require inferential proof to be rational.)

P5: If humans are naturally predisposed to believe in God, the best explanation is that this disposition was designed by a Creator who wants to be known. (Atheistic evolutionary accounts can explain belief in gods as adaptive, but not why this belief is so epistemically resilient and normatively compelling.)

P6: Islam teaches that Allāh created every soul with fitrah, a built-in recognition of Him and a moral compass.

**“So direct your face toward the religion, inclining to truth. [Adhere to] the fitrah of Allāh upon which He has created [all] people…” **
-# Qur’ān 30:30

P7: Therefore, the existence and content of the fitrah is best explained by the existence of Allāh, the Creator who implanted it.

C: Therefore, human beings’ natural predisposition toward belief in God (fitrah) provides epistemic justification for belief in Allāh’s existence.