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               208  International Multi. J. of PURE LIFE. 10 (33): 169-217, Winter. 2023
               the  Muslim  philosopher’s             while  one  whose  fitrah  is
               point of view, any physical            polluted (Atheists) deny the

               cosmology          completely          existence  of  God.  (Fahs
               accords  with  the  theistic           and al-Askari, (2021: 27)
               idea  that  God  has  created             So,  even  if  a  physical

               and  always  sustains  the             model  can  explain  the
               universe continuously. For,            creation of the universe out
               the universe in its totality is        of  nothing,  it  does  not

               indeed  a  contingent  entity,         imply  that  the  world  can
               and  hence  needs  an  agent           come  into  existence  and
               cause  as  the  creator  of  the       survive without Divine grace.

               world.                                    Interestingly  the  same
                  Moreover,  God  is  the             view  is  held  by  some
               continuous  sustainer  of  the         Christian  theologians  who

               world such that without the            believe  that  all  physical
               grace  of  God,  the  world            cosmologies,        and       in
               with  everything  within  it           particular quantum cosmology,
               will       be        destroyed         completely accord with the

               immediately.  (Ref:  Ibn-              traditional theistic idea that
               Sina,  1979,  Vol  3:  2-28;           God  always  sustains  the
               Mulla-Sadra, 1981, Vol. 2:             universe         continuously.

               212-219;  Ibid,  Vol.  3:              (Craig, 1993; Drees, 1988;
               244-278; Ibid, Vol. 5: 194-246)        Ibid, 1990; Ibid, 1991)
                  According  to  this,  Pure

               Fitrah  leads  human  beings
               to recognize that there is a
               creator  for  our  universe,
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