This hints of a major epistemological problem inherent to mohammedan theology. Mohammedanism is deeply rooted in the occassionalist belief that an act of "allah" brings about every worldly event to the most simple of scientific phenomena. To them, cotton burns not because a lit match is placed upon it but because "allah" specifically wills that it burn in each event that this happens. In the greater scheme of things this translates into unfavorable logical consequences. To one end, it removes culpability from action and gives rise to a tendency to excuse away acts of great sin such as, oh, say suicide bombings as being something in the will and service of "allah." To the other end it gives rise to a state where authority itself derives from "allah's" supposed will rather than consent of the governed. In other words, the ayatollah, acting as an intercessor at the will of "allah" for the imam mahdi for that period in between his alleged dissappearence and alleged return, becomes the chief agent of the state and his decrees of fatwah and jihad become its laws.
But returning to the original question, the real answer is not as this individual said. If a child asks "who made this leaf" the answer is that the leaf grew from the tree, which grew upon the earth as a created living organism. That earth from which the organism grew, and the existence of the organisms of life themselves, are the substances of creation to which a Creator, who we know as the judeo-Christian God, is ultimately the initiating causally responsible being.
The loosely judeo-christianized yet wholly heretical form of the mohammedan moon idol, by contrast, had nothing to do with it.
i found your post to be one of the most informative pieces of writing i have ever read here on FR. i had not been aware of that aspect of mohamed-ism, and it explains quite a bit about the cult-ure. for instance,
could the belief- that all that happens is "allah's will"- be the reason that the cult-ure has not developed?... insofar as it seems to eliminate, or at least discourage, a certain curiosity necessary for the nourishment of the scientific mind?
fascinating, thank you!