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On Creation
How the cosmos came to be. Compare the Genesis six-day account, the Qur'anic sign-motif, the Rigveda's famous hymn of cosmic uncertainty, and the Tao Te Ching's nameless origin.
What every account tells.
- iA primordial state (formless void, waters, darkness, or the Nameless)
- iiLight / order emerges
- iiiCreation proceeds in stages
- ivHumanity is given a role in the created order
How each tradition tells it.
Judaism
Six days of structured creation; humanity made in the divine image; the seventh day is hallowed.
Christianity
Inherits Genesis; John 1 extends creation through the Word (Logos).
Islam
Six 'days' (yawm, long periods), but no Sabbath rest — Allah does not tire. Creation as signs (ayat).
Hinduism
The Nasadiya Sukta (Rigveda 10.129) radically questions whether even the gods know the origin.
Taoism
The Tao produces One, One produces Two, Two produces Three, Three produces all things (Tao Te Ching 42).