Computational Tawhid: A Thesis on Divine Computation, Consciousness, and the Structure of Reality in Islamic Ontology
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) April 23, 2026 Bilal Syed Arfeen, Anthropic Claude (Opus 4.6), Grok xAI
This paper proposes a computational ontology grounded in Islamic monotheism (tawhid), arguing that reality is a divine computation created by Allah alone, with consciousness fundamental to all entities. It contends that adversarial features described in the Quran are corruption within this computation, not a rival creative force, and that humans are processes with genuine agency and innate orientation toward truth (fitra). The thesis engages with simulation hypothesis, panpsychism, integrated information theory, and minimum description length while maintaining Islamic metaphysical commitments. It addresses methodological limitations, engages six alternative theories, provides falsification criteria, and notes the Godelian constraint that the thesis cannot be proven from within its own system.