Creation
Cosmological accounts of how the universe came into being across major world traditions.
Genesis 1:1-3
“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. And God said, 'Let there be light.'”
Quran 21:30
“Have those who disbelieved not considered that the heavens and the earth were joined together as one unit of creation, then We parted them? And We made from water every living thing.”
Rig Veda 10.129
“In the beginning there was neither existence nor non-existence. The One alone existed without a second. In that One the universe lay folded up, and it was stirred into life by the power of heat.”
Nasadiya Sukta reflects on cosmic origins
Tao Te Ching 1
“The Tao that can be spoken is not the eternal Tao. The name that can be named is not the eternal name. The nameless is the beginning of heaven and earth.”