where science and the qur’an converge

8/6/2019 Where Science and the Quran Converge

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Where Science andWhere Science and

the Quran Convergethe Quran Converge


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What is Science?

The observation, identification,

description, experimental

investigation, and theoretical

explanation of phenomena


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What is Scientific Method?

The scientific method requires observations of nature toformulate and test hypotheses. It consists of these steps:

Asking a question about a natural phenomenon

Making observations of the phenomenon Hypothesizing an explanation for the phenomenon

Predicting a logical consequence of the hypothesis

Testing the hypothesis by an experiment, anobservational study, or a field study

Creating a conclusion with data gathered in theexperiment


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With water

Tree is growing when it is watered

Observation:


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Hypothesizing

When the tree IS wateredit grows

When the tree is NOTwatered it dies


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Logical Conclusion:


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Therefore, water is

causing the tree to grow.

Is this conclusion reallyLOGICAL?


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Observation vs Interpretation

What we observe may defer from how weinterpret it.

- We observe only the way the phenomenacome into existence.

- Our conclusions are our interpretations;therefore, may not represent the reality.

- Repetition of the way the phenomena comeinto existence, demonstrates only the ORDERin the existence.


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Asking the right questionAsking the right question

Can water be the cause for the tree to grow?

Lets see what the qualities of the tree are: It is alive and acts in harmony with the rest of

the whole universe.

It grows in a measured way and perfect order

It produces fruit which are purposeful

It is decorated and lovable for the consciousbeings etc.


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Lets see what the qualities of water

are:

It is lifeless

It has no will

It has no conscious with which it will act in

accordance with the rest of the universe It has no knowledge of the future with which it

will adjust itself to the requirements of theeffect, the tree.

It has no sense of emotion that it will decoratethe tree with flowers, so that conscious beingswill love it and enjoy it etc.


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Isnt it legitimate to ask this question?

How come a thing with perfect qualitieswhich, in order to come into existence,

needs endless conscious and able will,be the result of things none of whichhas any of its qualities

?


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What is the Quran?

The Quran claims that it is the SPEECH of theCREATOR of the whole existence.

This means:

In the Quran, the Creator of the universeexplains HOW the things are coming intoexistence.

It provides the explanation of the existenceof every phenomenon HERE and NOW, not inthe beginning only.


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According to the

Quran the universe

is nothing but anACT of the Creator


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The Quran provides its readersThe Quran provides its readers

with guidance to ,with guidance to ,INTERPRETERINTERPRETER this act, thethis act, the

phenomenaphenomena

It is a Guide Book, like aManufacturers Manual

Book


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Where do Science and the Quran

CONVERGE?

They both ask us to OBSERVE the

phenomena

They both ask us to USE OUR

INTELLIGENCE to interpret HOW the

things come into existence

They both ask us to UTILIZE the

existence


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What does the

Quran say about

OBSERVATION of

Phenomena?


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(88:17)Then, do they not LOOK at the clouds

pregnant with water, [and observe] HOWthey are made?

(88:18)And at the sky, HOW it is raised high?

(88:19)And at the mountains, HOW they are fixed

firm?

(88:20)And at the earth, HOW it is spread out?


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(50:6)

Do they not LOOK at the skyabove them - HOW We have

built it and made it beautiful

and free of all faults?


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(50:7)And the earth - We have spread it

wide, and set upon it mountains firm,

and caused it to bring forth plants of all

beauteous kinds,

(50:8)to be OBSERVED and remembered by

every human being who willingly turns

unto God.


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(50:9)And We send down from the skies water

rich in blessings, and cause thereby gardensto grow, and fields of grain,

(50:10)and tall palm-trees with their thickly-clustered dates,

(50:11)to be sustenance for human beings; and by

[all] this We bring dead land to life: Thus will

be the Resurrection.


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The Quran urges human

beings TO REASON inorder to interpret the

phenomena


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(36:68)will they not, then, use their

REASON?

(6:50)Say: "Can the blind and the seeing be

held equal? Will you not, then, take

THOUGHT?

(7:176)Tell [them] this story, so that they

may THINK.


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(30:8)In their own minds, do they not

THINK that God has created the

heavens and earth and all that is

between them without [aninner] truth?


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(16:11)With it [the rain], He causes foryou the crops to grow, olive trees,

and date palms, and grapes, and

every kind of fruit: Surely, in thisthere is a message for people who

THINK!


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Why do the things exist?Why do the things exist?

The Quran asks its readers

to utilize the existence to

answer this question


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(21:16)And We have NOT created theheavens and the earth and all

that is between them in mere

idle play [without meaning and

purpose].


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(17:44)The seven heavens and the

earth, and all beings theycontain speak His Glory; and

there is not a single thing but

glorifies and praises Him


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(2:164)Surely, in the creation of the heavens and of the

earth, and the succession of night and day: and in the

sailing of the ships through the sea for the benefit of

mankind: and in the waters which God sends down

from the sky, giving life thereby to the earth after it

had been lifeless: and in the beasts of all kinds, that He

scatters through the earth: and in the change of the

winds, and the clouds that run their appointed courses

between sky and earth: [in all this] there are SIGNSindeed for people who use their reason.


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(22:18)Do you not see that all things that

are in the heavens and on earth,

and the sun and the moon and the

stars and the mountains and the

trees and the beasts and many

human beings bow down to God inworship?...


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(45:13)And He has made for you, [as a

gift] from Himself, all that is in

the heavens and on earth: in

this, behold, there are SIGNS forthose who think deeply!...


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Quran: The interpreter ofQuran: The interpreter of

phenomenaphenomena

The purpose of the

Quran is to guidehuman beings to know

who their Creator is


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(27:60)Who is it that has created the heavens and theearth, and sends down for you water from the sky?

For it is by this means that We cause gardens of

shining beauty to grow - [whereas] it is not in your

power to cause [even one single of] its trees togrow! Could there be any divine power besides

God? No, they [who think so] are people who

swerve [from the path of reason]


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(56:63)Have you ever considered theseed which you sow in the soil?

(56:64)Is it you who cause it to grow -

or are We the cause of itsgrowth?


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(56:58)Have you ever considered that[seed] which you emit?

(56:59)Is it you who create it - or are

We the source of its creation?


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(31:11)[All] this is Godscreation: show Me, then,

what others than He mayhave created!


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(16:20-21)Now those beings that some peopleinvoke beside God cannot create anything,

since they themselves are but created: they

are dead, lifeless, and they do not [even]

know when they will be raised up!

(16:22) Your God is the One God [theAbsolute]


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The reasoning heartThe reasoning heart

The Quran requires its

readers to use all of theirhuman qualities, not only

reasoning mind but alsoREASONING HEART.


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Would not you like to be there now?

What appeals to us to be there?


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(22:46)Do they not travelled about the

earth, so that they would have hearts

to reason with, and ears to hear

with? Truly, it is not their eyes that

are blind, but it is their hearts that

are in their breasts, have become

blind!


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Do we not love them?

Please help yourself

They are for you!


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(80:24)Let man, then,consider [the sources

of] his food


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(15:16) AND, INDEED, We haveset up in the heavens greatconstellations, and endowed

them with beauty for all to

behold.


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Can we nowConclude that:


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Science and

the Quranindeed

converge fully


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Even more, the Quran

urges its readers to

study the perfect

creation to get to know

their Absolute Creatorbetter


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When it comes to the bias

interpretation of some

scientists who turn blind

to the purpose in the

existence of phenomena,

the Quran may divergefrom these interpretations


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