Alhassanain(p) Network for Heritage and Islamic Thought

The Holy Quran and The Sciences of Nature

This book is corrected and edited by Al-Hassanain (p) Institue for Islamic Heritage and Thought

• Preface
• Part 1: Science and the Muslim Ummah
• Islamic Conception of Knowledge
• Proposals
• Notes
• Part 2: The Significance of Physical and Biological Sciences in Islamic Perspective
• Introduction
• Islam and Science
• 1. The Role of Science in Knowing God
• 2. The Role of Science in the Stability and Advancement of an Islamic Society
• Conclusion
• Notes
• Part 3: Philosophy of Science, A Qur’anic Approach
• The Aim of Understanding Nature
• The Possibility of Understanding Nature
• The Main Issues in Understanding Nature
• 1. Origin and Evolution of Beings and Phenomena
• 2. The Discovery of Order, Coordination and Purpose in Nature
• Ways of Understanding Nature
• The Role of Observation and Reasoning in Understanding Nature
• The Role of Revelation and Inspiration in Understanding Nature
• Stages in Understanding Nature
• On Mediators
• On the Wise
• On People who Understand
• On the Believers
• On the Pious
• On the Mindful
• On Those who Listen to Truth of God’s Word
• On the people who are sure
• On those who examine truth, have insight, and understand
• Impediments of Cognition
• 1. Lack of Faith
• 2. The existence of the factors causing intellect’s deviation
• A. Following one’s desires, fancy and wishes
• B. Blind love or hatred and unjustifiable prejudice
• C. Pomposity
• D. Blind Imitation of the Ancestors’ Opinions, Men of Authority, and the Sediments of One’s Own Thoughts
• E. Haste and Judgments
• 3. Ignorance
• A. Subjection to Conjecture
• B. Unfounded Confirmations and Rejections
• C. Superficiality
• Indifference towards Craving for or Acceptance of Truth
• Guiding Principles in Understanding Nature
• 1. Faith in the Principle of Divine Unity (al-Tawhid)
• 2. Belief in the Reality of the External World
• 3. Faith in Supra-physical reality and Limitation of Human Knowledge
• A. Human Knowledge is Limited
• B. There are many things we cannot get through our senses
• C. We should believe in the occult, for example, in the super-natural realties
• 4. Believe in the Principle of General Causality
• Notes