Dan Allah Maha Logika

--- In [email protected], item abu <itemabu@...> wrote:
>
> Dgn orang Islam coba ngebuktikan kebenaran Quran make "sains" gaya Bucaille, 
> orang Islam itu sebetulnya udah bilang bhw auloh itu tunduk pd sains.
> 
> Abbas ini kliatannya masih punya logika, cuma sayangnya begitu Islam yg 
> dinilai, 
> logikanya ngedadak ngilang.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ________________________________
> From: Abbas <abas_amin08@...>
> To: [email protected]
> Sent: Tue, May 10, 2011 10:17:26 AM
> Subject: [proletar] Re: Ziauddin Sardar: Between Two Masters: Qur’an 
> or 
> Science?
> 
>    
> Justru Allah diluar semua hukum alam; tapi Allah sendiri yang mencipta segala 
> hukum alam ini; untuk kepentingan ciptaanNya.
> 
> --- In [email protected], item abu <itemabu@> wrote:
> >
> > Kalo Quran itu berisi sains yg menunjukkan Quran itu dr auloh, berarti 
> > auloh 
> >itu 
> >
> > tunduk pd hukum sains, hehehe...
> > 
> > Sayangnya, orang Islam yg dungu2 itu umumnya ga bisa ngerti apa yg gua 
> > bilang 
> > ini dan konsekuensinya.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > ________________________________
> > From: Jusfiq <kesayangan.allah@>
> > To: [email protected]
> > Sent: Mon, May 2, 2011 10:29:42 PM
> > Subject: [proletar] Ziauddin Sardar: Between Two Masters: Qur’an or 
> > Science?
> > 
> > 
> > http://ziauddinsardar.com/2011/02/quran-science/
> > 
> > Between Two Masters: Qur'an or Science?
> > 
> > The headline in the Bulletin of the Islamic Medical Association of South 
> > Africa 
> >
> > announces a staggering discovery. Canadian scholar confirms Quran and 
> > Ahadith 
> >on 
> >
> > Human Embryology (1). The story tells us that a certain Dr Keith Moore, 
> >Chairman 
> >
> > of the anatomy department of the University of Torontos School of Medicine, 
> > has 
> >
> > discovered the happy marriage between the Islamic revelation and 
> > contemporary 
> > human developmental anatomy. I am amazed at the scientific accuracy of 
> > these 
> > statements which were made in the seventh centuryIt is quite reasonable for 
> > Muslims to believe that these verses are revelations from God, Moore is 
> >reported 
> >
> > to have said.
> > 
> > What has Keith Moore discovered that has excited the Muslim doctors, 
> > scientists 
> >
> > and scholars so much? His paper, Highlights of human embryology in the 
> > Koran 
> >and 
> >
> > the Hadith, was first presented at the Seventh Saudi Medical Meeting, and 
> > has 
> > since then been reprinted in a number of places (2). It simply reads modern 
> > biology into certain Quranic verses, describing the development of a foetus 
> > and 
> >
> > illustrating them with clinical drawings and text book descriptions. For 
> > example, the Quranic verse, verily, we fashioned man from a small quantity 
> > of 
> > mingled liquids (Nut-fatin Imthjin) (76:2) is explained by Moore as 
> > referring 
> >to 
> >
> > the mixture of a small quantity of sperms with the oocyte and its 
> > associated 
> > follicular fluid, or the male and female sexual secretion. The resulting 
> > mixed 
> 
> > drop, made up of the ovum and penetrating sperm, becomes the zygote, the 
> > precursor of the embryo. Similarly, explanation, for example, is given of 
> > the 
> > following verses, Verily, we created man from a product of wet earth; then 
> > placed him as a drop (of seed) (Nutfatun) in a safe lodging; then fashioned 
> > We 
> 
> > the drop a clot (alaga), then fashioned We the clot a little lump, (Mudgha) 
> >then 
> >
> > fashioned We the little lump bones (Izam), then clothed the bones with 
> > flesh 
> >and 
> >
> > then produced it as another creation. So blessed be Allah, the best 
> > Creator! 
> > (23:12-14). Reading these verses, Moore made some clay models and showed 
> > them 
> >to 
> >
> > be similar to the description of the verses. He starts with an embryo at 28 
> >days 
> >
> > and shows that by the sixth week bones begin to form and muscles appear on 
> > the 
> 
> > embryo. By the seventh week the bones give a human shape to the embryo. The 
> >ears 
> >
> > and eyes begin to form in the fourth week and are visible by the sixth, or 
> > 42 
> > days after the zygote has been formed. All these developments are in 
> > conformity 
> >
> > with the Quranic description, Moore tells us.
> > 
> > So what does all this prove? Does it confirm the Divine origins of the 
> > Quran? 
> >Or 
> >
> > does it merely tell us that the Quran is a treasure chest of scientific 
> > facts? 
> 
> > What is the function of the exercise? This incident throws considerable 
> > light 
> >on 
> >
> > the state of the Muslim mind: its acute inferiority complex; its obsession 
> > with 
> >
> > science and by extension with modernity; and its pathological concern with 
> > seeing the Quran as the end of knowledge rather than as a text that 
> > provides an 
> >
> > ethical framework for the pursuit of knowledge. On the surface, such 
> > attempts 
> >to 
> >
> > legitimise modern science by equating it with the Quran, or to prove the 
> > divine 
> >
> > origins of the Quran by showing that it contains scientifically valid 
> > facts, 
> > appear harmless, indeed, even commendable exercises. However, when pursued 
> > on a 
> >
> > nave basis, as is often done by Muslim scholars, such methods can be 
> > dangerous; 
> >
> > and when undertaken deliberately, be it sincerely, often by non-Muslim 
> >scholars, 
> >
> > it can have mischievous consequences.
> > 
> > The inference drawn by comparing the Quran and science is two-fold: if the 
> >facts 
> >
> > and theories mentioned in the Quran, which was revealed 1400 years ago, are 
> > supported by modern science, the Divine nature of the Quran is confirmed, 
> > (if 
> > confirmation is indeed what we are looking for); and conversely, if modern 
> > scientific facts and theories find a reflection in the Quran, then modern 
> > science must also have the same universal and eternal validity as the 
> > Quran. My 
> >
> > counter arguments is simple and though it will be discussed in detail 
> > towards 
> > the end, suffice it to say now that the Quran, which is a book of guidance, 
> >does 
> >
> > not need confirmation from any other source. For Muslims, it is a priori 
> > valid 
> 
> > and eternal. Any attempt at reading science in the Quran makes the eternal 
> > scripture subservient to science; and it elevates science to the level 
> > where it 
> >
> > becomes the arbitrator of what is and what is not Truth. It further 
> > enforces 
> >the 
> >
> > mythical notion that scientific theories are neutral, universal and 
> > eternally 
> > valid. Moreover, trying to read science in the allegorical, metaphorical 
> > and 
> > symbolic verses of the Quran often stretches analogical reasoning beyond 
> > its 
> > limits and leads to absurd and in some cases, to quite contradictory 
> >conclusions 
> >
> > not intended by the Quran. It is apologia of the worst type.
> > 
> > Apologetic Muslim authors trying to prove that the Quran is very scientific 
> > and 
> >
> > modern often start by stating that the Quran places great emphasis, and 
> > indeed 
> 
> > it does, on the pursuit of knowledge and the use of reason. Some 750 
> > verses, 
> > almost one-eighth of the Quran, in contrast to only 250 legislative verse, 
> > exhorts the believers to study nature, reflect, make the best use of 
> > reason, 
> > make scientific enterprise an integral part of the community life. It is 
> >further 
> >
> > pointed out that the Quran mentions several scientific facts and theories, 
> > all 
> 
> > of which are supported by the most recent discoveries and advances.
> > 
> > This type of apologetic literature, trying to give scientific legitimation 
> > to 
> > the Quran, goes back to the early sixties. In fact, one of the earliest 
> > pamphlets came out of Cairo: On Cosmic Verses in the Quran by Muhammad 
> > Jamaluddin El-Fandy (3). El-Fandy has a sense of religious superiority that 
> > manifests itself in his attempts to prove that every astronomical discovery 
> > and 
> >
> > scientific theory (that is in the 1950s) has already been mentioned in the 
> > Quran. He considers the Quran as the best example of scientific expression 
> > (an 
> 
> > unsuitable claim as the ideal form of scientific expression is a 
> > mathematical 
> > equation; and there certainly are no equations in the Quran). Thus, from 
> > almost 
> >
> > any Quranic verse referring to any astronomical phenomenon, El-Fandy can 
> > draw 
> > modern astronomical parallels and comparisons. For example, from the verse, 
> > all 
> >
> > is He who raised the heavens without any pillars that you can see, and 
> > neither 
> 
> > can the night outstrip the day, and each revolve in an orbit, al-Fandy 
> > draws 
> >the 
> >
> > following inference:
> > 
> > If we consider the sky a name given to anything which is over our heads, 
> > then 
> >it 
> >
> > will surely mean the entire universe which surrounds us and which begins 
> > with 
> > the space around the earth followed by the planets, the sun and other stars 
> > found in the depth of space, in our galaxy or in other galaxies. All these 
> > heavenly bodies move in their orbits. This is the sky. It is created by 
> > Allah 
> > and each body in the space is similar to the brick in its lofty structure. 
> > All 
> 
> > these heavenly bodies split one after the other and are held in their 
> > relative 
> 
> > positions by centrifugal force and universal gravity. The gravity and this 
> > centrifugal force, produced by rotation in semi-circular orbits or 
> > ellipses, 
> > could be treated as actually built pillars. Although we may not detect such 
> > forces with our eyes, yet that does not mean that they are not there in any 
> > case, since we can measure and give their specifications correctly. If 
> > anyone 
> >of 
> >
> > us is granted a suitable sense in addition to the normal ones we have, he 
> > will 
> 
> > be able to feel these (tubes of forces) exactly as we can feel any material 
> >body 
> >
> > with our normal senses. (4).
> > El-Fandy does not stop here. He goes on to argue that the atmosphere can be
> > regarded as a pillar and that light itself is like a pillar, with the 
> > colours 
> >of 
> >
> > the
> > 
> > spectrum being minor pillars! In the other verses of the Quran, El-Fandy 
> > finds 
> 
> > evidence for the creation of red giants, white dwarfs, existence of ether 
> > (?), 
> 
> > the evolution of the planets and the big bang theory. And there is more: 
> >science 
> >
> > supports the Quranic claim, writes al-Fandy, that life exists on other 
> > planets. 
> >
> > After quoting numerous verse, including, And they Lord best knows those who 
> > are 
> >
> > in the heavens and the earth and to Him submit whosoever is in the heavens 
> > and 
> 
> > the earth, he ventures to describe what aliens may look like (here it is 
> > not 
> > clear whether he is drawing inferences from the Quran or science):
> > 
> > If we try to define the shape or form which developed races living outside 
> > our 
> 
> > planet will have, we should, in this case, and without inviting 
> > complication s 
> 
> > act on the assumption that nature has made no dissimilarity whatsoever in 
> > its 
> > method. Accordingly, such creatures, in their attempt to make good show, 
> > share 
> 
> > with us the following:
> > 
> > 1. The bodys reliance on an inner osteology made of hard material.
> > 2. The existence of a main centre for nerves (the brain) which communicates 
> >with 
> >
> > various parts of the body directives (thenerves).
> > 3. The best shelter for the brain which exists inside a safe movable organ 
> > either in the fore or the top part of the body
> > 4. Creatures dependence upon legs used in motion.
> > 5. The existence of a mouth for speaking and feeding (5)
> > 
> > All this is not just bad science. It makes a mockery of the Quran. However, 
> > compared to many others, El-Fandy is quite sane. Azizul Hasan Abbasi, a 
> > Pakistani neuropsychiatrist, manages to find in the Quran modern cures for 
> > diabetes, tuberculosis, stomach ulcers, rheumatism, arthritis, blood 
> > pressure, 
> 
> > asthma, dysentery and paralysis! (6).
> > 
> > In recent years, this rather banal comparative approach to science and 
> > Islam 
> >has 
> >
> > been legitimised by the French surgeon, Maurice Bucaille. His book, The 
> > Bible, 
> 
> > the Quran and Science (7) is essential reading for Muslims with larger than 
> >life 
> >
> > inferiority complexes and has been translated into almost every Muslim 
> >language, 
> >
> > from Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Urdu to Indonesian. Bucaille sets out to do 
> > a 
> > detailed and thorough analysis of the holy scriptures in the light of 
> > modern 
> > knowledge. He focuses on four topics: astronomy, the earth, animal and 
> >vegetable 
> >
> > kingdom and human reproduction. The methodology followed is the well 
> >established 
> >
> > one of quoting the Quranic verse and then giving a scientific commentary on 
> > them. Bucaille tries to be more objective and takes pains to point out that 
> > the 
> >
> > Quran contains scientific information that was not available at the time of 
> > revelation and, in fact, some of the information contained in it is 
> > contrary to 
> >
> > what people believed at the time of the Prophet. After going through the 
> > standard motions of examining verses about the orbit of the moon and the 
> > sun, 
> > the water cycle, the reproduction procedure, he concludes:
> > 
> > The Quran most definitely did not contain a single proposition at variance 
> > with 
> >
> > the most firmly established modern knowledge, nor did it contain any of the 
> > ideas current at the time on the subjects it describes. Furthermore, 
> > however, a 
> >
> > large number of facts are mentioned in the Quran which were not discovered 
> >until 
> >
> > modern times. So many in fact, that on November 9, 1976, the present author 
> > was 
> >
> > able to read before the French Academy of Medicine a paper on the 
> > Physiological 
> >
> > and Embyological data in the Quran. The data like many others on differing 
> > subjects constituted a veritable challenge to human explanation in view of 
> > what 
> >
> > we know about the history of the various sciences through the ages. Modern 
> > mans 
> >
> > findings concerning the absence of scientific error are therefore in 
> > complete 
> > agreement with the Muslims exegetes conception of the Quran as a Book of 
> > Revelation. It is a consideration which implies that God could not express 
> > an 
> > erroneous idea.
> > 
> > The bible, of course, did not meet the stringent criteria of modern 
> > knowledge 
> > and the clear-cut conclusion of Bucaille is that it is impossible not to 
> > admit 
> 
> > the existence of scientific errors in the Bible. However, all this simply 
> >states 
> >
> > the obvious with a sense of real discovery: the Muslim belief that the 
> > Quran, 
> >as 
> >
> > the Word of Allah, cannot contain any errors and that the Bible, as it 
> > exists 
> > today, is not true Divine revelation.
> > 
> > But where Bucaille stops, Bucaillism takes over. A number of recent studies 
> >have 
> >
> > tried to look further for scientific facts and theories in the Quran. Thus 
> > Shamsul Haq, for example, manages to find the seeds of the theory of 
> > relativity 
> >
> > and quantum ma=echanics in the Quran and produces Quranic evidence to 
> > support 
> > the Big Bang Theory (The Quran and Modern Cosmology Science and Technology 
> > in 
> > the Islamic World 1 (1) 47-52 (1983). M Manzoor-I-Khuda manages to find the 
> > theory of the development of the biosphere, the water cycles of life on 
> > earth 
> >in 
> >
> > the Quran (Creation and the Cosmos in Islamic Scientific Thought and Muslim 
> > Achievements in Science, proceedings of the International Conference on 
> > Science 
> >
> > in Islamic Polity, Islamabad, 1983, Vol 1, p96-113). Moore notwithstanding, 
> > the 
> >
> > entire field of embryology has been discovered several times in the Quran.
> > 
> > After all this scientific data and support for numerous theories, it seems 
> > that 
> >
> > the Quran has not left anything out. And to enforce the point that 
> > scientific 
> > equations are not missing from the Book of Guidance, Rashad Khalifas 
> >statistical 
> >
> > analysis (Miracle of the Quran Islamic Productions International, St. 
> > Louis, 
> > Missouri, 1973) even provides that. Khalifa focuses on Quranic initials 
> > letters 
> >
> > which appear at the beginning of some surahs (chapters) and feeds the 
> > frequency 
> >
> > of occurrence of each letter into a computer. The letters are : Alif (A), 
> > Ha 
> > (H), Ra , Sin (S), Sad (S), Ta (T), Ayn (A), Qaf (Q), Kaf (K), Lam (L), Mim 
> >(M), 
> >
> > Nun (N), Ha (H), and Ya (Y). His additional data includes the total number 
> > of 
> > letters in each of 114 Surahs of the Quran and the number of verse in each 
> > Surah. He manipulates the data to calculate the percentage value and 
> > average 
> > frequency of occurrence for each of the 14 letters in each verse of the 
> > Quran. 
> 
> > For the multi-lettered Quranic initials, such as Ta Ha, Ta Sin and Ya Sin, 
> > he 
> > calculates the absolute frequency of occurrence, percentage of the 
> > frequency 
> > value for each of the 114 Surahs, and the average occurrence per verse for 
> > each 
> >
> > of the multi-lettered Quranic initials in each sura. Finally he arranges 
> > all 
> >the 
> >
> > Surahs of the Quran in the ascending order of the absolute frequency of 
> > occurrence of each Quranic initial and percentage frequency of occurrence 
> > for 
> > each of the 14 sets of Quranic initials. What does Khalifa find? That the 
> > chapters which begin with the Quranic initials also contain the highest 
> > frequency of the specific letters used at the beginning of the Surah. For 
> > example, Surah Qaf contains the highest frequency of the letter qaf than 
> > any 
> > other Surah of the Quran or there is not one Surah in the Quran where all 
> > three 
> >
> > values of nun are higher than their counterparts in the non-initialled 
> > Surah, 
> > al-Qqalam. The analysis for Quranci initials Alif Lam Mim which occur in 
> > four 
> > Makkan and two Medinan Surahs shows that the four Makkan Surahs are 
> > superior to 
> >
> > all Makkan Surahs in the overall frequency of Alif Lam Mim.
> > 
> > So what can we conclude from this? In Khalifa's own words:
> > "The Qur'anic initials as a whole have shown us that every word, indeed 
> > every 
> > letter, in the Qur'an was carefully calculated. The Qur'an itself states 
> > this 
> > fact very clearly in the first verse of Surah HudPlacement of the Qur'anic 
> > initials in their specific locations proves the existence of advance 
> > knowledge 
> 
> > of the distribution pattern of the alphabet throughout the Qur'an. No one 
> > can 
> > claim that such advance knowledge is attainable by man; any man.
> > 
> > To translate this into physical, tangible evidence, the computer was asked 
> > to 
> > calculate the number of manipulations one should master in order to write a 
> > mathematically controlled book such as the Qur'an. The composition of the 
> >Qur'an 
> >
> > involves 114 chapters where 14 alphabet letters were distributed according 
> > to 
> > specific combinations. According to the well known mathematical formula, 
> > the 
> > number of manipulations involved in this case equals 11414This value, 
> > 626,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,(626b septillions) is certainly beyond 
> > the 
> 
> > capacity of any creature, including today's most sophisticated computers. 
> > When 
> 
> > we look at this number we can readily appreciate the divine statement in 
> > Surah 
> 
> > Al-Isra (The Night Journey), verse 88 â€" Say, if all the humans and all 
> > the 
> >jinns 
> >
> > banded together in order to produce a verse like this, they will surely 
> > fail. 
> > Furthermore, this is the number of controlled manipulations of a specific 
> > distribution pattern of the alphabet, without placing them in useful 
> > sentences. 
> >
> > To place these mathematically distributed alphabetic letters in useful 
> >sentences 
> >
> > is another complete job"
> > 
> > On the basis of his analysis, Khalifa can also prove that the present order 
> > of 
> 
> > recording the Qur'anic chapters is divinely inspired, the locations of 
> > revelation of the Qur'anic chapters, whether Makkan or Medinan, can be 
> > proved 
> >to 
> >
> > be correct, the Qur'an's specific way of dividing each Surah into verses is 
> > divinely prescribed ("the average per verse value is a highly significant 
> > property throughout the Qur'an"), that the opening statement "Bismillah 
> > r-Rahmani-r-Rahim" (In the name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful) is 
> > an 
> 
> > integral part of each Surah, except Surah Al-Tawba and even the particular 
> > way 
> 
> > of spelling certain words in the Qur'an has a mathematical significance.
> > 
> > All this adds nothing to the sum of our knowledge. It does, however equate 
> > Qur'anic truth with the mathematical `truth' and makes the Qur'an appear 
> > more 
> > and more like a contemporary data-base. From here, it appears, the next 
> > logical 
> >
> > stop ought to be to present the Qur'an as a scientific text book. And 
> > Afzalur 
> > Rahman (Qur'anic Sciences, The Muslim schools Trust, London 1981) has 
> > obliged 
> >us 
> >
> > with exactly that. Rahman, whose knowledge of science as well as his 
> > understanding of the Qur'an is on a par with a child at nursery school: 
> > "The 
> > Qur'an provides a complete picture of the material universe and what is 
> > beyond 
> 
> > in a scientific and rational manner, appealing to the scientific and 
> > rational 
> > manner, appealing to the scientific mind as well as to the ordinary 
> > layman." He 
> >
> > finds almost every secondary school science subject, from heat, light, 
> > sound to 
> >
> > even electricity, in the Qur'an and presents them as a long list of subject 
> > headings with appropriate Qu'ranic quotations. The book is meant to be used 
> > in 
> 
> > schools (and probably is) and prepare the next generation of Muslims 
> >scientists!
> > 
> > The only thing now left for Bucaillism is to be institutionalised and 
> >introduced 
> >
> > in the school curricula. Muhammad Abdus Sami and Muslim Sajjad (Planning 
> > Curricula for Natural Sciences: The Islamic Perspective, Institute of 
> > Policy 
> > Studies, Islamabad, 1983) have produced a plan to accomplish this goal. 
> > Every 
> > chapter of every textbook on physics, chemistry, biology and Zoology should 
> > contain the appropriate verse from the Qur'an. But unlike Rahman, the two 
> > Pakistani scientists foresee some problems: for example, how are we going 
> > to 
> > treat the theory of evolution? "This theory seeks to provide essentially a 
> > rational belief in God." Maybe there are, after all, a few things in 
> > science 
> > that do not tally with what the Qur'an tells us!
> > 
> > Bucaillism appeals particularly to the older generation of Muslim 
> > scientists, 
> > scholars and intellectuals because of its psychological message value. It 
> > reinforces their faith in the Qur'an and Islam on the one hand, and 
> > confirms 
> > their belief in the superiority and universal validity of western science, 
> > on 
> > the other. Their naivete is well reflected by Candide: "all is well in this 
> >best 
> >
> > of all possible worlds."
> > 
> > However, the dangers inherent in Bucaillism are very grave. There is the 
> >obvious 
> >
> > fact that it generates a strangely dumbfounding theology â€" as all 
> > scientific 
> 
> > knowledge is contained in the Qur'an, simply studying the Qur'an from a 
> > scientific perspective will reveal everything and lead to new theories and 
> > discoveries. While the Qur'an obviously contains some passing references to 
> > natural facts, it is by no means a textbook of science. It is a book of 
> > guidance. It provides motivation and only motivation, for the pursuit of 
> > knowledge. Knowledge begins with the Qur'an and does not end with it.
> > 
> > But, more importantly, by equating the Qur'an with science, Bucaillism 
> > elevates 
> >
> > science to the realm of the sacred and makes Divine Revelation subject to 
> > the 
> > verification of western science. Apart form the fact that the Qur'an needs 
> > no 
> > justification from modern science, Bucaillism opens the Qur'an to the 
> > counter 
> > argument of Popper's criteria of refutation: would the Qur'an be proved 
> > false 
> > and written off just as Bucaille writes off the Bible, if a particular 
> > scientific fact does not tally with it or if a particular fact mentioned in 
> > the 
> >
> > Qur'an is refuted by modern science? And what if a particular theory, which 
> > is 
> 
> > "confirmed" by the Qur'an and is in vogue today is abandoned tomorrow for 
> > another theory that presents an opposite picture? Does that mean that the 
> >Qur'an 
> >
> > is valid today but will not be valid tomorrow?
> > 
> > Moreover, by raising science to the level of sacred knowledge, Bucaillism 
> > effectively undermines any criticism of science. Because the pursuit of 
> > knowledge is so strongly emphasised in the Qur'an, most Muslim scientists 
> > already possess a sense of reverence towards modern science. Bucaillism 
> > takes 
> > this reverence to a new level: a whole generation of Muslim scientists do 
> > not 
> > just accept all science as Good and True, but attack anyone who shows a 
> >critical 
> >
> > or sceptical attitude towards science. Furthermore, the belief in a 
> > universally 
> >
> > beneficial science leads to a pestiferous kind of fatalism: since science 
> > is 
> > universal and for the benefit of all humankind, it will eventually make its 
> > way 
> >
> > to Muslim societies and serve their needs!
> > 
> > Science is not the pursuit of Truth and its "discoveries", and "facts" do 
> > not, 
> 
> > and cannot have the same validity as the verse of the Qur'an. Science is a 
> > problem solving enterprise: it is a method, a technique, for solving 
> > problems 
> > within a given paradigm and worldview. Just as Abdus Sami and Sajjad find 
> > that 
> 
> > the theory of evolution is a rational attempt to undermine belief in God, a 
> > great deal in the modern system of science is an exercise in control and 
> > domination of nature and men. When Bacon said that nature yields her 
> > secrets 
> > under torture, he made torture and suppression an integral and legitimate 
> > part 
> 
> > of modern science. Science, as it exists and is practised today, is 
> > designed to 
> >
> > keep a particular culture and its worldview dominant. Reading the verses of 
> > the 
> >
> > Qur'an into modern science is not going to change its essential character 
> > and 
> > style.
> > 
> > That there is something magically objective and neutral about the 
> > Scientific 
> > Method is a cruel hoax; and bias-free observation is a myth. Nothing "out 
> >there" 
> >
> > can be perceived without filtering it through our worldview and culture. 
> > Scientists too often modify their observation with their own ideas and 
> > prejudices, values and norms of their society. Not just observation but 
> > experimentation too cannot be made in a cultural vacuum, but have meaning 
> > and 
> > significance solely in the framework of a theory itself set in the 
> > conceptual 
> > picture of a worldview. Putting a theory into a mathematical code does not 
> >strip 
> >
> > the value content of a proposition of modern science. On the contrary, the 
> > nature of mathematics is such that its application to the world through 
> > science 
> >
> > is purely fortuitous. Mathematical propositions, including the geometric 
> > propositions of Euclid, are a priori analytic â€" that is to say, that 
> > their 
> > status is determined merely by analysing the term of the proposition. That 
> > one 
> 
> > plus one equals two can be determined as conforming to the principle that 
> > one 
> > plus one means two. That some theories can be codified in mathematical 
> > expression is a matter of scientific convenience. The laws of nature are 
> > not 
> > expressed in mathematical formulae, in indelible ink across the heavens; 
> > they 
> > are manufactured in ballpoints in laboratories and institutes.
> > 
> > The fact that some of these manufactured laws and theories agree with what 
> > the 
> 
> > Qur'an says is not in itself of any significance. It is a non-statement. 
> > The 
> > Qur'an promotes the pursuit of knowledge within a framework of values: it 
> > is 
> > these values which should be the focus of our attention and which should 
> > shape 
> 
> > our scientific activity. Only by turning these values into a living reality 
> > can 
> >
> > we truly be honest to the Qur'an and fulfil our obligations towards it.
> > 
> > References
> > 
> > 1. April 1985.
> > 2. Including, Africa Events May 1985.
> > 3. The Supreme Council of Islamic Affairs, 1961.
> > 6. The Quran and Mental Hygiene, Karachi, undated.
> > 7. Seghers, Paris, 1976; and North American Trust Publication, 
> > Indianapolis, 
> > 1978.
> > 
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> > This essay appeared in Inquiry Vol 2 No 8 37-41 August 1985
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