Islam & Science

Islam is not only a religious system, but also a universal system on Allah has created everything. The Koran; the divine constitution upon which Muslims built up their golden Civilization consists of a variety of scientific disciplines that pave the way for humanity to live in welfare. Yet under the circumstances of the black ages in Europe; an elite of atheists and agonistics, cynics and skeptics, who claimed to "intellectual giants", pretended that religion (Islam) is based on superstitions rather than science and logic. For us, Muslims, both Islam and science are as two wings of the same bird.

In the beginning, Islam is a global call to apply thought, move and look for knowledge, science, and truth. This fact covers many versed in the Noble Koran. Allah, the Almighty, says: (Read in the name of thy Lord and cherisher who created) [Surat Al-alaq 1/part 30]. The verb "read" as indicated here is in the imperative form. It therefore tells us that reading is part of Muslims duty; that is worship. It is the first order revealed to the nation of Muhammad (PBUH), and it is the gateway toward scientific progress.

Then, if Islam has to be with superstitions as they pretend, then it wouldn't consist of all these scientific miracles that confuted skeptics's allegations along human history. The course of humanity shows how the Holy Koran did wonder the whole world for the concisely scientific facts it states; while scientists could never discover the; until the last fez decades of the 20th century. Big Bang, one of the most contemporary theories that explain how the universe was formed, is plainly described in the Noble Koran. Dr. Mourice Bucaille explains the connection between his description and that of the Koran as follows: "smoke is generally made up of gaseous substratum, plus, in more or less stable suspension, fine particles that may belong to solid and even liquid state of matter and at high or low temperature ("The bible, the Koran, and science").

How, then, Muslims could reconcile between science and religion to found their shining Civilization? To be frank, most of Muslim scientists were "Foqaha" (experts in Islamic law and affairs). This undoubtedly emphasizes our claim in this essay.

"In truth, Islam intends the Muslim community to be a community of intellectuals, and the cultivation of sciences and other forms of learning is one of the primary aims of Islam"("Cultivation of science by Muslims", the Maulana). This witness signifies that Islam is the straight path humanity has better to follow, and that science and Islam are, actually, as two wings of the same bird.