One of the most annoying practice of some of the Islamic scholars nowadays is what called "Scientific Miracles in Quran". We should always remember that Quran is a book of life guidance and signs. It is not a book of science. In the Muslim world today, many people tries to find and show the relation between Islam and science by involving scientific interpretations of the Quran (and sometimes the Sunna) that claim to show that the sources make prescient statements about phenomena later confirmed by scientific research. This issue is supported by many Islamic scholars, but actually its also criticized by certain scientists as containing logical fallacies, being unscientific, likely to be contradicted by evolving scientific theories. In this post I am explaining my opinion about this issue:
Scientific Miracles in Quran:
All Muslims believe that Quran is a miracle by itself. Arabic speakers know more than others the Literary & Linguistic Miracles in Quran. What makes the Quran a miracle, is that it is impossible for a human being to compose something like it. Moreover, the description of the movements of the Sun and Moon and developmental stages of human in womb, as described in the Qur'an, are in perfect harmony with the findings of modern sciences. Moreover, natural and scientific related matters are mentioned in Quran for the purpose of showing how prefect and complicated they are. It is to show how the manufacturer/creator of them is great. These are undoubtedly miracles in Quran. It is impossible of an illiterate person to come up with such a perfect description in the 7th century. Of course these are facts and proofs of the divine origin of Quran. If these evidences are not enough to someone to prove the divine origin of Quran nothing less clearer will persuade him/her. In other words, going beyond the previous miracles is a matter of concern. I think excessiveness in finding Scientific Miracles in Quran is not a correct practice and has no necessity .
This doesn't mean that there is no relation at all between Quran (i.e. Islam) and knowledge or science. I think there are two ways to apply the relation:
1- Scientific Ethics:
What is more important for the Muslims and Islamic communities, in my opinion, is to adopt the Islamic and scientific ethics in their scientific communities.
unfortunately, plagiarism is very common in many Islamic communities. Because of the funding and facilities lack, some lectures in many developing countries (Islamic and not islamic) copies some famous researches, translate it to their language and republish it under their names. Some countries buy researchers by asking them to do their research in their original institutes but when publishing in high impact journals to add the affiliation of the developing country. Many Universities and institutes in the developing countries in general don't have any standards for Scientific Ethics. these include the design and implementation of research involving human experimentation, animal experimentation, various aspects of academic scandal, including scientific misconduct (such as fraud, fabrication of data and plagiarism), whistleblowing; regulation of research, etc. In Islamic countries even if there is no rules it should be personal attitude of the people to avoid these practices. These practices are cheating and cheating is for sure forbidden in Islam.
2- Research is a kind of worshiping :
Muslims instead of wasting their time by finding Miracles in the holy scripts, need to act positively and take care of education and scientific research. Many Islamic holy scripts encourage acquiring knowledge and highly appreciates hardworking. Islamic history proves that development has nothing to do with religious Beliefs. It is only related to hard working. Quran states: “Whoever desires the life of this world and its adornments – We fully repay them for their deeds therein, and they therein will not be deprived.” (Hud 15). Belief is judged in hereafter and in Islam working hard is part of Belief. The history of Islam is full with scientists like MUHAMMAD IBN MUSA AL-KHWARIZMI (780 – 850), IBN BATTUTA (1304 – 1369), IBN RUSHD (1126 – 1198), OMAR KHAYYAM (1048 – 1131), THABIT IBN QURRA (826 – 901), ABU BAKR AL-RAZI (865 – 925), JABIR IBN HAIYAN (722 – 804), IBN ISHAQ AL-KINDI (801 – 873), IBN AL-HAYTHAM (965 – 1040), IBN KHALDUN (1332 – 1406), ABU NASR AL-FARABI (872 – 950), IBN SINA (980 – 1037) and many others.
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