He is a physician practicing in Upstate New York. He is the Chief Editor of the Muslim Times, which has more than 43,000 followers in Twitter. He is also Chair of Religion and Science for the Muslim Sunrise, the oldest Muslim publication in North America. He has authored more than 400 articles on Islam, Christianity, Secularism and Religion & Science. Follow in Twitter: @The_MuslimTimes
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Introduction Qur’an 39:42 presents a striking analogy between sleep and death, using the daily phenomenon of sleep […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Different religious traditions have varying doctrines about whether their highest leaders are considered infallible, divinely guided, or […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Introduction Qur’an 25:4–6 presents a dialogue between the skeptics of Prophet Muhammad’s time and the Qur’an’s own defense […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Panpsychism and Consciousness: A Critical Analysis Defining Panpsychism: Mind in All Matter Can we ever understand consciousness completely, […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Introduction The Qur’an opens with an invocation of divine mercy: “Bismillāh Al-Raḥmān Al-Raḥīm” – “In the Name of […]
Epigraph We will set up scales of justice for the Day of Resurrection so that no one can be wronged in the least, and if there should be even the […]
Epigraph We showed Abraham the site of the House, saying, ‘Do not assign partners to Me. Purify My House for those who circle around it, those who stand to pray, […]
Epigraph: بَدِيعُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ ۖ وَإِذَا قَضَىٰ أَمْرًا فَإِنَّمَا يَقُولُ لَهُ كُن فَيَكُونُ He is the Originator of the heavens and the earth, and when He decrees something, He says only, ‘Be,’ […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Introduction Many atheist thinkers assume that the fundamental laws of nature “just are” – that they exist without […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Verse Text (Arabic & English) Arabic (39:49): فَإِذَا مَسَّ الْإِنسَانَ ضُرٌّ دَعَانَا ثُمَّ إِذَا خَوَّلْنَاهُ نِعْمَةً […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Introduction Beauty in the natural world has long evoked wonder, prompting humanity to seek deeper meaning […]
Epigraph The number of months with Allah has been twelve months by Allah’s ordinance since the day He created the heavens and the earth. Of these, four are known as […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Meditation, Gene Expression, and Physiological Systems Recent research has begun to illuminate how meditative practices can produce […]
Epigraph We call to witness the winds that scatter and cause to pass the vapors, and carry the load of moisture, and blow gently and distribute the command of Allah […]
Epigraph سَنُرِيهِمْ آيَاتِنَا فِي الْآفَاقِ وَفِي أَنفُسِهِمْ حَتَّىٰ يَتَبَيَّنَ لَهُمْ أَنَّهُ الْحَقُّ ۗ أَوَلَمْ يَكْفِ بِرَبِّكَ أَنَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ شَهِيدٌ We shall show them Our signs in every region of the […]
Epigraph إِنَّ اللَّهَ فَالِقُ الْحَبِّ وَالنَّوَىٰ ۖ يُخْرِجُ الْحَيَّ مِنَ الْمَيِّتِ وَمُخْرِجُ الْمَيِّتِ مِنَ الْحَيِّ ۚ ذَٰلِكُمُ اللَّهُ ۖ فَأَنَّىٰ تُؤْفَكُونَ It is God who splits open the seed and the fruit stone: […]
Epigraph ‘So when I have fashioned him in perfection and have breathed into him of My Spirit, fall ye down in submission to him.’ (Al Quran 15:29) Then He fashioned […]
Epigraph In the name of God, the Lord of Mercy, the Giver of Mercy. Say, ‘He is God the One, God the eternal. He begot no one nor was He […]
Epigraph Allah is He, Who created seven heavens and of the earth a similar number. The divine command comes down in their midst that you may know that Allah has […]
Presented by Zia H Shah MD There are only four or five academic Christian philosophers that I read or listen to and sometimes learn from. Richard Swinburne is definitely one […]