Alfred Hitchcock’s Movie ‘The Wrong Man’ and the Case of the Hereafter
By Aamir Iqbal Yazdani God declares His Scripture, the Koran, as a ‘reminder’ that there is life after death. This life is not the only life. It translates and transforms […]
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Zia H Shah
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
Quantum Entanglement, Ghazali’s Occasionalism, and God’s Continuous Sustenance of the Universe
Epigraph “Allah! There is no god ˹worthy of worship˺ except Him, the Ever-Living, All-Sustaining. Neither drowsiness nor sleep overtakes Him. To Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever […]
Scientists created a ‘woolly mouse’ with mammoth traits. Is it a step toward bringing back the extinct giant?
By Katie Hunt, CNN It’s tiny, but this lab mouse could have a mammoth impact. With curly whiskers and wavy, light hair that grows three times longer than that of an […]
Every Nobel Prize in Sciences is A Eulogy And Glorification of God, the Creator and the Sustainer of Our Universe
Epigraph الَّذِي خَلَقَ سَبْعَ سَمَاوَاتٍ طِبَاقًا ۖ مَّا تَرَىٰ فِي خَلْقِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ مِن تَفَاوُتٍ ۖ فَارْجِعِ الْبَصَرَ هَلْ تَرَىٰ مِن فُطُورٍ ثُمَّ ارْجِعِ الْبَصَرَ كَرَّتَيْنِ يَنقَلِبْ إِلَيْكَ الْبَصَرُ خَاسِئًا وَهُوَ حَسِيرٌ He […]
Ayat al-Kursi: The Crown Verse of the Quran (2:255)
“Allah! There is no god ˹worthy of worship˺ except Him, the Ever-Living, All-Sustaining. Neither drowsiness nor sleep overtakes Him. To Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is […]
Molecular Evidence for Evolution: How DNA and Proteins Prove Common Ancestry
Epigraph What is the matter with you? Why will you not fear God’s majesty, when He has created you stage by stage? Have you ever wondered how God created seven […]
What the Quran Says About Itself
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The Quran, Islam’s holy scripture, contains numerous passages in which it describes its own nature, purpose, and characteristics. […]
The Miracle of Water And the Glorious Quran
Epigraph الَّذِي خَلَقَ سَبْعَ سَمَاوَاتٍ طِبَاقًا ۖ مَّا تَرَىٰ فِي خَلْقِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ مِن تَفَاوُتٍ ۖ فَارْجِعِ الْبَصَرَ هَلْ تَرَىٰ مِن فُطُورٍ ثُمَّ ارْجِعِ الْبَصَرَ كَرَّتَيْنِ يَنقَلِبْ إِلَيْكَ الْبَصَرُ خَاسِئًا وَهُوَ حَسِيرٌ He […]
Dream-Inspired Insights in Science, Philosophy, Literature, and Music
Epigraph “True dreams are one of the forty-sixth part of prophethood.” Prophet Muhammad Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Human history is rich with […]
Free Will and Predestination (Qadar) in the Qur’an and Islamic Theology
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times If my articles are boring to you, it may be that you need to read more of them, […]
Sufism in Islam: Historical and Theological Perspectives
Sufism (Arabic: tasawwuf) is the mystical dimension of Islam, emphasizing the inward search for God and spiritual transformation. It is not a separate sect but an integral aspect of the faith, found in both Sunni and Shi’a traditions en.wikipedia.org . Sufis seek a direct experience of the Divine through love, […]
Albert Einstein’s Pantheism: A Compliment In Disguise to God
Epigraph الَّذِي خَلَقَ سَبْعَ سَمَاوَاتٍ طِبَاقًا ۖ مَّا تَرَىٰ فِي خَلْقِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ مِن تَفَاوُتٍ ۖ فَارْجِعِ الْبَصَرَ هَلْ تَرَىٰ مِن فُطُورٍ ثُمَّ ارْجِعِ الْبَصَرَ كَرَّتَيْنِ يَنقَلِبْ إِلَيْكَ الْبَصَرُ خَاسِئًا وَهُوَ حَسِيرٌ He […]
Farhan Ahmad Rabani, An Ahmadi Murabi Presenting His Dialogue with Javed Ghamidi
Javed Ahmad Ghamidi, born on April 7, 1952, in the Sahiwal district of Punjab, Pakistan, is a distinguished Islamic scholar, philosopher, and educationist. He pursued his early education locally before […]
Steven Weinberg Does Not Answer the Real Question: Where Do the Laws of Nature Come From?
Epigraph We did not create the heavens and the earth and everything between them without truth, a true purpose (or mathematics). (Al Quran 15:85) الَّذِي خَلَقَ سَبْعَ سَمَاوَاتٍ طِبَاقًا ۖ مَّا تَرَىٰ فِي خَلْقِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ مِن تَفَاوُتٍ ۖ فَارْجِعِ الْبَصَرَ هَلْ تَرَىٰ مِن فُطُورٍ ثُمَّ ارْجِعِ الْبَصَرَ كَرَّتَيْنِ يَنقَلِبْ إِلَيْكَ الْبَصَرُ خَاسِئًا […]
Shias Are Definitely Muslims, Because I Abhor Inter-sectarian Violence
Epigraph: “It was only as a mercy that We sent you [Prophet] to all people.” (Al Quran 21:107) “The believers in their mutual kindness, compassion, and sympathy are just like […]
Famous Muslim Scholars on Jinn And How To Save Ourselves
Epigraph “Show me your evidence then, if what you say is true?” (Al Quran 27:64 and 2:111) Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times There […]
Birth of Modern Medicine: Jean-Martin Charcot’s Analysis of Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes, located in Lourdes, France, stands as a significant pilgrimage destination, drawing […]
Yasir Qadhi’s Views On Jinns, Many of the Muslim Masses Know Better
Epigraph “Show me your evidence then, if what you say is true?” (Al Quran 27:64 and 2:111) Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Dr. […]