Does the Quran Talk About Millions of Earths?
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 […]
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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
Javed Ghamidi About Slavery: From the Quran
Epigraph: When you meet the disbelievers in battle, strike them in the neck, and once they are defeated, bind any captives firmly––later you can release them by grace or by […]
The Eucharist in Christianity and Human Rationality
Epigraph: The Messiah, son of Mary, was only a Messenger; surely, Messengers like unto him had indeed passed away before him. And his mother was a truthful woman. They both […]
How God Interacts With the Universe: Grants Prayers, Guided Evolution, and Delivers Miracles At Times?
Epigraph God’s is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth; He gives life and He causes death; and He has power over all things. He is the First and […]
The Holy Quran: Have You Pondered Over the Camel, How It is Made?
Epigraph أَفَلَا يَنظُرُونَ إِلَى الْإِبِلِ كَيْفَ خُلِقَتْ Have you pondered over the camel, how it is made? (Al Quran 88:15) Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the […]
Does the Glorious Quran Want Us to See It Through the Scientific Lens?
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 upon the horizons and […]
Punishments in Deuteronomy and Leviticus that are questioned in the contemporary world
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The books of Deuteronomy and Leviticus in the Hebrew Bible outline a series of laws and corresponding punishments that, while reflective of the socio-cultural context of ancient Israel, have become subjects of ethical debate in the contemporary world. […]
Avicenna’s Ontological Argument for the Existence of God from the Crown Verse
Epigraph: God: there is no god but Him, the Ever Living, (الْقَيُّومُ) the Self-Subsisting. Neither slumber nor sleep overtakes Him. All that is in the heavens and in the earth […]
Abu Yusuf Ya’qub ibn Ishaq al-Kindi’s Presentation of the Cosmological Argument
Promoted Post: The Glorious Quran: A Comprehensive Presentation of the Cosmological Argument Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Abu Yusuf Ya’qub ibn Ishaq al-Kindi […]
The Glorious Quran: A Comprehensive Presentation of the Cosmological Argument
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,’ […]
Are the Northern Lights Hinted in the Quran?
Epigraph: وَجَعَلْنَا السَّمَآءَ سَقْفًا مَّحْفُوْظًا وَّهُمْ عَنْ اٰيٰتِهَا مُعْرِضُوْنَ And We (Allah) have made the heaven a roof, well protected; yet they turn away from its Signs. (Al Quran 21:32) […]
The Glorious Quran: ‘Have You Ever Pondered Over the Water, Which You Drink?’
Epigraph: Do not the disbelievers see that the heavens and the earth were once a singularity, then We parted them asunder? And We made from water every living thing. Will […]
The Quran Speaks of Innumerable Earths Along With Innumerable Stars and Extraterrestrial Life
Epigraph: It is God who created seven heavens and a similar numbers of earths. His command descends throughout them. So you should realize that He has power over all things […]
What Are the Interstellar Clouds and How They Establish the Quran’s Truth
Epigraph وَمَا خَلَقْنَا السَّمَاءَ وَالْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا لَاعِبِينَ لَوْ أَرَدْنَا أَن نَّتَّخِذَ لَهْوًا لَّاتَّخَذْنَاهُ مِن لَّدُنَّا إِن كُنَّا فَاعِلِينَ And We (Allah) created not the heaven and the earth […]
The Qur’an Says Allah Made Heavens Before the Earth, but the Bible Disagrees. Should the 2 Billion Christians Care?
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The Quran states that Allah created the heavens and earth in six days. This is mentioned in multiple […]
Making a Case for Interpreting the Qur’an Through Established Science
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Sometimes, well-meaning Muslim scholars emphasize that the Quran is not a book of science and that we do […]
A Verse of the Quran and 225 Theories of Consciousness
Epigraph: وَيَسْأَلُونَكَ عَنِ الرُّوحِ ۖ قُلِ الرُّوحُ مِنْ أَمْرِ رَبِّي وَمَا أُوتِيتُم مِّنَ الْعِلْمِ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا And they ask you concerning the soul. Say, ‘The soul is by the command of my […]
The Quran Says Humanity Cannot Even Create a Fly, Is The 2024 Noble Laureate Challenging That?
Epigraph: People, here is an illustration, so listen carefully: those you call on beside God could not, even if they combined all their forces, create a fly, and if a […]