Presented by Zia H Shah MD Abstract The mammalian placenta is a stunning example of nature’s ingenuity, evolving over tens of millions of years in part by repurposing viral genes. […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Scientific Context: From “Despised Fluid” to Human Life Quran 32:8 states: “Then He made his progeny […]
By Zia H Shah MD Mammalian Pregnancy and the Placenta: Biology and Evolution Mammalian pregnancy exhibits remarkable complexity, centered on the placenta – a transient but vital organ that forms […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Epigraph: Blessed is He in Whose hand is the kingdom, and He has power over all things; Who has created death and life that He might try you — which […]
… Barbara McClintock (1902–1992) was a pioneering American scientist whose groundbreaking work in cytogenetics significantly advanced our understanding of genetic regulation and chromosomal behavior. Her discovery of transposable elements, often referred to as “jumping genes,” revolutionized genetics and earned her the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1983. Early […]
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 Adjacent Possible Kauffman introduced the idea of the “adjacent possible,” describing how biological systems evolve by exploring new functional possibilities that are one step away from their current state. This concept illustrates the open-ended nature of evolution, where the emergence of novel traits and functions expands the space of […]
Epigraph: We will show them Our Signs in the universe and also in their own consciousness until it becomes manifest to them that the Quran is the truth. (Al Quran […]
Epigraph: We will show them Our Signs in the universe and also in their own consciousness, until it becomes manifest to them that the Quran is the truth. (Al Quran […]
Epigraph: Glory be to Allah! He is far higher than what they ascribe to Him, the Creator of the heavens and earth! How could He have children when He has […]
Epigraph: وَأَوْحَىٰ رَبُّكَ إِلَى النَّحْلِ أَنِ اتَّخِذِي مِنَ الْجِبَالِ بُيُوتًا وَمِنَ الشَّجَرِ وَمِمَّا يَعْرِشُونَ ثُمَّ كُلِي مِن كُلِّ الثَّمَرَاتِ فَاسْلُكِي سُبُلَ رَبِّكِ ذُلُلًا ۚ يَخْرُجُ مِن بُطُونِهَا شَرَابٌ مُّخْتَلِفٌ أَلْوَانُهُ فِيهِ شِفَاءٌ […]
Epigraph: Allah takes away the souls of human beings at the time of their death; and of those also that are not yet dead, during their sleep. And then He retains those against which […]
Epigraph: وَهُوَ الَّذِي أَنشَأَكُم مِّن نَّفْسٍ وَاحِدَةٍ فَمُسْتَقَرٌّ وَمُسْتَوْدَعٌ ۗ قَدْ فَصَّلْنَا الْآيَاتِ لِقَوْمٍ يَفْقَهُونَ It is He who first produced you from a single soul, then gave you a place to […]
Epigraph: There is not an animal that crawls in the earth, nor a bird that flies on its two wings, but they are communities like you. We have left out nothing in the Book. Then to their Lord shall they be gathered together. (Al Quran 6:38) Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor […]