Each in an orbit, swimming: cosmos as glorification
Presented by Zia H Shah MD with the help of Claude Abstract This commentary examines the Quranic phrase وَكُلٌّ فِي فَلَكٍ يَسْبَحُونَ (“and each, in an orbit, is swimming”), which […]
The Ontological Baseline of Universal Motion: A Scientific, Philosophical, and Theological Commentary on the Quranic Orbits
Presented by Zia H Shah MD Audio teaser: Quranic Orbital Mechanics and Modern Physics The concept of a static, unchanging universe dominated the human imagination for millennia. From the crystalline […]
The Kneeling: A Commentary on Surah Al-Jathiyah
Presented by Zia H Shah MD with the help of Claude Prologue Surah Al-Jathiyah — The Kneeling — is the sixth of the seven Ḥā Mīm chapters, revealed in Mecca […]
“Do they not see the earth?” — A commentary on Quran 26:7
Epigraph أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ إِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ كَمْ أَنۢبَتْنَا فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ زَوْجٍۢ كَرِيمٍ Al Quran 26:7 Presented by Zia H Shah MD with help of Claude Quran 26:7 poses a deceptively […]
The Glorious Quran and the Sequence of Creation of the Heavens and Earth?
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD Abstract This commentary examines Qur’an 41:9–12 in depth, exploring its scientific, philosophical, and theological implications. It demonstrates that these verses, when properly […]
The Glorious Qur’an 57:25 – Justice, Revelation, and the Iron: An Islamic Commentary
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD Abstract: This article offers a comprehensive commentary on Qur’an 57:25, a verse rich with theological, philosophical, and scientific significance. The verse declares […]
Refuting Bertrand Russell’s “The Universe is Just There, and That’s All”
By Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Bertrand Russell famously claimed that he would simply say “the universe is just there, and that’s all,” implying that […]
The First Cause Argument for God’s Existence
Scientific Perspective By Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Modern cosmology has repeatedly confronted the notion of a First Cause. General Relativity and observational evidence (like […]
The Multiverse Hypothesis: No Escape from the Question of God
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,’ […]
The Elephant in Atheists’ Rooms: The Laws of Nature: Brute Fact or Mindful Design?
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 […]
“By the Sky Full of Pathways”: A Scientific and Spiritual Commentary (Qur’an 51:7 in Context)
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 […]
Fine-Tuning of the Universe: Evidence of Purposeful Design
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 […]
Video: Why the ‘Unreasonable Effectiveness’ of Mathematics?
Epigraph وَمَا خَلَقْنَا السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا إِلَّا بِالْحَقِّ “We have created the heavens and the earth and all that is between the two in accordance with the perfect truth […]
Contemporary Arguments For and Against God
Epigraph He is God: there is no god other than Him. It is He who knows what is hidden as well as what is in the open, He is the […]
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 […]
Sean Carroll’s Denial of the Fine Tuning Argument
Epigraph: Exalted is He who holds all control in His hands; who has power over all things; who created death and life to test you [people] and reveal which of […]
Could it be a coincidence…?
12th February 2025 Ahmad Kamal, Jamia Ahmadiyya International Ghana Is it possible that our vast cosmos, with its perfectly balanced and intelligently organised system, is nothing more than the result of chance? Is the intricate and comprehensive system of our universe its own creator? By simply observing the remarkable structure, inherent […]
Why Does the Quran Name A Surah After the Constellations?
Epigraph: Exalted is He who put constellations in the heavens, a radiant light, and an illuminating moon –– it is He who made the night and day follow each other […]
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 […]