Science in the Service of the Scriptures
Source: Muslim Sunrise 2015 winter volume Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Are science and religion at odds with each other? Cary […]
Jane Goodall and David Attenborough: A Constant Reminder that We Came from Chimpanzee Like Animals
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Forty percent of U.S. adults ascribe to a strictly creationist view of human origins, believing that God created […]
Holding science, discovery and research dear to our hearts
22nd July 2022 Islam is distinct from all other religions in that it forbids alcohol and bases this prohibition on reason; its harms outweigh its benefits. The fact that the […]
Rumi: The Quran is Like a Shy Bride!
Epigraph: “As often as we approach the Quran, it always proves repulsive anew; gradually, however, it attracts, it astonishes, and, in the end forces admiration.” Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Written […]
We hold these Truths to be Self-Evident Also: Thomas Jefferson Memorial Inscriptions
Source: National Park Service Rotunda “I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.” -Excerpted from a letter to […]
Demystifying Quantum Physics: You Need it for Your Faith
Epigraph Eyes cannot reach Him but He reaches the eyes. And He is the Incomprehensible, the All-Aware. (Al Quran 6:103) Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the […]
I Am Second Coming of Al-Hallaj, But, Only With Allah’s Grace
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Abū ‘l-Muġīth Al-Ḥusayn bin Manṣūr al-Ḥallāj was a Persian mystic, poet and teacher of Sufism.[5][6][7] Al-Hallaj gained a wide following as a preacher […]
The Holy Quran and the Circadian Rhythms and Shift Work
Epigraph: أَلَمْ يَرَوْا أَنَّا جَعَلْنَا اللَّيْلَ لِيَسْكُنُوا فِيهِ وَالنَّهَارَ مُبْصِرًا ۚ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَاتٍ لِّقَوْمٍ يُؤْمِنُونَ “Do they not see that We made the night that they may rest therein […]
A Century of Scholarship for Quran and Science
Epigraph “Once the world of ideas has been transformed, reality cannot hold out for long.” George Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Source: The Muslim Sunrise, Fall 2021 volume By Zia H Shah MD, Chief […]
Happy Father’s Day: The five generation rule: Jonathan Edwards versus Max Jukes
Epigraph: O Ye who believe, be God conscious and keep company with the truthful. (Al Quran 9:119/120) Promoted post: We are all living in the Womb of God-the-Mother, 13.8 billion Years Pregnancy […]
We are all living in the Womb of God-the-Mother, 13.8 billion Years Pregnancy
Epigraph The Prophet Muhammad (May peace and blessings be upon him) said that Allah revealed to him: I am as My servant thinks (expects) I am. I am with him […]
The Holy Quran Uses the Word Taqdeer تَقْدِيرً for Laws of Nature
Promoted post: We are all living in the Womb of God-the-Mother, 13.8 billion Years Pregnancy Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Surah Furqan, the 25th […]
Who is or is not a Muslim, please first look at the polls?
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times First of all, my apologies if the title of the article hurts your religious sentiments, that certainly is […]
Is Islam a Religion or a State: Most Muslims Do Not Know?
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The flag of Saudi Arabia has the creed of Islam on the top, I bear witness that there […]
The author of the Quran knew that gender of child is decided by the sperm and not the egg
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Today I am going to make this reading assignment very short, after all I am indebted to you […]
We are all living in the Womb of God-the-Mother, 13.8 billion Years Pregnancy
Epigraph The Prophet Muhammad (May peace and blessings be upon him) said that Allah revealed to him: I am as My servant thinks (expects) I am. I am with him […]
My Journey: The Holy Quran honors sleep specialists in at least two verses
By Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times In 1995 I finished my training to be a Pulmonologist and Critical Care Specialist from the Buffalo University. Since 1996 I […]
Islamic views on concubines can be a cure for fundamentalist Muslim women?
Comment by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times: I am a devout Muslim and a staunch believer in the holy Quran, my life will be purposeless without the […]
NPR: Evangelicals Question The Existence Of Adam And Eve
Source: NPR By Barbara Bradley Hagerty Let’s go back to the beginning — all the way to Adam and Eve, and to the question: Did they exist, and did all […]
300,000 Years Old Homo sapien fossils discovered
Oldest Homo sapiens fossils discovered By Ashley Strickland, CNN Updated June 8, 2017 (CNN) The oldest fossil remains of Homo sapiens, dating back to 300,000 years, have been found at a […]