The Glorious Quran: A Complete, Thorough, and Final Revealed Book
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD Abstract The Quran, Islam’s holy scripture, is revered by Muslims as the final revelation from God – one that is complete in […]
The Unending Ocean of Qur’anic Wisdom: Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad as a Teacher Among Many
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD Abstract The Holy Qur’an has long been regarded by Muslims as a scripture of inexhaustible wisdom, whose depths cannot be fully sounded […]
The Marvel of Placenta: A Clue to Guided Evolution and Afterlife
Epigraph: أَيَحْسَبُ الْإِنسَانُ أَن يُتْرَكَ سُدًى أَلَمْ يَكُ نُطْفَةً مِّن مَّنِيٍّ يُمْنَىٰ ثُمَّ كَانَ عَلَقَةً فَخَلَقَ فَسَوَّىٰ فَجَعَلَ مِنْهُ الزَّوْجَيْنِ الذَّكَرَ وَالْأُنثَىٰ أَلَيْسَ ذَٰلِكَ بِقَادِرٍ عَلَىٰ أَن يُحْيِيَ الْمَوْتَىٰ Does […]
Proving God as the First Cause: Creation Ex Nihilo and the Origin of Everything
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,’ […]
Heavenly Shield and Cosmic Catastrophe: Scientific, Philosophical, and Theological Reflections on Qur’an 22:65
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD Abstract The Quran states: “He (God) keeps the heavens from falling down on the earth without His permission” (22:65). This poetic verse […]
Surah At-Tāriq: A Contemporary Scientific, Philosophical, and Theological Commentary
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD Abstract Surah At-Tāriq (Qur’an 86) opens with a solemn oath “by the sky and At-Tāriq,” which is traditionally understood as the “night […]
Pondering the Qur’an’s Perfect Consistency: A Reflective Spiritual Commentary
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Introduction: An Invitation to Reflection “Do they not then reflect upon the Qur’an? Had it been […]
Reading the Glorious Quran with Sir David Attenborough
Epigraph: Have they not looked at the earth, how many of every noble species have We caused to grow therein, in pairs? (Al Quran 26:7) Presented by Zia H Shah […]
Zia H Shah MD Bringing All of Christian Scholarship to the Service of the Glorious Quran
Discovery Institute and the Intelligent Design Movement The strengths of the Christian scientists in trying to establish God the Creator are self-evident. By presenting and understanding their work, while also […]
Should You Care to Unify Your Science, Philosophy and Theology: What Does the Quran Say?
The Glorious Quran 3:190–193 – Unity of Scientific, Philosophical, and Theological Reflections By Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The Verses in Focus إِنَّ فِي خَلْقِ […]
Divine Providence in Evolution: Reconciling Faith with the Mechanisms of Life’s Diversity
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 […]
Information Preservation in Black Holes and Divine Records: A Scientific and Quranic Perspective
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Introduction Modern physics and Islamic theology both assert that nothing truly disappears without a trace. In science, this […]
Respectfully Disagreeing with Javed Ghamidi on the Subject of the Glorious Quran and Evolution: Humans Did Come from Apes
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times I respect Javed Ahmed Ghamidi as one of the most knowledgeable Muslim scholars. I love him […]
Dr. Maurice Bucaille’s Analysis of the Glorious Quran — A Three-Minute Reading
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Maurice Bucaille, a French physician and author, is renowned for his 1976 book The Bible, The […]
The Understanding and Practice of Hajj in Nizari Ismaili Islam (Aga Khan Lineage)
Written and Collected by Zia H Shah, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Hajj – the pilgrimage to the Kaʿba in Mecca – is one of Islam’s most important rituals. […]
The Quranic Challenge to Make a Fly: Silicon-Based Life: Feasibility, Philosophy, and Future?
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 […]
Rainfall, Lightning, and the Atmospheric Delivery of Nutrients and Trace Elements to Earth
Epigraph وَاخْتِلَافِ اللَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ وَمَا أَنزَلَ اللَّهُ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ مِن رِّزْقٍ فَأَحْيَا بِهِ الْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهَا وَتَصْرِيفِ الرِّيَاحِ آيَاتٌ لِّقَوْمٍ يَعْقِلُونَ And in the alternation of night and day, and […]
A Perfect Order: Scientific Reflections on Quran 67:3–4 and Cosmic Fine-Tuning
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Introduction: An Invitation to Search for Flaws in Creation In the 67th chapter of the Quran (Al-Mulk), […]
The Glorious Quran and Science: Scientific and Philosophical Commentary on the Verses 25:4–6
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Introduction Qur’an 25:4–6 presents a dialogue between the skeptics of Prophet Muhammad’s time and the Qur’an’s own defense […]
The Arabic Roots of Al-Rahman and Al-Raheem: Mercy and the Womb in Islam
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Introduction The Qur’an opens with an invocation of divine mercy: “Bismillāh Al-Raḥmān Al-Raḥīm” – “In the Name of […]