Monotheism and Success of Hajj Prophesied Some 4000 Years Ago
Epigraph We showed Abraham the site of the House, saying, ‘Do not assign partners to Me. Purify My House for those who circle around it, those who stand to pray, […]
Beauty in Nature as a Path to God: An Islamic Perspective
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Introduction Beauty in the natural world has long evoked wonder, prompting humanity to seek deeper meaning […]
“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 […]
The Glorious Quran: From Clouds to Afterlife
Epigraph We call to witness the winds that scatter and cause to pass the vapors, and carry the load of moisture, and blow gently and distribute the command of Allah […]
The Miracle of the Flowering Plants and the Anesthesia of Familiarity
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: […]
The Glorious Quran: From Mother’s Placenta to Afterlife
Epigraph يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ إِن كُنتُمْ فِى رَيْبٍ مِّنَ ٱلْبَعْثِ فَإِنَّا خَلَقْنَٰكُم مِّن تُرَابٍ ثُمَّ مِن نُّطْفَةٍ ثُمَّ مِنْ عَلَقَةٍ ثُمَّ مِن مُّضْغَةٍ مُّخَلَّقَةٍ وَغَيْرِ مُخَلَّقَةٍ لِّنُبَيِّنَ لَكُمْ ۚ وَنُقِرُّ فِى […]
The Glorious Quran, A Meteor Strike and the Dinosaurs
Epigraph Have you not considered how God has made everything on the earth of service to you? That ships sail the sea at His command? That He keeps the heavens […]
The Quran Hinted At Earth Being a Sphere and Early Muslim Scientists Obliged
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times There is a verse in the Bible that talks about four corners of the earth: After this […]
The Glorious Quran Endorses Al Ghazali’s Occasionalism
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, the Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Ghazali’s occasionalism asserts that God is the sole and direct cause of all events, rejecting […]
The Glorious Quran: ‘And (look) at the mountains, how they are anchored?’
Epigraph Do they not then look at the camel, how it is created? And at the heaven, how it is raised high? And at the mountains, how they are anchored? […]
The Glorious Quran: The Fundamental and the Metaphorical?
Epigraph: He it is Who has sent down to you (Muhammad) the Book; in it, there are verses that are fundamental — they are the basis of the Book — […]
My Quran-Based Theory of Consciousness: Banking on The Sleep Verse and Quantum Entanglement
Epigraph “Allah takes the souls at the time of their death, and those that do not die during their sleep; then He withholds those on whom He has passed the […]
Commentary of the Most Profound Verse of the Surah Anaam
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Quran 6:103 states: “No human vision can encompass Him, whereas He encompasses all human vision: for He alone […]
Faith in angels: A forgotten pillar of belief?
by Ekrem Demirli Mar 10, 2025 – 11:53 am GMT+3 Angels, who obey God without question, contrast with Satan, who distances himself through arrogance and Adam, who initially disobeyed but then […]
Verse 31:27 — Omniscience, Infinite Attributes And Words of Allah
Verse Text: “And if all the trees on earth were pens, and the sea (were ink), with seven more seas added to it, the words of Allah would not be […]
Why the Quran Names a Surah After the Sun and the Morning Brightness?
Epigraph By the morning brightness and by the night when it grows still, your Lord has not forsaken you [Prophet], nor does He hate you, and the future will be […]
The Mystery of Time: Scientific, Philosophical, and Religious Perspectives
Epigraph وَالْعَصْرِ I swear by the passage of time. (Al Quran 103:1) Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times In the Quran, Allah frequently […]
Einstein’s Dream that Inspired Relativity
Epigraph He sends water from the sky that fills riverbeds to overflowing, each according to its measure. The stream carries on its surface a growing layer of froth, like the […]
One God, One Universe: Coherence of Monotheism in Philosophy, Theology, and Science
Epigraph: Epigraph: If there had been in the heavens or earth any gods but Him, both heavens and earth would be in ruins: God, Lord of the Throne, is far […]
All Roads Lead to Rome and All Arguments for God Lead to the Fine Tuning of Our Universe
Epigraph He is the Mighty, the Forgiving; Who created the seven heavens, one above the other. You will not see any flaw in what the Lord of Mercy creates. Look […]