Through Two Slits, Into Mystery: The Quantum Tale of the Double-Slit Experiment
Epigraph: Such is Allah, your Lord. There is no God but He, the Creator of all things, so worship Him. And He is Guardian over everything. Eyes cannot reach Him […]
What Is Ultimately Necessary: Mathematics, Laws of Nature, Time, or 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,’ […]
Qur’anic Guidance on Reality, Causality, and Divine Unity
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Introduction The Qur’an is not a book of abstract philosophy, yet it offers profound guidance on […]
Steven Weinberg Does Not Answer the Real Question: Where Do the Laws of Nature Come From?
Epigraph We did not create the heavens and the earth and everything between them without truth, a true purpose (or mathematics). (Al Quran 15:85) 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 […]
Where Did the Laws of Nature Come From?
Epigraph: We have created the heavens and the earth and all that is between the two in accordance with the perfect truth and wisdom. (Al Quran 15:85) He is the […]
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 […]
The Glorious Quran: A Comprehensive Presentation of the Cosmological Argument
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,’ […]
Perspective: Theists are Grateful for Our Universe and Atheists are Whining
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 […]
Does the Electron Exist? Does Our World Exist?
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The electron is a fundamental subatomic particle integral to our understanding of matter and energy. However, […]
Alan Guth Describing His and Other Cosmologist’s Belief in Many-Worlds Interpretation of quantum mechanics
Commentary written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The Many-Worlds Interpretation (MWI) of quantum mechanics is a theoretical framework that posits the existence […]
If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The philosophical query, “If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, […]
The Universe Is Not Locally Real, and the Physics Nobel Prize Winners Proved It
Epigraph: الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ All praise belongs to Allah, Sustainer of all the worlds. (Al Quran 1:2) إِنَّ اللَّهَ يُمْسِكُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ أَن تَزُولَا ۚ وَلَئِن زَالَتَا إِنْ أَمْسَكَهُمَا مِنْ […]
Frank Wilczek: A Nobel Laureate, Who Also Received Templeton Award
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 […]
Why Did Dr. Abdus Salam Recite Two Quranic Verses in His Nobel Banquet Speech?
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 […]
Alan Guth: Physicists Have No Clue Where Did the Laws of Nature Come From
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Alan H. Guth, a prominent theoretical physicist and cosmologist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), is renowned for developing the inflationary universe model. This model addresses fundamental questions about the early universe’s rapid expansion and its implications […]
Videos: Different Philosophers, Physicists and Theologians on Why is There Anything at All?
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,’ […]
Video: Is God Knowable Through Metaphysics?
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,’ […]
Video: Why is There Something Rather than Nothing?
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,’ […]