From Many Worlds Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics to Afterlife
Epigraph: They say, ‘When we die and turn into dust and decomposed bones, then shall we be raised up after given life again?’ (Al Quran 23:82) Written and collected by […]
Nobel Laureate and Recipient of the Templeton Award: Frank Wilczek: By Studying God’s Work We Discover Who God Is!
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 […]
Our Breathtaking Universe and The Three Magical Wands: Weak and Strong Emergence and Gravity
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 […]
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 […]
The Quranic Presentation of Cosmology Inspires Awe and True Admiration, When We Recall Aristotle
Epigraph: We will show them Our Signs in the universe and also among their own selves, until it becomes manifest to them that the Quran is the truth. (Al Quran […]
The Mystery of Gravity and the Quranic Verses about It
Epigraph: He created the heavens without any visible support, and He placed firm mountains on the earth––in case it should shake under you––and He spread all kinds of animals around […]
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 […]
How Electron and Positron Enhance My Belief in the Quran and God’s Providence?
Epigraph: وَمِن كُلِّ شَيْءٍ خَلَقْنَا زَوْجَيْنِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَذَكَّرُونَ And of everything have We created pairs that you may reflect. (Al Quran 51:49) Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor […]
Bats are Mammals, But According to the Quran They Are Birds Singing God’s Praises
Epigraph: We will show them Our Signs in the universe and also in their own consciousness, until it becomes manifest to them that the Quran is the truth. (Al Quran […]
Mother Mary As God Bearer: Is it Biologically Possible?
Epigraph: Glory be to Allah! He is far higher than what they ascribe to Him, the Creator of the heavens and earth! How could He have children when He has […]
Dr. Maurice Bucaille and Bucailleism in the Study of the Quran
Epigraph The disbelievers say: This Quran is naught but a lie that Muhammad has fabricated, and other people have helped him with it. They have, thereby, perpetrated an injustice and […]
George F.R. Ellis’ Contributions to Religion and Science Themes
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Recipients of Templeton awards, who are awarded based on their academic contributions, are great teachers in the domain […]
Schrodinger’s Cat to Show Us, Marvel of God’s Creation and Our Consciousness
Epigraph: We will show them Our Signs in the universe and also among their own selves, until it becomes manifest to them that the Quran is the truth. (Al Quran […]
The Holy Quran: Adam from a Statue of Mud or Guided Evolution?
Epigraph: اللَّهُ الَّذِي خَلَقَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا فِي سِتَّةِ أَيَّامٍ ثُمَّ اسْتَوَىٰ عَلَى الْعَرْشِ … ذَٰلِكَ عَالِمُ الْغَيْبِ وَالشَّهَادَةِ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ الَّذِي أَحْسَنَ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ خَلَقَهُ ۖ وَبَدَأَ خَلْقَ الْإِنسَانِ مِن […]
Did the miracle of the five loaves and two fish literally happen?
Epigraph “And when My servants ask you about Me, say: ‘I am near. I answer the prayer of the supplicant when he prays to Me. So they should hearken to […]
Interpretations of Libet’s Findings for and against free will
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times 1. Free Will as Illusory Some philosophers and neuroscientists interpret Libet’s findings as evidence that free will does […]
Philosophical Thought Experiments to Grasp the Hard Problem of Consciousness
Epigraph: And they ask you concerning the soul. Say, ‘The soul is by the command of my Lord; and of the knowledge thereof you have been given but a little.’ […]
Why is There Anything At All: The Seminal Question that Leads Us To God
Epigraph: هُوَ الْأَوَّلُ وَالْآخِرُ وَالظَّاهِرُ وَالْبَاطِنُ ۖ وَهُوَ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عَلِيمٌ Allah is the First and the Last, and the Manifest and the Hidden, and He knows all things full well. (Al […]
Javed Ahmed Ghamidi Beginning to Include Evolution in His Theology
The Muslim Times’ Chief Editor’s comment I am very fond of Javed Ahmed Ghamidi, so I keep listening to him. I am very glad that Ghamidi has more recently opened […]
Quran Says All Animals are Communities and Science Says Even the Bacteria
Epigraph: There is not an animal that crawls in the earth, nor a bird that flies on its two wings, but they are communities like you. We have left out nothing in the Book. Then to their Lord shall they be gathered together. (Al Quran 6:38) Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor […]