Jalees Rehman, a cardiology fellow at Indiana University School of Medicine, aptly and concisely articulates a major problem with the scientific miracles in the Qur’an narrative. He writes: “One danger of such attempts to correlate modern science with the Qur’an is that it makes a linkage between the perennial wisdom and truth of the Qur’an with the transient ideas of modern science.” [Jalees Rehman “Searching for Scientific Facts in the Quran: Islamization of Knowledge or a New Form of Scientism?’ Islam & Science, 2003.] What Rehman is eluding to here is that science does not claim certainty or 100% truth, and to use science as a method to establish the absolute nature of the Qur’an is fallacious. Science by its very nature is not static, it is dynamic. Its conclusions change over time, even ones that we may think are established facts. The philosophical problems associated with induction and empiricism clearly show the transient nature of science. This is the beautiful thing about science - its conclusions can change when confronted with new observations. In light of the above, how do we discuss science and the Quran in a coherent and robust way? To find out more join tonights Islamic thought online seminar The Book of Signs: A New Approach in Discussing Science in the Quran. The seminar starts at 7PM. To register please access this link https://www4.gotomeeting/register/245634559.
Posted on: Tue, 14 Oct 2014 13:08:12 +0000
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