
In this text the author presents a world-view based on monotheism and attempts to answer some of nowadays’ challenging questions. The book uses the Qur'an, hadith from various Imams and quotes from scholars, as well as scientific details to establish why utilizing an Islamic framework to understand our world does not compete with science, but rather bridges it with other forms of truth that cannot be quantified through the scientific method.
- God and god of Science
- Acknowledgements
- Preface
- Introduction By Sayyid Muhammad Rizvi
- Chapter 1: Knowledge And Its Sources
- Chapter 2: Knowledge about God
- Chapter 3: Signs (Ayat) of God
- Proof of God by Himself
- Proof of God through His Creation
- Chapter 4: The Thaqalayn - the two weighty items
- 1. The Qur’an
- a. Historical Context
- b. Qur’an is the Preserved Word of God
- c. Qur’an is a Reminder
- 4. Qur’an Confirms Previous Scriptures
- d. Language of the Qur’an
- e. What is so Special about Qur’anic Arabic?
- f. What Makes the Qur’an a Unique Book?
- g. Qur’an is a Book of Guidance
- h. The Meta-Physical Reality of the Qur’an
- i. Discussion of Natural Phenomenon in the Qur’an
- 2.The Messenger (S) and his Ahlubayt (‘a)
- 1. The Qur’an
- Chapter 5: God’s Knowledge and His Acts
- Chapter 6: The Nearer Life (al-dunya) and the Afterlife (Al-Akhira)
- Chapter 7: Goal and Purpose of Life
- Chapter 8 Practical Monotheism
- Sustenance (al-Rizq)
- Cultivation of Plants
- Disease and Health
- Presdestination and Free Will: An Affair Between Two Affairs (al-Amr bayn al-Amrayn)
- God and the Existence of Evil
- Calling out to God (al-Duʿa)
- Acting Exclusively for God (al-Ikhlas)
- Complete Trust in God (al-Tawakkul)
- Leave it to God (al-Tafwidh)
- Submission (al-Taslim) and Contentment with the Outcome (al-Ridha)
- Chapter 9: The path of Love
- Chapter 10: The god of science
- Chapter 11: Reason vs. Revelation
- Chapter 12: those who reject the signs (Al-kuffar)
- Chapter 13: Science without Reason: A self-existing universe out of nothing
- Chapter 14: Science without empirical evidence
- The Conjecture of the Origin of Species by Natural Selection
- The Scientific Evidence for Evolution
- Criticism of the Theory of Evolution
- Bio-Spiritual Model of Life
- 1. Production of the Human Soul
- 2. Different Levels of the Soul and their Faculties
- 3. Body-Soul Interaction
- 4. Transubstantial Motion and the Soul
- 5. Rational Demonstration for the Existence of the Soul
- 6. Life-Cycle of the Human Soul
- 7. The Difference Between Natural Death and an Untimely Death
- 8. The Descent of Adam (‘a)
- Chapter 15: Spiritual but not religious
- Chapter 16: other intelligent beings
- Conclusion
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