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Islam and science
This article is about the relationship between Islam and science. For the historical development of science in the
Islamic world, see
Science in medieval Islam. For the belief that scriptures such as the Qur'an prophesied scientific theories and discoveries (known in
Islam as
Ijaz al-Qur'an), see
Scientific foreknowledge in sacred texts.
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In the
Muslim world today, most of the focus on the relation between Islam and science involves scientific interpretations of the Quran (and sometimes the
Sunna) that claim to show that these sources make prescient statements about the nature of the universe, biological development and other phenomena later confirmed by scientific research, thus demonstrating proof of the divine origin of the Qur'an (and sometimes the Sunna). This effort has been criticized by scientists and philosophers as containing logical fallacies,[1] being unscientific, likely to be contradicted by evolving scientific theories.[2][3]
In the Muslim world, many believe that modern science was first developed in the Muslim world rather than in
Europe and
Western countries, that "all the wealth of knowledge in the world has actually emanated from Muslim civilization," and what people call "the scientific method", is actually "the Islamic method."[4] Muslims often cite verse 239 from Surah Al-Baqara —- He has taught you what you did not know. [5] —- in support of their view that the Qur'an promotes the acquisition of new knowledge.
Theoretical physicist Jim Al-Khalili believes the modern scientific method was pioneered by
Ibn Al-Haytham (known in the
Western world as "
Alhazen"), whose contributions he likened to those of
Isaac Newton.[6]
Robert Briffault, in The
Making of Humanity, asserts that the very existence of science, as it is understood in the modern sense, is rooted in the scientific thought and knowledge that emerged in Islamic civilizations during this time.[7]
In contrast, some people worry that the contemporary Muslim world suffers from a "profound lack of scientific understanding," and lament that, for example, in countries like
Pakistan post-graduate physics students have been known to blame earthquakes on "sinfulness, moral laxity, deviation from the Islamic true path," while "only a couple of muffled voices supported the scientific view that earthquakes are a natural phenomenon unaffected by human activity."[8]
As with all other branches of human knowledge, science, from an Islamic standpoint, is the study of nature as stemming from Tawhid, the Islamic conception of the "
Oneness" of God.[9] In Islam, nature is not seen as something separate but as an integral part of a holistic outlook on God, humanity, the world and the cosmos. These links imply a sacred aspect to Muslims' pursuit of scientific knowledge, as nature itself is viewed in the Qur'an as a compilation of signs pointing to the
Divine.[10] It was with this understanding that the pursuit of science, especially prior to the colonization of the Muslim world, was respected in Islamic civilizations.[
11]
Muslim scientists and scholars have subsequently developed a spectrum of viewpoints on the place of scientific learning within the context of Islam, none of which are universally accepted.[12] However, most maintain the view that the acquisition of knowledge and scientific pursuit in general is not in disaccord with
Islamic thought and religious belief.[9][12]
Contents [hide]
1 Overview
2 History
2.1 Classical science in the Muslim world
2.2 Arrival of modern science in the Muslim world
2.3 Decline
3 Islamic attitudes toward science
4 Science in the Qur'an and Hadith
4.1
Bucailleism
4.2
Taner Edis
4.3
Ancient Greek and early islamic views of genetics and embryonic development
5
Creation and evolution
6 See also
7 References
8
External links
Overview[edit]
The astrophysicist
Nidhal Guessoum while being highly critical of pseudo-scientific claims made about the Quran, has highlighted the encouragement for sciences that the Quran provides by developing "the concept of knowledge.
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