The scriptures inform us about the creation of the heavens and the earth, and about our creation. They outline the process and the objectives, and also the future outcomes.
Science attempts to explore, understand, and put to use the world around us. It eliminates scripture-based beliefs about creation, replacing them with its own thought-constructs.
يٰۤاَيُّهَا النَّاسُ اعۡبُدُوۡا رَبَّكُمُ الَّذِىۡ خَلَقَكُمۡ وَالَّذِيۡنَ مِنۡ قَبۡلِكُمۡ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تَتَّقُوۡنَ ۙ
O humanity! Worship your Lord, Who created you and those before you, so that you may become mindful ˹of Him˺.
الَّذِىۡ جَعَلَ لَـكُمُ الۡاَرۡضَ فِرَاشًا وَّالسَّمَآءَ بِنَآءً وَّاَنۡزَلَ مِنَ السَّمَآءِ مَآءً فَاَخۡرَجَ بِهٖ مِنَ الثَّمَرٰتِ رِزۡقًا لَّـكُمۡۚ فَلَا تَجۡعَلُوۡا لِلّٰهِ اَنۡدَادًا وَّاَنۡـتُمۡ تَعۡلَمُوۡنَ
˹He is the One˺ Who has made the earth a place of settlement for you and the sky a canopy; and sends down rain from the sky, causing fruits to grow as a provision for you. So do not knowingly set up equals to Allah ˹in worship˺.
[Al-Quran 2:21-22, Translation: Dr. Mustafa Khattab]
Scriptures speak about the six days of creation.
Science insists upon billions of years.
Scriptures speak about the creation of creatures.
Science insists upon evolution of creatures.
Scriptures glorify God as the source of all life.
Science considers the Sun as the source of all life on the planet.
Scriptures glorify God as the sustainer of all life.
Science considers the Sun as the sustainer of all life on the planet.
Scriptures speak about the laws decreed by God to govern all creation.
Science seeks to replace scripture-based laws with human rationale.
Scriptures speak about man as God's appointed representative to rule above all.
Science attempts to equalise humans with rest of the creation.
اَمَّنۡ خَلَقَ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالۡاَرۡضَ وَاَنۡزَلَ لَـكُمۡ مِّنَ السَّمَآءِ مَآءً ۚ فَاَنۡۢبَتۡنَا بِهٖ حَدَآٮِٕقَ ذَاتَ بَهۡجَةٍ ۚ مَا كَانَ لَـكُمۡ اَنۡ تُـنۡۢبِتُوۡا شَجَرَهَا ؕ ءَاِلٰـهٌ مَّعَ اللّٰهِ ؕ بَلۡ هُمۡ قَوۡمٌ يَّعۡدِلُوۡنَ ؕ
Or ˹ask them,˺ “Who created the heavens and the earth, and sends down rain for you from the sky, by which We cause delightful gardens to grow? You could never cause their trees to grow. Was it another god besides Allah?” Absolutely not! But they are a people who set up equals ˹to Allah˺!
اَمَّنۡ جَعَلَ الۡاَرۡضَ قَرَارًا وَّجَعَلَ خِلٰلَهَاۤ اَنۡهٰرًا وَّجَعَلَ لَهَا رَوَاسِىَ وَجَعَلَ بَيۡنَ الۡبَحۡرَيۡنِ حَاجِزًا ؕ ءَاِلٰـهٌ مَّعَ اللّٰهِ ؕ بَلۡ اَكۡثَرُهُمۡ لَا يَعۡلَمُوۡنَ ؕ
Or ˹ask them,˺ “Who made the earth a place of settlement, caused rivers to flow through it, placed firm mountains upon it, and set a barrier between ˹fresh and salt˺ bodies of water? Was it another god besides Allah?” Absolutely not! But most of them do not know.
اَمَّنۡ يُّجِيۡبُ الۡمُضۡطَرَّ اِذَا دَعَاهُ وَيَكۡشِفُ السُّوۡٓءَ وَيَجۡعَلُكُمۡ خُلَفَآءَ الۡاَرۡضِ ؕ ءَاِلٰـهٌ مَّعَ اللّٰهِ ؕ قَلِيۡلًا مَّا تَذَكَّرُوۡنَ ؕ
Or ˹ask them,˺ “Who responds to the distressed when they cry to Him, relieving ˹their˺ affliction, and ˹Who˺ makes you successors in the earth? Is it another god besides Allah? Yet you are hardly mindful!”
اَمَّنۡ يَّهۡدِيۡكُمۡ فِىۡ ظُلُمٰتِ الۡبَرِّ وَ الۡبَحۡرِ وَمَنۡ يُّرۡسِلُ الرِّيٰحَ بُشۡرًۢا بَيۡنَ يَدَىۡ رَحۡمَتِهٖؕ ءَاِلٰـهٌ مَّعَ اللّٰهِؕ تَعٰلَى اللّٰهُ عَمَّا يُشۡرِكُوۡنَؕ
Or ˹ask them,˺ “Who guides you in the darkness of the land and sea, and sends the winds ushering in His mercy? Is it another god besides Allah? Exalted is Allah above what they associate ˹with Him˺!
اَمَّنۡ يَّبۡدَؤُا الۡخَـلۡقَ ثُمَّ يُعِيۡدُهٗ وَمَنۡ يَّرۡزُقُكُمۡ مِّنَ السَّمَآءِ وَالۡاَرۡضِؕ ءَاِلٰـهٌ مَّعَ اللّٰهِؕ قُلۡ هَاتُوۡا بُرۡهَانَكُمۡ اِنۡ كُنۡتُمۡ صٰدِقِيۡنَ
Or ˹ask them,˺ “Who originates the creation then resurrects it, and gives you provisions from the heavens and the earth? Is it another god besides Allah?” Say, ˹O Prophet,˺ “Show ˹me˺ your proof, if what you say is true.”
قُلْ لَّا يَعۡلَمُ مَنۡ فِى السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالۡاَرۡضِ الۡغَيۡبَ اِلَّا اللّٰهُؕ وَمَا يَشۡعُرُوۡنَ اَيَّانَ يُبۡعَثُوۡنَ
Say, ˹O Prophet,˺ “None in the heavens and the earth has knowledge of the unseen except Allah. Nor do they know when they will be resurrected.
بَلِ ادّٰرَكَ عِلۡمُهُمۡ فِى الۡاٰخِرَةِ بَلۡ هُمۡ فِىۡ شَكٍّ مِّنۡهَا بَلۡ هُمۡ مِّنۡهَا عَمُوۡنَ
No! Their knowledge of the Hereafter amounts to ignorance. In fact, they are in doubt about it. In truth, they are ˹totally˺ blind to it.
[Al-Quran 27:60-66, Translation: Dr. Mustafa Khattab]
Scriptures seek to save humans.
Science seeks to transcend humans.
Scriptures seek to maintain original forms of creation.
Science encourages experiments leading to corruption of creation.
Scriptures decree moral laws so human families can flourish in society.
Science does away with moral laws in the name of equality and freedom.
Scriptures glorify the one and only, true God.
Science has historically often led to polytheism.
Scripture informs us that we have been sent to stay temporarily on this Earth.
Science dreams of colonising space.
Scripture teaches us how to save our soul (nafs / nephesh). It warns against making changes in the nafs.
Science refuses to acknowledge the existence of the nafs. When it discovers the soul (nafs), in the absence of guidance from the scriptures, the danger is that it may try to make changes in it also.
Scripture warns us that we risk losing our soul (nafs) permanently, terming it as the greatest loss.
Science encourages us to take risks to attain worldly benefits.
Scripture informs us of true knowledge, and God willing, results in technological advancements, as in the Kingdom of Solomon.
Science bases it progress on false premises, and results in technological advancements with polytheistic beliefs, as in the Kingdom of Saba (Sheba).
Scripture informs us of a resurrection, and an accountability.
Science cannot inform anything about afterlife.
Scripture is not subject to change.
Science changes its 'faith' continuously.
Scripture insists on the worship of the one and only, true God.
Science goes from displacing God as the deity to be worshipped, to secular beliefs about chance and accident, and a thus a deity-less world, to recognising fine-tuning and precision in creation. Most technologically advanced ancient civilisations thus resorted to a techno-theology worship of creation instead of, or along with God.
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سَنُرِيۡهِمۡ اٰيٰتِنَا فِى الۡاٰفَاقِ وَفِىۡۤ اَنۡفُسِهِمۡ حَتّٰى يَتَبَيَّنَ لَهُمۡ اَنَّهُ الۡحَـقُّ ؕ اَوَلَمۡ يَكۡفِ بِرَبِّكَ اَنَّهٗ عَلٰى كُلِّ شَىۡءٍ شَهِيۡدٌ
We will show them Our signs in the universe and within themselves until it becomes clear to them that this ˹Quran˺ is the truth. Is it not enough that your Lord is a Witness over all things?
اَلَاۤ اِنَّهُمۡ فِىۡ مِرۡيَةٍ مِّنۡ لِّقَآءِ رَبِّهِمۡؕ اَلَاۤ اِنَّهٗ بِكُلِّ شَىۡءٍ مُّحِيۡطٌ
They are truly in doubt of the meeting with their Lord! ˹But˺ He is indeed Fully Aware of everything.
[Al-Quran 41:53-54, Translation: Dr. Mustafa Khattab]
Last updated on: May 2, 2023
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