I hope Ban Bet Beh will come back to read this.
I see that one of your questions remains unanswered.
format_quote Originally Posted by
Riana17
I discover the Science in Quran, for someone who have hard heart perhaps or someone who is practical but open minded, Science in ISLAM would appeal definitely.
format_quote Originally Posted by
Ban Bet Beh
Could you give me some examples on how Islam views science? I believe that science and religion can coexist without contradiction.
Not only
can science and religion go hand in hand, but in all actuality, they
should. Since God created the world, any scripture from Him, should contain facts that science discovers to be 100% accurate. After all He created the world, and He knows best how He made it and how it functions.
“The heaven I created by might, and, verily, I am expanding it." (Translation of Qur'an, 51:47)
The Arabic word "moos‘ioon" used for "expanding" in the original Arabic text of the Qur'an, is an active participle. It indicates an ongoing action that is occurring at the present time and will continue into the future. It was not until the invention of the spectrograph and the development of a huge (100 in.diameter) reflecting telescope that Edward Hubble was able to discover other galaxies in 1926 and to document in 1927 the red shift of their spectra that indicates they are moving away from ours. The Encyclopaedia Britannica says about this: “The implications of this discovery were immense. The universe, long considered static, was expanding.” This is now an accepted scientific fact.
"Have you not seen how Allah makes the clouds move gently, then joins them together, then makes them a heap? And you see raindrops issuing from their midst. He sends down hail from the sky from mountains of hail therein, causing it to fall on whom he wills and averting it from whom he wills.” (24:43)
The Gulf News of Friday, May 30th, 1997 carried the following item:
"The Earth is bathed by a steady “cosmic rain” of previously undetected objects from outer space that pour vast quantities of water into the atmosphere, according to startling new evidence released Wednesday. The objects, 20- to 40-ton snowballs the size of two-bedroom houses, streak into the atmosphere by the thousands each day, disintegrate harmlessly 600 to 15,000 miles up and deposit large clouds of water vapor that eventually falls on Earth’s surface as rain, according to Louis A. Frank of the University of Iowa. He led the research team that for the first time has captured images of these objects...taken at both ultraviolet and visible wavelengths by Frank’s specially designed instrument aboard NASA’s year old Polar spacecraft."
This is how the Quran has described mountains. Allah, their Creator, has said in the Quran:
"Have We not made the earth as a bed, and the mountains as pegs?" (Quran, 78:6-7)
A book entitled Earth (1982, W. H. Freeman and Company) is a basic reference textbook in many universities around the world. One of its two authors is Professor Emeritus Frank Press. He was the Science Advisor to former US President Jimmy Carter, and for 12 years was the President of the National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC. His book says that mountains have underlying roots. These roots are deeply embedded in the ground, thus, mountains have a shape like a peg.
Modern earth sciences have proven that mountains have deep roots under the surface of the ground and that these roots can reach several times their elevations above the surface of the ground. So the most suitable word to describe mountains on the basis of this information is the word ‘peg,’ since most of a properly set peg is hidden under the surface of the ground. The history of science tells us that the theory of mountains having deep roots was introduced only in the latter half of the nineteenth century.
Mountains also play an important role in stabilizing the crust of the earth. They hinder the shaking of the earth. Allah has said in the Quran:
"And He has set firm mountains in the earth so that it would not shake with you... " (Quran, 16:15)
Likewise, the modern theory of plate tectonics holds that mountains work as stabilizers for the earth. This knowledge about the role of mountains as stabilizers for the earth has just begun to be understood in the framework of plate tectonics since the late 1960’s.
These examples are just the “tip of the iceberg.” There are other remarkably accurate statements about oceanography, geology, cosmogony, physics, biology, embryology, hydrology, the origin of the universe, and other subjects. As would be expected from the Creator of the universe. But all explained by Him in a simple way, so that people can picture what is meant.
He told us about them over 1400 years ago, but it is only in the last 100 years or so that mankind is "discovering" them.
You can read more about some of those scientific facts here:
http://www.islam-guide.com/
In light of your Christian background, please note the following with regards to forgiveness:
format_quote Originally Posted by
Woodrow
Allaah(swt) is the most just and judges us with perfect fairness. He knows of our weaknesses and our failures. He does not punish us unjustly and is always willing to forgive us if we sincerely are sorry for our sins, ask him for forgiveness and truly do our best to repent and make amends for our past. Allaah(swt) readily gives forgiveness to those who sincerely repent and sincerely do their best to serve only Him.
format_quote Originally Posted by
MustafaMc
Forgiveness does not require a payment or a sacrifice, but it requires for the offender to acknowledge the wrong he has done, to feel regret for having committed the deed, to ask for forgiveness from the one offended, and to intend not to repeat the offense again.
format_quote Originally Posted by
Woodrow
I find Islam to be the only Religion that recognises Allaah(swt)'s power to forgive with just his will. All other religions seem to claim that forgiveness requires a purchase price and if we can't pay it, somebody else has to pay it on our behalf.
In Islam, forgiveness comes without a purchase price or sacrifice. We do not/can not: buy, sacrifice for, earn or steal it. It comes freely when we sincerely ask for forgiveness and truly repent, accepting Allaah(swt)'s will.
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MustafaMc
We acknowledge the immense capacity of Allah (swt) to forgive our sins. If there is a payment, an atonement, or a perfect sacrifice that is required to bring us in to the good graces of Allah (swt), then can it really and truly in that case be called forgiveness?
http://www.islamicboard.com/clarific...ess-islam.html
You should also be aware of Islamic beliefs about prophets:
Muslims believe in all the prophets God sent to guide and warn people, and do not reject any of them, from the first prophet Adam, to the last and final prophet, Muhammad, peace be upon them all. They were the purest and noblest of humanity and were not divine in any way. God sent all the prophets with the same message and not different messages. The message was: to submit wholeheartedly to the will of God and to worship Him and Him alone, and to obey the prophet. Thus, Islam is not a new faith but is the same Ultimate Truth that God revealed to all prophets, including Noah, Abraham, Joseph, David, Solomon, Moses and Jesus (peace be upon them all). Since the time of prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), that message is available unchanged and unadulterated. He is the last, not first, prophet of Islam; a messenger to all mankind.
I hope you will return to this thread and ask more questions, and I pray that God guides you and opens your heart to the truth and straight path of Islam.
Peace.