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- From: hyder@cs.utexas.edu (Syed Irfan Hyder)
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- Subject: Re: The Quran and the Modern Science
- Date: 1 Jan 1993 15:21:13 -0600
- Organization: CS Dept, University of Texas at Austin
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- In article <1992Dec30.005356.25321@news.nd.edu> milind@agni.cc.nd.edu (Milind Saraph) writes:
- >:
- :Here is what Pervez Hoodbhoy has to say about Bucaille:
- :
- ::Islam and Science, Pervez Hoodbhoy, Zed Books Ltd., 1991
- :ISBN 1-85649-025-4 (Paperback), Foreword by Prof Abdus Salam.
- ::Chapter 6/Page 67-68:
- :
- :
- :"Whereas Monsieur Bucaille appears eminently satisfied with his
- :methodology, Muslims who wish to combine reason with faith will
- :readily detect at least two fundamental flaws in it even though`
- :they accept the divine nature of Qura'n."
- :
- :"First it will be recognized that the proof of a proposition is
- :meaningful only if the possibility of disproof is also to be
- :entertained. .... Since believers know that it is impossible for
- :the Qur'an to be wrong in any manner, all attempts at 'proving'
- :its divine nature are entirely specious from the start."
- :
- :"Second, hanging an eternal truth on to the changeable thories of
- :science is a dangerous business."
- :
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- Note: Allah presents the signs in Quran with a clear qualification.
- The signs are ONLY for those who "understand", "reflect", and who
- "ponder".
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- People have often doubted these signs. This is what Quran says
- about such people:
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- Sura 6:
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- 25. And of them is he who hearkens to you, and We have cast
- veils over their hearts lest they understand it and a heaviness into
- their ears; and even if they see every sign they will not believe in
- it; so much so that when they come to you they only dispute with
- you; those who disbelieve say: This is naught but the stories of
- the ancients.
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- 26. And they prohibit (others) from it and go far away from
- it, and they only bring destruction upon their own souls while
- they do not perceive.
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- Sura 6:
- * What ever sign is presented to such people, they will dispute.
- Remember that logic can be used to prove every thing and disprove
- every thing.
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- 109. And they swear by Allah with the strongest of their
- oaths, that if a sign came to them they would most certainly
- believe in it. Say: Signs are only with Allah; and what should
- make you know that when it comes they will not believe?
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- 110. And We will turn their hearts and their sights, even as
- they did not believe in it the first time, and We will leave them in
- their inordinacy, blindly wandering on.
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- 35. And if their turning away is hard on you, then if you can
- seek an opening (to go down) into the earth or a ladder (to
- ascend up) to heaven so that you should bring them a sign and if
- Allah had pleased He would certainly have gathered them all on
- guidance, therefore be not of the ignorant.
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- 36. Only those accept who listen; and (as to) the dead, Allah
- will raise them, then to Him they shall be returned.
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- 37. And they say: Why has not a sign been sent down to him
- from his Lord? Say: Surely Allah is able to send down a sign, but
- most of them do not know.
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