Analyzing and Studying the Conflict between the Quran and Science from Reality to Illusion

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 هیئت علمی

2 Al-Mustafa International Society

Abstract

In Western history, the claim of opposition or interaction between science and religion has long been a topic of discussion. Especially since the Renaissance, these issues have been discussed between science and the Bible. In recent years, the orientalists have sought to extend the same claim to the connection between science and the Quran. They sought to prove this issue by making various claims such as the ambiguity of Quranic truths, being a mystery, untestability, certainty, various secrets, etc. In this article, using a descriptive-analytical method, an attempt is made to establish the concordance and interaction between the two in the dimension of empirical sciences by relying on some different verses of the Quran, instead of claiming a conflict between the science and the Holy Quran. Therefore, by examining each of their reasons, it was concluded that only an apparent and superficial conflict may occur between human understanding of the truths of existence and the Quranic understanding. This does not mean a real conflict between certain empirical science and the true and explicit meanings of the Holy Quran.

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The Quran and Science
Volume 15, Issue 28
September 2021
Pages 9-33

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  • Receive Date: 07 April 2021
  • Revise Date: 08 May 2021
  • Accept Date: 25 June 2021

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