The Connotations of the Scientific Term for the Cosmic Verses in the Noble Qur’an

دلالات المصطلح العلمي للآيات الكونية في القرآن الكريم

Abstract

 Qurʽan has discussed through hints and indications (aya/ayāt) various categories of science which today west has championed. Such Qurʽanic hints and indications have achieved “established science” and also have the potential to achieve further establishments of science and epistemic endeavors. Qurʽan gives us the possibilities in God’s created existence. Qurʽan has repeatedly expressed that it has signs and indications for people who think, listen, reason, see and hear etc. In other words, Qurʽan has guidance for the intellectuals and rationalists as well. Islam and Science present an articulate and concise historical introduction to intellectual developments that have shaped Islamic civilization, both religious and scientific. The work attempts to ‘construct a coherent account of the larger religious and cultural background’ in which the Islamic scientific tradition came into existence and to explore the ‘vexingly complex’ issue of its decline. The main thesis is that scientific traditions ‘arose from the bosom of a tradition of learning that had been grounded in the very heart of the primary sources of Islam: the Qurʽan and Hadith. Sciences that Qurʽan has indicated and hinted which have been established through rational thought and research is many and these have been discussed. Qurʽan has repeatedly encouraged that in the creation there are signs/indications/hints for people who believe (Qurʽan 6:99 and verses), who think (Qurʽan 13:3 and verses), who reason (Qurʽan 2:164 and verses), who has mind (Qurʽan 3:190 and verses), who perceive (Qurʽan 3:13), who hear (Qurʽan 16:65 and verses) etc., all these indicating different pathways to understanding God’s creations in its varied existences.