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Science and Religion

Islam And Science: Parallel Or Perpendicular

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Islamic worldview does not oppose the use of various tools for obtaining useful knowledge and then using that knowledge for material ends both at an individual and societal level. When one reads Quran, Allah is again and again inviting people to ponder over their creation, environment, ecology, design, variety and balance in the organization of matter in the universe in order to decipher the meaning of life amidst all these manifestations. Question of ‘why we exist’ is the focus of Islam. Question of ‘what exists and how’ is the focus of science. Thus, Islam and science are parallel rather than perpendicular to each other.

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Reflections – Signs of God

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When we look at the different life forms, we witness an astonishing spectacle. Certain material objects come together in one body, and there comes into being a creature like a fish swimming through water, or a bird soaring in the skies. Of the great variety of creatures which abound on the earth, the one of greatest interest to us is Man.

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Image of Black Hole and What It Tells About Nature of Reality

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For the first time, astronomers have captured an image of the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy, known as Sagittarius A. Is it necessary to believe in something only after we are able to physically observe it? Scientists like Prof. Stephen Hawking have accepted the fact that black holes exist even though this kind of a physical observation is possible only now. We, as humans cannot see an object which is just a mile away. Science had shown the vastness of observable universe. It will take trillions of years to get to the end of observable universe and we may still not get there as it is expanding at a faster rate.

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Economic Lessons from Fasting in Ramadan

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Fasting in the full-month of Ramadan every year teaches restraint by experiencing it. It brings humility, discipline, restraint, self-control and social consciousness about issues of hunger and deprivation. It is more powerful to share a state of being for the whole month in restraint than an hour of lighting out. It encourages solidarity and pro-social behaviour.

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Implication of Greed in Resource Conservation

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Money supply can be increased out of thin air, but the non-renewable resources once exhausted cannot be brought back. Remarkably, the importance of ecology is not learnt even after repeated unsuccessful expeditions in space to search life supporting environment. An illuminating, enlightening and informative book cannot be valued just by measuring the cost of pages, printing and binding.

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کائنات، کرونا وائرس اور انسان

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یہ مختصر کتاب قارئین کو مدعو کرتی ہے کہ وہ مل کر سائنس، فلسفہ اور روحانیت کے تناظر میں وجودیت کے حوالے سے سوالات کے جوابات تلاش کریں۔کتاب کا طرزتحریر محققانہ ہے۔ مصنف اپنے نقطہ نظر کو مدلل انداز میں بیان کرتے ہیں جو دلکش، بصیرت انگیز اور قائل کرنے والا ہے۔یہ کتاب روحانی اور عقیدے پر مبنی نقطہ نظر کے بارے میں ایک لائق تحسین کاوش ہے۔

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Influence of Physics in Contemporary Mainstream Economics

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Those scientists who believe in Scientism and hold that the experimental method is the only arbiter in all matters of life need to look no further than the field of economics where the tools and concepts of physics are applied. Even though science cannot be arbiter in morals, defining motives, public policy and politics, but it cannot even be a perfect and sufficient tool in explaining economic behaviour by taking the analogy of animal behaviour which is based on self-interest and survival instincts.

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