Science and Faith: Two Faces of the Same Fact

CONTENTS

Editor’s Preface .............................................................................................................. 8
Misunderstandings about Science and Technology ........................................................ 11
Quantum Entanglement: Illusion or Reality? ................................................................... 15
Nature: A Book to Be Contemplated ............................................................................... 21
The Islamic Conceptualization of the Sciences .............................................................. 28
Mathematics and the Universe ...................................................................................... 33
Connection, Always and Everywhere ............................................................................. 38
Action and Coincidence ................................................................................................ 44
The Holy Qur’an and Dirac’s Theory of Pairs .................................................................. 50
Time and Beyond as a Dimension ................................................................................. 57
A Tale of Design and Love .............................................................................................. 61
Physics of the Unseen .................................................................................................. 70
A Dead End for Science or a Call to the Creator .............................................................. 77
Ensoulment: When Does Human Life Begin? ................................................................ 82
Two Different Fields for Science and Religion ................................................................. 94
Causality and the Qur’anic World-View ........................................................................ 103
The Universe in the Light of Modern Physics ................................................................ 112
The Sub-Atomic World and Creation ............................................................................. 118
Quest to Solve the Mystery of Life ................................................................................ 124
Science and Religion: Between Friction and Harmony ................................................... 129
The Delicate Balance of Life on Earth ........................................................................... 135
Index .......................................................................................................................... 142