The Inimitable & Physical Sciences

The book opens by confronting the reader with a question rather than a claim: what actually makes human beings distinct from animals?

The answer it points toward is the capacity to reflect — and reflection on the created world is something the Qur'an commands repeatedly. From there it presents the verses that invite exactly that.

What Is Examined

• The spherical shape of the earth
• The wet crust
• The Big Bang and the origin of the universe
• The shape of the universe
• The relativity of time

Each is presented with the relevant verses of the Qur'an or narrations of the Sunnah, set beside what scientists have since discovered.

Written With Argument in Mind

The book is explicit that its material is useful in debating and dealing with atheists, and that framing shapes how it is assembled — the evidence is marshalled to be deployed rather than merely admired.

It is also good for perspective reading and comparative study, and it features images and illustrations throughout to hold the reader's interest.

A Word on Using It Well

Material of this kind is at its strongest when handled carefully. A verse that matches a scientific finding closely is worth presenting; one that requires a stretch weakens the whole case, and a well-informed interlocutor will find the weakest example first.

Read this for the verses it gathers and for the reflection it invites, and use the strongest cases rather than all of them — which is the advice any serious da'ee working in this area would give.

Related Reading

• Miracles of the Qur'an — the scientific signs of the Qur'an gathered broadly
• Astrophysics & the Holy Qur'an — astrophysics and cosmology at length
• Scientific Wonders on the Earth & in Space — the earth and space, in full colour