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THE QUR'AN LEADS THE W A Y TO SCIENCE

Criticism Based on the Bible and the Torah
A number of materialists, who want to portray religion and science as
inimical, not only cite examples from the practices of the Catholic Church,
but also quote specific passages from the Torah, or the Bible, to
demonstrate how they contradict scientific discoveries. Yet, there is one
truth they either disregard or pretend ignorance of: The Bible and the
Torah are altered texts. Both include many superstitions produced by
man. Therefore, it would be very wrong to regard these books as basic
reference sources of religion.
The Qur'an, on the other hand, is the revelation of God. It has not
been altered in the least; not even a single letter of it has been changed.
For this reason, there is no contradiction or error in the Qur'an. All the
facts proclaimed by the Qur'an parallel scientific findings. Moreover,
numerous scientific facts that could only be discovered in our day were
announced in the Qur'an to people 1400 years ago. This is an important
miracle of the Qur'an, and is one of the definitive proofs that it is the word
of God. (Some of the scientific facts pointed out in the Qur'an will be
covered in the chapters ahead).
Aware of this, materialists, unable to quote any verses from the Qur'an
for their purposes, cite only the Bible or the Torah to express their anti-

religionist views.

The Claim that "Science Ought to be Materialist"

Another propaganda tool used by scientists is the cliché that "Scientific
studies matter alone, therefore it ought to be materialist".
Actually, this is nothing but a play on words, as anyone who gives it a
little thought will recognize. It is true that science studies matter, but this
does not imply that it needs to be materialistic; for "studying matter" and
"being materialist" are very different things.
When we study matter, we conclude that this matter contains a
knowledge and design too great to come about of its own. We can
appreciate that this knowledge and design was consciously created by an
intelligent agent, though we cannot see him. Let us consider, for instance,
a cave, which we do not know whether anyone has visited it before us or

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