The Call of the Quran
1. Divine Planning
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wrongly of course, at producing atheism out of
science, while few academic efforts worth
mentioning have been made on the part of religious
thinkers. One of these books,
The Mysterious
Universe,
by Sir James Jeans, is notable for the
impact it has had on both religious and scientific
thinking: In this book the author has ably
demolished through purely scientific arguments,
the principle of causation as the acceptance of the
mechanical substitute for God.
In the latter half of the present century innumerable
new facts have come to the knowledge of man,
which prove the truth of religious beliefs on an
extremely elevated plane. But so far no religious
thinker has come forward to harness, this scientific
information in support of religious truths. If this
work could be performed at a high intellectual
level, it would amount to an academic miracle in
support of the religion of monotheism.
As we learn from the Qur’an, the prophethood of all
the prophets of the past was doubted by their
contemporaries (11:62). Initially, the same fate befell
the Prophet Muhammad, (38:10).
