Islam and Peace
Islam in the Modern World
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This scientific discovery has brought Islam to the
position of undisputed victory, for no other religion
is capable of facing this academic test.
SCIENTIFIC VERIFICATION
In ancient times, superstitious notions about every
object of nature were given great credence, as is
evident from the literature of those days. Now in
modern times, when nature has been scientifically
studied, many ancient concepts have been
discredited. Books written in the pre-scientific age
are now suspect – as belonging to the age of
superstition. Even religious scriptures have not
emerged unscathed, for the periodic interpolation of
superstitious notions has reduced them to the level
of non-sacred literature.
The Qur’an, on the contrary, being a preserved
book, is exceptionally free from such apocryphal
additions. There are numerous references to nature
in the Qur’an, but none of these descriptions clashes
with facts discovered by science. After making a
study of several such statements enshrined in the
Qur’an, Dr Maurice Bucaille concludes:
