Islam Rediscovered
11. Non-Violence and Islam
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produced the mentality of idolatry. People began
to think that in view of the great diversity of
things in existence, their Creator too ought to be
more than one. But scientific study has shown
that this variety is only that of appearance.
Otherwise, all things in nature are different
expressions of the same matter. In this way
shirk
(idolatry) lost its intellectual base while
monotheism gained the solid support of logic.
3. According to a statement of the Qur’an, the signs
of God lay hidden in the earth and the heavens.
The study of science has made it manifest to all
that the universe is a great storehouse of divine
arguments. “We will show them Our signs in all
the regions of the earth and in their own souls,
until they clearly see that this is the Truth.”
(41:53)
4.
After the new discoveries of science, many such
things have come to the knowledge of man as
have rendered it possible to prove with new
arguments those events which are of important
religious significance. For instance, carbon-
dating has made it possible to determine the
