The Qur’an An Abiding Wonder
The Qur’an: The Book of God
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studies made of the solar system. This theory, called
the quantum mechanics theory, maintains that at
the subatomic level, matter behaves randomly.
The word ‘principle’ in science means something
which applies in equal measure throughout the
entire universe. If there is even one single instance
of a principle failing to apply to something, its
academic bona fides have to be called in question. It
followed then that if matter did not function
according to this principle of causation in an exactly
similar manner at the subatomic level as it did in
the solar system, it should have to be rejected.
Einstein found this idea unthinkable and spent the
last 30 years of his life trying to reconcile these
seeming contradictions of nature. He rejected the
randomness of quantum mechanics, saying, “I
cannot believe God plays dice with the universe.”
Despite his best efforts, he was never able to resolve
this problem, and it seems that the Qur’an has the
final word on the reality of the universe. The fact
that the universe cannot be explained in terms of
human knowledge is aptly illustrated by Ian
Roxburgh when he writes:
