Science and Belief in God

SCIENCE AND BELIEF IN GOD Science is the expression of that knowledge of Nature about which the Quran had predicted in these words: “We shall show them Our signs in the universe and within themselves until it becomes clear to them that this is the Truth.” (41:53) In light of modern scientific findings, the new picture of the emerging universe resonates very closely with what was presented well in advance in the Quran. In this sense, contemporary scientific discoveries are, as it were, a detailed explanation of and elaboration on brief statements given in the Quran, as well as evidence for the veracity of the Quran. According to modern scientific discoveries, the universe began some 14 billion years ago. After that, passing through different stages of transformation, it arrived in its present form. The record of this entire journey can be found in various books. Besides, one can visit a good planetarium to get a feel for it. I witnessed this at The National Museum of Natural History in Washington DC during one of my visits to the US. A brief introduction to this is given below. According to a scientific study, 13.8 billion years ago, a superatom appeared in the universe. It was a collection of all the particles found in the existing cosmos. It seems as if the entire universe was compressed into an immensely large, intense, and mutually interacting ball of particles in inward motion. All the particles within this ball were intricately