MODERN PHYSICS AND THE QURAN

The Challenge of The Qur’an ~ 380 ~ 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: The laws of physics discovered on earth contain arbitrary numbers, like the ratio of the mass of an electron to the mass of a proton, which is roughly 1840 to one. Why? Did a creator arbitrarily choose these numbers?29 When the Quran specifically states that God is the absolute Sovereign Lord of this universe, that He “accomplishes what He pleases” (14:27) and that He is the Executor of His own will (85:16), we need not even ask ourselves the kind of question Ian Roxburgh put. For thousands of years, this concept of God was an established one, quite beyond dispute. Now, from the point of extreme materialism the pendulum of belief has swung back to the immutable and unassailable laws of the Quran. There are innumerable examples in the Quran and in the Traditions of the Prophet, which are extremely strong indications that the Quran’s