Ustadh Michael Wolfender told us in Episode 1 how the Qur’an is a book of guidance for one who seeks to find answers. In this episode on the 17th juz, Ustadh Michael gives us a specific example with the realm of science. The first premise refutes the idea that religion is antagonistic to science.
Five minutes in, Ustadh Michael explains Allah clearly addressing what we call the Big Bang theory today. In the 21st surah, Al-Anbya (The Prophets) and ayah 30 Allah describes the heavens and the earth used to be one entity and then ‘We separated them’ followed by ‘from water, We made every living thing.’
As Brother Michael explains, "Religion and science are meant to go together. Islam brought the whole world out of darkness into light in the golden ages of Islam and that's because Islam makes scientific research as a virtuous act. A virtuous endeavour. You get rewarded for trying to find out about the creation of Allah."
Allah is the creator of the universe and Allah is the author of the Qur’an so they are aligned. The Qur’an is not a book of science. Qur’an is a book of guidance on how to find knowledge. Scientific discovery requires testing. The more we find in science, the more we need to reference the Qur’an.
