The Qur'an and Modern Science, Compatible or Incompatible

by Zakir Naik

Al-Qur’aan, the main source of the Islamic faith, is a book believed by Muslims, to be of completely Divine origin. Muslims also believe that it contains guidance for all mankind. Since the message of the Qur’aan is believed to be for all times, it should be relevant to every age. Does the Qur’aan pass this test? In this booklet, I intend to give an objective analysis of the Muslim belief regarding the Divine origin of the Qur’aan, in the light of established scientific discoveries.

Genres: Islam, Religion, Nonfiction, Science, Philosophy

80 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2001

About the author

Dr. Zakir Abdul Karim Naik is a renowned orator on Islam & comparative religion. He is the founder & president of the Islamic Research Foundation (IRF), a non-profit organisation that owns the Peace TV Network & the Islamic International School (IIS). Dr Zakir clarifies misconceptions about Islam, using the Qur’an, authentic Hadith & other Religious Scriptures, with reason, logic & scientific facts. He has Authored many Books on Islam & Comparative Religion.

Zakir Abdul Karim Naik was born on October 18th 1965 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. He attended St. Peter's High School & Kishinchand Chellaram College in Mumbai, before studying medicine at Topiwala National Medical College & Nair Hospital. Afterwards at the University of Mumbai he obtained a Bachelor of Medicine & Surgery (MBBS). In 1991 he started working in the field of Dawah, & founded IRF. Dr. Zakir says he was inspired by Sheikh Ahmed Deedat, the world famous Islamic scholar, having met him in 1987. Sheikh Deedat Gave Dr. Zakir the title of "Deedat Plus" for his excellence in Dawah.

Dr. Zakir's style of memorizing the Qur'an, Authentic Hadith & other Religious Scriptures in various languages, as well as his critical analysis & convincing answers to challenging questions, has made him extremely popular in Muslim & non-Muslim circles. In the last 20 years Dr Zakir Naik has delivered more than 2000 public talks all over the world, in addition to numerous in India.

He has participated in several debates & dialogues with prominent personalities of other faiths. His public dialogue with Dr. William Campbell on “The Qur’an & the Bible in the light of Science” held in Chicago, in April, 2000 was a huge success. His Interfaith Dialogue with Hindu Guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar on "The Concept of God in Hinduism & Islam in the light of Sacred Scriptures" held in Bangalore, in Jan. 2006, was highly appreciated by people of both faiths.

According to Google, searches for Dr. Zakir Naik vary between 5 to 12 million daily which is one of the highest among'st Muslim religious speakers in the world. He is ranked #62 in the list of "500 Most Influential Muslims in the World" published by George Washington University in 2012. He was also listed #82 in the "100 Most Influential People in India" in 2009, & was listed #1 in the ‘Top 10 Spiritual Gurus of India in 2010 published by Indian Express.

Reviews

[Enas Ahmed · Rating 5 out of 5]

First of all , I'd like to thank the author cause the pdf I read was not copyright protected !
I would have felt guilty if I've read it as PDF while it's copyright protected
Many many thanks Sir

2nd : this is a small booklet , yet the pieces of information in it is enormous to comprehend in one setting ( I read it all at once ,However I'll gladly read it in another time to memorize it ! )

3rd : I wish I can find a translation to in in Arabic , cause it'll be very useful for our Arabic society , specially nowadays cause Atheism is growing in a wicked speed !

Many Many thanks for that enriched , useful , ingenious and rational booklet

[Riyan · Rating 5 out of 5]

well i think all my friends who belive and who dont belive in god must read this book ...

[Riyan · Rating 5 out of 5]

well in this book quran has proved scientifically that there is a existence of god.. well i suggest my non belivers friend to sure read it ..

[Maria · Rating 4 out of 5]

An interesting book presenting how the holy quran illustrating the modern science.
The style of the book is very simple.
The writer gave detailed explanation of the quranic verses.

[Md Azmir Fakir · Rating 5 out of 5]

Indeed! The Qur'an is a book from the All Knowing God. The information contained therein are so perfect and sweet. No one can deny this book except the dumb' deaf and blind. Thank you Dr Zakir Naik for thus wonderful explanation. I will recommend this book to friends and family both muslims and non-muslims..Once again tgank you for a job well done.

[Hassan · Rating 2 out of 5]

This attempt at proving the veracity of the Quran, while it has some measure of success, is ultimately apparent to be an attempt to shoehorn textual interpretations into contemporary scientific discoveries.

I found the book to be superficial in it's interpretations of Quranic text that are largely materialistic while ignoring the symbolism and metaphysical interpretations to these verses.

I'm of the opinion that while the Quran is immutable, scientific discoveries change with the times. Therefore, tying certain verses to scientific beliefs of an era can be dangerous when those scientific discoveries change in the future.

[Chico · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a great book. One of my first reads right after reverting to Al-Islam!

[Ayesha · Rating 5 out of 5]

Knowledge of universe explained in few pages!
A must read!

[Ekmel · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Qur'an is not a book of Science but a book of 'signs'. These signs invite mankind to realise the purpose of their existence on earth, and to live in harmony with nature. It is essentially a book of guidance that guides mankind to the truth and to the Lord of the World's who alone deserves to be worshipped. The Qur'an is truly a message from Allah, the creator and sustainer of the universe. It contains the same message of the Oneness of Allah, that was preached by all prophets, right from Adam, all through Moses, Noah and Jesus to Muhammad (peace be upon all of them).

[Syedm · Rating 5 out of 5]

Its Amazing book like its Title, I pray to God Almighty, May God shower mercy on the Readers of this book and enlightened them with the TRUTH.

[Ria Bella · Rating 1 out of 5]

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[Lejla · Rating 5 out of 5]

Kao što kažu, bitan je kvalitet, a ne kvantitet. Ovo je knjižica koja sadrži bitne stvari i ne dotiče se nevažnog. Fino upoređene činjenice sa naučnog aspekta i one sadržane u Kur'anu. Moglo bi se naći još dokaza, ali mislim da je pisac izabrao neke od važnijih.
Opsežnost knjige bi trebala da privuče i one manje sklone čitanju, jer knjiga nije debela i zaista se lahko i brzo čita, čak i kada se zastaje da se razmisli o činjenicama spomenutim u knjizi.
I da, ne moraš čak biti ni vjernik da bi ju čitao. :) Mislim da bi se mnogi zamislili nad ovom knjigom i da je zaista vrijedna čitanja...

[Sonja · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 out of 5 stars.

[Tony Lee Ross Jr. · Rating 2 out of 5]

Dr. Zakir Naik seeks to use a concordist model to prove that the Qu'ran is in line with contemporary science.

[Sharjeel · Rating 5 out of 5]

Simple understanding to know the signs of Allah, and this books gives a simplex view.

[Shakir · Rating 5 out of 5]

I was not a good muslim before I read this book and heard many lectures by Dr. Zakir Naik. Thanks a lot Doctor for showing and reminding me that I am so lucky to be born as a Muslim.

[Hesham N. Ali · Rating 4 out of 5]

insightful

[Medusa_1997 · Rating 1 out of 5]

Not islamophobic, but kindly dont show religious & science as not contradicted.
Read the book and i swear never seen as superficial book as this. Thanks for being short book.

[Manal Osama · Rating 5 out of 5]

أُنزل القرآن آيات لأولى الألباب - العقول - لعلنا نتفكر ،، نعقل ،، نتفكر .

كل آيه فى القرآن ،، هى دعوة لليقين بالله بالآيات -البراهين - والحجج ،، أو قصص للموعظة من جهل السابقين واستكبارهم على الله فما لنا لا نتعظ ونقراءه قرآة السابقين

ربنا مش نزل القرآن عشان نقول حلال وحرام وهذا ما أنزل على أباءنا ،،، ولكن لنعقله بميزان العقل والعلم ونتخذ بالأسباب وحكمة الله فى خلقه وأوامره
لأنه كتاب لكل زمان ومكان فما لنا نقرآه قراءة الجاهلية ،، لنؤمن عن يقين

فى القرآن أوامر ونهى وهذا ما ننظر اليه ف الآيات ولكن أول الآيات كانت " اقرآ" وكل آيه أمر ب " التفكر"
ولكى نؤمن بالله لازم ندركه فى خلقه وآياته بالعلم وعندما ندرك الله نؤمن به ونجلّه فنطيعه



الكتاب دا مش بس بيعلمنا ما نجهله ولكن يجعلك جاهل فى قراءة وتدبر القرآن
آيات وآيات تمر علينا وقد نكون حافظين لها عن قلب ولكننا يوما لم نتدبر أو نتفكر فيها
تقف عند كل صفحة لأدرك اننى لم اقرأمنه الا قليلا ولم اتفكر ولو اتعقله يو
الكتاب دا دعوة للمسلمين للإسلام وللخضوع لله عن علم ويقين
لم اجد نسخ عربيه منه فكانت الانجليزية هيا السبيل
وفقط 4 لأنه انتهى سريعا ،،
كتاب يعطيك المصباح ثم يتركك لتستكشف الطريق وحدك ،،،

[Khadija Mahmood · Rating 3 out of 5]

i am keeping in consideration the fact that Dr Zakir Naik was banned from several countries.
the book itself does contain quite some good information about science, however i found that some were not accurate at all and with just a quick google search it could be proven false.

i did learn a lot of new information and i will credit the book for that.
He mentioned someone named Sir Francis Drake was only the first ENGLISHMAN to circumnavigate the globe, definitely not the first person. This is literally something we are taught in highschool history.

I liked the fact that he clarified that the barrier of the sea does not mean a physical partition, as in Arabic, the word is maraja - meet and mix with each other.

Some times he would just list recent discoveries, instead of the actual date, which was kinda annoying but sure look i understand there is only so much you can write in a book with less than a hundred pages.

[Athbi · Rating 4 out of 5]

It’s mentioned that this booklet only covers some of the scientific claims in the Holy Quran and the modern scientific discoveries which affirm them. With that in mind, it’s a great quick-paced booklet. Nevertheless, it is a bit outdated, so I would like to read an updated version with all the new discoveries made in science and how they relate to the Holy Quran since the release of this in 2008. I also would’ve appreciated it if for each claim, more depth of the scientific articles confirming the verses were covered as well as the author’s/scientist’s take on the Holy Quran’s ability to proclaim the undeniable existence of the Almighty.

[Lela]

Beware of false version of this book!!!

This is a scam of the original book that was published by darussalam!
Do not buy this book or any book published by ‘ Createspace Independent Publishing Platform’. This fake version is an absolute disgrace to the original version which is very highly regarded!

Darussalam original publishers need to be informed of this fake version being sold and circulated!

Please spread the word!

The book depository need to STOP selling this disgraceful fake version!

[Lamija · Rating 4 out of 5]

Iako kratka, knjiga sadrži dovoljno podataka i informacija potkrepljenih ajetima iz Kur'ana koji objašnjavaju mnoga naučna otkrića otkrivena vijekovima poslije objave Kur'ana. Obuhvaćena su otkrića iz područja astronomije, fiziologije, zoologije, botanike, embriologije, geografije, geologije... Iako minimalno, dovoljno je da se shvati da je Kur'an posebna knjiga koja je omogućila razna objašnjena na području nauke koja ljudi desetljićima nisu mogli dokučiti jer ipak je objavljena vijekovima prije otkrića mikroskopa, teleskopa i sličnih stvari.

[Somrat · Rating 3 out of 5]

"The Qur'an and Modern Science: Compatible or Incompatible" engages in a thought-provoking exploration of the intersection between Islamic scripture and contemporary scientific understanding. As the author delves into the verses of the Qur'an and scientific discoveries, readers are presented with a compelling analysis that navigates the compatibility and potential harmony between faith and science. A thought-provoking read for those interested in the intersection of religion and scientific inquiry.

[Julia · Rating 2 out of 5]

Sehr kurz. Eher eine Broschüre als ein Buch. ziemlich oberflächlich und die englische Übersetzung der arabischen Koranstellen muss man z.T. dann noch mal selber übersetzen und deutsche, da nicht nachvollziehbar. Wissenschaftler werden erwähnt ohne Quellenangaben ihrer Literatur. Fazit: Kleiner Einstieg und das wars.

[Salem · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really enjoyed reading the book , the only problem I face with the author (zakir naik) is to turn most of the Quran verses to science . Well , some of the verses has a link with science but not all the verses that mention in this book is related to science .

[Shaz · Rating 1 out of 5]

Consists of taking a verse from the Quran and stretching it so that it fits into some prediction of a scientific discovery. Completely ignores explaining evolution and the actual physical existence of God.

[Najmus Saher · Rating 5 out of 5]

Comprehensive ,well written and explained

May Allah bless Dr. Zakir Naik abundantly in this world and the hereafter for his efforts. Reading this book makes your faith more and more strong.

[Ismaeel · Rating 1 out of 5]

"In this book, I have considered only established scientific facts and not mere hypotheses and theories that are based on assumptions and are not backed by proof"
Then immediately proceeds to discuss the big bang!

[Samar · Rating 5 out of 5]

Everyone should read this book, very powerful yet it’s simple in how it’s describing the strong ideas.