Speaking of religion, in some of my earlier writings I have tried to elaborate that it is leaving science that Islam became as dark as it is today. During the golden age of Islam, it was Muslims who were leading the world. Scientific theories, new discoveries, mathematics, physics, cosmology – whatever fields you would name – it was Muslims who were the top notches in the fields. Unfortunately the world had devilish plans for the believers. The minds of the believers were fragile; most of them were ignorant and believed whatever was infiltrated into their minds. The Muslim community was brainwashed and made to forget the verses in the Quran that mentioned to use their mind and the verses that mentioned to look, feel, learn and think about the surrounding, the nature, and the world! What they were made to believe was that their only purpose on earth is to worship! And the meaning of worship was taught as praying, giving zakat, fasting and jihad with swords!
All the findings of these people were looted, and the worldly knowledge was in a way taught as a curse to them. ‘Science is the worst enemy of Islam’ is what the Muslims were made to believe! Sadly in the paradise on earth, the Maldives, this ideology is growing stronger and stronger with every minute that is passing. It was yesterday, an uzthaz, was expressing his views on science at the Islamic library.
His focal point was that science is nothing! Science is useless and of no importance. And to prove his ideology on science he took an example – water. He presented a scenario. Two containers filled with water, one salt and the other pure. His argument was that because the quantity of water in both containers was equal and because the weight of the water is equal there is no way science could differentiate whether it is salt water or pure water! And he said that it is only a human who can differentiate the water by tasting it! Now, this argument flabbergasts me! First of all, it could be his ignorance and lack of knowledge that made him say that the weight of an equal amount of salt water and pure water would be equal!
It is simple logic; water becomes salty because there is salt content in the water. Salt is heavy and therefore salt water should be heavy compared to pure water.
Secondly to differentiate between salt water and pure water one does not need to employ a human to taste it. If science could not differentiate between these two, than, obviously every water plant would require a human to test its water for salt content. This uztaz was so ignorant; he did not know that science could even measure the quantity of salt that exists in a given quantity of water, let alone differentiate salt water and pure water.
I’d like to call this example of the uztaz a humiliating one! And it is the lack of knowledge that puts one is such a state of humiliation. If we want to discredit science, simply ignore science. But making such examples is so humiliating, not only for the people who make such statements, but to the entire country!
The truth is science can breathe, smell, taste, touch, feel, and evolve!
-thadu
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Good article. There are some maldivian sheikhs who think Islam is against science and that logic is against science. But the Truth is that Qur’an cannot be verified today, as a book from God without the help of science.
There are many scientific facts in the Qur’an which science is proving today.
And also we have to accept that there are many things which science has not proven yet. And may be with the advancement of science these also will be proven right.
The Usthaz need to take the Qur’an and read it with understanding. Studying, research, investigation and getting knowledge is also an act of worship. But we should keep in mind that Qur’an is not a book of science.
Good article. There are some maldivian sheikhs who think Islam is against science and that logic is against Islam. But the Truth is that Qur’an cannot be verified today, as a book from God without the help of science.
There are many scientific facts in the Qur’an which science is proving today.
And also we have to accept that there are many things which science has not proven yet. And may be with the advancement of science these also will be proven right.
The Usthaz need to take the Qur’an and read it with understanding. Studying, research, investigation and getting knowledge is also an act of worship. But we should keep in mind that Qur’an is not a book of science.
can the dear Usthaz tell milk from his semen without tasting it? probably not. can usthaze tell a camel’s penis from a man’s without tasting each? highly not.