Science and Philosophy

Authored by Ibn Umar al-Abhari (d. 660 AH). With a hashiya by Maulana Saadat Husain.

This book proves and explains that, “The imaginary and insubstantial thing Naturalists call Nature, if it has an external reality, can at the very most be a work of art; it cannot be the Artist. It is a set of decrees; it cannot be the Issuer of the decrees. It is a body of the laws of creation, and cannot be the Lawgiver. It is but a created screen to the dignity of God, and cannot be the Creator. It is a law, not a power, and cannot possess power.” From the Risale-i Nur Collection

This book shows that it was Islam that gave birth to modern science, inaugurated a scientific era in world history, and made the early Muslims precursors of modern scientists.

A compilation of lectures delivered by Allama Muhammad Iqbal on Islamic philosophy; it was first published in 1930. These lectures were delivered by Iqbal in Madras, Hyderabad, and Aligarh. The last chapter, "Is Religion Possible", was added to the book from the 1934 Oxford Edition onwards.

In Reconstruction, Iqbal called for a re-examination of the intellectual foundations of Islamic philosophy. The book is a major work of modern Islamic thought.

This book is different from conventional scientific books. It deals with the atom - unique in being the building block of both animate and inanimate objects - with the questions "what?", "how?", and "in what way?", thereby opening the door to the answer of the question "why?"

Reveals the special and marvelous world of ants, which includes technology, collective work, military strategy, advanced communication networks, an astute and rational heirarchy, discipline, and perfect city planning. Makes you think more deeply on and to feel admiration for the superior power and unequal art of creation of Allah, Who has made all things.

The main purpose of this book is to explore how our immune system, which protects the human body just like a disciplined organized army, has come into being and how it works. In doing so it shows the uniqueness and the perfection in Allah's creation and destroys the theory of evolution as a superstitious belief whose myth of chance encounters lie in total contradiction to the perfect design we see in nature.

This book highlights the facts that were not known before the turn of the 20th century and have just started to be understood within the framework of the recently introduced theory of landforms and plate tectonics. It discusses these in the light of the Qur'anic description on mountains. See for yourself how such explicit, precise, and comprehensive scientific statements provide an eloquent testimony to the belief that the Qur'an is the Word of the Creator. Includes many colored illustrations. Although it will be of value to anyone interested in the Qur'an, it is a must read for those studying earth science and geology.

This little book brings together various Muslim scientists who were pioneers in many scientific discoveries. Fully illustrated and gives a snapshot of Muslim scientists and inventors in various fields such as Mathematics, Astronomy, Medicine, Botany, Physics, etc.

Examines the significance of color in life and all the factors that make it possible for the color to be generated and perceived. Includes a wonderful catalog of camouflage techniques used by plants and animals. Shows how ridiculous is the evolutionists' claim that all this happened by accident.

What was the status of science in the world at the dawn of Islam? How were the Persian, Indian, and Greek science and medicine transferred to the Muslim world? What were the contributions of Muslims scientists? What were the distinguishing features of Muslim medicine? How did Muslim science and medicine compare with their counterparts in the 9th through the 13th centuries CE? This book discusses these questions with facts and affirms that Europe owes its science to Islam.

The author was a research scholar at Hamdard University and dean of Urdu Science University in Karachi.