“The Quran very often refers to nature as a reflection of Allah’s power of creation and says: Look at the mountains, look at the rivers, look at the trees, look at the flowers all as evidence of Allah’s love for the people whom He has created. Today I look at this environment and I say that I beleive that Allah is smiling upon you, may His smile always be upon you” — Aga Khan IV, Khorog, Tajikistan, May 27th 1995
“Islamic doctrine goes further than the other great religions, for it proclaims the presence of the soul, perhaps minute but nevertheless existing in an embryonic state, in all existence in matter, in animals, trees, and space itself. Every individual, every molecule, every atom has its own spiritual relationship with the All-Powerful Soul of God” — Memoirs of Aga Khan III, 1954.
The idea that learning about our universe, what it is made up of and how does it operate, can be and is an integral part of the faith of Islam is a very powerful idea indeed. I find it spine-tingling…….
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