Peace to All 
Religion is indeed about faith, for it is faith that gives us the inner vision of absolute truth [this however dont apply to all religions] but one thing that is sometimes overlooked, is that the faith of Islam is also in accordance with the intellect and science; my first article on this will show how reaching the faith of Islam is all very rational and the links on the bottom have some astounding evidence of how it even supercedes science!, i.e it is far ahead of modern science for whatever modern science 'discovers', it's seems to be allready in the Quran! iether in acurate details of it or indicating it or just generally in accordance with it:
Lets first acknowledge some basic facts:
The amazing and sophisticated creation around us, affirms for us that there indeed is an All-Powerfull Creator.
Mankind have the abilty to do good and evil; we can love one another and live in peace, harmony, security and safety, or we can hate, fight and kill one another, and violate each others rights by stealing, robbing, etc, etc,
Now there has to be a reason why God created us and put us in this earth for surely we have not been created in vain, as it will go against common sense to think that an Allpowerfull God creates something for no purpose.
A bit of common sense will tell us, that since mankind has been equipped with the ability to do good and evil, and since there is all the indications that God, who created such a pleasant earth, that caters to mankinds needs, is Most Mericifull, Kind and Good, then the purpose must be to live good lives, rather than commit evil in the world.
Now what is obviously happening is that a lot of evil is commited in the world, and due to that a lot of people are suffering, and not all of this injustice is rectified on earth, so should we assume that people are going to die and that will be it, and none of the injustices will be done justice to?; can that be possible for a Just and Mercifull God?
Common sense tells us, that God is going to Judge between us, and do justice to all.
Now do we think that God has just created us and put us in this earth to figure out for ourselves, the purpose of life, etc, or will God let us know about it?
Lets examine that question in more depth:
God, being the most Mercifull, will not want suffering for his creation, and it's only common sense to know that, without God letting us know the purpose of life, and that there will be consequences after death, for peoples good and bad actions, then people wont be rightly guided and thus evil will be rampant, resulting in the inevitable suffering of countless people; which in turn shows that for God to keep people in the dark like this [without sending them guidance] will be a 'reckless' thing to do?; also to assume that God will not to send any guidance negates His wisdom too?, for it presupposes that God made this creation for nothing [for people to wallow in darknes and die and thats it!]? and both of these things can never be associated with an All-powerfull, Most Mercifull God; thus it's only common sense to know that He will indeed send us information and guidance, explaining the reason for our creation, and pointing out the right path from the wrong one.
Now if God has sent us this guidance and knowledge, how will He do it?; does the notion that God sent an angel to one of His chosen humans, with this guidance and knowledge really sound too 'out of this world', or is it possible?; given the fact that guidance from God has to reach us in some way, then it is perfectly in accordance with common sense that God may well have sent it via an angel to one of his chosen humans, who then teaches, explains and demonstrates this guidance to us.
And a man, will also be the most suitable choice to receive this guidance, for he can then demonstrate it to us by living/practicing it himself.
There obviously will need to be some verry clear signs that indeed the man who claims to be a Messenger from God, is indeed a Messenger of God, and that he isn't lying, thus it makes perfect sense for God to back up His Messengers with miracles; also, there will be Signs in the guidance itself; The perfection and 'Divine signs' within the revelation will speak for itself, once it is studied with an open, and objective mind.
So now it all comes down to, wether Muhammad [saw] is indeed a true Messenger of God and wether the Quran is indeed a true revelation from God; look into it peeps, the proof is in the pudding!
Miracles of the Qur'an - Modern Science Reveals New Miracles of the Qur'an
The medical miracle of Quran معجزة القرآن الطبية
Peace
ps: here is an additional article from my archives that reveals another scientific wonder!:
The creation story basically goes like this in Islam that ALlah first created the light of the Prophet muhammad [saw] and then divided this light into four parts and from the first part He made the pen [which He ordered to write down the destiny of creation], from the second, the Tablet [where destiny of all creation? is written], from the third the throne [the greatest of Gods creation, which is situated above all of creation?], and from the forfth, everything else [1];
this is verry interesting as it accords to the modern astrophysical theory, which says that all of creation came from what is termed the initial singularity in which all of existence was contained in a point of infinte density and temperature. from this initial light which burst forth in what is known as the 'big bang', it split into four fundemental forces; the strong nuclear force, the electromagnetic force, weak interaction and gravitation. the forfth part mentioned above from which 'everything else' proceeded may refer to this gravitational force, which causes attraction between the particles of matter, allowing the seen world to exist and be joined together, and Allah nows best
In terms of how Allah created the heavens and the earth; basically ALlah created the earth in a preliminary/embryonic mode first, then he created the heavens and then completed the earth; He made the heavens and the earth in 6 days but these six days could refer to six periods of time, so it is not known to us exactly how long it took
In terms of the living creatures; the jinn [a spirit like creature that is made to worship ALlah and which has free-will] and the angels were created before man; ... then ALlah created man and put the first two parents of all humanity in paradise; the satan made them slip and the rest is history!
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[1] The evidence for that comes from the saying of the Prophet muhammad [saw] which are called 'hadiths' [recorded/documented saying of the prophet [saw]
The hadith is found in the musannaf of al-Hafiz Abu bakr, Abdur-razak b hammam al-San'ani and considered sound by recent scholarship and it goes like this:
Jabir b Abdullah asked the prophet [saw], 'what is the first thing Allah created'?, the Prophet [saw] replied, 'oh Jabir, the first thing ALlah [swt] created was the light of your Prophet from His light and that light remained in the midst of His power for as long as He wished, and there was not at that time a Tablet or a Pen or a Paradise or a Fire or an angel or a heaven or an earth, and when ALlah wished to create creation, He divided that light into four parts, and from the first He made the pen, from the second the Tablet, from the third the Throne, and from the fourfth everything else"
The reference in the hadith of the light of muhammad [saw] being from 'His light' [Allah's light] means something like that it was a created light very dear and precious to ALlah and not that it was part of ALlah's divine light
Religion is indeed about faith, for it is faith that gives us the inner vision of absolute truth [this however dont apply to all religions] but one thing that is sometimes overlooked, is that the faith of Islam is also in accordance with the intellect and science; my first article on this will show how reaching the faith of Islam is all very rational and the links on the bottom have some astounding evidence of how it even supercedes science!, i.e it is far ahead of modern science for whatever modern science 'discovers', it's seems to be allready in the Quran! iether in acurate details of it or indicating it or just generally in accordance with it:
Lets first acknowledge some basic facts:
The amazing and sophisticated creation around us, affirms for us that there indeed is an All-Powerfull Creator.
Mankind have the abilty to do good and evil; we can love one another and live in peace, harmony, security and safety, or we can hate, fight and kill one another, and violate each others rights by stealing, robbing, etc, etc,
Now there has to be a reason why God created us and put us in this earth for surely we have not been created in vain, as it will go against common sense to think that an Allpowerfull God creates something for no purpose.
A bit of common sense will tell us, that since mankind has been equipped with the ability to do good and evil, and since there is all the indications that God, who created such a pleasant earth, that caters to mankinds needs, is Most Mericifull, Kind and Good, then the purpose must be to live good lives, rather than commit evil in the world.
Now what is obviously happening is that a lot of evil is commited in the world, and due to that a lot of people are suffering, and not all of this injustice is rectified on earth, so should we assume that people are going to die and that will be it, and none of the injustices will be done justice to?; can that be possible for a Just and Mercifull God?
Common sense tells us, that God is going to Judge between us, and do justice to all.
Now do we think that God has just created us and put us in this earth to figure out for ourselves, the purpose of life, etc, or will God let us know about it?
Lets examine that question in more depth:
God, being the most Mercifull, will not want suffering for his creation, and it's only common sense to know that, without God letting us know the purpose of life, and that there will be consequences after death, for peoples good and bad actions, then people wont be rightly guided and thus evil will be rampant, resulting in the inevitable suffering of countless people; which in turn shows that for God to keep people in the dark like this [without sending them guidance] will be a 'reckless' thing to do?; also to assume that God will not to send any guidance negates His wisdom too?, for it presupposes that God made this creation for nothing [for people to wallow in darknes and die and thats it!]? and both of these things can never be associated with an All-powerfull, Most Mercifull God; thus it's only common sense to know that He will indeed send us information and guidance, explaining the reason for our creation, and pointing out the right path from the wrong one.
Now if God has sent us this guidance and knowledge, how will He do it?; does the notion that God sent an angel to one of His chosen humans, with this guidance and knowledge really sound too 'out of this world', or is it possible?; given the fact that guidance from God has to reach us in some way, then it is perfectly in accordance with common sense that God may well have sent it via an angel to one of his chosen humans, who then teaches, explains and demonstrates this guidance to us.
And a man, will also be the most suitable choice to receive this guidance, for he can then demonstrate it to us by living/practicing it himself.
There obviously will need to be some verry clear signs that indeed the man who claims to be a Messenger from God, is indeed a Messenger of God, and that he isn't lying, thus it makes perfect sense for God to back up His Messengers with miracles; also, there will be Signs in the guidance itself; The perfection and 'Divine signs' within the revelation will speak for itself, once it is studied with an open, and objective mind.
So now it all comes down to, wether Muhammad [saw] is indeed a true Messenger of God and wether the Quran is indeed a true revelation from God; look into it peeps, the proof is in the pudding!
Miracles of the Qur'an - Modern Science Reveals New Miracles of the Qur'an
The medical miracle of Quran معجزة القرآن الطبية
Peace
ps: here is an additional article from my archives that reveals another scientific wonder!:
The creation story basically goes like this in Islam that ALlah first created the light of the Prophet muhammad [saw] and then divided this light into four parts and from the first part He made the pen [which He ordered to write down the destiny of creation], from the second, the Tablet [where destiny of all creation? is written], from the third the throne [the greatest of Gods creation, which is situated above all of creation?], and from the forfth, everything else [1];
this is verry interesting as it accords to the modern astrophysical theory, which says that all of creation came from what is termed the initial singularity in which all of existence was contained in a point of infinte density and temperature. from this initial light which burst forth in what is known as the 'big bang', it split into four fundemental forces; the strong nuclear force, the electromagnetic force, weak interaction and gravitation. the forfth part mentioned above from which 'everything else' proceeded may refer to this gravitational force, which causes attraction between the particles of matter, allowing the seen world to exist and be joined together, and Allah nows best
In terms of how Allah created the heavens and the earth; basically ALlah created the earth in a preliminary/embryonic mode first, then he created the heavens and then completed the earth; He made the heavens and the earth in 6 days but these six days could refer to six periods of time, so it is not known to us exactly how long it took
In terms of the living creatures; the jinn [a spirit like creature that is made to worship ALlah and which has free-will] and the angels were created before man; ... then ALlah created man and put the first two parents of all humanity in paradise; the satan made them slip and the rest is history!
.............................................
[1] The evidence for that comes from the saying of the Prophet muhammad [saw] which are called 'hadiths' [recorded/documented saying of the prophet [saw]
The hadith is found in the musannaf of al-Hafiz Abu bakr, Abdur-razak b hammam al-San'ani and considered sound by recent scholarship and it goes like this:
Jabir b Abdullah asked the prophet [saw], 'what is the first thing Allah created'?, the Prophet [saw] replied, 'oh Jabir, the first thing ALlah [swt] created was the light of your Prophet from His light and that light remained in the midst of His power for as long as He wished, and there was not at that time a Tablet or a Pen or a Paradise or a Fire or an angel or a heaven or an earth, and when ALlah wished to create creation, He divided that light into four parts, and from the first He made the pen, from the second the Tablet, from the third the Throne, and from the fourfth everything else"
The reference in the hadith of the light of muhammad [saw] being from 'His light' [Allah's light] means something like that it was a created light very dear and precious to ALlah and not that it was part of ALlah's divine light
