Scientific Interpretation of the Qur’an between Rejection and Acceptance

Abstract

Allah revealed the Holy Quran as guidance for mankind, a permanent, apparent miracle, clarifying everything. He left nothing out of anything except the origin of its origins and made its knowledge clear, (...We have neglected nothing in the Book...) (1) From here, every knowledgeable person sought knowledge from it in different eras in introducing people to its rulings and wisdom. Some people have been strange in interpretation, especially those who followed the science of the universe and nature in the verses of the Holy Quran, knowing that the Quran has clarified its origins, explained its method, and pointed to some of its rare facts. Researchers have expanded in taking from the Quran by attaching possible scientific theories to it, an expansion that has taken away from the wisdom for which it came, from guiding people and its miracle, until some interpretations have become as if they were books of natural sciences and not an interpretation of the Holy Quran. Before we talk about scientific interpretation, its method, and the opinions of those who agree or oppose it, we must clarify the reality of science and its connection to religion.