Science, Secular Education, Islam

&Making of Humanity

Abstract Inexorable Progress of Science and Secular Edu Inescapable Qs of Human Conscience Incapability of Science & Secular Education Capabilities of Islam

PRESENTATION—OUTLINE

ABSTRACTScience and Secular Education brought

revolutionary change in the life of human beings

they enabled man to Rule over the Earth

&they empowered man toConquer the Space

ABSTRACTby virtue of them

Man is flying in the air like birds

&Man is swimming in the oceans like fishes

But!!!On the other side of the coin

ABSTRACT

A

QUESTION

ARISES!!!

ABSTRACTHave Man of the Present Age

LEARNThow to walk upon earth

like

AHUMAN BEING!!

ABSTRACTcrime reports

budgets reserved for explosive weapons &

increasing demands of stress relief medicinesWAIL:

‘man of the present age does not know how to walk upon earth

likeA

HUMAN BEING!!

ABSTRACT

BUT AGAIN!

A

QUESTION

ARISES!!!

ABSTRACTHow can man walk

& who can make man walk

like

AHUMAN BEING!!

ABSTRACT

Letsknow

with the help of this

PRESENTATION . . .

ABSTRACTWhat is

Humanity

Who makes Humanity

&What is

Human Prosperity

Inexorable Progress of Science and Secular Edu

Fascinating achievement of Science andTechnology—genetics, astronomy, physics...

Inexorable Progress of Science and Secular Edu

Geneticists established the structure of DNA [deoxyribonucleic acid] and enabled man to understand

heredity in chemical terms

Inexorable Progress of Science and Secular Edu

After exploring the earth, now spacecrafts are intending to land far away planets…

One of the slogans of the present age is‘the conquest of space’

Inexorable Progress of Science and Secular Edu

Inexorable Progress of Science and Secular Edu

PHYSICS…

Inexorable Progress of Science and Secular Edu

Inexorable Progress of Science and Secular Edu

Inexorable Progress of Science and Secular Edu

Inexorable Progress of Science and Secular Edu

Inexorable Progress of Science and Secular Edu

Inexorable Progress of Science and Secular Edu

Inexorable Progress of Science and Secular Edu

What the boy is thinking about?

Who am I? Who is my Creator? What purpose I am created for? Is there any ethical code besides the

physical laws in this universe? If yes; then, what is this code?

What happen and would happen if human being do not abide by this code and vice versa?

Inescapable Questions of Human Conscience

Can human being prosper without knowing the answer of said Qs?

Can science and secular Education answer these inescapable Qs?

If yes, then how? If No, then why?

Can religion answer the said Qs? If yes then how?

Inescapable Questions of Human Conscience

Science and its branches deal in matter and energy while the said Qs neither fall in category of matter nor in energy.

Secular Education based on intellect and intellect is based upon weak faculties—sense organs

Incapability of Science & Secular Education

Which of the sides of horizontal bar is darker?

Which of the sides of horizontal bar is darker?

How many lines are crooked?

How many lines are crooked?

EXPEDIENCY

An action that is not necessarily a principled or ethical one

When something is helpful or useful in a particular situation, but mostly not morally acceptable

Detrimental State of Intellect-Based Societies

Expedience…&

…Sweet Revenge

I gona kill u!!

I gona kill u !!

Capabilities of Islam Lets See How does Religion Answer the Qs!

Lets See How Religion Prosper the Humanity!! Who am I? Who is my Creator? What purpose I am created for? Is there any ethical code besides the physical

laws in this universe? If yes; then, what is this code?

What happen and would happen if human being do not abide by this code and vice versa?

Creator of Man and His Attributes ...الله الذي خلقكم ثم رزقكم

Allah is He Who created you and then sustained you.[Al-Qur’an: Rum 30:40]

مد- لم يلد ولم يولد- ولم يكن قل هو الله أحد- الله الصله كفوا أحد

He is Allah the One and Only; Allah the Eternal Absolute; He begets not nor is He begotten; and there is none Comparable to Him.

[Al-Qur’an: Ikhlas 112:1-4]

قل لو كان معه آلهة كما يقولون إذا البتغوا إلى ذي ا يقولون علوا كبيرا العرش سبيال - سبحانه وتعالى عم

If there were—as some people assert—[other] deities side by side with Him, surely they would have to strive to find a way unto Him Who is enthroned on His Mightiness. Limitless is He in His Glory,

and Sublime, Immeasurably exalted above anything that men may say [about Him]

[Al-Qur’an: Isra’ 17:42-43]

Creation of Man by His Lordولقد خلقنا اإلنسان من ساللة من طين- ثم جعلناه نطفة في

قرار مكين- ثم خلقنا النطفة علقة فخلقنا العلقة مضغة فخلقنا المضغة عظاما فكسونا العظام لحما ثم أنشأناه

خلقا آخر فتبارك الله أحسن الخالقين.Verily We created man from a product of wet earth; then placed him as a

drop (of seed) in a safe lodging; then fashioned We the drop a clot, then fashioned We the clot a little lump, then fashioned We the little lump

bones, then clothed the bones with flesh, and then produced it another creation.

So blessed be Allah, the Best of Creators[Al-Qur’an: Mu’minun 23:12 – 14]

الله الذي خلقكم من ضعف ثم جعل من بعد ضعف قوة ثم جعل من بعد قوة ضعفا وشيبة يخلق ما يشاء وهو العليم

.القديرAllah is He who shaped you out of weakness, then appointed after

weakness strength, then, after strength, appointed weakness and grey hair.

He creates what He will. He is the Knower, the Mighty[Al-Qur’an: Rum 30:54]

Purpose of the Creation of Universe ماء واألرض وما بينهما باطال وما خلقنا الس ...

And We created not the heaven and the earth and all that is between them in vain

[Al-Qur’an: Sad 38:27]

إنا جعلنا ما على األرض زينة لها لنبلوهم أيهم أحسن عمال

Indeed! We have placed all that is in the earth as an ornament thereof that we may try them: which of them is best in conduct

[Al-Qur’an: Kahf 18:7]

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…none of these two have We created without [an inner] truth; but most of them understand it not. Verily, the Day of Distinction is

the term appointed for all of them; the Day when no friend shall be of the least avail to his friend, and when none shall be

succoured…[Al-Qur’an:Dukhan 44:38-42]

Status of Man in the Universe

لقد خلقنا اإلنسان في أحسن تقويمSurely We created man of the best stature

[Al-Qur’an: Teen 95:4]

منا بني آدم وحملناهم في البر والبحر و لقد كرن م لناهم على كثير م ن الطيبات وفض ورزقناهم م

خلقنا تفضيال Verily We have honored the children of Adam. We carry them

on the land and the sea, and have made provision of good things for them, and have preferred them above many of

those whom We created with a marked preferment[Al-Qur’an: Isra’ 17:70]

ليعبدون وما خلقت الجن واإلنس إالAnd I (Allah) created not the jinns and humans except they

should worship Me (Alone)[Al-Qur’an: Dhariyat 51:56]

Conclusion Science and Secular Education that are believed to be a panacea of

human ills, could not play significant role in ‘Making of Humanity’, in real terms.

Most possible reasons of their failure could be their weak faculties on which they rely upon or due to the reason that they do not have

concerns with societal ills of human being.

On the contrary, Islam that depends upon Revelation—has proved enormously numerously that it has potential to ameliorate human

societies by bringing revolutionary change in thought, character and behaviour of man.

In the light of antithetic results of the two sources of knowledge: (i) Scientific, and (ii) Religious, it is inferred that there is something

besides and beyond ‘matter and materialistic world’ that accounts for the lives of human beings and affects the system of universe.

Unless man of present materialistic and scientific age surrenders to this reality, all efforts and attempts for the Making of Humanity

seems to be fruitless.

Thank You With Best Wishes

Sheikh Muhammad IshtiaqVisiting Faculty

PAF KIET, PIMSAT &

Bahria UniversityKarachi, Pakistan

B.A [Arabic], D.A.E [EE]M.A [Islamic Studies]Ph.D [Anthropology]

E-mail: iqofpk@yahoo.com