Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION                                                           

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Chapter 1                                                                 

What is Life?

·          Definitions of Life

·          Meaning of the Word "Hayat" in the Qur'an

·          Meaning of “Hayat” by eminent theologians

·          The Word "Nafs and its nature" in the Qur'an and its Meanings

·          The Word "Ruh" in the Qur’an and its Meanings & Nature

·          Comparison of Nafs and Ruh

·          Two Principal Explanation of Life

·          Vitalism

·          Mechanism

·          The Qur'anic Concepts of Life

·          References

Chapter 2                                                                 

The Qur’an and Life Science

·          the Qur'an on observation and experimentation?

·          Inductive and Deductive Method

·          The Acquisition of Scientific Knowledge in Qur'an and Hadith

·          Muslim Contribution to Science

·          References

Chapter 3                                                                 

The Origin of Life on the Earth

·          The Holy Qur'an and Creation of the Universe

·          The Creation of the Earth

·          Planetesimal Hypothesis

·          Nebular Hypothesis

·          Qur'anic View

·          The Origin of Life

·          Principal Theories about the Origin of Life

·          Chemical Evolution

·          Origin of Organic Compounds

·          Qur'anic View Regarding Origin of Life

·          Life from Other Worlds

·          Lithopanspermia

·          Radiopanspermia

·          Directed Panspermia

·          Life in the Outer Space

·          The Holy Qur'an and Extra Terrestrial Life

·          Qur'anic View Regarding Creation of Water

·          The Qur'anic View on the Aquatic Origin of Life

·          References

CHAPTER 4                                                                 

Creation of Man in the Light of the Holy Qur’an and Science

Scientific Explanation of Man’s Creation

Seven Stages of Inorganic Evolution and the Qur’an

·          The Qur’an recognizes Chemical Evolution

Conclusion

References

CHAPTER 5                                                                 

Story of Human Creation in the Quran

·          Adam - The Meaning of the Word

·          The Qur'anic Story of Adam's Creation

·          First Woman on the Earth

·          Creation of Hawwa

·          Adam's Abode

·          Adam's Story - An Event or Allegory

·          References

CHAPTER 6                                                                 

Theories of Evolution

·          What is Evolution?

·          Pioneers of Evolutionary Theory

·          Lamarckian Theories of Evolution and its critical Review

·          Darwin's Theory of Natural Selection and its Critical Review

·          Neo-Darwinism

·          Neutral Theory of Evolution

·          Michael J. Behe's Creation Theory

·         References

CHAPTER 7                                                                 

Pre-Darwinian Muslim Scholars’ Views on Evolution

·          Al - Jahiz

·          Al-Farabi

·          Al-Mas'udi

·          Imam Raghib Isfahani

·          Ibn Miskawaih

·          Al-Biruni

·          Ibn Sina

·          Ibn Bajah and Ibn Tufayl

·          Al-Khazini

·          Ibn Rushd

·          ‘Arudi Samarqandi

·          The Ikhwan al-Safa'

·          Maulana Jalal al-Din Rumi

·          Ibn-Khaldun

·          References

CHAPTER 8                                                            

Post-Darwinian Muslim Scholars’ Views Regarding Evolution

·          Sayyid Jamāl al-Dīn al-Afghānī

·          Shaykh Muhammad Abduh

·          Husayn al-Jisr

·          Ahmad Bashamil

·          Ismail Mazhar

·          Muhammad Rida al-Isfahani

·          Dr. Hossein Nasr

·          Mustafa Husayn al-Mansuri

·          Hassan Hussein

·          Sayyid Muhammad Qutb (1906-1968)

·          Shibli Nu'mani

·          Sayyid Sulayman Nadvi

·          Sayyid Abul A'la Maududi

·          Maulana Kausar Niazi

·          Sayyid Muhamad Husayn Tabtaba'i

·          Khalifah Nasir al-Din Siddiqi

·          Abu'l Hasanat Qadiri

·          Pir Muhammad Karam Shah al-Azhari

·          Evolutionary Theory and Modernists

·          Sir Sayyid Ahmad Khan

·          Allamah Muhammad Iqbal

·          Allamah Inayat Ullah al-Mashriqi

·          Maulana Abu'l Kalam Azad

·          Dr. Muhammad Rafi' al-Din

·          Allamah I. I. Qazi

·          Ghulam Ahmad Parvez

·          Dr. Abdul Wadud

·          Dr. Tahir al-Qadiri

·          Engineer Fateh Ullah Khan

·          Dr. Haluk Nurbaki

·          Dr. Maurice Bucaille

·          Dr. Abu Bakr

·          Conclusion

·         References

CHAPTER 9                                                                 

Critical Review of Evolutionary Theories

·          Experimental Proof of the Theory

·          Scientists who had Denied Evolution Theory

·          References

CHAPTER 10                                                               

Evolution in the Light of Christianity & Islam

·          Evolution and the Bible

·          Evolution and the Qur'an:

·          Evolution and Hadith Literature:

·          References

General Bibliography of the Book