From: irfan@maxwell.ece.wisc.edu (Irfan Alan)
Subject: THE SCIENCE, TRUTH AND REAL CIVILIZATION - PART 1
Organization: Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison; Electrical & Computer Engineering
Distribution: usa
Date: 7 Nov 92 14:06:35 CST

An Islamic Point of View of a Dialogue held between
Christians and Muslims which is Orginized by 
Intervarsity Christian Fellowship 
in Madison, WI on Feb 92.

Christian Speaker: Chawkat Mucharry, Arab Christian,
                   Ph.D. Student in Theology in France
Muslim Speaker   : Muhammad Kahraman, Turkish Muslim,
                   Ph.D. Student in Electrical Engineering
                   in University of Wisconsin-Madison 

You will find in the following posting a transcript of the Islamic 
point of view on the subject of 

"THE SCIENCE,  THE TRUTH, AND REAL  CIVILIZATION"

Most of this transcript is presented in the mentioned dialogue.

IN THE NAME OF ALLAH; THE MOST GRACIOUS AND THE MOST MERCIFUL

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THE SCIENCE,  THE TRUTH, AND REAL  CIVILIZATION, PART 1
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PART 1 of a Lecture Presenting the Islamic Point of View 
in a Dialogue with Christians.

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 STATEMENT  OF  INTENTION				

"Invite (all) to the way of your Lord with wisdom and beautiful
instruction;  and reason with them in ways that are best and
most gracious:"

								(Qur'an 16:125)

AS TIME GETS OLDER  THE MIRACULOUS QUR'AN GETS YOUNGER  :

"We shall show them Our Signs in the furthest horizons and in
themselves, so that it will become clear to them that the Qur'an
indeed is the Truth.   Is it not enough that your Lord,
Sustainer, witnesses all things?" (Qur'an 41:53)

 O U T L I N E 

1	THE TRUTH AND THE MIRACULOUS QUR'AN

2	THE CREATION AS REVEALED IN THE QUR'AN

3	THE CREATION AS A SIGN TO ONE CREATOR

4	THE QURAN's APPROACH TO SCIENCE AND LEARNING

5	THE STRONGEST VOICE:  THE QUR'AN.  WHY?

6	THE FUTURE IS ISLAM: PROOF: QUR'AN AND MUHAMMAD (ASM)

7	CIVILIZATION:  WHAT IS ITS SEED?

8	A HISTORICAL ANALYSIS. 

In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful 

"Read!  In the name of your Lord and Cherisher,
Who Creates human from a (mere) clinging clot of
congealed blood,  Read!  And your Lord is Most Bountiful- He Who
taught the Pen Taught human that which He knew not. Nay, but
human does transgress all bounds (he is arrogant), In that he
looks upon himself as self-sufficient. Verily, to your Lord is
the return (of all)."(Qur'an 96:1-8)

The Qur'an establishes the pure truth, true knowledge, and
revelation as the foundation of a real civilization in this
world, and a requirement of achieving success in the hereafter. 
The Qur'an invites all people to guidance by wisdom and proof.  

CREATION AS REVEALED IN THE QUR'AN

The Qur'an diverts the attention of hearts and mind to ponder
over the creation of the universe.  Its Miraculous Exposition
not only urges the people to think over a matter, it actually
asks them to go, and actually look at and investigate something.
For example in the following Allah says in the Miraculous Qur'an:

"Do not the unbelievers see that the heavens and the earth were
joint together, before we clove them asunder?  We made from
water every living thing.  Will they not then believe?" (Qur'an
21:30)

"The heaven, We have built it with power, verily We are
expanding it." (Qur'an 51:47)

As all these examples demonstrates, the Qur'an the Miraculous
Exposition is allied with the Book of Creation, the universe. 
It is therefore, that Islam always stays alive and shows its
potential even more as science unfolds more of the true
knowledge.  

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To be continued In$a Allah.
Your Br. Irfan in Islam.