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[quote][quote]do tell me how and what should be its sub topics??????[/quote]

grand so, what i'll do is i'll list the topics that dont have too much vagueness surrounding them and have been reasonably well established as regards their meaning in terms of modern science.. it's important to remember that our interpretations of The Qur'an may be wrong and we may not look at the verses with an open mind - what one person says a verse means, another may think it to mean the opposite, if u get me...

1) Astronomy/Cosmology

www.rationalreality.com (for detailed analysis)

The Big Bang (Koran 21:30)
The Expanding Universe (Koran 51:47)
Early Universe "As Smoke" (Koran 41:11)
The Collapsing Universe (Koran 21:104)

The arguments for and against the Sun and the Moon topics u'll find on that website are quite complicated, so i'd wait a while before bringing them up

2) Embryology

http://members.aol.com/masadi/bio.htm (a link from the same website above)

All the points 1-7 made in the above link are very relevant.. just a quick note on a few of them - point 4 could as well as the ovum being composed of 75%-80% water, may be referrin to the fact that as we are today - our bodies are composed of 60% or so water.. it's also important to realise that point 5 doesnt contradict another verse in the Koran (75:38-39) which basically says that the sex of the embryo isnt determined until after the 'clot' stage (you'll understand this once you've read through the link above), but the two verses rather compliment each other.. the first verse states that the sex of the embryo is determined genetically by the "ejaculated drop", but anatomically, it's not possible to tell the difference between a male/female embryo until it's passed the 'clot' stage... and finally, some critics would claim point 6 to be vague and maybe not referring to the mixture being the sperm and the ovum - just mention this criticism to the class (as this may be an example of a misinterpretation by us Muslims of The Qur'an) and let them make up their own minds...

now, those are just a couple of the very many scientific subjects covered in The Qur'an.. for now, just read over them, try understanding the science behind each topic - if something doesnt make sense or has a potential criticism that's been overlooked, please dont hesitate in asking me (my email's below).. i think it would also be a good idea to print out pages of the lecture and hand them out to all the students - makes it easier to follow the topics..

and one final comment, The Qur'an is indeed an amazing revelation with all the scientific facts mentioned in it, but we must remember that there are still loads of unclear matters and apparent contradictions in it that need looking into (a comprehensive index of them is available at http://answering-islam.org.uk/Quran/Contra/index.html, although a lot the arguments made on this website seem to be very well researched, the answers often lie in misunderstandings and incorrect assumptions - u have to take each point one by one to get what i mean..) and it's beautiful the way that when u go in search of the answers to these "problems", u sometimes end of discovering a hidden message.. ie u dont ignore something that doesnt make sense, u go in search of the truth - and when u discover it, it's a very nice feeling.. so, as well as teaching the Science aspects of The Qur'an, i'd also encourage people to look into these "contradictions" - in search of the truth... Jaza-kullah and May Allah show the right path and have mercy on us, Ameen.

By the way, my email's shaz5050@hotmail.com - if anyone else has any questions regarding any of the matters mentioned above, fire away! [:)]

Edited by: Shahzad on Saturday, April 17, 2004 6:12 AM[/quote]

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