Revelation, Rationality, Knowledge & Truth

Title Copyright Contents Dedication Publisher’s Note Acknowledgements Preface PART 1 Introduction With a Historical Perspective Individual Versus Society Islamic Schools of Thought Ashariyyah Mu‘tazilah Sufism The Spanish School of Islamic Thought The Plight of the Muslim World European Philosophy Greek Philosophy PART 2 Hinduism Buddhism Confucianism Taoism Zoroastrianism The Question of Suffering PART 3 Secular Viewpoints Examined The Concept of God Among the Aborigines of Australia PART 4 The Nature of Revelation Divine Revelation and Rationality Belief in the Unseen Al-Bayyinah—A Manifest Principle and Al-Qayyimah—An Everlasting Teaching The Quran and Cosmology The Quran and the Heavenly Bodies Entropy and the Finite Universe The Quran and Extraterrestrial Life PART 5 Life in the Perspective of Quranic Revelations—A Brief Introductory Chapter The Creation of Ancient Organisms The Role of Clay Survival by Accident or Design?Sidedness or Chirality in Nature Natural Selection and Survival of the Fittest A Game of Chess or a Game of Chance!Origin of Life—Different Theories And Propositions Origin of Life Theories A New Landmark The Jinn The Essential Role of Clay and Photosynthesis in Evolution Survival by Accident or Design?Chirality or Sidedness in Nature Natural Selection and Survival of the Fittest The Case of Mosquitoes A Game of Chess or a Game of Chance!The Future of Life on Earth Organic Systems and Evolution The ‘Blind Watchmaker’ Who Is Also Deaf and Dumb PART 6 Unveiling of the ‘Unseen’ by the Quran—A Historic Perspective The Prophecies Relating to the Immediate or Distant Future The Battle of The Ditch The Prophecy About Archaeological Exploration Nuclear Holocaust Genetic Engineering The Plague The AIDS Virus PART 7 Future of Revelation The Rationale of Finality Al-lmam Al-Mahdi (The Guided Leader)Non-Law-Bearing Prophets and Revelation Attempts to Philosophically Justify the Finality of Non-Law-Bearing Prophethood Jesus Versus Finality Epilogue