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A POSERA POSER::
What do you call this numerals as ?What do you call this numerals as ?
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Arabic numeralsArabic numerals
 But the Arabs today write their numerals differently , viz. :But the Arabs today write their numerals differently , viz. :
١١٢٢٣٣٤٤٥٥٦٦٧٧٨٨٩٩١١
 So, why – 1234567 … is called ‘So, why – 1234567 … is called ‘Arabic numeralsArabic numerals’ ?’ ?
Because it was introduced to the whole world by the ‘Because it was introduced to the whole world by the ‘Islamic civilizationIslamic civilization’ which’ which
disseminated universal learnings, with Arabic as thedisseminated universal learnings, with Arabic as the lingua francalingua franca..
TASAWWUR ISLAMTASAWWUR ISLAM
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..

A POSERA POSER::

Actually, these numerals -Actually, these numerals - originallyoriginally
were rediscovered by the Muslim scholars who went to the sub-were rediscovered by the Muslim scholars who went to the sub-
continent which they gave the namecontinent which they gave the name HINDHIND (India). There, in following the(India). There, in following the
teaching of Islam, they sought out and studied their ancient sciences andteaching of Islam, they sought out and studied their ancient sciences and
wisdoms.wisdoms.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

A POSERA POSER::
"The wise statement (AL-HIKMAH) is the
lost property of the believer, so wherever
he finds it, then he is more worthy of it.“
(Hadith reported by Tirmidzi)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

wisdoms.wisdoms.

A POSERA POSER::
 Amongst their discovery was the manner numbers were written usingAmongst their discovery was the manner numbers were written using
the number of ‘angles’ as the sign to indicate its given value.the number of ‘angles’ as the sign to indicate its given value.
Thus:Thus:

wisdoms.wisdoms.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

A POSERA POSER::
.
Concept of zero
(SIFAR)
hence to concept of decimals
 Amongst their discovery was the manner numbers were written usingAmongst their discovery was the manner numbers were written using
the number of ‘angles’ as the sign to indicate its given value.the number of ‘angles’ as the sign to indicate its given value.
Thus:Thus:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
wisdoms.wisdoms.

 Actually, there areActually, there are many more Wisdom from ancient pastmany more Wisdom from ancient past which ourwhich our
Prophet MuhammadProphet Muhammad ‫ﷺ‬ was sent to re-assert and share its goodnesswas sent to re-assert and share its goodness
to all mankind.to all mankind.
 The most important of them is theThe most important of them is the DEENDEEN (total way of life) of(total way of life) of AL-ISLAMAL-ISLAM
(Submission an surrender to Allah) founded upon(Submission an surrender to Allah) founded upon TAUTAUHHEEDEED, the creed of, the creed of
all prophets especially the Prophet Ibrahim (Abraham) a.s. because this isall prophets especially the Prophet Ibrahim (Abraham) a.s. because this is
most relevant especially to remind themost relevant especially to remind the AHLUL-KITAAB (People of theAHLUL-KITAAB (People of the
Book – those who acknowledge him as the Patriarch of MonotheisticBook – those who acknowledge him as the Patriarch of Monotheistic
faith)faith)..

 Even Islamaphobes and deniers of the Last Prophet MuhammadEven Islamaphobes and deniers of the Last Prophet Muhammad
‫ﷺ‬ - among them, must be invited to look at Abraham a.s. andmust be invited to look at Abraham a.s. and
consider the very close tradition and affinity of both of them inconsider the very close tradition and affinity of both of them in
their mission and teachings.their mission and teachings.
 OurOur TAUTAUHHEEDICEEDIC methodology requires Muslim to ‘Read (methodology requires Muslim to ‘Read (IQRA’IQRA’))
God’s signs (God’s signs (AAYATAAYAT) both) both QAWLIYYAHQAWLIYYAH (Al-Qur’an) and(Al-Qur’an) and KAUNIYYAHKAUNIYYAH
(the Created Universe).(the Created Universe).

 Thus a new cosmopolitan civilization (Islamic civilization) was startedThus a new cosmopolitan civilization (Islamic civilization) was started
from which its legacy regarding education was also to rediscover andfrom which its legacy regarding education was also to rediscover and
share every beneficial knowledge and revealed Truth, disseminating itshare every beneficial knowledge and revealed Truth, disseminating it
without coercion nor by any deception but by knowledge, science andwithout coercion nor by any deception but by knowledge, science and
DA’WAHDA’WAH peaceful calling towards others to join in this new communitypeaceful calling towards others to join in this new community
((UMMAHUMMAH).).
 Even if they did not convert to the Islam, this was respected and theyEven if they did not convert to the Islam, this was respected and they
were not deprived from benefitting its justice, and even grantedwere not deprived from benefitting its justice, and even granted
opportunity to learn its sciences, its inventions and discoveries. Historyopportunity to learn its sciences, its inventions and discoveries. History
borne this fact.borne this fact.

 Unlike the history of Western civilization especially that whichUnlike the history of Western civilization especially that which
European renaissance came about from their ‘Dark Ages’, which forEuropean renaissance came about from their ‘Dark Ages’, which for
them saw the dilemma their thinkers faced between science andthem saw the dilemma their thinkers faced between science and
religion, Muslims’ Islamic intellectual tradition and scientists did notreligion, Muslims’ Islamic intellectual tradition and scientists did not
face such problem.face such problem.
 In fact it was through the direct influence of Islamic civilization that theIn fact it was through the direct influence of Islamic civilization that the
West had learnt and been inspired from, and was then able to reviveWest had learnt and been inspired from, and was then able to revive
themselves from their ‘slumber’ . Although they try to hide this glaringthemselves from their ‘slumber’ . Although they try to hide this glaring
oversight when teaching history and feign “amnesia” regarding Islam ,oversight when teaching history and feign “amnesia” regarding Islam ,
the records are now available to be reaffirmed and be taught.the records are now available to be reaffirmed and be taught.

 Yet in the West today, learning science had cause some to becomeYet in the West today, learning science had cause some to become
skeptics, agnostics and atheists. Muslims must not becomeskeptics, agnostics and atheists. Muslims must not become
similarly deluded.similarly deluded.
Re: video clip – Islamic civilization

709 CE - 1610 CE
Islamic civilization
In Europe
 The gap referred to as the “Medieval period” or “Middle ages” is also
referred to as the “Dark Ages” whence Europe lost its link to their earlier
Hellenistic (Greek)-Roman civilizations - a kind of intellectual “death”.
 Thus the term “Renaissance” means “rebirth”.
 NOTE: Muslims had ruled and the Islamic
civilization historically influenced Europe in
southern Spain and Sicily etc. (709-1640 CE)
“Rennaisance would not be possible
without Islamic civilization…”
The Dark Ages
But how did it came about?

Ibn Rushd (Averroes)
Andalusian Arab Philosopher
(1126-1198) his commentary
on Aristotle greatly
influenced European
thinkers of Early Modern
Period spurred the Neo-
classical movement .

Admiral
Alchemy,(chemistry)
Alkali
Apricot
Arsenal
Azimuth
carat
(gold purity, mass)
caravan
Amir – al - bahr
al - galiy
al - kimiyya
al-barqūq
dār sinā aʿ ,
al-sumūt | as-sumūt
qīrāt
qaīrawān
‫قيروان‬
‫أميرالبحر‬
‫ الكيمياء‬
‫ القلي‬
‫البرقوق‬
‫دارصناعة‬
‫ السموت‬
‫قيراط‬
EXAMPLES

Sugar, (sucrose, sucrase)
Syrup, (sherbet, sorbet)
Sofa
Lemon
Magazine
Mattress
Tariff
Vizier
sukkar, ‫كر‬ّ‫ر‬ ‫س‬
sharāb ‫ شراب‬
soffa
‫فة‬ّ‫ر‬ ‫ص‬
līmūn ‫ ليمون‬
‫مخازن‬ makhāzin
matrah ‫ مطرح‬
ta rīfʿ ‫ تعريف‬
Wazeer ‫وزير‬
EXAMPLES

Abu Nasr Al-Farabi (872 – 950)
Also known as Alpharabius. Arab
scientist and philosopher, considered as
one of the preeminent thinkers of
medieval era.
Al-Battani (858 – 929)
Also known as Albatenius. Arab
mathematician, scientists and astronomer
who improved existing values for the length
of the year and of the seasons.
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Ibn Sina (980 – 1037)
Also known as Avicenna. Persian philosopher
and scientist known for his contributions to
Aristotelian philosophy and medicine.
Ibn Battuta (1304 – 1369)
Also known as Shams ad–Din. Arab traveller
and scholar who wrote one of the most
famous travel books in history, the Rihlah.

Ibn Rushd (1126 – 1198)
Also known as Averroes. Arab philosopher and
scholar who produced a series of summaries
and commentaries on most of Aristotle’s
works and on Plato’s Republic.
Muhammad ibn Musa Al-Khwarizmi
(780 – 850)
Also known as Algoritmi or Algaurizin. His works
introduced Hindu-Arabic numerals and the
concepts of algebra into European mathematics.

Omar Khayyam (1048 – 1131)
Persian mathematician, astronomer, and poet,
known for his scientific achievements and
Rubaiyat (“quatrains”).
Thabit ibn Qurra (826 – 901)
Also known as Thebit. Arab mathematician,
physician and astronomer; who was the first
reformer of the Ptolemaic system and the
founder of statics.

Abu Bakr Al-Razi (865 – 925)
Also known as Rhazes. Persian alchemist and
philosopher, who was one of the greatest
physicians in history.
Jabir Ibn Haiyan (722 – 804)
Also known as Geber. The father of Arab
chemistry known for his highly influential
works on alchemy and metallurgy.

Ibn Ishaq Al-Kindi (801 – 873)
Also known as Alkindus. Arab philosopher and
scientist, who is known as the first of the
Muslim peripatetic philosophers.
Ibn Al-Haytham (965 – 1040)
Also known as Alhazen. Arab astronomer and
mathematician known for his important
contributions to the principles of optics and
the use of scientific experiments.

Ibn Zuhr (1091 – 1161)
Also known as Avenzoar. Arab physician and
surgeon, known for his influential book Al-Taisir
Fil-Mudawat Wal-Tadbeer (Book of Simplification
Concerning Therapeutics and Diet).
Ibn Khaldun (1332 – 1406)
Arab historiographer and historian who
developed one of the earliest nonreligious
philosophies of history. Often considered as one
of the forerunners of modern historiography,
sociology and economics

Ibn Al-Baitar (1197 – 1248)
Arab scientist, botanist and physician who
systematically recorded the discoveries made
by Islamic physicians in the Middle Ages.
Abu al-Rayhan al-Biruni (973-1048)
Abu al-Rayhan Muhammad ibn Ahmad Al-Biruni,
Persian scientist well versed in physics,
mathematics, astronomy, natural sciences,
historian, chronologist, geologist, anthropologist,
and linguist.
Famous Muslim Scientists
973-1048

al-Jazari (1136-1206)
Badi'al-Zaman Abū al-'Izz ibn Ismā'īl ibn al-
Razāz al-Jazarī was a Muslim polymath: a
scholar, inventor, mechanical engineer,
craftsman, artist, and mathematician
Abbas ibn Firnas (810 - 887)
Known as Abbas Abu al-Qasim ibn Firnas ibn
Wirdas al-Takurini, was an Andalusian polymath:
an inventor (aviation), physician, engineer,
Andalusian musician, and Arabic-language poet.
Famous Muslim Scientists
1136-1206
810 - 887

 Today, there are those who expound ‘atheism’ through intellectual discourses
and capitalise upon the secular nature of educational curriculum to teach
subjects in tertiary institutions of learning, planting the seeds of scepticism
towards religions and spiritual beliefs.
 Although in the past, those who regard themselves as agnostics or atheist had
kept their ‘irreligious’ orientations to themselves, yet today such kind of people
have shown ‘militancy’ (determined) to spread their teaching to all (we thus use
term ‘neo-atheism’) especially the younger generation through their ‘intellectual’
discourses and books. Amongst them - Daniel Dennett, Christopher Hitchens,
Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Stephen Hawkins, et al.

 As most of them are regarded as scientists and intellectuals, their
viewpoints are ‘persuasive’ and garner many young followers especially
when their books and you-tube videos become popular and are being
aggressively disseminated.
 There may already be the misconception that the more scientific one
becomes, the more likely would one discard ones’ previous religion or
religious beliefs. This is untrue especially Muslims who know his Islam.
 Also most well-known scientists are not atheists – e.g. Sir Isaac Newton,
Albert Einstein, C.S. Lewis. John Lennox, et al.
 Let us consider them and how science help affirm their belief in God.

 From an article written by Mr. A. Cressy Morrison, formerFrom an article written by Mr. A. Cressy Morrison, former
President of the New York Academy of SciencesPresident of the New York Academy of Sciences, first, first
appeared in the "Reader's Digest" (January 1948appeared in the "Reader's Digest" (January 1948););
 On recommendation of Professor C. A. Coulson, F.R.S.,On recommendation of Professor C. A. Coulson, F.R.S.,
Professor of Mathematics at Oxford University, wasProfessor of Mathematics at Oxford University, was
republished in the Reader's Digest (November 1960)republished in the Reader's Digest (November 1960)..

 AlsoAlso adapted into the bookadapted into the book : "God of Islam”. By Seyyid Saeed Akhtar Rizvi.: "God of Islam”. By Seyyid Saeed Akhtar Rizvi.
 It shows how the science compels the scientists to admit the essential creedIt shows how the science compels the scientists to admit the essential creed
of a Supreme Creator.of a Supreme Creator.
http://introductiontotauhid.blogspot.com/2008/08/article-seven-reasons-why-scientist.html

““We are still in the dawn of the scientific age and every increaseWe are still in the dawn of the scientific age and every increase
of light reveals more brightly the handiwork of an intelligentof light reveals more brightly the handiwork of an intelligent
Creator. In the 90 years since Darwin we have madeCreator. In the 90 years since Darwin we have made
stupendous discoveries; with a spirit of scientific humility andstupendous discoveries; with a spirit of scientific humility and
of faith grounded in knowledge we are approaching evenof faith grounded in knowledge we are approaching even
nearer to an awareness of God. For myself, I count sevennearer to an awareness of God. For myself, I count seven
reasons for my faith" :reasons for my faith" :
Mr. A. Cressy Morrison,Mr. A. Cressy Morrison,
former President of the New York Academy of Sciencesformer President of the New York Academy of Sciences

FIRSTLY :
By unwavering mathematical law we can prove that our universe was
designed and executed by a great engineering Intelligence.
Suppose you put ten coins, marked from one to ten, into your pocket and
give them a good shuffle. Now try to take them out in sequence from one
to ten, putting back the coin each time and shaking them all again.

FIRSTLY :
Mathematically we know that your chance of first drawing number one is
one in ten; of drawing one and two in succession, one in 100; of drawing
one, two and three in succession, one in a thousand, and so on; your
chance of drawing them all, from one to number ten in succession, would
reach the unbelievable figure of one chance in ten thousand million.

FIRSTLY :
By the same reasoning, so many exacting conditions are necessary for life
on earth that they could not possibly exist in proper relationship by
chance.
The earth rotates on its axis at one thousand miles an hour; if it turned at
one hundred miles an hour, our days and nights would be ten times as
long as now, and the hot sun would then burn up our vegetation during
each long day while in the long night any surviving, sprout would freeze.

FIRSTLY :
Again, the sun, source of our life, has a surface temperature of 12,000
degrees Fahrenheit, and our earth is just far enough away so that this
"eternal fire" warms us just enough and not too much! If the sun gave off
only one-half its present radiation, we would freeze, and if it gave half as
much more, we would roast.

FIRSTLY :
The slant of the earth, tilted at an angle of 23 degrees, gives us our
seasons; if it had not been so tilted, vapours from the ocean would move
north and south, piling up for us continents of ice.

FIRSTLY :
If our moon was, say, only 50 thousand miles away instead of its actual
distance our tides would be so enormous that twice a day all continents
would be submerged; even the mountains would soon be eroded away.

FIRSTLY :
If the crust of the earth had been only ten feet thicker, there would be no
oxygen without which animal life must die. Had the ocean been a few feet
deeper, carbon dioxide and oxygen would have been absorbed and no
vegetable life could exist.

FIRSTLY :
Or if our atmosphere had been thinner, some of the meteors, now burned
in space by the million every day, would be striking all parts of the earth,
starting fires everywhere.
Because of these, and host of other examples, there is not one chance in
millions that life on our planet is an accident!

SECONDLY :
The resourcefulness of life to accomplish its purpose is a manifestation of
all-pervading Intelligence.
What life itself is, no man has fathomed. It has neither weight nor
dimensions, but it does have force; a growing root will crack a rock.

SECONDLY :
Life has conquered water, land and air, mastering the elements,
compelling them to dissolve and reform their combinations.

SECONDLY :
Life, the sculptor, shapes all living things; an artist, it designs every leaf of
every tree, and colours every flower.
Life is a musician and has each bird to sing its love songs, the insects to
call each other in the music of their multitudinous sounds.

SECONDLY :
Life is a sublime chemist, giving taste to fruits and spices, and perfume to
the rose changing water and carbonic acid into sugar and wood and, in so
doing, releasing oxygen that animal may have the breath of life.

SECONDLY :
Behold an almost invisible drop of protoplasm, transparent and jelly-like,
capable of motion, drawing energy from the sun.

SECONDLY :
This single cell, this transparent mist like droplet, holds within itself the
germ of life, and has the power to distribute this life to every living thing,
great and small. The powers of this droplet are greater than our
vegetation and animals and people, for all life came from it.

SECONDLY :
Nature did not create life; fire-blistered rocks and a salt less sea could not
meet the necessary requirements. "Who, then, has put it here?"

THIRDLY :
Animal wisdom speaks irresistibly of a good Creator who infused instinct
into otherwise helpless little creatures.
The young salmon spends years at sea, then comes back to his own river,
and travels up the very side of the river into which flows the tributary
where he was born. What brings him back so precisely?

THIRDLY :
If you transfer him to another tributary he will know at once that he is off
his course and he will fight his way down and back to the main stream and
then turn up against the current to finish his destiny more accurately.

THIRDLY :
Even more difficult to solve is the mystery of eels.
These amazing creatures migrate at maturity from all ponds and rivers
everywhere those from Europe across thousands of miles of ocean - all bound
for the same abysmal deeps near Bermuda. There they breed and die.

THIRDLY :
The little ones, with no apparent means of knowing anything except that they
are in a wilderness of water, nevertheless find their way back not only to the
very shore from which their parent came but thence to the rivers, lakes or
little ponds -- so that each body of water is always populated with eels.

THIRDLY :
No American eel has ever been caught in Europe, no European eel in African waters.
Nature has even delayed the maturity of the European eel by a year or more to make up
for it's longer journey.
Where does the directing impulse originate?

THIRDLY :
A wasp will overpower a grasshopper, dig a hole in the earth, sting the
grasshopper in exactly the right place so that he does not die but
becomes unconscious and lives on as a form of preserved meat.
Then the wasp will lay her eggs handily so that her children when they
hatch can nibble without killing the insect on which they feed; to them
dead meat would be fatal.

THIRDLY :
The mother then flies away and dies; she never sees her young. Surely the
wasp must have done all this right the first time and every time, or else there
would be no wasp.
Such mysterious techniques cannot be explained by adoption; they were
bestowed.

FOURTHLY :
Man has something more than animal instinct - the power of reason.
No other animal has ever left a record of its ability to count ten or even
to understand the meaning of ten. Where instinct is like a single note of a
flute, beautiful but limited, the human brain contains all the notes of all
the instruments in the orchestra.

FOURTHLY :
No need to belabour this fourth point; thanks to the human reason we can
contemplate the possibility that we are what we are only because we have received
a spark of Universal Intelligence.

FIFTHLY :
Provision for all living is revealed in phenomena which we know today
but which Darwin did not know - such as the wonders of genes.
So unspeakably tiny are these genes that, if all of them responsible for all
living people in the world could be put in one place, there would be less
than a thimbleful.

FIFTHLY :
Yet these ultra-microscopic genes and their companions, the
chromosomes, inhabit every living cell and are the absolute keys to all
human, animal and vegetable characteristics.
A thimble is a small place in which to put all the individual characteristics
of two thousand million human beings.

FIFTHLY :
However, the facts are beyond question. Well then, how do genes lock up
all the normal heredity of a multitude of ancestors and preserve the
psychology of each in such an infinitely small space?

FIFTHLY :
Here evolution really begins - at the cell, the entity, which holds and carries
genes.
How a few million atoms, locked up as an ultra-microscopic gene, can
absolutely rule all on earth is an example of profound cunning and provision
that could emanate only from a Creative Intelligence - no other hypothesis
will serve.

SIXTHLY :
By the economy of nature, we are forced to realise that only infinite
wisdom could have foreseen and prepared with such astute husbandry.
Many years ago a species of cactus was planted in Australia as a
protective fence.

SIXTHLY :
Having no insect enemies in Australia the cactus soon began a prodigious
growth; the alarming abundance persisted until the plants covered an area
as long and wide as England, crowding inhabitants out of the towns and.
villages, and destroying their farms.

SIXTHLY :
Seeking a defence, the entomologists scoured the world; finally they
turned up an insect which exclusively feeds on cactus, and would eat
nothing else.

SIXTHLY :
It would breed freely too; and it had no enemies in Australia. So animal
soon conquered vegetable and today the cactus pest has retreated, and
with it all but a small protective residue of the insects, enough to hold
the cactus in check forever.
Such checks and balances have been universally provided.

SIXTHLY :
Why have not fast-breeding insects dominated the earth? Because they
have no lungs such as man possesses; they breathe through tubes. But
when insects grow large, their tubes do not grow in ratio to the
increasing size of the body.

SIXTHLY :
Hence there has never been an insect of great size; this limitation on
growth has held them all in check.
If this physical check had not been provided, man could not exist.
Imagine meeting a hornet as big as a lion!

SEVENTH :
The fact that man can conceive the idea of God is in itself a unique proof.
The conception of god rises from a divine faculty of man, not shared with
the rest of our world - the faculty we call imagination.

SEVENTH :
By its power, man and man alone can find the evidence of things unseen.
The vista that power opens up is unbounded; indeed, as man is perfected
imagination becomes a spiritual reality.

SEVENTH :
He may discern in all the evidence of design and purpose the great truth
that heaven is wherever and whatever is; that God is everywhere and in
everything, but nowhere so close as in our hearts.
It is scientifically as well as imaginatively true; in the words of the
psalmist: “The heavens declare the glory of God and the firmament shows
His handiwork.”

IN THE NAME OF ALLAHIN THE NAME OF ALLAH
MOST COMPASIONATEMOST COMPASIONATE
““Whatever is in the heavens and on earth, dothWhatever is in the heavens and on earth, doth
declare the Praises and Glory of Allah―declare the Praises and Glory of Allah―
the Sovereign, the Holy One,the Sovereign, the Holy One,
the Exalted in Might, the Wise.”the Exalted in Might, the Wise.”

Regarding Mr. A. CressyA. Cressy Morrison’s findings, this is what
Allah s.w.t. says in the Qur’an.
““Of all His servants, only such as are endowed with (innate)Of all His servants, only such as are endowed with (innate)
knowledge stand (truly) in awe of Allah:.”knowledge stand (truly) in awe of Allah:.”
((Qur’an: Fatir 35 : 40Qur’an: Fatir 35 : 40))

““In time We shall make them fully understand Our messagesIn time We shall make them fully understand Our messages
[through what they perceive] in the utmost horizons [of the[through what they perceive] in the utmost horizons [of the
universe] and within themselves, so that it will become clearuniverse] and within themselves, so that it will become clear
unto them that this [revelation] is indeed the truth. [Still] is itunto them that this [revelation] is indeed the truth. [Still] is it
not enough [for them to know] that thy Sustainer is witnessnot enough [for them to know] that thy Sustainer is witness
unto everything?”unto everything?”
((Qur’an: Fussilat: 41: 53)Qur’an: Fussilat: 41: 53)

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"Exalted are You (O Allah); we have no"Exalted are You (O Allah); we have no
knowledge except what You have taught us.knowledge except what You have taught us.
Indeed, it is You who is the Knowing, the Wise.“Indeed, it is You who is the Knowing, the Wise.“
((Qur’an: Baqarah: 2: 32Qur’an: Baqarah: 2: 32))
IN THE NAME OF ALLAH,IN THE NAME OF ALLAH,
MOST COMPASSIONATE,MOST COMPASSIONATE,
Abul Ahad ‘Umar Gary Miller
AN-NASEEHAHAN-NASEEHAH
Sincere AdviceSincere Advice

What Allah says is indeed true.
Any who can sincerely think; who can observe many such wonderful
signs – having knowledge of such complexity; and of how amazingly
equipped some of these are; their ability to function in such a manner,
etc. - and these things are not able to directly manage themselves, but
somehow are being managed - surely, we have to concede of the
power of Allah, the Creator

Who created and designed them? and Whose power Sustains and
continue to manifest a Will over them ?
To deny existence of God - this is sheer arrogance and surely
preposterous for this would then merely ascribe it to 'nature'.
And what is 'nature'? An unknown entity, devoid of any attribution of
Will nor intelligence. Yet they imply that it (nature) alone can sustain
us ... !??

How stubbornly foolish are the deniers of truth ! Nay, if we sincerely
look within our heart and mind, especially reinforced and supported by
our pure intuition ( FITRAH ), these evidence prove clearly of the
existence of an absolute Creator and Sustainer.
And there can only be One Who is the Absolute - and to deny this is to
conceal or cover an obvious truth (the attitude termed ‘ KUFR ').
NA-‘UU-DZU – BIL-LAA-HI – MIN – DZAA-LIK!
( We seek refuge with Allah from this )

NEW ATHEISM’S ANTI-RELIGIOUS AGENDA TO SECULARIZE THE WORLDNEW ATHEISM’S ANTI-RELIGIOUS AGENDA TO SECULARIZE THE WORLD
It would be naive to regard this “It would be naive to regard this “neo-Atheismneo-Atheism” as simply an evolutionary intellectual” as simply an evolutionary intellectual
phase without any agenda - perhaps simply as their abstention to being affiliated to anyphase without any agenda - perhaps simply as their abstention to being affiliated to any
conventional faith-based religion. This would generally be true prior to the “9-11” . But since then,conventional faith-based religion. This would generally be true prior to the “9-11” . But since then,
it had unleashed the terror and war on terrorism blamed upon Islam – but inevitably the blameit had unleashed the terror and war on terrorism blamed upon Islam – but inevitably the blame
would also be levelled on every world religion that believe in God.would also be levelled on every world religion that believe in God.
We are seeing rise of a “new world order” controlled by influential powers that seek toWe are seeing rise of a “new world order” controlled by influential powers that seek to
neutralize all religion with their brand of ‘secularism’, appealing to those with religion “not to beneutralize all religion with their brand of ‘secularism’, appealing to those with religion “not to be
religious.” Ironically these new atheists are the ones now who ‘religiously’ advocating their ‘anti-religious.” Ironically these new atheists are the ones now who ‘religiously’ advocating their ‘anti-
faith’.faith’.

REFUTING BASIC FALLACIOUS ARGUMENT OF NEW ATHEISMREFUTING BASIC FALLACIOUS ARGUMENT OF NEW ATHEISM
1)1)Empirical science and methodology cannot be the definitive basis to refute philosophicalEmpirical science and methodology cannot be the definitive basis to refute philosophical
concepts nor answer metaphysical questions. They may explain the question of “concepts nor answer metaphysical questions. They may explain the question of “howhow” of things” of things
occurring in the physical universe but not to “occurring in the physical universe but not to “whywhy” it happened. Science has its limitation.” it happened. Science has its limitation.
2)2)Richard Dawkin’s “Richard Dawkin’s “God DelusionGod Delusion” rely upon his radical insistence of his interpretation of” rely upon his radical insistence of his interpretation of
‘‘Darwinian theory of EvolutionDarwinian theory of Evolution’ as though it is the gospel truth which thus can replace the need to’ as though it is the gospel truth which thus can replace the need to
believe in a God. To his dismissing the theist with the questionbelieve in a God. To his dismissing the theist with the question ““who created God?who created God?”,”, reveals hisreveals his
ignorance of religion in rejecting his false notion of a ‘created’ God –ignorance of religion in rejecting his false notion of a ‘created’ God – a fallacy called strawmana fallacy called strawman
argumentargument..

3)3)New atheists accuse theists as having ‘blind faith’ and insist in applying the ‘New atheists accuse theists as having ‘blind faith’ and insist in applying the ‘scientific methodscientific method’’
towards the believe in God , demanding observable empirical evidence directly, whereas in theirtowards the believe in God , demanding observable empirical evidence directly, whereas in their
own belief in “own belief in “evolution theoryevolution theory” they cannot yet offer any observable evidence of it.” they cannot yet offer any observable evidence of it.
4)4)We in Islam, do not reject “We in Islam, do not reject “evolutionevolution” as the natural mechanism of how Allah SWT has ordered” as the natural mechanism of how Allah SWT has ordered
creation (creation (SUNNATULLAHSUNNATULLAH) - albeit micro within species. Our concern is their absurd ‘) - albeit micro within species. Our concern is their absurd ‘leap of faithleap of faith’’
without any evidence of ‘without any evidence of ‘cross-species evolutioncross-species evolution’ they regard as gospel truth whereas, this has never’ they regard as gospel truth whereas, this has never
been definitively proven. Also since Darwin had not known about a new factor in discovery of thebeen definitively proven. Also since Darwin had not known about a new factor in discovery of the
DNA , this now requires further re-thinking.DNA , this now requires further re-thinking.

5)5)New atheists are actually reacting directly to Christianity regarding their Trinitarian doctrine andNew atheists are actually reacting directly to Christianity regarding their Trinitarian doctrine and
of a God incarnating as human having to die to forgive the mysterious stain of ‘sin’; the Biblical viewof a God incarnating as human having to die to forgive the mysterious stain of ‘sin’; the Biblical view
of ‘creation’; claim of miracles, etc. which they regard as unscientific and logically ‘absurd’.of ‘creation’; claim of miracles, etc. which they regard as unscientific and logically ‘absurd’.
6)6)Yet their mistake is that they then conveniently assume that all other religions are similarlyYet their mistake is that they then conveniently assume that all other religions are similarly
‘absurd’. With rise in Islamophobia and media sensationalism, these new atheists’ erroneous view‘absurd’. With rise in Islamophobia and media sensationalism, these new atheists’ erroneous view
of Islam is further distorted. For they who insist on being scientific, objective and insistence uponof Islam is further distorted. For they who insist on being scientific, objective and insistence upon
evidence, they failed miserably to apply this standard when evaluating Islam.evidence, they failed miserably to apply this standard when evaluating Islam.

7)7)New atheists seem adamant to stamp out religion as evil as their main agenda.New atheists seem adamant to stamp out religion as evil as their main agenda.
Apparently they are either ignorant or have short memories of world history. Their anti-Apparently they are either ignorant or have short memories of world history. Their anti-
religion bigotry is revealing when they accuse all “religion bigotry is revealing when they accuse all “Religions”Religions” to be the cause of most wars,to be the cause of most wars,
destructions and mass killings, yet they conveniently forget the “destructions and mass killings, yet they conveniently forget the “Atheism”Atheism” of Stalin, Mao
Tse Tung etc. and its progeny – the godless “Secularism; humanism; materialism etc.”
8)Actually without religion, human will inevitably become devoid of true morality and
ethics. We fear their radicalizing “We fear their radicalizing “evolutionevolution” can lead to our humanity evolving to” can lead to our humanity evolving to
becoming less human or even inhuman.becoming less human or even inhuman.
Na-’uu-dzu-billah.
WALLAAHU A’-LAM

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