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Islam Rediscovered

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<strong>Islam</strong> <strong>Rediscovered</strong>1. Search for Truthever claimed that science attempts to find out theabsolute truth. All scientists humbly submit that the“search for truth” is not their target. They aresimply trying to understand how the objectiveworld functions and not why it functions. Forinstance, the chemistry of a flower may bechemically analyzed, but not its odour.Chemistry can describe how water may be turnedinto steam power, but not why a miraculous lifegivingelement such as water came to exist in ourworld. Similarly, while science is concerned withthe biological aspect of man, it is not the aim ofscience to try to discover the secret of the strangephenomena commonly known as the mind andspirit.Science has never claimed that its objective is todiscover the total truth or absolute reality. Theconcerns of science are basically descriptive, andnot teleological. Although science has failed to givea satisfactory answer to the quest for truth, it is notto be disparaged, for this has never been itsmotivation.~ 24 ~

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