Scholar Stresses Avoiding Extremes When Talking about Link between Quran, Science
He made the remark at a preliminary session of an international congress of Quran and science.
He said some have an encyclopedic view of the Quran while some others totally deny the existence of scientific topics in the Holy Book.
However, there have also been moderate approaches to the issue by some scholars who have tried to prove the scientific miracle of the Quran, Moqimi added.
He said that science in the Quran has two dimensions, one being the rational aspect and the other the empirical.
He referred to the upcoming congress and said it will be held at the University of Tehran with the aim to looking at sciences through the window of the Holy Book.
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Hojat-ol-Islam Mahmoud Mohammadi Araqi was another speaker at the session who said the congress should discuss different views on the relationship between the Quran and science and come to a comprehensive theory.
Philosophy professor Gholam Reza Aavani also addressed the gathering, saying the Quran is the Book of God and inclusive of all divine truths and should therefore be viewed with a compressive approach.
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