Revelation, Rationality, Knowledge and Truth

by Hadrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad

The underlying theme of the book is that the belief in a divine power, the Creator, is not in contradiction with the acceptance of scientific rationale.

Genres: Religion, Philosophy, Nonfiction, Theology, Islam

756 pages, Paperback

First published December 31, 1998

Reviews

[Adeel Ahmed · Rating 5 out of 5]

Writing a review for a book you really like is a scary task.

[Alimohtasham Khan]

It shows what Islam says about evolution.
It explanis Islams point of view about birth. The discussions are rational. I could not get anything out of this book when I went through it quickly. A slow reading with pondering on the ideas helps but needs more time for serious study.

[Firdaus mubarik · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read Indonesian version, yeah I got the copy of unpublished indonesia version.

[Kashif Akaash · Rating 4 out of 5]

I have learned quite a lot about religions (Islamic point of view in particular) and evolutionary and cosmic concepts of science. It is a greatly researched piece of work. As someone else reviewed it as one of a kind from Islamic literature; it is true that there is no known scientific and contentious approach taken from any Islamic scholars until Mirza Tahir Ahmad. He really is very well-read scholar in various disciplines. I would love to know the response from anti-God thinkers but I am doubted about them having read it yet. Richard Dawkins in particular must answer if has read it. Although there are many points raised in defense of revelation, knowledge, and truth but there are still few essential philosophical questions avoided by the author. Such as God's actual purpose of creating life or human in particular. I was also searching for discussion about freewill and God's foreknowledge in this book but no avail. Moreover the last chapter is out of the main subjects' context. It is all about the rivalry between his own Islamic sect's believes and other Muslims. Overall I believe it's well researched argumentative piece of work.

[Atia Ahmed · Rating 5 out of 5]

The book is very broad. One must keep in mind that it is not scientific and has a clear point of view. Written by a muslim religious leader, it obviously portrays his view of matters. He still keeps an open mind about the "dirty laundry" of his own religion. The book examines the question of how to reach truth and if science alone can unveil it.

It is a compelling read and just for the accumulation of facts and figures it is worth a read. It broadens the mind but should be always looked at from the a neutral position.

The arguments about the existence of god are enlightening and the parts about evolution and the big bang mind blowing. I loved the book and will probably come back to it in years to come and reread certain parts.

[Zaina · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is an amazing book which analyzes evolution and many other scientific topics that bother modern men who want to believe in God and answers many objections raised by modern atheists and agnostics.

[Rahmat · Rating 5 out of 5]

Kontribusi pemikiran yang okay dalam membangun peradaban dunia yang lebih toleran, plural, islami dan rahmatan lil alamin.

[Syed Syal · Rating 5 out of 5]

Inspiring..

[Amtul · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazingly awesome

[Ayaan Shah · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hazrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad (RA) shows that religion and science are not exclusive of each other. Using interpretations of the Qur’an and other religious texts, Ahmad establishes that not everything in these texts should be taken literally, as they are only a translation. He then provides interpretations of the books that are conciliatory with both the original text and modern day science. A fascinating must-read for anyone interested in faith and science, regardless of religious background.

[Tata Martadinata · Rating 5 out of 5]

Buku yang membuka wawasan relasi antara wahyu dan rasionalitas, antara agama dan sains.