Qur’anic prerequisits to developing scientific mind: a presentation

• Main Author: Gilani, Sayyid Muhammad Yunus
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English; English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: BL Religion; BP134 Qur'an
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/33452/1/Yusnus_Conf-scientific_mind-Full_Paper.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/33452/4/ichom2013_program_schedule_02nov.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/33452/
• Institution: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia

Islamic science has a glorious past and it successfully contributes to the development of modern science. The emergence, developments and accomplishments of Islamic scientific trend are traced back to the advent of Islamic era when human mind had been radically reformed, and transformed from its irrational and superstitious tendency into a scientific nature. There are overwhelming emphases given in the Quran on shaping a scientific mind. In order to achieve this aim, the Quran follows many unique methods, such as denying supposition in the place of conviction, disobeying caprice and emotions in place of knowledge, discouraging blind imitation of forefathers and chieftains, developing consciousness, employing deductive reasoning, approaching the doctrine of cause and effect, posing enlightening questions, developing deep and critical thinking instead of superficial outlook. However, in the context of modern approaches of shaping scientific mind, Qur’anic three approaches namely making mind conscious, developing capacity of objective judgment and conscious reasoning should be scrutinized