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Kuch din pehlay
mujhe ittefaq say facebook pur ek discussion nazar ayi jo k Pakistani born
atheists aur Muslims k durmiyan thi. Aur us main evolution ka zikar bi aya. Us
ko dekh k mujhe aisa mehsus hua k jaisay woh dicussion koi Christian
fundamentalist aur Western atheist k durmiyan ho na k Pakistani logon k
durmiyan jaisi k woh honi chahiye thi. Is main kuch to un Muslims aur atheists
ka fault hai k unhon nay kabi Islam aur science dono ko seriously liya hi
nahi aur kuch puri Pakistani quom ka bi hai k unhon nay kabi evolution k mamlay ko
seriously nahi liya. Yehi waja hai k main yeh aj wali post urdu main likh raha
hun takay maximum loge is ko zyada say zyada samajh sakain. Kyun k Islamic world main burhti hui education, biology ki importance aur intenet k access ki waja
say ab yeh topic agay aye ga hi, aj ya kul. Hamari generation shayad yeh guzar
jaye gi bagher samjhay pur agli generation zarur sawal karay gi.
Is post main sub say pehlay meri koshish hogi k main chund ek alfaz k meaning clear karun jo baki post main use honay hain ya jo samajhna zaruri hain kisi bi purhnay walay k liye. Us k bad main evolution ki full explanation dun ga, jis main microevolution, macroevolution, natural selection aur human evolution ki explanations examples k sath shamil hon gi. Aur is bat ki explanation bi k akhir scientists ko kyun lugta hai k yeh strong theory hai. Yad rahay k is post main mera muqsud evolution ka scientific status determine kurna nahi hai. Mera muqsud sirf evolution ki knowledge spread kurna aur is sawal ka jawab discuss kurna hai k 'Kya evolution Islam k khilaf hai ya nahi?'. Akhir mai main different Muslim authorities k evolution pur views likhun ga. Aur un say koi nateeja nikalnay ki koshish karun ga.
Is post main sub say pehlay meri koshish hogi k main chund ek alfaz k meaning clear karun jo baki post main use honay hain ya jo samajhna zaruri hain kisi bi purhnay walay k liye. Us k bad main evolution ki full explanation dun ga, jis main microevolution, macroevolution, natural selection aur human evolution ki explanations examples k sath shamil hon gi. Aur is bat ki explanation bi k akhir scientists ko kyun lugta hai k yeh strong theory hai. Yad rahay k is post main mera muqsud evolution ka scientific status determine kurna nahi hai. Mera muqsud sirf evolution ki knowledge spread kurna aur is sawal ka jawab discuss kurna hai k 'Kya evolution Islam k khilaf hai ya nahi?'. Akhir mai main different Muslim authorities k evolution pur views likhun ga. Aur un say koi nateeja nikalnay ki koshish karun ga.
Ab asal topic ki taraf atay hain. Jub bi evolution ka
zikar ata hai to pehla argument jo aam loge, mutlub jo science nahi jantay, us
k khilaf pehla argument yeh detay hain woh yeh k kyun k evolutionsirf ek theory hai is liye evolution ki
fikar kurnay ki ya us ko samajhnay ki zarurat hi nahi. Haqeeqt yeh hai k woh scientific method main theory ka sahi meaning hi nahi samajhtay.
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Un ka khayal hota
hai k pehlay hypothesis bunta hai phir us say theory aur phir us say law bunta
hai. In-fact mujhe yad hai k mujhe matric main yehi bat purhai gayi thi aj say
koi 8 saal pehlay. Ya phir yeh k science main bi theory ka wohi meaning hota
hai jo us ka general meaning hai. Nahi! Ager kisi ka yeh khayal hai to woh
ghalat hai kyun k scientific theory is a well-substantiated explanation of a natural phenomena. Newton ki theory of gravity aur motion of planets bi theory
hai isi tarah yeh bat k insanon ko bacteria, viruses aur deegar geraseemon ki waja say bemarian hoti hain bi ek theory hai. In-fact sari ki sari science hi theory
based hai. Laws bi facts hotay hain pur woh zyada exact hotay hai aur zyada tur
mathematical forms main hotay hain. Theory zyada general hoti hain. Laws yeh
batatay hain k hota kya hai. Yeh nahi batatay k hota kyun hai. Theory yeh
bi batati hai k hota kyun hai kuch. Yeh bat nahi hai k theory ghalat nahi ho sukti.
Ghalat ho sukti hai kyun k science apni kisi bi bat ko hurf e akhir nahi kehti.
Misal k taur pur Einstein ki theory of relativity nay Newton k laws of motion
ko ghalat sabit kur diya sadion bad though Newton k laws of motion abi bi
istamal kiye jatay hain kyun k ager object ki speed light k speed ki nisbat
zyada na ho to woh thek hi result detay hain.
Is line say pehlay
666 *evil smile* words ho chukay hain is liye main aj ki post ko yahin khatam
kurta hun. Kyun k main chahta hun k hur admi yeh posts purhay aur aisa na ho k
post ka size dekh k hi bhag jaye akhir 3 din say planning aur research isi liye
kur raha hun. To find out when I post the next time (jo k ek adh din main hi
kur dun ga) with the rest of the stuff ap loge yeh facebook page like
kur suktay hain, better yet allow notifications from the page. Ya phir twitter,
google, email waghera pur bi follow kur suktay hain..
Farhad, this is an important subject and glad that you gave it so much thought and effort. I do have some feedback to your blog that you may or may not like.
ReplyDelete1. The difference between theories and laws is more than what you put it as. A law is accompanied with a proof, mathematical or mathematical, it doesnt matter. But a proof that puts is largely beyond debate.
A theory on the other hand is based on evidence. Evidence can sometimes be misleading and incomplete. Sometimes new evidence makes the older one irrelevant. This is why a theory always remain open for debate under the scientific method.
Newton put forward a theory but then we have basic laws of physics and motion that came out of his and other scientists work. Each law is accompanied with proof.
Big bang for example is a theory based on observed movement stars and galaxies. There is no proof of it. It is just a hypothesised explanation of how the universe may have come about.
In the same way evolution is a theory based on observation. Whether man evolved from a monkey or not can never be proved - only hypothesised. The present evidence may be convincing but it is not exhaustive. Creation of life cannot be explained using the theories of evolution. Adaptation within species is observed and proven but mutation is only a theory made up to fit the problem. There is no proof. Nobody has ever observed one species give birth to something with even a slightly different genetic template.
Until those questions are answered with properly not just hypothesised about, the theory of how man came about must remain open for discussion.
Having said all that, Quran does not imply it either way. The explanation of creation of man allow for a 'process' through which man was created by Allah. That may or may not have happened through natural selection and mutation. Neither is ruled out.
Personally i find the theory and evidence around mutation (jump between species) to be pretty unconvincing. All research and theories seem to be designed to prove a pre-decided result, which makes it pretty biased.
Regards,
I think you know who I am :)
First of all, thank you for taking the time to read and comment. I have narrowed you down to four people considering your impeccable English and knowledge of evolution and considering that you are a Pakistani Muslim and think I would know who you are. However, the only factor I have to separate those 4 is the tone and style with which they write and breaking that down. I can guess 1 person but I am not sure :)
DeleteMost of what you have said about theory and law is correct. My intention basically was to clarify that scientific theory is not like theory we use generally and to dispel the general perception that a law is the next step in ladder of scientific method for a theory, which it is not, and until the theory becomes a law it is fine not to accept it. For example, gravity is a theory but we are not going to see the keyboard fly up in the air if I pick it up and let it go in the air. Similarly germ theory of disease is pretty well-established. So my point was that theory is not something to be taken lightly.
What you said about evolution might or might not be true, as you yourself accept. As I mentioned at the start of the post that it is not my intention to challenge or test the validity of evolution. We are only beginning to explore the universe and I believe evolution theory would be modified, sooner or later, at the very least. My point is to spread the knowledge of evolution as the scientists present it and show whether evolution is against Islam or not because quite few people in the general public seem to believe it is.
Applaud your effort and intentions and detective skills as well ;). You got me.
DeleteI see you are writing more parts to this, so I wont comment on details of evolution as yet. Just a note that gravity is not theory. Gravitation pull between objects is a natural phenomenon of gravitation referred to as 'Law of Gravity' in physics.
Having said that, I take and agree to you point that a theory cannot be rejected simply because of gaps are present. At the same time every theory must be questioned, doubted and continuously subjected to review under the very scientific method it was formed.
In the context of evolution, as much as one side (far right theocrats) reject the theory outrightly, the other side (far left militant atheists) act as if it was established beyond any and all doubt and any one even questioning the gaps is retard for not accepting it.
Regards,
Ahsan
Thank you :)
DeleteI totally agree, that is the most beautiful part of science, isn't it? To question and doubt everything. To be curious and review everything and to demand proof of everything. But to do all that one must have the complete understanding of the thing which one desires to doubt and criticize. Which is why I am doing this. So even if someone wants to doubt evolution, alright, thats their choice but they should at least have the knowledge of evolution before that. Similarly there are atheists who don't know anything about Islam but they would bring evolution in an argument to corner Muslims and then present the same argument Western atheists present in-front of Christians. And because even the Muslims don't properly either Islam or evolution they act the way just as the atheists want them to act -_- stupidly.