The Quran and Science: A New

Perspective in the age of the

internet

Dr. Ishfaq Ahmad

Professor of Computer Science and Engineering

Director: Center for Advanced Computing Systems
Editor-in-Chief: Discover, Internet-of-Things
Fellow of IEEE
Member: Committee on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Member: The University Senate
The University of Texas at Arlington
iahmad@cse.uta.edu

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 Outline
❑ Show the relationship between science and the Quran.
❑ Computing and the Quran.
❑ Reflections on science, knowledge and the human brain.
❑ Examining some Scientific-Signs of Allah.
❑ Understanding Allah’s power in human terms.
❑ The computer versus the human brain.
❑ Recent scientific discoveries explained with the Signs given in the Quran.
❑ What lessons we can learn from the Quran in the age of the Internet.
❑ Introduction to “The Perfect Human.”

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 Some Realities
“Do not mix truth with falsehood, or hide the truth
when you know it.” (Quran, The Calf, 2:42)
 We must not twist the meaning of something knowingly.
 We must not make opinions without knowledge.
 We must not judge any book without reading it.
 We must respect other faiths.
 No one can be forced to believe anything.
 Be careful in linking the Quran with science because some scientific theories will change.
 It is essential to listen to Christians and Atheists and be tolerant.
 The purpose is to show the scientific aspect of the Quran, not prove the existence of God.

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 the Quran
 Word of God, revealed 1,400 years ago.
 Descended to Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) over a period of about 23 years, verse
by verse or groups of verses, etched to his heart.
 The Arabic Quran is unedited, unmodified, unaltered, and is not subject to
changes.
 No new translation overrides the old translation.
 A unique book with style and content unmatched.
 The Quran is the only religious book that has references to Physics, Chemistry,
Biology, Mathematics, Astronomy, Economics, Zoology, Ecology, Biology,
Oceanography, Geology, and Computing, and all correctly.
 When you read the Quran, it reads as if written for this age.
“Or do they say: ‘He (Muhammad) has forged it?’ Say: ’Bring then a chapter
like unto it, and take assistance from whomsoever you can, besides Allah, if
you are truthful!’” (Quran, Jonah, 10:38).

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 World Population and the Fastest Growing Islam
Religious Population and Projected Growth (in millions)
Years
Annual Percentage
Item Growth (1910-2020) 1910 2010 2021 2060
Christians 1.25% 612 2,260 2,400 3,945
Muslims 1.97% 222 1,553 1,900 4,142
Jews 0.12% 13 15 15 16
Hindus 1.55% 223 949 1,200 2,240
Buddhists 1.19% 138 494 506 813
Sikhs 1.92% 3.2 24 26 55
Confucianists 1.90% 0.7 6 6 13
World 1.10%** 1,758 6,650 7,800 13,479
***Current rate: 1.1% is used in the projection, 49 Muslim Majority countries, 10million Muslims in USA, the largest after Christians

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Understanding the Quran
“It is He who has sent down to you, [O Muhammad], the Book; in it are verses that are
precise - they are the foundation of the Book - and others Allegorical.” (Quran, The Family
of Imran, 3:7).
 We are not making a new translation of the Quran.
 We are not making a new interpretation.
 Not twisting the Quran’s meanings to our purpose.
 Recognize that:
❑ The Quran has 918 euphemistic expressions in 703 verses.
❑ Metaphorical language and textual coherence of the Quran.
❑ Countless mentions of signs of Allah, many of which refer to computing.
❑ The verses of the Quran directly confirm the science of different era, including today’s knowledge.
❑ Over 150 verses urging us to think, reason, analyze, compare, understand, observe, use logic.

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 The relationship Between the Quran
Time
and Science Time
The Quran Universe comes into being 13.5 billion years ago
Earth comes into being 4 billion years ago

Man arrives
100,000 years ago
Principles of morality, stone age
3000 BC creation, life, the
Science 10,000 BC
Agriculture 10,000 BC
Holy world and Fundamental Bronze age 2600-700B C
Scriptures environment; scientific principles;
Verses confirming the Iron age 1200-600 BC
are Betterment of To learn about
60 CE revealed current but always
humanity creation, life, the
true knowledge Scientific
world and
The Quran is Revolution
610-632 CE
revealed
A fundamental
environment;
betterment of Industrial
Static (fundamentals)
scientific
humanity
1760-1840 CE
revolution
Dynamic (open to principle
interpretation) Dynamic, changing Computer 1946 CE-now
with time Revolution

Today Today Today

Find Truth Find Truth
Future

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Separating Science and Religious

Smithsonian Magazine:
Why Carl Sagan is Truly Irreplaceable
No one will ever match his talent as the
“gatekeeper of scientific credibility”
No one has ever explained space, in all its
bewildering glory, as well as Sagan did.

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 Human Brain
Weighing about 3 pounds, the human brain is three percent of the body's weight and uses over 20 percent of the body's
energy. The majority of the energy consumed in the rapid firing of millions of neurons communicating with each other.

Typical
Scientists
and Atheists

Typical Religious leaders

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 Prostration

“So you fall down in prostration to Allah and worship Him alone.” (Quran, The Star, 53:62).

“And Moses made haste, and bowed his head toward the earth, and worshipped.” (Exodus, 34:8).
“And he went a little farther, and fell on his face, and prayed.” (Matthew, 26:39)
“Abram fell facedown, and God said to him.” (Genesis, 17:3).

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 Computers and Programming
The Basic Computer

Arithmetic Logic
Unit(counting) Output:
Central Display
Processing
Unit
(CPU) Control

Instruction Data
Stream Stream

Memory
Input: keyboard

Storage
Record
Not just the language, but the algorithm is also important Program
Register
and Data

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Computers and Programming
The Basic Computer

Arithmetic Logic
Unit(counting)
Processing and calculating Output:
Display
Central
Processing
Unit
(CPU) Control

Instruction Data
Stream Stream

Memory
Input: keyboard

Data and program storage Program

and Data

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 The Quran and Computing

“The sun and the moon orbit with precisely

computed movements.” (Quran, The Most
Merciful, 55:5).

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 Allah Calculates, counts, computes
and stores
 “Behold, His is the judgement. He is the swiftest of accountants.” (Quran, The Cattle, 6:62)
 “And sufficient is Allah as Accountant.” (Quran, The Confederates, 33:39)
 “Indeed Allah is ever, over all things, an accountant.” (Quran, Women, 4:86)
 “Allah is swift in taking account.”(Quran, Family of Imran, 3:19)
 “Allah is swift in account.”(Quran, Calf, 2:202)
 “And sufficient is Allah as accountant.” (Quran, The Confederates, 33:39)
 “Indeed, it is a noble Quran. In a register well-protected.” (Quran, The inevitable, 56:77-78)
 “And there is no creature on earth but that upon Allah is its provision, and He knows its place of
dwelling and place of storage. All is in a clear register.”(Quran, Hud, 11:6)
 “Do you not know that Allah knows what is in the heaven and earth? Indeed, that is in a record.
Indeed that, for Allah , is easy.” (Quran, Pilgrimage, 22:70)

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 References to Storage in the Quran
 And not absent from your Lord is any of an atom's weigh within the earth or within the heaven or
[anything] smaller than that or greater but that it is in a clear register.” (Quran, Jonah, 10:61).
 We have not neglected in the Register a thing. Then unto their Lord they will be gathered.” (Quran,
Livestock, 6:38).
 “There is nothing that is hidden - be it in the heaven or the earth - but is recorded in a Clear Book
(Quran, The Ant, 27:75).
 Not absent from Him is an atom's weight within the heavens or within the earth or what is smaller than
that or greater, except that it is in a clear register.” (Quran, Saba, 34:3).
 “Indeed, it is We who bring the dead to life and record what they have put forth and what they left
behind, and all things We have enumerated in a clear register.” (Quran, Yasin, 36:12).
 “Moses said, ‘The knowledge thereof is with my Lord in a record. My Lord neither errs nor forgets.’”
(Quran, Taha, 20:52).

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Some Latest Scientific Discoveries about the
Earth and Universe

Scientists: The life on Earth is a creation of “6 lucky breaks”

The probability of 6 sixes = 1/6 x 1/6 x 1/6 x 1/6 x 1/6 x 1/6 = 1/46,656

The probability of 6 events = 1/million x 1/million x 1/million x 1/million x

1/million x 1/million = 1/10 power 36

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First Lucky Break: earth’s ideaL Position
Five billion years ago: There is a cloud and smoke of interstellar gas and dust
Then 99% of the cosmic smoke moves to the center to
create the Sun and the 1% of the dust makes the
planets of our solar system including the Earth. But
why and how this way? Anyone knows?

“Then He directed Himself to the heaven while it was

smoke and said to it and to the earth, ‘Come into
being, willingly or by compulsion.’ They said, ‘We have
come willingly.’” (Quran, Expounded, 41:11)
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First Lucky Break: More than one break

Milky Way,
our galaxy

26,000 light years

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 First Lucky Break: earth’s ideaL Position
The rotation created a protoplanetary disc, a spinning disk of rock and dust like a pizza dough
Goldilocks zone: Ideal position of Earth for supporting life

Mercury and Venus too close, Uranus and Jupiter and Saturn protect Earth
Neptune too far from the Sun
The Quran refers to the stars and
planets with different Arabic words.
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 Second Lucky Break: Stable Climate
Moon is created. By Chance? Is the tilt of Earth by chance?

“And the moon, We have measured its positions for it till it returns like
the old dried curved date stalk.” (Quran, Yasin, 36:39),
“And made the moon therein a reflected light and made the sun a burning
lamp.” (Quran, Noah 71:16).
“It is Allah Who sends the Winds, and they raise the Clouds.” (Quran, The
Romans, 30: 48).

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 The Sun and the Moon
 NASA: The Sun rotates on its axis once in about 27 days. The Sun's rotation axis is tilted by
about 7.25 degrees from the axis of the Earth's orbit.
 The moon orbits Earth once every 27.322 days. It also takes approximately 27 days for the
moon to rotate once on its axis—synchronous rotation

“The sun and the moon orbit with

precisely computed movements.”
(Quran, The Most Merciful, 55:5).

“It is not allowable for the sun to reach the moon,

nor does the night overtake the day, but each, in an
orbit, is swimming.” (Quran, Yasin, 36:40).

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 Third Lucky Break: Iron arrives
Two billion years ago: Asteroids showered down smaller chunks of rock.

“And We sent down iron,

wherein is great military might
and benefits for the people.”
(Quran, Iron, 57:25)

Iron age: 1200 BC

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 How iron was created
“The creation of the heavens
“Allah created the heaven
and earth is greater than the
and the earth in truth, and
creation of humankind, and
each entity between them
many people do not know.”
for a fixed term. (Quran,
(Quran, The Forgiver, 40:57)
The Romans, 30:8).

After completing their terms, stars explode causing cosmic fusions

Sequences of stars create iron, other sequences of stars create gold, and
copper, lead, rhodium, etc., and send it into space as debris.
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protective layer

The magnetic shield

acting as an umbrella

“And We made the sky a protected

ceiling, but they, from its signs, are
turning away.” (Quran, Prophets, 21:32)

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 Fourth Lucky Break: Water Arrives
4.5 to 3.8 billion years ago: The Earth is full of nitrogen and carbon dioxide, missing the essential
ingredient, water.
The Late Heavy Bombardment Period: A violent assault on young Earth but a blessing in disguise
Water arrives: Comets and asteroids bombard the Earth with ice. By chance, again?

“He sends down rain from the sky by which He

brings to life the earth after its lifelessness.
Indeed, in that are signs for people who use
reason.” (Quran, The Romans, 30:24).

“He arranges matter from the heaven to the

earth; then it will ascend to Him in a Day, the
extent of which is a thousand years of those
which you count.” (Quran, The Prostration,
32:5).

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 FIFTH Lucky Break: Oxygen
Three and half million years ago: Living organisms create oxygen
and the protective Ozone layer

“It is He who made for you from

the green tree, fire, and then
from it you ignite.” (Quran, Yasin,
36:80)

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Sixth Lucky Break: New Life from Water
Sixty-six million years ago: Dinosaurs disappear and are replaced by new life
from water

“From water We have created all living

things. Will they then have no faith?”
(Quran, The Prophets, 21:30).

“Allah has created every creature from water. And of them are those that move on their
bellies, and of them are those that walk on two legs, and of them are those that walk on four.
Allah creates what He wills. Indeed, Allah is over all things competent,” (Quran, Light, 24:45)

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 How many Luck Breaks?
Each lucky break has many additional associated “lucky breaks.”
Is life on Earth the result of 100s of “lucky” breaks?

The joint probability of 100s events, each with the probability of 1/million
= almost zero
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 The Big Bang (just a Theory)

“Have the unbelievers not ever considered that the heavens and
the earth were one piece and that We tore them apart from one
another?” (Quran, The Prophets, 21:30).
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 The Universe
“And it is He who “Do they not contemplate
created the night and within themselves? Allah
the day and the sun and created the heaven and the
the moon; All heavenly earth in truth, and each entity
bodies swim in an between them for a fixed
orbit.” (Quran, The term. (Quran, The Romans,
Prophets, 21:33). 30:8).

“And it is We Who have “By the sky full of orbits.”

built the Universe, and (Quran, The Winds That
behold, We are steadily Scatter, 51:7).
expanding it,” (Quran,
The Winds That Scatter,
51:47)

“And the heaven He raised, and He set up the

balance,” (Quran, The Most Merciful, 55:7-9)

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 Who Created Allah, Does Allah know the Future
Science knows the universe Space and time were Time and gravity are related
is not three-dimensional created instantaneously
but is four-dimensional
Matter and Energy

The universe expanded

faster than the speed of
light

Time is relative
Everyone’s time clock depends
Eternal Life
“A day in the sight of your where in space they are
Lord is equal to thousand years “(Paradise) the breadth of which is as the “(Paradise) The angels and the Spirit
how you count.” (Quran, The breadth of the heaven and the earth, will ascend to Him during a Day the
Pilgrimage, 22:47). prepared for the ones who believed in Allah extent of which is fifty thousand
and His Messengers,” (Quran, Iron, 57:21). years.” (Quran, Maarij, 70:4).

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 Where is paradise and Hell
“(Paradise) the breadth of which is as the
breadth of the heaven and the earth,
 Where is paradise and how big is it? prepared for the ones who believed in Allah
 Eternal life consistent with the laws of and His Messengers,” (Quran, Iron, 57:21).
the Physics of the four-dimensional
universe.
Time can freeze.

 Where is hell and how big is it?

 Black holes? How long will bad guys suffer? That depends on where in the
hell they are.
 Imagine the agony
Allah is Most Merciful

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 The Quran Spot on

“And when the heaven is split open and becomes rose-colored

like oil.” (Quran, The Most Merciful, 55:37).

A nebula is a giant cloud of dust and gas in space, created

by the explosion of a dying star, such as a supernova.

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 Parallel Universes
 In quantum mechanics, a parallel universe is theorized as existing alongside
our own, although undetectable.

“Is not He who created the

heavens and the earth Able to
create the likes of them? Yes, it is
so; and He is the Knowing
Creator.” (Quran, Yasin, 36:81).

“It is Allah who has created seven

heavens and of the earth, the like of
them.” (Quran, Divorce 65:12).

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 the Quran’s chaLLenge
“ O company of jinn and mankind, if you are able to pass beyond the regions of the
heavens and the earth, then pass. You will not pass except by authority [from Allah].”
(Quran, The Most Merciful, 55:33).

The biggest challenge is

the space debris even if
we can make a ship

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 Purpose of Life and Intelligence Versus
Artificial intelligence
What's not understood is how clusters of “The soul is of the affair of my Lord. And mankind have not
neurons from the diverse regions of the brain been given of knowledge except a little.” (Quran, The Cave,
collaborate to form consciousness (Scientific 17:85)
American)
“It is He who created death and life to test you as to which of
you is best in deed - and He is the Exalted in Might, the
Forgiving.” (Quran, The Sovereignty, 67:2)

Broca’s Brain: The Brain is like a muscle.

When we think well, we feel good.

“Did you, then, think that We created you in mere idle

play, and that you would not have to return to Us?”
(Quran, The Believers, 23:115)
Carl Sagan: The cultivation of the mind is a kind of food
supplied for soul of mind (Marcus Tulius Cicero, 45-44 BC)

Pass the test of life with conscientious decision-making.

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 Computer and Human Code
The Digital Computer
00010001110010100011100111110100 Our DNA
A random computer code
GTACCGGAATCAGATTGAGGTTACTGGTCA
000 AA
001 A DNA sub sequence AC
010 2*2*2 =8 AT
10 * 10 * 10 = 1000 011 combinations AG
combinations 100 CA
101 ….
110 ….
111 16 bit can store 232 or 32 bit can store 2(2*32) GG
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
32 positions can store 232 different numbers AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAC
00000000000000000000000000000000 AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAG
00000000000000000000000000000001
00000000000000000000000000000010
00000000000000000000000000000011 GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGC
GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGT
GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG
11111111111111111111111111111100
11111111111111111111111111111110
11111111111111111111111111111111
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 A Supercomputer

 A computer with much faster computing speed compared to the average computer.
 A relative term applicable to a particular era.
 Using thousands and millions of processors to solve very complex problems in science
and engineering.
 Moore’s Law: the average computing speed doubles every 18 months.
 The speed of a supercomputer increases 1000-fold in about 10-12 years.
 Requires a tremendous amount of knowledge and expertise in computer science,
hardware and software, and money (the number one supercomputer costs $1.2 billion).
 There is a list of the top 500 supercomputers in the world, which is updated twice a year.

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 Computers and Supercomputers
The Basic Computer/Core
Computer Speed
Artificial Intelligence
CPU FLOPS = Scientific Operations Per Second
Speed = 1,000,000,000,000,000,000 FLOPS
Instruction Data
Stream Strea
m
Memory

7 million
CPUs
inside

The number one

Supercomputer
in the world

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 How Supercomputer Technology Exploded and
Becomes obsolete in 5 years
1001.00E+12
Eflop/s
101.00E+11
Eflop/s
4.8 EFlop/s
1.00E+10
1 Eflop/s
1.00E+09 1.1 EFlop/s
100 Pflop/s
1.00E+08
10 Pflop/s SUM
1.00E+07
1 Pflop/s
1.00E+06
1001.00E+05
Tflop/s 1.73 PFlop/s
101.00E+04
Tflop/s N=1
1 Tflop/s
1.00E+03 1.17 TFlop/s My Laptop: 426 Gflop/s
1001.00E+02
Gflop/s N=500
59.7 GFlop/s
101.00E+01
Gflop/s
1.00E+00
1 Gflop/s
1.00E-01 422 MFlop/s
100 Mflop/s
1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022

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The Universe: The estimated number of stars 300x1021 A grain of Salt: The number of
Some numbers atoms 1.2x1018

“And He knows that which is in the “None in the heavens

heavens and that which is on the earth. and earth knows the
And Allah is over all things competent.” unseen except Allah,”
(Quran, The Family of Imran, 3:29) (Quran, The Ant, 27:65)

“The creation of the heavens and “And the heaven He raised, and He set up the “And not absent from your
earth is greater than the creation balance,” (Quran, The Most Merciful, 55:7-9) Lord is any part of an atom's
of humankind, and many people
weight within the earth or
do not know.” (Quran, The The current computing within the heaven or
Forgiver, 40:57) challenge: Solve the N-
body problem: 100x109 anything smaller than that
Carl Sagan: The or greater but that it is in a
universe is as big clear register.” (Quran,
as it requires our
Jonah, 10:61)
brain to be as big
to understand it.

Speed = 1.1x1018 FLOPS

Human Brain: The number of neurons: 86x109

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 aLLah’s eQuation For man’s Fate

{
Who Knows?
ALLAH’S MERCY AND FORGIVENESS
+
{(GOOD DEAD)1*VALUE1 + (GOOD DEAD)2*VALUE2 +……(GOOD DEAD)N*VALUEN}

-
{(BAD DEAD)1*VALUE1 + (BAD DEAD)2*VALUE2 +……(BAD DEAD)N*VALUEN}
} = Highest Level of Paradise
Or Paradise
Or Hell
Or Temporary Hell
Or Temporary Paradise

“So whoever does an atom's weight of good will see it, And whoever does an
Precision: atom's weight of evil will see it.” (Quran, The Earthquake, 99:7-8).

The Data? All in the Storage

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 aLLah’s eQuation For man’s Fate

{
ALLAH’S MERCY AND FORGIVENESS
+
{(GOOD DEAD)1*VALUE1 + (GOOD DEAD)2*VALUE2 +……(GOOD DEAD)N*VALUEN}

-
{(BAD DEAD)1*VALUE1 + (BAD DEAD)2*VALUE2 +……(BAD DEAD)N*VALUEN}
} = Highest Level of Paradise
Or Paradise
Or Hell
Or Temporary Hell
Or Temporary Paradise

“Say [O Prophet], ‘O mankind, the truth has come to you from “On the Day the hypocrite men and hypocrite women
your Lord, so whoever is guided is only guided for his soul, and will say to those who believed, ‘Wait for us that we may
whoever goes astray only goes astray against it. And I am not acquire some of your light.’ It will be said, ‘Go back
over you a manager.’” (Quran, Jonah, 10:108) behind you and seek light.’ And a wall will be placed
between them with a door, its interior containing mercy,
“And no bearer of burdens will bear the burden of another. but on the outside of it is torment.” (Quran, Iron, 57:13)
And if a heavily laden soul calls another to carry some of its
load, nothing of it will be carried, even if he should be a close
relative.” (Quran, Originator, 35:18)

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 What is an algorithm?

• A step-by-step procedure, like a recipe, for solving a problem on a computer.

• Some steps may repeat.
• Some previous steps may be reused in a later step.
• Designing algorithms is at the core of computer science.
• The algorithm for a computer problem is then coded in a programming
language.
• The word “Algorithm” has Arab-Persian origins.

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 aLLah’s aLgorithm For the human
“While He has created you in stages,” (Quran, Noah, 71:14) “Literally, our bodies
are made of stardust.”
“Indeed, We guided him to the Soul Creation (Michio Kaku).
way, be he grateful or be he
ungrateful,” (Quran, The Man,
76:3). Worldly Body Made of Dust

“And they say, ‘There is not but our SOUL

worldly life; we die and live, and Death DNA
Carbon, Hydrogen,
nothing destroys us except time.’ And Nitrogen, Oxygen,
they have of that no knowledge; they
Resurrection Sulphur and
are only assuming.” (Quran, The Phosphorus.
Kneeling Down 45: 24).
Judgment
“And We did certainly create
“Does man think that We will not
assemble his bones? Yes. We are Able even man out of clay from an
to proportion his fingertips.” (Quran, The Eternal Life altered black mud.” (Quran,
Resurrection, 75:3-4) The Rock Tract, 15:26).

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 aLLah’s suB-Algorithm for Human
Creation in the Worldly Life
“And He did create the two sexes, the
male and the female from Nutfah when A sperm-drop into a womb
emitted or planned.” (Quran, The Star, Algorithm
Coded
53:45–46). into a Computer
Lump of flesh
Program
“Allah knows what every female carries and
what the wombs lose prematurely or
exceed. And everything with Him is by due Bones
measure.” (Quran, The Thunder, 13:8).

“He makes you in the wombs of your Bones covered with flesh
mothers in stages, one after another, in
three veils of darkness.” (Quran, The
Into another creation
Troops, 39:6)
Amnion, Chorion, and Decidua. “Does man think that We will not
1-The Anterior Abdominal Wall, assemble his bones? Yes. We are Able
2-The Uterine Wall, Fingerprints even to proportion his fingertips.”
3-The Amniochorionic Membrane.
(Quran, The Resurrection, 75:3-4)
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 Evolution and Doubts on Resurrection
“Allah has created every living creature from water. And of them are those that Life came
from water
move on their bellies, and of them are those that walk on two legs, and of them
are those that walk on four. Allah creates what He wills. Indeed, Allah is over all
things competent.” (Quran, Light, 24:45) No doubt in
Resurrection
“Then indeed you, on the Day of Resurrection, will be resurrected.” (Quran, Believers, 23:16)
Repetition in
stages
“See they not how Allah originates creation, then repeats it, truly that
is easy for Allah.” (Quran, Believers, 23:19) Creation in
stages
“While He has created you in stages,” (Quran, Noah, 71:14)
Resurrection
“And they do not perceive when they will be hard to imagine
resurrected.” (Quran, The Ant , 27:65)

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 No Confusion
“From water We have created all
“While He has created you in
living things. Will they then have no
stages,” (Quran, Noah, 71:14)
faith?” (Quran, The Prophets, 21:30).

“See they not how Allah originates If not evolution “It is He who made for you from
creation, then repeats it, truly that then what else? the green tree, fire, and then from
is easy for Allah.” (Quran, Believers, it you ignite.” (Quran, Yasin, 36:80)
23:19)

“Was there a period of time when man was not

even worthy of a mention?” (Quran, Man, 76:1)

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What is more complex? The Evolving
object or the environment?

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aLLah’s aLgorithm For creating human
 “And they ask you, [O Muhammad], about the soul. Say, ‘The soul is of the affair of my Lord. And mankind
have not been given of knowledge except a little.’" (Quran, The Night Journey, 17:85).

 “And certainly did We create man from an extract of clay.” (Quran, The Believers, 23:12).

 “Then We placed him as a sperm-drop in a firm lodging (the womb],” (Quran, The Believers, 23:13).

 “Then We made the sperm-drop into a clinging clot, and We made the clot into a lump of flesh, and We
made from the lump, bones, and We covered the bones with flesh; then We developed him into another
creation. So blessed is Allah, the best of creators.” (Quran, The Believers, 23:14).

 “Then indeed, after that you are to die.” (Quran, The Believers, 23:15).

 “Then indeed you, on the Day of Resurrection, will be resurrected.” (Quran, The Believers, 23:16).

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 The Internet of Things, Sensors.
Versions of IoT: Internet of People (IoP), Internet of Sheep (IoS), Internet of Tomato
(IoTo), Internet of Drones (IoD), and more.

“That Day, We will seal over their

mouths, and their hands will speak to Us,
and their feet will testify about what
they used to earn.” (Quran, Yasin, 36:35)

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 aLLah’s surveiLLance
“When the two receivers seated on the right
and on the left.” (Quran, Kaaf 50: 70)

“And for every person We have

imposed his fate upon his neck, and
We will produce for him on the Day
of Resurrection a record which he
will encounter spread open.” (Quran,
Night Journey, 17:13).

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 The Internet of Sensors

 Verses talking about the Internet-of-Things (Cyber-physical Systems)

“their hearing and their eyes and their skins will
testify against them of what they used to do.”
(Quran Expounded, 41:19)

lenses with electronic functions

such as video recording for life
logging

“And they will say to their skins, ‘Why have you testified
against us?’ They will say, ‘We were made to speak by Allah,
who has made everything speak.’” Quran Expounded, 41:20)

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Social networks and human networks

stranger
friend friend
friend brother sister father mother
friend
Repair
person
friend

aunt
cousin
You
friend friend You
Co-
worker
friend doctor
imam
Car
friend boss
friend dealer
friend

friend Lawyer

Complex interaction Highly complex interaction

Simple interaction

Allah creates solutions for us through these relationships in His own ways.

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 The Networks of Life
Physics
Chemistry
Constantly Changing
Biology

Technology Time
Economics

COVID-19

Incomprehensible interaction
“Say, ‘O Allah, Owner of Sovereignty, You give sovereignty
to whom You will and You take sovereignty away from
whom You will. You honor whom You will and You humble
whom You will.’” (Quran, The Family of Imran, 3:26)

“If you are content with what Allah has given

you, you will be the richest person.” Prophet
Muhammad (PBUH)

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 Evolution and Doubts on Resurrection
“Allah has created every living creature from water. And of them are those that Life came
from water
move on their bellies, and of them are those that walk on two legs, and of them
are those that walk on four. Allah creates what He wills. Indeed, Allah is over all
things competent.” (Quran, Light, 24:45) No doubt in
Resurrection
“Then indeed you, on the Day of Resurrection, will be resurrected.” (Quran, Believers, 23:16)
Repetition in
stages
“See they not how Allah originates creation, then repeats it, truly that
is easy for Allah.” (Quran, Believers, 23:19) Creation in
stages
“While He has created you in stages,” (Quran, Noah, 71:14)
Resurrection
“And they do not perceive when they will be hard to imagine
resurrected.” (Quran, The Ant , 27:65)

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 soaring and falling off the edge

Thinks Muslims
worship a stone!!!

He himself is the
opposite of what he
preached

Ignorance:
Unable to listen to facts that change images made in the mind
Bias in upbringing and environment
Believing in conspiracy theories or listening to people with agendas
Poor knowledge gained from the Internet
Incorrect generalization
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 the Kaaba, the first House of Worship

“Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be still praising thee. Selah. Blessed is the man
whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are the ways of them. Who passing through the valley of
Baca make it a well; the rain also filleth the pools.” (The Book of Psalms, 84:4-6)

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a Galaxy of stars and a galaxy of pilgrims

“Purify My House for those who compass it round, or use it as a retreat, or bow,
or prostrate themselves .” (Quran, The Calf, 2:125).

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 For a Muslim: The Correct Priority of knowledge
Truth
The Quran (The Unblemished Word of God)

Complete Islam
The Sunnah (Practices of the Prophet taught through
tradition)
Additional knowledge,
Classified as strong and
Hadith (Recorded by people 80 years after the weak
Prophet) Great information
about the Prophet’s life

Muslim Scholars’ research Explanations, Laws,

Jurisprudence,
some trash

Google it, Social Media, YouTube, Wikipedia Half truth, half trash

Distortion
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Truth
But this is what has come about
Money-making “scholars”
gaining political influence, hate,
Google it, Social Media, YouTube, Wikipedia Motivating fundamentalism, gaining
followers, promoting sectarianism.
Mostly, a religious chewing gum.
People preferring to listening to
Muslim Scholars’ research lunatics on trivial matters.

Fighting “my sect is right”

Many Muslim priests using Hadith as
Hadith (Recorded by people 80 years after the the main part of their sermons,
Prophet) sensationalizing and justifying their
own agenda, lacking knowledge
about the Quran, pitching Hadith
against the Quran.
The Sunnah (Practices of the Prophet taught through Confused about what is Hadith and
tradition) what is Sunnah.

Treating Quran as a magic book,

The Quran (The Unblemished Word of God) “let someone else read it and
explain to me.”
Distortion Swear on it, kiss it, and raise it high
Muslims doing the same what the Church did to the
Scholars discouraging to read and
teachings of Jesus
learn from it.
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 Some Incorrect Uses of the Quran

 Treating it as a magic book.

 Swearing on the Quran.

 Relying on a mullah with a beard and cap to explain it.

 Using verses as recipes for wealth, health, and security.

 Confusing prayers with recipes.

 Assuming that one who memorizes the Quran can ensure the forgiveness of Allah for the whole family
(sinner or otherwise!).

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 In the Internet Age: 15 Principles
1 “O you who have believed, avoid much negative assumption.
Indeed, some assumption is sin.” (Quran, The Walls, 49:12).
Do not go by the hype or
conspiracy theory, and do
not forward unconfirmed “O you who have believed, if there comes to you a disobedient one with
material information, investigate, lest you harm a people out of ignorance and
become, over what you have done, regretful.” (Quran, The Walls, 49:6)

“Take advantage of five matters before five other matters: your

youth before you become old; your health before you fall sick; your
2 wealth before you become poor; your free time before you become
preoccupied, and your life before your death.” Prophet
Muhammad (PBUH).
Watch your health and
manage time
“There are two blessings which many people waste:
health and free time.” Prophet (PBUH)

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3
Don’t waste money on “Surely, the spendthrifts are brothers of the devils, and the
meaningless shopping devil is ever ungrateful to its Lord.” (Quran, Night Journey,
17:27).

“Those who are stingy and command others with stinginess

4 and who hide the bounties which Allah has given them. And
We have prepared for the disbelievers a disgraceful
Don’t be stingy punishment.” (Quran, Women, 4:37).

“And those who have responded to their Lord and

5 established prayer and whose affair is determined by
Practice and support consultation among themselves, and from what We have
democracy provided them, they spend.” (Quran, Consultation, 42:38).

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 The Principles
6
“Righteousness is not that you turn your faces toward the east or the west,
but true righteousness is in one who believes in Allah, the Last Day, the
Observe people’s rights angels, the Book, and the prophets and gives wealth, in spite of love for it,
to relatives, orphans, the needy, the traveler, those who ask for help, and
for freeing slaves; and who establishes prayer and gives Zakah; those who
fulfill their promise when they promise,” (Quran, The Calf, 2:177)

7
Avoid crime, identity theft,
“That they took usury, though they were forbidden; and that they
hacking, viruses, and devoured men's substance wrongfully; we have prepared for
cheating those among them who reject faith a grievous punishment.”
(Quran, Women, 4:161).

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 The Principles
8 “O believers! Do not let some men ridicule others, they may be
Don’t engage in better than them, nor let some women ridicule other women, they
cyberbullying may be better than them. (Quran, The Walls, 49:11).

“Do not defame one another, nor call each other by offensive
9 nicknames. How evil it is to act rebelliously after having faith!
Do not defame people And whoever does not repent, it is they who are the true
wrongdoers.” (Quran, The Walls, 49:11).

10 “Indeed, Allah does not like those who are self-deluding and
boastful.” (Quran, Women, 4:36).
Don’t be boastful on social When the disciples asked the Prophet to define arrogance, he
media said, “A person is arrogant when he sees a reality yet denies it,
and when he views other humans to be inferior to him.”
Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).
“And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he
that shall humble himself shall be exalted.” (Matthew, 23:12).
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 The Principles
11 “God does not love arrogant and boastful people.” (Quran,
Luqman, 31:18)
Don’t be arrogant

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“So you fall down in prostration to Allah and worship Him
Worship Allah only
alone.” (Quran, The Star, 53:62).

13 "Do you admonish others to do good and forget this

Do not preach what you yourselves? Yet you read the Book. Will you not then
do not do understand?” (Quran, The Calf, 2:44).

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 The Principles
14 "That they may bear their own burdens in full on the Day of
Resurrection and some of the burdens of those whom they
Do not follow politicians misguide without knowledge. Unquestionably, evil is that
who misguide people which they bear.” (Quran, The Bee, 16:25)

15 “O mankind! We created you from a single pair of a male and a

Stay away from racism, female, and made you into nations and tribes that you may
boasting of caste or family know each other not that you may despise each other. Verily
ancestry the most honored of you in the sight of Allah is he who is the
most righteous of you. And Allah has full knowledge and is well
Acquainted.” (Quran, The Walls, 49:13)

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 Endorsements
Part biography of the Prophet of Islam and part guide to living the way the Prophet lived, Dr. Ishfaq Ahmad has
written a timely addition to the literature on the Prophet. By returning to the original sources in the Qur'an
and Hadith, Dr. Ahmad clearly demonstrates how the Prophet's example is one that is compatible with living a
full and prosperous life today. This book is ideal for anyone who desires to live in accordance with the standard
set by the Prophet or who wishes to know more about the last Prophet, especially those new to Islam or are
members of other faith communities. (Zeki Saritoprak, Ph.D., Professor and Bediüzzaman Said Nursi Chair in
Islamic Studies in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies, John Carroll University, U.S.A.)

Anyone interested in Prophet Muhammad's character and conduct will benefit from reading Ishfaq Ahmad's
insightful, thought-provoking, and unique analysis of one of history's most important historical figures.
Drawing upon events in Muhammad's life that have been mainly overlooked by other biographers, Ahmad
makes a compelling case for recognizing the importance of Muhammad's teachings for world civilization today.
This book helps all people to gain more insight into the Prophet's love for humanity. (Craig Considine, Ph.D.,
author of The Humanity of Muhammad - A Christian View, and Professor at Rice University, U.S.A.)

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 endorsements

The author presents historical sources about Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)’s life so that everyone can read it
easily, like a novel. While the book appeals to the mind, it does not neglect to address the heart and soul. It
structures the life and attributes of the Prophet Muhammad in a way that would interest the reader. The
author infuses his messages very well between the lines. He takes the reader on a spiritual journey that leads
to satisfaction. The reader is not just reading a book but also making a spiritual journey with the Prophet. The
book is written in a way it can be read with the family. (Salih Yucel, Ph.D., Centre for Islamic Studies and
Civilization, Charles Sturt University, Australia.)

Prophet Muhammad and the Prophet Jesus are the two most revered personalities in human history, and their
influence is tremendous. While many authors continue to write about these two greats, once in a while comes
a book that stirs up the entire realm of such literature. I believe “The Perfect Human” is a living example of
that. (Abdul Hye, Ph.D., author of 20 Islamic books and retired NASA scientist, Houston, USA.)

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