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The Natural Laws Manifest Divine Programming

By Sajid Mahmood Ansari
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In the Name of Allah---the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful. The Natural Laws Manifest Divine Programming Introduction Modern science is built upon one of the most remarkable assumptions about reality: the universe is intelligible because it operates according to consistent laws . Gravity behaves according to recognizable mathematical relationships; electromagnetic phenomena follow precise rules; matter interacts according to reproducible physical and chemical principles; biological organisms function through extraordinarily complex systems; and celestial bodies move according to predictable patterns. Science does not create these laws. It discovers, describes, and mathematically formulates the regularities already present in nature. This raises a deeper philosophical question: Why does the universe possess laws at all? Why is nature orderly, measurable, mathematically intelligible, and sufficiently stable for rational beings to discover its structure? From the Islamic perspective, t...
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Quantum Photosynthesis: Why the Same Basic Process Produces Thousands of Flavours

By Sajid Mahmood Ansari
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In the Name of Allah---the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful. Quantum Photosynthesis: Why the Same Basic Process Produces Thousands of Flavours Photosynthesis is often introduced as a simple equation: plants take carbon dioxide and water, use sunlight, and produce carbohydrates and oxygen. But beneath this apparently simple process lies an extraordinary molecular system in which quantum mechanics, molecular biology, chemistry, genetics, and the environment operate together . At the smallest scale, a plant does not simply "absorb sunlight." Photons interact with electrons in pigment molecules. The resulting electronic excitation moves through networks of chlorophyll and other pigments, ultimately reaching a reaction centre where charge separation initiates a chain of electron-transfer reactions. The plant then uses the resulting chemical energy to convert carbon dioxide into organic molecules. Modern research has shown that some of the earliest stages of this process involve ...
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The Earth Is Shrinking

By Sajid Mahmood Ansari
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In the Name of Allah---the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful. The Earth Is Shrinking Cooling, Solidification, Global Contraction, and a Possible Physical Interpretation of Qur'an 21:44 Introduction The Earth is often imagined as a physically permanent sphere whose dimensions have remained essentially unchanged since its formation. Modern geophysics, however, presents a much more dynamic picture. The Earth was formed in an extremely hot state, underwent extensive melting and differentiation, and has been continuously losing internal heat ever since. Its interior remains thermally active, but the planet has nevertheless undergone a long history of cooling, crystallization, solidification, and density changes. This raises a fundamental physical question: If a planet formed from extremely hot and partly molten material gradually cools and solidifies, should its physical dimensions remain exactly constant? The answer is not necessarily. Solidification and cooling can change density and...
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The UNO’s New World Map: How a Change in Cartography Could Change the Way We See the World

By Sajid Mahmood Ansari
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In the Name of Allah---the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful. The UNO’s New World Map: How a Change in Cartography Could Change the Way We See the World For more than four centuries, one particular image of the world has shaped generations' geographical imagination. It has appeared in classrooms, atlases, newspapers, offices and, in modified forms, on digital maps. Yet the map most people recognize as the “world map” contains a fundamental visual distortion: it makes some parts of the world appear far larger than they actually are. On 4 September 2026, the United Nations General Assembly took an important step toward changing that picture. By a vote of 164 in favour, one against and six abstentions , the Assembly adopted the resolution “Correct the Map: Rebalancing Global Cartographic Representation and Promoting Equitable Representation of the World’s Regions, Particularly Africa.”  Togo led the initiative, with support from the African Union. ( United Nations ) The resolution pr...
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