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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Your Questions Answered (volume 4) Q1. Is Science Action of God? "The Qur'an is the word of God and Science is the action of God", this was stated by Alhaji F.M. Quraishy in the "Nigeria Observer." I would have written to him directly but for the lack of his address. I have however been very fortunate to come across your address. Do you agree with this statement? If so, please comment and convince me. (Asked by a Christian from Nigeria) A.

Science literally means 'knowledge'. The present day Scientists endeavour to 'know' (discover) the mysteries of this vast universe. Some times they succeed; some times they fail while at times they reach nearer the truth. The greatest achievement of science in recent times has been to unravel, to a certain extent (but not fully), the secret of the atom. It is true that this "universe" is the action of God; but science is only a human attempt to "know' about that action.

But this attempt of man cannot be termed Action of God. Q 2: IF ALLAH IS JUST (ADIL) THEN WHY DID HE CREATE SATAN (SHAITAN)? You say that God is just and will give full and complete justice to his creatures on the day of Judgement in accordance with their past deeds and actions. There is absolutely no doubt about it. There is also no doubt that he has knowledge of the unseen (Ilm-e-ghaib) and is Alim (Omniscient).

I have also read somewhere in the Qu'ran that he created mankind weak.So; the question is that when He knew that.

He created mankind weak, He also knew before creating Satan that the latter would mislead people and influence them to commit all sorts of sins, and that the people being created weak with no strong willpower to withstand the attractions and influence of Satan why then He in the first place, created Shaitan, and why He gave him so much power knowing, before creating him that he {Satan) will do everything to mislead the people and lead them to the wrong path?

If the answer is that God brought us into this world and wanted to test us, then why did He create us weak and at the same time why did he give all the powers to Satan? My friend also gives an example of a carpenter or for that matter, any craftsman. He said that if a carpenter wanted, to make a chair or any type of furniture, he would ensure before making it that the material he used was strong and could withstand all sorts of strain and stresses.