PROFESSOR CHANDRA WICKRAMASINGHE is a Sri Lankan-born British scientist, mathematician, astronomer and astrobiologist. He headed the department of Applied Mathematics and Astronomy at University…

In its issue no. 134 (1992), the journal, Faith and Reason, from Manchester College, Oxford (England), published an article titled, ‘The Relationship between Faith and Reason’, by Dr Paul Badham.…

Newton (1642-1727) made a special study of the solar system, discovering laws governing the revolution of planets around the sun. His study was, however, confined to astronomical bodies, which can be…

It is through reason that man justifies his belief. Rational justification strengthens his convictions. Rational argument is thus an intellectual need of every seeker. Without this he would not be…

Philosophy is the only discipline which, by its own definition, embodies the quest for knowledge and understanding of the nature and meaning of the universe as well as of human life. But after a long…

Maulana Wahiduddin Khan| Quranic Wisdom | Al-Risala, June 1987The Quran states that God instructed His Prophet to say to his opponents: "I stand by the clear evidence from my Lord, yet you deny it…