g>revelation is knowledge believed to be disclosed by Allah.","points":null},{"id":"4ea39628-e12c-46c3-ab0f-30cf08dffd77","cardType":"basic","front":"When does tension arise between empirical science and revelation?","back":"When evidence appears to conflict with a literal interpretation.","points":1},{"id":"9391ffac-6925-4dca-a025-ca9613ff20be","cardType":"basic","front":"How can tawhid support scientific study of creation?","back":"Allah's oneness and wisdom imply an ordered creation that can be studied.","points":2},{"id":"8bfb1714-bf2b-4cea-bf30-92458a9a9838","cardType":"cloze","front":"In Islam, [ ] can mean Qur'anic verses or natural signs; [ ] means knowledge.","back":"In Islam, ayat can mean Qur'anic verses or natural signs; ilm means knowledge.","points":null},{"id":"f8f24ea2-dafb-4014-86fb-843893a47d3b","cardType":"basic","front":"What was the Abbasid House of Wisdom in Baghdad?","back":"A centre of translation and learning.","points":1},{"id":"8c15a711-391e-461e-bbff-12e538814060","cardType":"basic","front":"What careful claim should be made about the Qur'an and science?","back":"

Encourages knowledge, reason and reflection.
Does not command modern laboratory science directly.

","points":2},{"id":"4fa90441-02ef-4eb2-af0d-cd9a3ad5a3c7","cardType":"cloze","front":"[ ] is the attempt to show agreement between scripture and scientific discovery.","back":"Concordism is the attempt to show agreement between scripture and scientific discovery.","points":null},{"id":"22b6763b-84e7-40bb-aad0-11ca853ccd5e","cardType":"basic","front":"What did Bucaille argue in The Bible, the Qur'an and Science?","back":"Qur'anic statements were later confirmed by modern science.","points":1},{"id":"790a62f8-a3f7-4723-9b54-d43266d98de7","cardType":"basic","front":"Why might Bucaille's approach reinforce belief in the Qur'an?","back":"It makes the Qur'an seem to anticipate later discoveries.","points":2},{"id":"28e9ecc8-39c2-42fb-96e0-556ce3789ff6","cardType":"basic","front":"What makes Bucaille-style 'scientific miracle' arguments vulnerable?","back":"

Translations may be stretched selectively.
Science may later change.

","points":3},{"id":"d2e0d6e6-d1ca-4bfb-b141-334ff10ed0d9","cardType":"cloze","front":"Some Muslims link Qur'an 21:30 to the [ ] because it says the heavens and earth were once joined, then [ ].","back":"Some Muslims link Qur'an 21:30 to the Big Bang because it says the heavens and earth were once joined, then separated.","points":null},{"id":"a0692a60-bb1a-4c1c-b429-0bcfb9a6b54b","cardType":"basic","front":"Why is it inaccurate to say Darwinian evolution is completely random?","back":"Selection favours survival and reproduction; mutations may be random.","points":2},{"id":"f531c066-6ac3-449b-9c2e-e117c59c4b34","cardType":"basic","front":"Which Islamic belief is most challenged by human evolution?","back":"Adam was directly created by Allah, sometimes from clay.","points":1},{"id":"fdb7258a-6b43-4367-a951-d8462cc9955a","cardType":"cloze","front":"A [ ] of human evolution preserves Adam's direct creation, but may ignore strong scientific evidence.","back":"A literalist rejection of human evolution preserves Adam's direct creation, but may ignore strong scientific evidence.","points":null},{"id":"fdf3d6a3-e418-4a00-ab30-df4a401a97b0","cardType":"basic","front":"What is the partial acceptance response to evolution?","back":"Evolution applies to animals and plants, but not humans.","points":1},{"id":"ceb7da15-a8fa-42aa-8a16-f3c13d59

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