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philosophical and theological has nothing to say about the
contexts (Rezania, 2013: 94). purpose of life, while science
Regarding the conflict between in the Islamic world was
religion and development in inseparable from the purpose.
its current sense, Muẓaffar ‘Iqbāl In the book Islam and Science,
has an important placement from consisting of eleven chapters,
the thinkers’ perspectives. he examined the scientific
Dr. Muẓaffar ‘Iqbāl, born on movement in Islam and its signs,
December 3, 1954, in Lahore, the connection between Islam
Pakistan, is a Pakistani-Canadian and science, the destruction of
chemical and Islamic thinker the tradition and its causes, the
and author. From the beginning transmission of the Islamic
of his studies, he has been concerned tradition and its transformation,
about the Islamization of and the end of colonialism, as
sciences, that's why he started well as the scientific
scientific and cultural activities interpretation. In this article,
since he got his doctorate. The we will pay attention to the
result of Muẓaffar ‘Iqbāl 's analysis and search for the
research is nearly 23 volumes pattern of progress and
of books and dozens of articles development in the works of
in three languages namely, Muẓaffar ‘Iqbāl, emphasizing the
Arabic, Urdu, and English. blessings of Islam and science.
Iqbal is the editor-in-chief
of a publication on science Methodology
and civilization from the This study benefitted from an
perspective of Islam and Islamic analytical documentary and
sciences. His most recent library method. First, most of
project is the publication of Muẓaffar ‘Iqbāl 's works were
the first encyclopedia of the studied. Then, according to
Qur'an by Muslims. An article the objectives and questions
about Islamic sciences published of the research, some texts
in the New York Times quoted were extracted relating to
Iqbal saying that new science development and religion in
terms of meanings and themes.
