Qur’anic Pictures of the Universe: The Scriptural Foundation of Islamic Cosmology by Osman Bakar

Abstract

Qur’anic Pictures of the Universe: The Scriptural Foundation of Islamic Cosmology book is the latest book of Professor Dr Osman bin Bakar (1946- ) on the major scientific themes in the Qur’an. Prof. Osman has completed his Honors and M.Sc. in Mathematics (specializing in Algebra) at London University. In 1981, he perused M.A. in Comparative Religion and his Ph.D. in Philosophy of Science/Islamic Philosophy at Temple University. Throughout his academic career, he studied and taught Islamic Philosophy, History of Islamic Science, Philosophy of Islamic Science, and the Qur’anic perspectives of science. After long academic career he wrote this book as a research project and grant for “Scientific Exegesis” (tafsir ‘ilmiy) of the Qur’an initiated and funded by the Royal Ahl al-Bayt Institute for Islamic Thought in Amman.