{"id":4102,"date":"2025-11-29T10:38:32","date_gmt":"2025-11-29T07:08:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/?p=4102"},"modified":"2026-08-31T09:53:51","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T06:23:51","slug":"muslims-must-not-fall-behind-in-science-knowledge-ayatollah-ramazani","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/news\/muslims-must-not-fall-behind-in-science-knowledge-ayatollah-ramazani\/","title":{"rendered":"Muslims Must Not Fall Behind in Science, Knowledge: Ayatollah Ramazani"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to the Ahl al-Bayt World Assembly News Portal:<\/strong>\u00a0A group of Pakistani scholars visited the AhlulBayt (a.s.) World Assembly building in Qom, and met with the Secretary-General of the Assembly.<\/p>\n

In this meeting, Ayatollah Reza Ramazani discussed the relationship between science and religion. He stated that some have attempted to claim the existence of a contradiction between science and religion, \u201cwhile no such contradiction exists.\u201d<\/p>\n

He noted that the Quran contains more than 300 scientific verses. He referred to Dr. Mahdi Golshani as a distinguished academic figure who believes in the interaction between religion and science and has written extensively on this subject. He also mentioned Ren\u00e9 Gu\u00e9non, who authored the book God and Science and explored the relationship between scientific discoveries and theology. Ayatollah Ramazani said that increasing scientific knowledge leads to a deeper understanding of God.<\/p>\n

He added that during the Middle Ages, when the Church wielded authority and imposed views conflicting with science, the issue of a science\u2013religion contradiction emerged. \u201cThis extremist approach produced no good outcome.\u201d Some even claimed a contradiction between reason and religion, \u201cbut we believe that whoever lacks reason also lacks religion.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Qom seminary professor also addressed the relationship between religion and politics, explaining that some intellectuals argue that religion and politics are unrelated. \u201cHowever, we believe, based on the view of Martyr Modarres, that religion is identical to politics and politics is identical to religion.\u201d<\/p>\n

He noted that some advised religious scholars to avoid political matters, while Ayatollah Kashani stated that if politics means the reform of human affairs, then it is a religious responsibility. \u201cWe consider the Infallible Imams (a.s.) to be the true politicians.\u201d<\/p>\n

Regarding other dimensions of religion, he noted that some claim religion has no connection with law, \u201cwhile religion addresses all human legal aspects in every domain.\u201d Others argue that religion is not aligned with ethics, \u201cwhile we say religion is identical to ethics.\u201d<\/p>\n

He emphasized that religion provides principles for all human relationships: one\u2019s relationship with God, with other people, with oneself, with the environment, and with the custodian of divine authority.<\/p>\n

Ayatollah Ramazani said that religion presents the greatest human beings as role models. \u201cWe believe that after the Prophet (p.b.u.h), the highest figure is Imam Ali (a.s.).\u201d He noted Sunni sources stating that \u201cAli is the gate of knowledge, the gate of wisdom, and the gate of paradise.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ramazani added the divine narration: \u201cIf all people loved Ali, I (Allah) would not have created hell.\u201d \u201cAli is with the Quran, and the Quran is with Ali, and they never separate. Ali is with the truth, and the truth is with Ali.\u201d He cited Ibn Abi al-Hadid al-Mu\u2018tazili, who said, \u201cWherever Ali (a.s.) is, there is the truth.\u201d<\/p>\n

He continued, \u201cGod has given the key to paradise to Imam Ali (a.s.). Paradise is God\u2019s creation, yet it longs for Imam Ali (a.s.). People long for paradise, but paradise longs for Ali.\u201d Therefore, anyone seeking true faith attains it through the love of Ali, \u201cand enmity toward Ali is disbelief.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Secretary-General emphasized the scientific development of Islamic countries, stating that Muslims were once the center of global knowledge. \u201cThe West took science from Muslims and now boasts about it. We must not fall behind in the fields of science and knowledge.\u201d He added that Iran\u2019s scientific ranking was 57 at the beginning of the Revolution and is now 17. \u201cIn some fields, we are among the top ten countries, and in others, among the top five. All countries must grow scientifically.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIf Muslim countries want to progress, they must possess both knowledge and faith,\u201d Ayatollah Ramazani said, \u201cIf there is knowledge without faith, the result is the atrocities of Gaza and acts of savagery. America\u2019s brutality stems from knowledge without faith. Study the history of Latin America and see how much Americans have oppressed the Indigenous peoples. In the twentieth century alone, around one hundred million people were killed in conflicts and wars.\u201d<\/p>\n

He concluded that knowledge without faith leads to such crimes. \u201cThey humiliate and threaten nations and call them to surrender. They impose their views and seek to enslave everyone. If all are subservient, they are considered good; but if they seek their rights, they are deemed bad.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Secretary-General of the AhlulBayt (a.s.) World Assembly said that Muslims once served as the center of global science and knowledge, adding that the West adopted science from Muslims and now boasts about it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":4103,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54,58],"tags":[186,184,180,182,183],"class_list":["post-4102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-secretary-general","tag-ahlulbayt-a-s-world-assembly","tag-knowledge","tag-muslims","tag-pakistan","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4102"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4102\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4106,"href":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4102\/revisions\/4106"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahlulbaytworldassembly.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}