The Relation between Science and Religion in Cosmological Issues from the Perspective of Al-Monar and Al-Mizan

We may explore the relation between science and religion from the perspective of Islamic interpreters in interpreting the cosmological verses of the Holy Quran and their confrontation with experimental sciences. Al-Monar and Al-Mizan, the two main contemporary interpretations, have different approaches to this subject. Mohammad Rashid Reza believes that one of the miraculous aspects of Quran is its scientific aspect. This presupposition has drawn him to declare the conformity between religious propositions and experimental findings and to avoid serious challenge with science. On the other hand Allameh Tabatabai has a more systematic approach to the theories of experimental sciences and has some criteria for it such as the necessity of supporting scientific hypotheses with definite proofs. These criteria have made him not to pay attention to some experimental sciences in some cases and to interpret religious knowledge according to some scientific theories. However none of the approaches of the two interpretations is efficient enough to form a comprehensive model because their epistemological aspects are ambiguous.