The Holy Quran and Metaphysics of Scientific Theories of Nature

The present article studies some metaphysical foundations of natural sciences which may be inferred from the Holy Quran. In the old and existing natural sciences, such foundations have been neglected; but they may be considered in the future natural sciences to attain a new trend in this regard. The main rule of the Quranic metaphysics for studies in the field of natural sciences is the Unity of Acts. The second rule in this field is that the order of the world of nature rests upon Divine wisdom. According to the third rule, there is some meaning for each and every thing in the world; and this meaning depends upon its vertical and horizontal relations. Concepts through which we make reports of things suggest the meanings of things. Concepts suggesting the thing itself, free from its relations, are so universal concepts that have no uses for applied sciences. Two Quranic key concepts to find the meanings of things are admonition and look at their dominion. Quranic physics is not based on determinism. On the contrary, concepts such as thing's glorifying [God], change in an earlier Divine ruling, and supra-natural presence are introduced in it. Also that laws govern nature is explained by an ordained order.