الإستقصاء العلمي في القرآن الكريم : سيدنا إبراهيم نموذجا

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This research aims at identifying the scientific inquiry cited in the Holy Quran through some cases used by prophet Ibrahim (PBUH) as an example.

The results of the study reveal that prophet Ibrahim (PBUH) used the principles of scientific inquiry in three successive cases: The first case was with the planet, the second case with the moon, and the third case with the sun, which indicates prophet Ibrahim (PBUH) perceived that in order to change the widely spread and deep rooted misconceptions among his people he needed more than one scientific inquiry case to eliminate and replace by the right ones.

In addition to the issues to the natural universe, he extended the domain of scientific inquiry to include the social issues.

Furthermore, he asserted on the integration between the principles of philosophy and psychology in cases of scientific inquiry, starting from the ecological conception of his people, and depending on the observation and logical reasoning.

The research also shows that prophet Ibrahim (PBUH) was prior to Socrates in employing the inquiry dialogue in which he claims his ignorance of the fact the existence of Allah in his discussion of the issue with his people, in order to transfer them from the state of their ignorance of the fact that they don’t realize the fact of Allah, to the state that they know that they don’t realize the fact of Allah, as a premises to guide them to the fact of the existence of Allah.