Ep. 6: Signs in the World Around Us | Islam and Evidence

The Quran uses the same word — ayat — for its verses and for the phenomena of the natural world. Both are signs. In chapter 41, verse 53, Allah promises: "We will show them Our signs in the horizons." This episode examines the fine-tuning of the physical universe: Earth's precise distance from the Sun, the exact oxygen concentration in our atmosphere, and water's unusual behavior when it freezes. Each condition is so precisely set that a small change in either direction makes life impossible. Precision like this raises a question.