Scientific Tafsir Zakaria Kamal «PRO»

Central to Kamal’s scientific tafsir is the concept of Tawhid not merely as a theological formula, but as a . For Kamal, the declaration “There is no god but God” is also a statement about the universe’s intelligibility. Because the universe is the creation of a singular, rational Will, it operates according to consistent laws ( sunan ). This consistency is the precondition for science.

In his seminal (and unfortunately untranslated) works, such as Al-Islam wa al-‘Aql (Islam and Reason) and Al-Tafsir al-‘Ilmi lil-Qur’an , Kamal attempted something unprecedented: a . scientific tafsir zakaria kamal