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fatemeh Dastranj

fatemeh Dastranj

Academic rank: Associate Professor
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8663-7114
Education: PhD.
ScopusId: 57215010477
HIndex:
Faculty: Humanities
Address: Arak University
Phone: 32777262

Research

Title
An Investigation on the Entropy Relation in Experimental Sciences: A Quranic Perspective
Type
Presentation
Keywords
: The second law of thermodynamics, Entropy, Empirical sciences, The Holy Qur'an.
Year
2018
Researchers fatemeh Dastranj

Abstract

Entropy is a thermodynamic concept that can be considered as a disorder. According to the second law of thermodynamics, the actual processes that occur in the universe are all in the direction of increasing entropy and disorder. The second law of thermodynamics and the entropy principle derived from it are of particular importance. This principle, which is considered to be the same as disorder, seems to be incompatible with the order in the universe. One of the interpretations obtained from the employment of the second law of thermodynamics to the whole universe is that the universe had a definite entropy in the beginning, since then it has gradually increased. This increase of entropy continues as long as the universe reaches the thermodynamic equilibrium. The outstanding development in science during the golden civilization of Islam was the result of the focus on the value of science, knowledge, and the study of the Creation. With the emphasis on the reality of nature as the representation of the divine science, the Qur'an has put science and religion in a complementary engagement. The purpose of science is to describe and explain the material world. Science and the Qur'an complement each other, that is, understanding the order of nature is preliminary to knowing God, and science is preliminary to understanding the main purposes of Qur'an. In this regard, it can be suggested that the creation of the universe is based on an exact and wonderful order, and today's empirical knowledge play an important role in recognizing the order of the universe. Some verses of the Quran such as “Behold! in the creation of the heavens and the earth; in the alternation of the night and the day.... (Here) indeed are Signs for a people that are wise” and the verse “Say: Travel through the earth and see how Allah did originate creation”, emphasizing on the reality of nature, recognizability of its laws, and the dignity of nature as the representation of the divine science has put them i