Qoran Shenakht

In recent decades, various theories—including the Islamization of sciences, religious science, Quran-based knowledge production, Quranic system-building, and scientific exegesis of the Quran—have been proposed with the aim of elucidating the relationship between religion and science, as well as the manner in which the Holy Quran engages with the domain of human knowledge. Despite the foundational and methodological differences among these theories, ambiguities persist regarding the extent, nature, and criteria of the Quran's influence on the empirical and human sciences. Employing a descriptive-analytical method and a comparative approach, the present study compares the theory of the "Scientific Authority of the Holy Quran" with congruent theories. By "Scientific Authority of the Quran," the study refers to the systematic and meaningful influence of the Holy Quran upon structured human sciences—encompassing presuppositions, foundational principles, problems and propositions, theories, teleological orientations, and evaluative criteria of the sciences. The findings indicate that this theory, by synthesizing Quran-centrism with reason and empirical experience, while avoiding both the excesses of scientific exegesis and the reduction of the Quran's role to mere ethical inspiration, possesses greater capacity for offering a balanced model in explicating the relationship between revelation and science. Accordingly, the Scientific Authority of the Quran can serve as a foundation for the orientation, reform, and transformation of the sciences within the horizon of Islamic civilization.