1. An Introduction to Creation, Destruction and Calamities
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1.1. What do the sciences say about natural calamities?
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1. 2. Whom God Does not Destroy
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1. 3. The Philosophy of Natural Calamities in Light of Science
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1. 4. The Causes of Poverty and Famine in Light of Economics
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1. 5. The Causes of Natural Calamities in Light of the Qur’an
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1. 6. Why We Cannot Learn to Be Wise Even after Losing a Lot
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2. The Theory
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3. Some Instances of Mass Destruction and their Causes
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2. The Theory
¨ 2. 9. For this reason, there is always a certain degree of clash at the border of two separate entities, just as there may be some clash at the border of two countries, which may not imply that the countries are enemies to each other.
25:20. ... We have appointed some of you as a test for others: Will you (therefore) be steadfast (in patience)? And your Lord is ever Seer.