The great gene fiasco: The Quran Defines Life

The Great Gene Fiasco: The Quran Defines Life, by Prof. P. A. Wahid
This book critiques the modern scientific concept of the gene and presents a definition of life based on the Quran.

The book argues that modern biology's reliance on the "particulate gene concept" is flawed and that this physical understanding of the gene is insufficient. Prof. Wahid proposes looking to the Quran for a scientific definition of life, stating that life is not solely a physical or molecular process.

According to the theory presented, life is defined by a "divine biosoftware" or "soul" (nafs). Using a computer analogy, the body is the hardware, and the invisible biological program (divine biosoftware), possibly stored on chromosomes, is the software. Life is described as the "manifestation of execution of the divine biosoftware". Death is explained, referencing the Quran (Q. 6:93), as the removal or "deletion" of this biosoftware (nafs).

A key implication of this theory is the assertion that life cannot be created from non-life because of its dependence on this non-physical biosoftware. This work integrates modern science with Islamic theology and critiques conventional scientific materialism.

The Great Gene Fiasco is part of Prof. P. A. Wahid's larger work exploring Islamic science and the Quran, which also includes Darwinism: Science Made To Order and The Computer Universe: A Scientific Rendering of the Holy Quran.

In summary, The Great Gene Fiasco: The Quran Defines Life proposes a computer-based model of life and death, based on Islamic scripture, and challenges the purely physical understanding of genes in modern biology.