Nasser Ibn Dawood's Library

Book Description

So That He May Be Among the Certain (Wa-Liyakūna Mina al-Mūqinīn)

A Demonstrative Journey into the Dominion of the Heavens and the Earth
Volume I: Cosmic Signs – The Symbolic and Inner Meaning
Author: Nasser Ibn Dawood

"Lord of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them—worship Him, and remain steadfast in His worship." (Qur'an 19:65)

Reader's Note (Important)
This text is a meaning-based, interpretive summary of the Arabic original. It is not a literal translation, nor does it attempt to reproduce the full argumentative density of the source work. It is intended as an entry point for the English reader.

General Introduction
This book does not approach the universe as a neutral physical container, nor does it treat Qur'anic cosmic verses as scientific equations awaiting modern confirmation. Instead, it asks a more fundamental question: How does the Qur'an intend the human being to see the universe?

The Qur'an, according to this work, does not primarily describe the cosmos in order to satisfy curiosity, but to reconstruct human awareness, reposition the human being within existence, and transform inherited belief into conscious certainty (yaqīn).

The heavens, the earth, the night and day, the sun and moon are therefore not merely astronomical objects. They are signs—with an outward appearance and an inward meaning—assigned a moral, cognitive, and existential function.

The Central Thesis: From Faith to Certainty
Faith, in this project, is not rejected—but it is considered incomplete unless it matures into certainty. Certainty is not emotional reassurance, nor mystical abstraction. It is a cognitive and perceptual state in which the human being sees reality as God intended it to be seen.

Methodological Foundations
This volume establishes the methodological ground upon which the rest of the series stands. It insists that method precedes debate. Before arguing about the shape of the earth, the nature of the heavens, or the validity of modern cosmology, the reader must first learn how the Qur'an speaks.

The Qur'an and the Universe
The Qur'an does not describe a random, purposeless universe emerging from chaos. It presents a structured dominion governed by command (amr), balance (mīzān), and intention. Modern cosmology, according to the author, has imposed a materialist narrative that displaces humanity from its central role and fragments meaning.

The Visible and the Hidden
One of the core contributions of this work is the insistence that Qur'anic language operates on two inseparable levels: The apparent (ẓāhir): what is observed, named, and experienced, and The inner (bāṭin): what is intended, directed, and morally charged.

Final Invitation
This book is an invitation—not to blind acceptance, but to disciplined seeing. Not to rebellion against knowledge, but to liberation from imposed assumptions. Not to abandon science, but to restore it to its proper place beneath revelation. The ultimate goal is not argument, but clarity. And clarity is the doorway to certainty.