Duality and Balance – Musings of a Muslim Scientist

“And of everything we have created pairs that you may be mindful” Words fail me when I attempt to describe the impact this verse of the Qur’ān alone has had on my thoughts in the past few months.  I have pondered it whilst standing, sitting and laying down and yet the layers of embedded meaning continue to unfurl themselves daily; interlinking, intricate and inexplicable. Yet this is not romance but cold hard science and the signs are there for those who wish to see. So, what could this verse mean – pairs? “Glory be to him who created pairs of…