Thirdly, as pointed out above, the Qur'an mentions the universe and what is happening in it not in relation to itself, but in relation to its Creator. What is of importance for the Qur'an is that the universe with everything and every occurrence in it should point to its Creator. As for science and modern philosophy, they deal with the universe for its own sake only. What is of importance for them is that whatever is and occurs in the universe should point to itself. There is as great a difference between the two as between the highest heaven and the earth.

Also, it has already been mentioned that the Qur'an is God's Word that lowered itself to the understanding of even the most common people. It considers the majority of people so that, freed from remaining restricted to the imitation of the elite, they could have direct access to firm knowledge of and belief in God. However, science speaks on behalf of scientists in a way to compel the commonalty to imitate and accept their views. It is because of this that where science goes into detail—although it is highly questionable to what extent it speaks the truth—the Qur'an speaks succinctly or ambiguously or keeps silent, according to how and to what extent all the people can benefit.

Fourthly, the Qur'an aims to guide all classes of mankind. Thus its rule of speech requires that the majority of people should not be misled in the facts accepted by them as unquestionably true by modes of argument which may be associated with sophistry and vying for superiority among human beings. It is also pointless, except when absolutely necessary, to change their views of such facts. It is rather better to keep silent or be succinct on matters that are of no use to them in respect of their essential duties to God or to each other.