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Abdus Salam was a devout Muslim and a member of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, who saw his religion as integral to his scientific work. He once wrote: „The Holy Quran enjoins us to reflect on the verities of Allah’s created laws of nature; however, that our generation has been privileged to glimpse a part of His design is a bounty and a grace for which I render thanks with a humble heart.“

During his acceptance speech for the Nobel Prize in Physics, Salam quoted the following verses from the Quran:

„Thou seest not, in the creation of the All-merciful any imperfection, Return thy gaze, seest thou any fissure. Then Return thy gaze, again and again. Thy gaze, Comes back to thee dazzled, aweary.“

He then proceeded to say: „This, in effect, is the faith of all physicists; the deeper we seek, the more is our wonder excited, the more is the dazzlement for our gaze.“

Denjenigen, den Allah Erfolg gewähren möchte, dem gibt Er das Verständnis für die Religion. – Der heilige Prophet Muhammad (saw)