Islam as a comprehensive religion has put forth the idea regarding epistemology in its own framework. The discourse of sources of knowledge is a part of epistemology scope. Islam recognized four sources of knowledge consist of revelation, intuition/inspiration, rational and empirical method. The last (empirical method) relates closely to the scientific method which is a method of investigation in which a problem is first identified, and observations, experiments, or other relevant data are then used to construct or test hypotheses that purport to solve it. In Islamic law, circumstantial evidence is a kind of evidence which is applied and accepted in Islamic court proceeding despite some jurist did not strongly emphasize its reliability compare to confession and testimony of witnesses. This writing aims at putting forward the importance of circumstantial evidence in Islamic law through an epistemological perspective that has to do closely with the scientific method. This is the way how Islam appreciates and avails of the development of science and technology for enhancing justice as the main principle in Islamic law. � BEIESP.

Al-Quran, as the last Holy Book sent down by Allah, is remarkably different from its predecessors. Ultimately, it has to be the only one of such a kind. More so since the universal nature of the divine guidance it carries within is valid and relevant for all of humanity of all ages, spaces and times. True to its character as an enduring miracle, science can never dismiss the truth of Al-Quran as it accordingly, can be scientifically proven, time and again, without fail. Sheikh Tantawy Jauhary, among others, is one of those renowned scholars of Tafsir (exegesis) who studied the scientific attributes of Al-Quran. Sheikh Tantawy’s seminal work, “Al-Jawahir Fi Tafsir al-Quran al-Karim”, applied scientific methods of exegesis via his observation of the spectacular creation of the universe as a hard and living evidence of the all-powerfulness of Allah. For centuries, Muslims depend on Al-Quran, through its Kawniyyah verses, to study the universe. It needs to be highlighted that there are about 750 verses of Kawniyyah in Quran as opposed to only 150 verses of Fiqh (Jurisprudence). Besides, apart from providing scientific exegesis of Kawniyyah verses, Sheikh Tantawy also deliberated on verses over laws and morality as well the uniqueness of the creatures like the animals, plants, heavens and the earth. Accordingly, this paper provides a succinct overview of the bibliography of Sheikh Al-Tantawy and his thoughts in the exegesis of Al-Quran. By highlighting a number of relevant examples of Sheikh Al-Tantawy’s scientific exegesis, it consequently provides an analysis of the significance and essentiality of the need and necessity of such a method of Tafsir in order to deal with contemporary issues.