From Karen Armstrong’s A History of God: The 4,000-Year Quest of Judaism, Christianity and Islam:

Science demands the fundamental belief that there is a rational explanation for everything; it also requires an imagination and courage which are not dissimilar to religious creativity.  Like the prophet or the mystic, the scientist also forces himself to confront the dark and unpredictable realm of uncreated reality.  … [T]he scientific vision of our own day has made much classic theism impossible for many people.  To cling to the old theology is not only a failure of nerve but could involve a damaging loss of integrity. The Faylasufs attempted to wed their new [scientific] insights with mainstream Islamic faith… Yet the ultimate failure of their rational deity has something important to tell us about the nature of religious truth.