The Quran & Modern Science
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Assalamualaikum brothers and sisters
ALLAH means the one Who is worthy to Worship
Muslim means one who submits/obedient to God= ALLAH
And We have certainly made the Qur'an easy for remembrance, so is there any who will remember? (Quran 54:17, 22, 32, 40)
Thus does Allah make clear to you His verses that you might use reason. (Quran 2:242)
These are the verses of the Book and a clear Qur'an. (Quran 15:1)
It is not except a reminder to the worlds
For whoever wills among you to take a right course. (Quran 81:27, 28)
The Challenge of the QUR'AN
(1)And if you are in doubt about what We have sent down upon Our Servant [Muhammad], then produce a surah the like thereof and call upon your witnesses other than Allah, if you should be truthful.
But if you do not - and you will never be able to - then fear the Fire, whose fuel is men and stones, prepared for the disbelievers.(Quran 2:23, 24)
(2)Or do they say, "He invented it"? Say, "Then bring ten surahs like it that have been invented and call upon [for assistance] whomever you can besides Allah, if you should be truthful." (Quran 11:13)
(3)Say, "If mankind and the jinn gathered in order to produce the like of this Qur'an, they could not produce the like of it, even if they were to each other assistants." (Quran 17: 88)
(4)Or do they say, "He has made it up"? Rather, they do not believe.
Then let them produce a statement like it, if they should be truthful. (Quran 52:33, 34)
(5)Or do they say [about the Prophet], "He invented it?" Say, "Then bring forth a surah like it and call upon [for assistance] whomever you can besides Allah, if you should be truthful." (Quran 10:38)
We will show them Our signs in the horizons and within themselves until it becomes clear to them that it is the truth. But is it not sufficient concerning your Lord that He is, over all things, a Witness? (Quran 41:53)
Quran is a book of guidance. It is a book of ‘Signs’ to recognize the truth not a book of science. There are more than six thousand ‘Signs’ in the Quran of which more than a thousand deal with hard core Science.
These facts were mentioned in the Qur’an 1,400 years ago
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Index/lists of these facts-----------
Astronomy
(1) Creation Of The Universe: ‘The Big Bang’.
(2) Initial Gaseous Mass Before Creation Of Galaxies.
(3) Shape Of The Earth Is Spherical.
(4) Moonlight Is Reflected Light.
(5) The Sun Rotates.
(6) The Expanding Universe.
(7) Interstellar Matter
Physics
(8) Atoms Can Be Divided.
Hydrology
(9) The Water Cycle.(also see 10&11)
(10) Evaporation.
(11) Winds Impregnate Clouds.
Geology
(12) Mountains Are Like Tent Pegs.(also see 13)
(13) Mountains Firmly Fixed.(also see 12)
Oceanology
(14) Barrier Between Sweet And Salt Waters.
(15) Darkness In Depths Of Ocean.
(16) Living Thing Made From Water.
Botany
(17) Plants Have Male And Female.(also see 18&19)
(18) Fruits Have Male And Female.(also see 17&19)
(19) Everything Made In Pairs.(also see 17&18)
Zoology
(20) Animals And Birds Live In Communities.
(21) The Flight Of Birds.
(22) The Bee And Its Skill.
(23) Spider’s Web, The Fragile Home.
(24) Lifestyle And Communication Of Ants.
Medicine
(25) Honey: Healing For Humankind.
Physiology
(26) Blood Circulation And Milk.
Embryology
(27) Muslims Seek Answers.(see all from 27 to 36)
(28) Drop Emitted From Between The Back Bone And The Ribs.(see all from 27 to 36)
(29) Nutfah – Minute Quantity Of Liquid.(see all from 27 to 36)
(30) Sulalah – Quintessence Of Liquid.(see all from 27 to 36)
(31) Nutfatun Amshaaj – Mingled Liquids.(see all from 27 to 36)
(32) Sex Determination.(see all from 27 to 36)
(33) Foetus Protected By Three Veils Of Darkness.(see all from 27 to 36)
(34) Embryological Stages.(see all from 27 to 36)
(35) Embryo Partly Formed And Partly Unformed.(see all from 27 to 36)
(36) Sense Of Hearing And Sight.(see all from 27 to 36)
General Science
(37) Fingerprints.
(38) Iron
(39) Sky Protection
(40) Lying, Sinning Forelock
(41) Pain Receptors In The Skin.
Analysis Of Science In Quran With Respect To Modern Science
(42) Science of Qayamat (The Resurrection)
(43) Islam, Rebirth and Science
(44) QURAN & Modern Science (Crossing the limits of Universe)
(45) QURAN Aur Modern Science (Asmaan)
(46) Muhammad(pbuh) & Modern Cosmologist (Islam & Science)
(47) Quran & Black holes कुरान और ब्लैक होल
(48) Quran and Cosmology आसमान कहाँ है ? Where are the Seven Heavensa
Scientific Facts Mentioned In The Quran Which
Are Not Yet Discovered By Science
(49) Life In The Universe Besides Earth
(50) End of the Universe
(51) New Creation
(52) First Man Adam (Pbuh)
(53) The Soul
(54) Angles And Jinns
(55) Life After Death (Hereafter)
(56) Heaven And Hell
(Each One Is Given Below With Detail Proofs)
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1) Creation Of The Universe: ‘The Big Bang’
According to ‘The Big Bang’, the whole universe was initially one big mass (Primary Nebula). Then there was a ‘Big Bang’ (Secondary Separation) which resulted in the formation of Galaxies. These then divided to form stars, planets, the sun, the moon,etc. The origin of the universe was unique and the probability of it happening by ‘chance’ is nil.
The Qur’an contains the following verse regardingthe origin of the universe:
Have those who disbelieved not considered that the heavens and the earth were a joined entity, and We separated them and made from water every living thing? Then will they not believe?(Quran 21:30)
2) Initial Gaseous Mass Before Creation Of Galaxies
Scientists agree that before the galaxies in the universe were formed, celestial matter was initially in the form of gaseous matter. In short, huge gaseous matter or clouds were present before the formation of the galaxies. To describe initial celestial matter, the word ‘smoke’ is more appropriate than gas. The following Qur’anic verse refers to this state of the universe by the word dukhaan which means smoke.
“Moreover, He Comprehended in His design the sky, and it had been (as) smoke: He said to it and to the earth: ‘‘Come ye together, willingly or unwillingly.’’ They said: ‘We do come (together),in willing obedience.’(Quran 41:11)
The description of pre-creation heaven as "smoke" is significant as modern cosmologists agree that the universe once existed as a mere opaque cloud. Scientists continue to observe new stars forming out of similar smoky clouds today.
It is noteworthy that Dr. Alfred Kroner was baffled upon learning of the above Quran verse. Kroner is the Chairman of the Department of Geology at the Institute of Geosciences, Johannes Gutenberg University in Germany. This means his knowledge of cosmology is virtually unparalleled.
Speaking of Muhammad and the true source of the Quran, Dr. Kroner stated: "It is almost impossible that he could have known about things like the common origin of the universe, because scientists have only found out within the last few years, with very complicated and advanced technological methods, that this is the case."
3) Shape Of The Earth Is Spherical
In early times, people believed that the earth was flat. For centuries, men were afraid to venture out too far, for fear of falling off the edge! Sir Francis Drake was the first person who proved that the earth is spherical when he sailed around it in 1597.
Consider the following Qur’anic verse regarding the alternation of day and night:
“Seest thou not that Allah merges Night into Day and He merges Day into Night?”
[Al-Qur’an 31:29]
Merging here means that the night slowly and gradually changes to day and vice versa. Merging is a slow process.This phenomenon can only take place if the earth is spherical. If the earth was flat, there would have been a sudden change from night to day and from day to night. So if the earth was flat then slow merging would not possible. This phenomenon can only take place if the earth is spherical.
The following verse also alludes to the spherical shape of the earth:
“He created the heavens and the earth in true (proportions):He makes the Night overlap the Day,and the Day overlap the Night.”
[Al-Qur’an 39:5]
The Arabic word used here is Kawwara meaning ‘to overlap’ or ‘to coil’– the way a turban is wound
around the head. The overlapping or coiling of the day and night can only take place if the earth is
spherical.
The earth is not exactly round like a ball, but Geo-spherical, i.e. it is flattened at the poles. The following verse contains a description of the earth’s shape:
“And the earth, moreover, hath He made egg shaped.”
[Al-Qur’an 79:30]
The Arabic word for egg here is dahaahaa. One of its meaning is an expanse but the other meaning is derived from the arabic word Duhiya which means an egg. Earth is not completely round like a boll. It is flattened from the poles and bulzing from the centre. It is spherical in shape. Dahaahaa is referring an ostrich-egg and dahaahaa also means where the ostrich lays the egg. The shape of an ostrich-egg resembles the geo-spherical shape of the earth.
Thus the Qur’an correctly describes the shape of the earth, though the prevalent notion when the Qur’an was revealed was that the earth was flat.
4) Moonlight Is Reflected Light
It was believed by earlier civilizations that the moon emanates its own light. Science now tells us that the light of the moon is reflected light.
“Blessed is He Who made Constellations in the skies, and placed therein a Lamp and a Moon giving light.”
[Al-Qur’an 25:61]
The Arabic word for the sun in the Qur’an, is shams. It is also referred to as siraaj which means a ‘torch’or as wahhaaj meaning ‘a blazing lamp’ or as diya which means ‘shining glory’. All three descriptions are appropriate to the sun.The Arabic word for the moon is qamar and it is described in the Qur’an as muneer which is a body that gives noor i.e. reflected light. Not once in the Qur’an, is the moon
mentioned as siraaj, wahhaaj or diya nor the sun as
noor or muneer. This implies that the Qur’an
recognizes the difference between the nature of
sunlight and moonlight.
The following verses relate to the nature of light
from the sun and the moon:
“It is He who made the sun
to be a shining glory
and the moon to be a light
(of beauty).”
[Al-Qur’an 10:5]
“See ye not
how Allah has created
the seven heavens
one above another,
“And made the moon
a light in their midst,
and made the sun
as a (Glorious) Lamp?”
[Al-Qur’an 71:15-16]
The Glorious Qur'an and modern science, are thus
in perfect agreement about the differences in the
nature of sunlight and moonlight.
5) The Sun Rotates
For a long time European philosophers and scientists
believed that the earth stood still in the centre of the
universe and every other body including the sun
moved around it. In the West, this geocentric concept
of the universe was prevalent right from the time of
Ptolemy in the second century B.C. In 1512, Nicholas
Copernicus put forward his Heliocentric Theory of
Planetary Motion, which asserted that the sun is motionless at the centre of the solar system with the
planets revolving around it.
In 1609, the German scientist Yohannus Keppler
published the ‘Astronomia Nova’. In this he
concluded that not only do the planets move in
elliptical orbits around the sun, they also rotate
upon their axes at irregular speeds. With this
knowledge it became possible for European scientists
to explain correctly many of the mechanisms of the
solar system, including the sequence of night and
day.
After these discoveries, it was thought that the Sun
was stationary and did not rotate about its axis like
the Earth.
Consider the following Qur’anic verse:
“It is He Who created
the Night and the Day,
and the sun and the moon:
All (the celestial bodies)
swim along, each in its
rounded course.”
[Al-Qur’an 21:33]
The Arabic word used in the above verse is
yasbahoon . This word is derived from the word
sabaha. It carries with it the idea of motion that
comes from any moving body. If you use this word
for a person on the ground, it would not mean that
he is rolling but would imply that he is walking or running. If you use this word for a person in water,
it would not mean that he is floating but would
imply that he is swimming.
Similarly, if you use the word yasbah for a celestial
body such as the sun, it would not only mean that it
is flying through space but would also mean that it
is rotating as it goes through space.
The rotation of the sun
about its own axis can be proved with the help of an
equipment that projects the image of the sun on the
top of a table, so that one can examine the image of
the sun without being blinded. It is noticed that the
sun has spots which complete a circular motion once
every 25 days i.e. the sun takes approximately 25
days to rotate round its axis.
The sun travels through space at roughly 240 km
per second, and takes about 200 million years to
complete one revolution around the centre of our
Milky Way Galaxy.
“It is not permitted
to the Sun to catch up the Moon,
nor can the Night outstrip the Day:
Each (just) swims along
in (its own) orbit
(according to Law).”
[Al-Qur’an 36:40]
This verse mentions an essential fact discovered only recently by modern astronomy, i.e. the
existence of the individual orbits of the Sun and the
Moon, and their journey through space with their
own motion.
The ‘fixed place’ towards which the sun travels,
carrying with it the solar system, has been located
preirsely by modern astronomy. It has been given a
name, the Solar Apex. The solar system is indeed
moving in space towards a point situated in the
constellation of Hercules (alpha Lyrae) whose exact
location is now firmly established.
The moon rotates around its axis in the same
duration that it takes to revolve around the earth.
It takes approximately 29½ days to complete one
rotation.
One cannot help but be amazed at the scientific
accuracy of the Qur’anic verses. Should we not
ponder over the question: “What is the source of
knowledge contained in the Qur’an?”
6) The Expanding Universe
In 1925, American astronomer Edwin Hubble,
provided observational evidence that all galaxies
are moving away from one another, which implies
that the universe is expanding. The expansion of the
universe is now an established scientific fact. This is
what the Qur’an says regarding the nature of the
universe:
And the heaven We constructed with strength, and indeed, We are [its] expander.(translation--Sahih International)
With power and skill Did We construct The Firmament : For it is We Who create The vastness of Space.(translation--Yusuf Ali)
[Al-Qur’an 51:47]
The Arabic word musioon is correctly translated as
‘expanding it’, and it refers to the creation of the
expanding vastness of the universe.
One of the greatest astrophysicist Stephen
Hawking, in his book, ‘A Brief History of Time’, says, “The discovery that the universe is expanding
was one of the great intellectual revolutions of the
20th century.” The Qur’an mentioned the expansion
of the universe, before man even learnt to build a
telescope!
Some may say that the presence of astronomical
facts in the Qur’an is not surprising since the Arabs
were advanced in the field of astronomy. They are
correct in acknowledging the advancement of the
Arabs in the field of astronomy. However they fail
to realize that the Qur’an was revealed centuries
before the Arabs excelled in astronomy. Moreover
many of the scientific facts mentioned above, such
as the origin of the universe with a Big Bang, were
not known to the Arabs even at the peak of their
scientific advancement. The scientific facts
mentioned in the Qur’an are therefore not due to the
Arabs’ advancement in astronomy. Indeed, the
reverse is true: they advanced in astronomy,
because astronomy occupies a place in the Qur’an.
7) Interstellar Matter
Space outside organized astronomical systems was
earlier assumed to be a vacuum. Astrophysicists
later discovered the presence of bridges of matter
in this interstellar space. These bridges of matter
are called plasma, and consist of completely ionized
gas containing equal number of free electrons and
positive ions. Plasma is sometimes called the fourth
state of matter (besides the three known states
viz. solid, liquid and gas). The Qur’an refers to
the presence of this interstellar material in the
following verse:
“He Who created the heavens and the earth and all
that is between.”
[Al-Qur’an 25:59]
8) Atoms Can Be Divided
In ancient times a well-known theory by the name
of ‘Theory of Atomism’ was widely accepted. This
theory was originally proposed by the Greeks, in
particular by a scholar called Democritus, who lived
about 23 centuries ago. Democritus and the people
that came after him, assumed that the smallest unit
of matter was the atom. The ancient Arabs used to
believe the same. The Arabic word zarrah most
commonly meant an atom. In recent times modern
science has discovered that it is possible to split
even an atom. That the atom can be split further is
a development of the 20th century. Fourteen
centuries ago this concept would have appeared
unusual even to an Arab. For him the zarrah was
the limit beyond which one could not go. The
following Qur’anic verse however, refuses to
acknowledge this limit:
“The Unbelievers say,
‘Never to us will come
The Hour’:
say, ‘Nay! but most surely,
by my Lord,
it will come upon you – by Him Who knows the unseen –
from Whom is not hidden
the least little atom
in the Heavens or on earth:
nor is there anything less
than that, or greater, but
is in the Record Perspicuous.’”
[Al-Qur’an 34:3]
In whatever business thou mayest be and whatever portion thou mayest be reciting from the Qur’an and whatever deed ye (mankind) may be doing We are Witnesses thereof when ye are deeply engrossed therein. Nor is hidden from thy Lord (so much as) the weight of an atom on the earth or in heaven. And not the least and not the greatest of these things but are recorded in a clear Record.[Al-Qur’an 10:61]
These verses also refers to the Omniscience of God,
His knowledge of all things, hidden or apparent. It
then goes further and says that God is aware of
everything, including what is smaller or bigger than
the atom. Thus the verse clearly shows that it is
possible for something smaller than the atom to
exist, a fact discovered only recently by modern
science.
9) The Water Cycle(also see 10&11)
In 1580, Bernard Palissy was the first person to
describe the present day concept of ‘water cycle’. He
described how water evaporates from the oceans
and cools to form clouds. The clouds move inland
where they rise, condense and fall as rain. This
water gathers as lakes and streams and flows back
to the ocean in a continuous cycle. In the 7th century
B.C., Thales of Miletus believed that surface spray
of the oceans was picked up by the wind and carried
inland to fall as rain.
In earlier times people did not know the source of
underground water. They thought the water of the
oceans, under the effect of winds, was thrust towards
the interior of the continents. They also believed that
the water returned by a secret passage or the Great
Abyss. This passage is connected to the oceans and
has been called the ‘Tartarus’, since Plato’s time.
Even Descartes, a great thinker of the eighteenth
century, subscribed to this view. Till the nineteenth
century, Aristotle’s theory was still prevalent.
According to this theory, water was condensed in cool
mountain caverns and formed underground lakes
that fed springs. Today, we have come to know that
the rainwater that seeps into the cracks of the
ground is responsible for this.
This is described by the Qur’an in the following
verses:
“Seest thou not that Allah
sends down rain
from the sky,
and leads it through
springs in the earth?
then He causes to grow,
therewith, produce of
various colours.”
[Al-Qur’an 39:21]
“He sends down rain
from the sky
and with it gives life to
the earth after it is dead:
Verily in that are Signs
for those who are wise.”
[Al-Qur’an 30:24]
“And We send down water
from the sky
according to (due) measure,
and We cause it
to soak in the soil;
and We certainly are able
to drain it off (with ease).”
[Al-Qur’an 23:18]
No other text dating back 1400 years ago gives such
an accurate description of the water cycle.
10) Evaporation
“By the Firmament
which returns (in its round),”
[Al-Qur’an 86:11]
11) Winds Impregnate Clouds
“And We send the
fecundating winds,
then cause the rain to
descend from the sky,
therewith providing you
with water (in abundance).”
[Al-Qur’an 15:22]
The Arabic word used here is lawaaqih which is
the plural of laqih from laqaha, which means
to impregnate or fecundate. In this context,
impregnate means that the wind pushes the clouds
together increasing the condensation that causes
lightning and thus rain. A similar description is
found in the following verses of the Qur’an:
“Seest thou not that Allah
makes the clouds move
gently, then joins them
together, then makes them
into a heap?–then wilt thou
see rain issue forth
from their midst. And He
sends down from the sky mountain masses (of clouds)
wherein is hail: He strikes
therewith whom He pleases
and He turns it away
from whom He pleases.
the vivid flash of His lightning
well-nigh blinds the sight.”
[Al-Qur’an 24:43]
“It is Allah Who sends the Winds,
and they raise the Clouds:
then does He spread them
in the sky as He wills,
and break them into fragments,
until thou seest raindrops
issue from the midst thereof:
then when He has made them
reach such of His servants as
He wills,
behold, they do rejoice!”
[Al-Qur’an 30:48]
Modern data on Hydrology agrees perfectly with the
Qur'anic description on the same subject.
The water cycle is described in several other verses
of the Glorious (Qur’an 7:57, 13:17, 25:48-
49, 35:9, 36:34, 45:5, 50:9-11, 56:68-70, 67:30).
12) Mountains Are Like Tent Pegs(also see 13)
In geology, the phenomenon of ‘folding’, is a recently
discovered fact. Folding is responsible for the
formation of mountain ranges. The earth’s crust, on
which we live, is like a solid shell, while the deeper
layers are hot and fluid, and thus inhospitable to
any form of life. It is also known that the stability
of the mountains is linked to the phenomenon of
folding, for it was the folds that were to provide
foundations for the reliefs that constitute the
mountains.
Geologists tell us that the radius of the Earth is
about 6,035 km and the crust on which we live is
very thin, ranging between 2 to 35 km. Since the
crust is thin, it has a high possibility of shaking.
Mountains act like stakes or tent pegs that hold
the earth’s crust and give it stability. The Qur’an
contains exactly such a description:
“Have We not made
the earth as a wide expanse,
and the mountains as pegs?”
[Al-Qur’an 78:6-7]
The word awtaad means stakes or pegs (like
those used to anchor a tent); they are the deep
foundations of geological folds.
A book entitled ‘Earth’ is regarded as a basic
reference textbook on geology in many universities
around the world. One of the authors of this book is
Dr. Frank Press, who was the President of the
Academy of Sciences in the USA for 12 years and
was the Science Advisor to former US President
Jimmy Carter. In this book, he illustrates the
mountain in a wedge-shape and the mountain itself
as a small part of the whole, whose root is deeply
entrenched in the ground.
Earth, Press and Siever, p. 435. Also see Earth Science,
Tarbuck and Lutgens, p. 157
According to Dr. Press,
the mountains play an important role in stabilizing
the crust of the earth.
The Qur’an clearly mentions the function of the
mountains in preventing the earth from shaking:
“And We have set on the earth
mountains standing firm,
lest it should shake with them.”
[Al-Qur’an 21:31]
A similar message is contained in the (Qru'an 31:10 and 16:15)
13) Mountains Firmly Fixed(12)
The surface of the earth is broken into many rigid
plates that are about 100 km in thickness. These plates float on a partially molten region called
aesthenosphere.
Mountain formations occur at the boundary of the
plates. The earth’s crust is 5 km thick below oceans,
about 35 km thick below flat continental surfaces
and almost 80 km thick below great mountain
ranges. These are the strong foundations on which
mountains stand. The Qur’an refers to the strong
mountain foundations in the following verse:
“And the mountains
hath He firmly fixed.”
[Al-Qur’an 79:32]
A similar message is contained in the (Qur’an 88:19)
Principles of Oceanography, Davis, pp. 92-93
Thus, the information contained in the Glorious
Qur'an about the nature of mountains, is in perfect
agreement with recent discoveries in geology.
14) Barrier Between Sweet And Salt Waters
“He has let free the two bodies
of flowing water, meeting together:
Between them is a Barrier
which they do not transgress.”
[Al-Qur’an 55:19-20]
In the Arabic text the word barzakh means a
barrier or a partition. This barrier, however, is not a
physical partition. The Arabic word maraja literally
means ‘they both meet and mix with each other’.
Early commentators of the Qur’an were unable to
explain the two opposite meanings for the two
bodies of water, i.e. they meet and mix, and at the
same time there is a barrier between them. Modern
Science has discovered that in the places where two
different seas meet, there is a barrier between
them. This barrier divides the two seas so that each
sea has its own temperature, salinity and density. Oceanologists are now in a better position to explain
this verse. There is a slanted unseen water barrier
between the two seas through which water from one
sea passes to the other.
But when the water from one sea enters the other
sea, it loses its distinctive characteristic and becomes homogenized with the other water. In a way
this barrier serves as a transitional homogenizing
area for the two waters.
This phenomenon is also mentioned in the following
verse of the Qur'an:
“And made a separating bar
between the two bodies
of flowing water?”
[Al-Qur’an 27:61]
This phenomenon occurs in several places, including
the divider between the Mediterranean and the
Atlantic Ocean at Gibralter. A white bar can also be
clearly seen at Cape Point, Cape Peninsula, South
Africa where the Atlantic Ocean meets the Indian
Ocean.
But when the Qur’an speaks about the divider
between fresh and salt water, it mentions the
existence of “a forbidding partition” with the barrier.
“It is He Who has
let free the two bodies
of flowing water:
one palatable and sweet,
and the other salty and bitter;
yet has He
made a barrier between them,
and a partition that is forbidden
to be passed.
[Al-Qur’an 25:53]
Modern science has discovered that in estuaries,
where fresh (sweet) and salt water meet, the
situation is somewhat different from that found in
places where two salt water seas meet. It has been
discovered that what distinguishes fresh water from
salt water in estuaries is a “pycnocline zone with a
marked density discontinuity separating the two
layers.”
Oceanography, Gross, p. 242. Also see Introductory Oceanography,
Thurman, pp. 300-301
This partition (zone of separation) has a
salinity different from both the fresh water and the
salt water.
Oceanography, Gross, p. 244 and Introductory Oceanography,
Thurman, pp. 300-301
This phenomenon occurs in several places, including
Egypt, where the river Nile flows into the
Mediterranean Sea.
These scientific phenomena mentioned in the Qur’an
was also confirmed by Dr. William Hay, a wellknown marine scientist and Professor of Geological
Sciences at the University of Colorado, U.S.A.
15) Darkness In Depths Of Ocean
Prof. Durga Rao is a world renowned expert in the
field of Marine Geology and was a professor at King
Abdul Aziz University in Jeddah. He was asked to
comment on the following verse:
“Or (the Unbelievers’ state)
is like the depths of darkness
in a vast deep ocean, overwhelmed with billow
topped by billow,
topped by (dark) clouds:
depths of darkness,
one above another:
if a man stretches out his hand,
he can hardly see it!
For any to whom Allah
giveth not light,
there is no light!”
[Al-Qur’an 24:40]
Prof. Rao said that scientists have only now been
able to confirm, with the help of modern equipment,
that there is darkness in the depths of the ocean.
Humans are unable to dive unaided underwater for
more than 20 to 30 metres, and cannot survive in
the deep oceanic regions at a depth of more than
200 metres. This verse does not refer to all seas
because not every sea can be described as having
accumulated darkness layered one over another. It
refers especially to a deep sea or deep ocean, as the
Qur’an says, “darkness in a vast deep ocean”. This
layered darkness in a deep ocean is the result of two
causes:
(i) A light ray is composed of seven colours seen
in the rainbow. These seven colours are Violet, Indigo, Blue, Green, Yellow, Orange and Red
(VIBGYOR). The light ray undergoes
refraction when it hits water. The upper 10 to
15 metres of water absorb the red colour.
Therefore, if a diver is 25 metres under water
and gets wounded, he would not be able to see
the red colour of his blood, because the red
colour does not reach this depth. Similarly,
orange rays are absorbed at 30 to 50 metres,
yellow at 50 to 100 metres, green at 100 to 200
metres, and finally, blue beyond 200 metres
and violet and indigo above 200 metres. Due to
successive disappearance of colour, one layer
after another, the ocean progressively becomes
darker, i.e. darkness takes place in layers of
light. Below a depth of 1000 meters there is
complete darkness.
Oceans, Elder and Pernetta, p. 27
(ii) The sun’s rays are absorbed by clouds which in
turn scatter light rays thus causing a layer of
darkness under the clouds. This is the first
layer of darkness. When light rays reach the
surface of the ocean they are reflected by the
wave surface giving it a shiny appearance.
Therefore, it is the waves which reflect light
and cause darkness. The unreflected light
penetrates into the depths of the ocean. Thus,
the ocean has two parts. The surface
characterized by light and warmth and the
depth characterized by darkness and cold. The surface is further separated from the deep part of the ocean
by waves.
The internal waves cover the deep waters of
seas and oceans because the deep waters have
a higher density than the waters above them.
The darkness begins below the internal waves.
Even the fish in the depths of the ocean cannot
see; their only source of light is from their own
bodies.
The Qur’an describes this aptly:
“Darkness in a vast deep ocean overwhelmed with
waves topped by waves”.
In other words, above these waves there are more
types of waves, i.e. those found on the surface of
the ocean. The Qur’anic verse continues, “topped
by (dark) clouds; depths of darkness, one above
another.”
These clouds as explained are barriers one over the
other that further cause darkness by absorption of
colours at different levels.
Prof. Durga Rao concluded by saying, “1400 years
ago a normal human being could not explain this
phenomenon in so much detail. Thus the
information must have come from a supernatural
source”.
16) Living Thing Made From Water
“It is He Who has Created man from water: then has He established relationships of lineage and marriage: for thy Lord has power (over all things).” [Al-Qur’an 25:54]
And God has created Every animal from water : Of them there are some That creep on their bellies ; Some that walk on two legs ; And some that walk on four. God creates what He wills ; For verily God has power Over all things. [Al-Qur’an 24:45]
Have those who disbelieved not considered that the heavens and the earth were a joined entity, and We separated them and made from water every living thing? Then will they not believe? [Al-Qur’an 21:30]
Today science say that every living creature has got cells and the basic substance of Cell is cytoplasm which contains about 80% water. And today science tells us that every living creature contain about 50-90 % water
17) Plants Have Male And Female(also see 18&19)
Previously, humans did not know that plants too
have male and female gender distinctions. Botany
states that every plant has a male and female
gender. Even the plants that are unisexual have
distinct elements of both male and female.
“‘And has sent down
water from the sky.’
With it have We produced
diverse pairs of plants
each separate from the others.”
[Al-Qur’an 20:53]
Arabic word Azwaj or 'azwajana also means pairs, sexes(male & female) each seperated from the other.
18) Fruits Have Male And Female(also see 17&19)
“And fruit of every kind
He made
in pairs, two and two.”
[Al-Qur’an 13:3]
Fruit is the end product of reproduction of the
superior plants. The stage preceding fruit is the
flower, which has male and female organs (stamens
and ovules). Once pollen has been carried to the
flower, they bear fruit, which in turn matures and
frees its seed. All fruits therefore imply the
existence of male and female organs; a fact that is
mentioned in the Qur’an.
In certain species, fruit can come from non-fertilized
flowers (parthenocarpic fruit) e.g. bananas, certain
types of pineapple, fig, orange, vine, etc. They also
have definite sexual characteristics.
19) Everything Made In Pairs(also see 17&18)
“And of everything
We have created pairs.”
[Al-Qur’an 51:49]
This verse lays emphasis on everything. Besides
humans, animals, plants and fruits, it may also be
referring to electricity in which the atoms consist of
negatively – and positively – charged electrons and
protons. And many more things!
“Glory to Allah, Who
created in pairs
all things that the
earth produces,
as well as their own
(human) kind
and (other) things of which
they have no knowledge.”
[Al-Qur’an 36:36]
The Qur’an here says that everything is created in
pairs, including things that the humans do not
know at present and may discover later.
20) Animals And Birds Live In Communities
“There is not an animal
(that lives) on the earth,
nor a being that flies
on its wings,
but (forms part of)
communities like you.”
[Al-Qur’an 6:38]
Research has shown that animals and birds live in
communities, i.e. they organize, and live and work
together.
21) The Flight Of Birds
“Do they not look at
the birds, held poised
in the midst of (the air
and) the sky?
Nothing holds them up
but (the power of) Allah.
Verily in this are Signs
for those who believe.”
[Al-Qur’an 16:79]
Another verse also touches on birds:
“Do they not observe
the birds above them,
spreading their wings
and folding them in?
None can uphold them
except (Allah) Most Gracious:
truly it is He
that watches over all things.”
[Al-Qur’an 67:19]
The Arabic word amsaka literally means, ‘to put
one’s hand on, seize, hold, hold someone back,’
which expresses the idea that Allah holds the bird
up in His power. These verses stress the extremely
close dependence of the birds’ behaviour on Divine
law. Modern scientific data has shown the degree of
perfection attained by certain species of birds with
regard to the programming of their movements. It is
only the existence of a migratory programme in the
genetic code of the birds that can explain the long
and complicated journey that very young birds,
without any prior experience and without any guide,
are able to accomplish. They are also able to return
to the departure point on a definite date.
Prof. Hamburger in his book ‘Power and Fragility’
gives the example of ‘mutton-bird’ that lives in the
Pacific with its journey of over 24,000 km in the
shape of figure ‘8’. It makes this journey over a period of 6 months and comes back to its departure
point with a maximum delay of one week. The highly
complicated instructions for such a journey have to
be contained in the birds’ nervous cells. They are
definitely programmed. Therefore, should we not at
least reflect on the identity of this ‘Programmer’?
22) The Bee And Its Skill
“And thy Lord taught the Bee
to build its cells in hills,
on trees, and in
(men’s) habitations;
then to eat of all
the produce (of the earth),
and find with skill
the spacious paths of its Lord.”
[Al-Qur’an 16:68-69]
Von-Frisch received the Nobel Prize in 1973 for his
research on the behaviour and communication of the
bees. The bee, after discovering any new garden or
flower, goes back and tells its fellow bees the exact
direction and map to get there, which is known as
‘bee dance’. The meanings of this insect’s movements
that are intended to transmit information between
worker bees have been discovered scientifically
using photography and other methods. The Qur’an
mentions in the above verses how the bee with its
skill, finds the spacious paths of its Lord. The gender used for the bee in the above verses is
the female gender (fa’slukî and kulî), indicating that
the bee that leaves its home for gathering food is a
female bee. In other words the soldier or worker bee
is a female bee.
In fact, in Shakespeare’s play, ‘Henry the Fourth’,
some of the characters speak about bees and
mention that the bees are soldiers and that they
have a king. That is what people thought in
Shakespearean times. They thought that the
worker bees are male bees and they go home and
are answerable to a king bee. This, however, is not
true. The worker bees are females and they do not
report to a king bee but to a queen bee. But it took
modern investigations in the last 300 years to
discover this.
23) Spider’s Web, The Fragile Home
“The parable of those who
take protectors other than Allah
is that of the Spider,
who builds (to itself) a house;
but truly the flimsiest of houses
is the Spider’s house –
if they but knew.”
[Al-Qur’an 29:41]
Besides giving the physical description of the spider’s
web as being very flimsy, delicate and weak, the
Qur’an also stresses on the flimsiness of the
relationship in the spider’s house, where the female
spider many a times kills its mate, the male spider.
The parable also has reference to the weakness of
such relationship of the people who seek protection
for this world and for the hereafter from those other
than Allah.
24) Lifestyle And Communication Of Ants
“And before Solomon were
marshalled his hosts –
of Jinns and men and birds,
and they were all kept
in order and ranks.
“At length, when they came
to a (lowly) valley of ants,
one of the ants said :
‘O ye ants, get into
your habitations,
lest Solomon and his hosts
crush you (under foot)
without knowing it.’”
[Al-Qur’an 27:17-18]
In the past, some people would have probably
mocked at the Qur’an, taking it to be a book of fairy
tales in which ants talk to each other and
communicate sophisticated messages. In recent
times however, research has shown us several facts
about the lifestyle of ants, which were not known
earlier to humankind. Research has shown that the
animals or insects whose lifestyle is closest in
resemblance to the lifestyle of human beings are the
ants. This can be seen from the following findings
regarding ants:
(a) The ants bury their dead in a manner similar
to the humans.
(b) They have a sophisticated system of division
of labour, whereby they have managers,
supervisors, foremen, workers, etc.
(c) Once in a while they meet among themselves
to have a ‘chat’.
(d) They have an advanced method of
communication among themselves.
(e) They hold regular ‘markets’ where they
exchange goods.
(f) They store grain for long periods in winter and
if the grain begins to bud, they cut the roots, as
if they understand that if they leave it to grow,
it will rot. If the grain stored by them gets wet
due to rains, they take it out into the sunlight
to dry, and once dry, they take it back inside
as though they know that humidity will cause
development of root systems which will cause
the grain to rot.
25) Honey: Healing For Humankind
The bee assimilates juices of various kinds of
flowers and fruit and forms honey within its body,
which it stores in its cells of wax. Only a couple of
centuries ago humans came to know that honey
comes from the belly of the bee. But this fact was
mentioned in the Qur’an 1,400 years ago in the
following verse:
“There issues from
within their bodies
a drink of varying colours,
wherein is healing for men.”
[Al-Qur’an 16:69]
We are only now aware that honey has healing
properties and is also a mild antiseptic. The
Russians would use honey to cover their wounds in
World War II. The wound would retain moisture
and would leave very little scar tissue. Due to the
density of honey, no fungus or bacteria could grow
in the wound.
Dramatic improvements were visible in 22
incurable chest and Alzheimer's disease patients at
nursing Homes in England who were treated by
Sister Carole, a nun, with propolis, a substance
which bees produce to seal hives against bacteria.
A person suffering from an allergy of a particular
plant may be given honey from that plant so that
the person develops resistance to that allergy.
Honey is also rich in fructose and vitamin K.
The knowledge contained in the Qur’an regarding
honey, its origin and properties, was discovered
centuries after its revelation.
26) Blood Circulation And Milk
The Qur’an was revealed 600 years before the
Muslim scientist Ibn Nafees described the
circulation of the blood and 1,000 years before
William Harwey brought this understanding to the
Western world. Roughly thirteen centuries before it
was known what happens in the intestines to
ensure that organs are nourished by the process of
digestive absorption, a verse in the Qur’an described
the source of the constituents of milk, in conformity
with these notions.
To understand the Qur’anic verse concerning the
above concepts, it is important to know that
chemical reactions occur in the intestines and that,
from there, substances extracted from food pass into
the blood stream via a complex system; sometimes
by way of the liver, depending on their chemical
nature. The blood transports them to all the organs
of the body, among which are the milk-producing
mammary glands.
In simple terms, certain substances from the
contents of the intestines enter into the vessels of
the intestinal wall itself, and these substances are
transported by the blood stream to the various
organs.
This physiological concept must be fully appreciated if we
wish to understand the following verses of the Qur’an:
“And verily in cattle there is
a lesson for you.
We give you to drink
of what is inside their bodies,
coming from a conjunction
between the contents of the
intestine and the blood,
a milk pure and pleasant for
those who drink it.”
[Al-Qur’an 16:66]. Translation of this Qur’anic verse is from the book “The Bible, the
Qur’an and Science” by Dr. Maurice Bucaille.
“And in cattle (too) ye
have an instructive example:
from within their bodies
We produce (milk)
for you to drink;
there are, in them,
(besides), numerous (other)
benefits for you;
and of their (meat) ye eat.”
[Al-Qur’an 23:21]
27) Muslims Seek Answers
A group of Muslim Scholars, under the direction of
an eminent Yemani Scholar, Sheikh Abdul Majid
Azzindani, collected information concerning
embryology and other sciences in the Qur'an and
undisputed Hadith and translated it into English.
They then followed the Qur'anic advice:
“If ye realise this not,
ask of those who possess
the Message.”
[Al-Qur’an 16:43 & 21:7]
All the information from the Qur’an and the
undisputed Hadith concerning embryology so
gathered, after being translated into English and
presented to Prof. (Dr.) Keith Moore, Professor of
Embryology and Chairman of the Department of
Anatomy at the University of Toronto, in Canada.
At present he is one of the highest authorities in the
field of Embryology.
He was asked to give his opinion regarding the
material presented to him. After carefully
examining it, Dr. Moore said that most of the information concerning embryology mentioned in
the Qur’an and the undisputed Hadith is in perfect
conformity with modern discoveries in the field of
embryology and does not conflict with them in any
way. He added that there were a few verses
however, on whose scientific accuracy he could not
comment. He could not say whether the statements
were true or false, since he was himself unaware of
the information contained therein. There was also
no mention of this information in modern writings
and studies on embryology.
One such verse is:
“Proclaim! (or Read!)
In the name of thy Lord
and Cherisher, Who created –
Created man, out of a (mere)
clot of congealed blood.”
[Al-Qur’an 96:1-2]
The Arabic word alaq, besides meaning a congealed
clot of blood, also means something that clings, a
leech-like substance.
Dr. Keith Moore had no knowledge whether an
embryo in the initial stages appears like a leech. To
check this out he studied the initial stage of the
embryo under a very powerful microscope and
compared what he observed with the diagram of a
leech. He was astonished at the striking
resemblance between the two!
In the same manner, he acquired more information
on embryology, that was hitherto not known to him,
from the Qur’an.
Dr. Keith Moore answered about eighty questions
dealing with embryological data mentioned in the
Qur’an and Hadith. Noting that the information
contained in the Qur’an and Hadith was in full
agreement with the latest discoveries in the field of
embryology, Prof. Moore said, “If I was asked these
questions thirty years ago, I would not have been
able to answer half of them for lack of scientific
information”.
In 1981, during the Seventh Medical Conference in
Dammam, Saudi Arabia, Dr. Moore said, “It has
been a great pleasure for me to help clarify
statements in the Qur’an about human development.
It is clear to me that these statements must have
come to Muhammad from God or Allah, because
almost all of this knowledge was not discovered
until many centuries later. This proves to me
that Muhammad must have been a messenger of
God or Allah”.
Dr. Keith Moore had earlier authored the book,
‘The Developing Human’. After acquiring new
knowledge from the Qur’an, he wrote, in 1982, the
3rd edition of the same book, ‘The Developing Human’. The book was the recipient of an award for
the best medical book written by a single author.
This book has been translated into several major
languages of the world and is used as a textbook of
embryology in the first year of medical studies.
Dr. Joe Leigh Simpson, Chairman of the Department
of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, at the Baylor College
of Medicine, Houston, U.S.A., proclaims: “...these
Hadiths, sayings of Muhammad (pbuh), could not
have been obtained on the basis of the scientific
knowledge that was available at the time of the
writer (implying in the 7th century). It follows that
not only is there no conflict between genetics and
religion (implying Islam) but in fact religion (Islam)
may guide science by adding revelation to some of the
traditional scientific approaches . . . there exist
statements in the Qur’an shown centuries later to be
valid which support knowledge in the Qur’an having
been derived from God.”
28) Drop Emitted From Between The Back Bone And The Ribs
“Now let man but think
from what he is created!
He is created from
a drop emitted –
Proceeding from between
the back bone and the ribs.”
[Al-Qur’an 86:5-7]
In embryonic stages, the reproductive organs of the
male and female, i.e. the testicles and the ovaries,
begin their development near the kidney between
the spinal column and the eleventh and twelfth ribs.
Later they descend; the female gonads (ovaries) stop
in the pelvis while the male gonads (testicles)
continue their descent before birth to reach the
scrotum through the inguinal canal. Even in
adulthood after the descent of the reproductive
organs, these organs receive their nerve supply and
blood supply from the Abdominal Aorta, which is in
the area between the backbone (spinal column) and
the ribs. The lymphatic drainage and the venous
return also go to the same area.
29) Nutfah – Minute Quantity Of Liquid
The Glorious Qur’an mentions no less than eleven
times that the human being is created from nutfah,
which means a minute quantity of liquid or a trickle
of liquid that remains after emptying a cup. This is
mentioned in several verses of the Quran (Qur’an 22:5 and 23:13).
The same is also mentioned in the Quran (Qur’an 16:4, 18:37, 35:11,
36:77, 40:67, 53:46, 75:37, 76:2 and 80:19).
Science has confirmed in recent times that only one
out of an average of three million sperms is required
for fertilising the ovum. This means that only 1/3
millionth part or 0.00003% of the quantity of sperms
that are emitted is required for fertilisation.
30) Sulalah – Quintessence Of Liquid
“And made his progeny
from a quintessence
of the nature of
a fluid despised.”
[Al-Qur’an 32:8]
The Arabic word sulaalah means quintessence or the
best part of a whole. We have come to know now that
only one single spermatozoon that penetrates the
ovum is required for fertilization, out of the several
million produced by man. That one spermatozoon out
of several million, is referred to in the Qur’an as
sulaalah. We have also come to know now that only
one ovum is fertilized out of the tens of thousand
produced by the female. That one ovum out of tens
of thousand is also refered to in the Qur'an as
Sulaalah. This word also means gentle extraction
from a fluid. The fluid refers to both male and
female germinal fluids containing gametes. Both
ovum and sperm are gently extracted from their
environments in the process of fertilization.
31) Nutfatun Amshaaj – Mingled Liquids
“Verily We created man
from a drop of mingled sperm.”
[Al-Qur’an 76:2]
The Arabic word nutfatin amshaajin means mingled
liquids. According to some commentators of the
Qur’an, mingled liquids refers to the male or female
agents or liquids. After mixture of male and female
gamete, the zygote still remains nutfah. Mingled
liquids can also refer to spermatic fluid that is
formed of various secretions that come from various
glands.
Therefore, nutfatin amshaaj, i.e. a minute quantity
of mingled fluids refers to the male and female
gametes (germinal fluids or cells) and part of the
surrounding fluids.
32) Sex Determination
The sex of a foetus is determined by the nature of
the sperm and not of the ovum. The sex of the child,
whether female or male, depends on whether the
23rd pair of chromosomes is XX or XY respectively.
Primarily, sex determination occurs at fertilization
and depends upon the type of sex chromosome in
the sperm that fertilizes an ovum. If it is an ‘X’
bearing sperm that fertilizes the ovum, the foetus
is a female and if it is a ‘Y’ bearing sperm then
the foetus is a male.
“That He did create
in pairs – male and female,
from a seed when lodged
(in its place).”
[Al-Qur’an 53:45-46]
The Arabic word nutfah means a minute quantity of
liquid and tumnaa means ejaculated or planted. Therefore nutfah specifically refers to sperm
because it is ejaculated.
The Qur’an says:
“Was he not a drop
of sperm emitted
(in lowly form)?
“Then did he become
a clinging clot;
then did (Allah) make
and fashion (him)
in due proportion.
“And of him He made
two sexes, male
and female.”
[Al-Qur’an 75:37-39]
Here again it is mentioned that a small quantity
(drop) of sperm (indicated by the word nutfatan min
maniyyin) which comes from the man is responsible
for the sex of the foetus.
Mothers-in-law in the Indian subcontinent, usually
prefer having male grandchildren and often blame
their daughters-in-law if the child is not a boy. If
only they knew that the determining factor is the
nature of the male sperm and not the female ovum!
If they were to blame anybody, they should rather
blame their sons, not their daughters-in-law, since
both the Qur’an and Science hold that it is the male
fluid that is responsible for the sex of the child!
33) Foetus Protected By Three Veils Of Darkness
“He makes you,
in the wombs of your mothers,
in stages, one after another,
in three veils of darkness.”
[Al-Qur’an 39:6]
According to Prof. Keith Moore, these three veils of
darkness in the Qur’an refer to:
(i) anterior abdominal wall of the mother
(ii) the uterine wall
(iii) the amnio-chorionic membrane.
34) Embryological Stages
“Man We did create
from a quintessence (of clay);
then We placed him
as (a drop of) sperm
in a place of rest, firmly fixed;
then We made the sperm
into a clot of congealed blood;
then of that clot We made
a (foetus) lump; then We made out of that
lump bones and clothed
the bones with flesh;
then We developed
out of it another creature.
so blessed be Allah,
the Best to create!”
[Al-Qur’ an 23:12-14]
In this verse Allah states that man is created from
a small quantity of liquid which is placed in a place
of rest, firmly fixed (well established or lodged) for
which the Arabic word qaraarin makeen is used.
The uterus is well protected from the posterior by
the spinal column supported firmly by the back
muscles. The embryo is further protected by the
amniotic sac containing the amniotic fluid. Thus
the foetus has a well protected dwelling place.
This small quantity of fluid is made into alaqah,
meaning something which clings. It also means
a leech-like substance. Both descriptions are
scientifically acceptable as in the very early stages
the foetus clings to the wall and also appears to
resemble the leech in shape. It also behaves like a
leech (blood sucker) and acquires its blood supply
from the mother through the placenta.
The third meaning of the word alaqah is a blood
clot. During this alaqah stage, which spans the
third and fourth week of pregnancy, the blood clots
within closed vessels. Hence the embryo acquires
the appearance of a blood clot in addition to acquiring the appearance of a leech. Compare the
readily available Qur'anic knowledge with Man's
struggle with scientific findings:
In 1677, Hamm and Leeuwenhoek were the
first scientists to observe human sperm cells
(spermatozoa) through a microscope. They thought
that a sperm cell contained a miniature human
being which grew in the uterus to form a newborn.
This was known as the perforation theory. When
scientists discovered that the ovum was bigger than
the sperm, it was thought by scientists like De Graf
and others that the foetus existed in a miniature
form in the ovum. Later, in the 18th century,
Maupertuis propagated the theory of biparental
inheritance.
The alaqah is transformed into mudghah which
means ‘something that is chewed (having teeth
marks)’ and also something that is tacky and small
which can be put in the mouth like gum. Both these
explanations are scientifically correct. Prof. Keith
Moore took a piece of plaster seal and made it into
the size and shape of the early stage of foetus and
chewed it between the teeth to make it into a
mudghah. He compared this with the photographs
of the early stage of foetus. The teeth marks
resembled the ‘somites’ which is the early formation
of the spinal column.
This mudghah is transformed into bones (izâm).
The bones are clothed with intact flesh or muscles
(lahm). Then Allah makes it into another creature.
Prof. Marshall Johnson who is one of the leading
scientists in the USA, and is the head of the
Department of Anatomy and Director of the Daniel
Institute at the Thomas Jefferson University in
Philadelphia in the USA, was asked to comment on
the verses of the Qur’an dealing with embryology. At
first he said that the verses of the Qur’an describing
the embryological stages cannot be a coincidence. It
was probable that Muhammad (pbuh) had a powerful
microscope. On being reminded that the Qur’an was
revealed 1400 years ago, and microscopes were
invented many centuries after the time of Prophet
Muhammad (pbuh), Prof. Johnson laughed and
admitted that the first microscope invented could not
magnify more than 10 times and could not show a
clear picture.
Later he said: “I see nothing here in conflict with
the concept that Divine intervention was involved
when Muhammad (pbuh) recited the Qur’an.”
According to Dr. Keith Moore, the modern
classification of embryonic development stages
which is adopted throughout the world, is not
easily comprehensible, since it identifies stages
on a numerical basis i.e. stage 1, stage 2, etc. On the
other hand, the divisions revealed in the Qur’an are
based on distinct and easily identifiable forms or
shapes, which the embryo passes through. These
are based on different phases of pre-natal
development and provide elegant scientific descriptions that are
comprehensible and practical.
Embryological stages of human development have
also been described in the following verses:
“Was he not a drop
of sperm emitted
(in lowly form)?
Then did he become
a clinging clot;
then did (Allah) make
and fashion (him)
in due proportion.
and of him He made
two sexes, male
and female.”
[Al-Qur’an 75:37-39]
“Him Who created thee,
fashioned thee in due proportion,
and gave thee a just bias;
in whatever Form He wills,
does He put thee together.”
[Al-Qur’an 82:7-8]
35) Embryo Partly Formed And Partly Unformed
At the mudghah stage, if an incision is made in the
embryo and the internal organ is dissected, it will be
seen that most of them are formed while the
remaining are not yet completely formed.
According to Prof. Johnson, if we describe the
embryo as a complete creation, then we are only
describing that part which is already created.
If we describe it as an incomplete creation, then
we are only describing that part which is not yet
created. So, is it a complete creation or an incomplete
creation? There is no better description of this stage
of embryogenesis than the Qur’anic description,
“partly formed and partly unformed”, as in the
following verse:
“We created you
out of dust,
then out of sperm,
then out of a leech-like clot,
then out of a morsel of flesh,
partly formed
and partly unformed
that We may manifest
(Our Power) to you.”
[Al-Qur’an 22:5]
Scientifically we know that at this early stage
of development there are some cells which are
differentiated and there are some cells that are
undifferentiated – some organs are formed and yet
others unformed.
36) Sense Of Hearing And Sight
The first sense to develop in a developing human
embryo is hearing. The foetus can hear sounds after
the 24th week. Subsequently, the sense of sight is
developed and by the 28th week, the retina becomes
sensitive to light.
The Qur'an explains it thus:
“And He gave
you (the faculties of) hearing
and sight and feeling
(and understanding).”
[Al-Qur’an 32:9]
“Verily We created man
from a drop of mingled sperm,
in order to try him:
so We gave him (the gifts),
of Hearing and Sight.”
[Al-Qur’an 76:2]
“It is He Who has created
for you (the faculties of) hearing, sight, feeling and
understanding:
little thanks it is ye give!”
[Al-Qur’an 23:78]
In all these verses the sense of hearing is mentioned
before that of sight. Thus the Qur’anic description
matches perfectly with the discoveries in modern
embryology.
37) Fingerprints
“Does man think that We
cannot assemble his bones?
Nay, We are able to put
together in perfect order
the very tips of his fingers.”
[Al-Qur’an 75:3-4]
Unbelievers argue regarding resurrection taking
place after bones of dead people have disintegrated
in the earth and how each individual would be
identified on the Day of Judgement. Almighty Allah
answers that He can not only assemble our bones
but can also reconstruct perfectly our very
fingertips.
Why does the Qur’an, while speaking about
determination of the identity of the individual,
speak specifically about fingertips? In 1880,
fingerprinting became the scientific method of
identification, after research done by Sir Francis
Golt. No two persons in the world can ever have
exactly the same fingerprint pattern, not even
identical twins. That is the reason why police forces
worldwide use fingerprints to identify criminals.
Fourteen hundred years ago, who could have known
the uniqueness of each human’s fingerprint? Surely it
could have been none other than the Creator Himself!
38) Iron
We sent down iron, wherein is great military might and benefits for the people, and so that Allah may make evident those who support Him and His messengers unseen. Indeed, Allah is Powerful and Exalted in Might.(translation--Sahih International).
“We sent down Iron, in which is (material for) mighty war, as well as many
benefits for mankind…”(translation--Yusuf Ali)
[Al-Qur’an 57:25]
The Arabic word used is ‘Anzala’ which means ‘to send down’. Now ‘Anzala’ can be looked at in two different ways. One way is ‘Allah has sent down’ meaning ‘Allah has revealed’. So Allah has revealed that in ‘Iron’ there is material for war and benefits for humankind. We know today that iron is one of the most important metals by which we get ‘Steel’. Steel and Iron are used for making instruments of war, like weapons, swords, spears, guns, etc. It’s even used for making instruments of peace, like brick layer, instruments of an engineer, instruments of an architect, knife, fork, spoon, etc. So if you read the first meaning, it says that Allah has revealed that in Iron there are various benefits and material for war.
The other way is to take it literally, that ‘Iron has been sent down from the Heaven’. This verse was shown to Professor Armstrong from NASA to comment. “Iron has been sent down from Heaven” He tells us that recently Scientists have come to know about the formation process of various elements. They say that the energy required to make one atom of Iron is so enormous that the energy of the whole Solar System is not sufficient. A calculation was made that energy four times that of the Solar System is made to produce one atom of Iron. It means the energy of the Moon, the Stars, the Sun, the Planets, etc. will not be sufficient to produce one atom of Iron. Scientists today tell us that ‘Iron’ is an extra terrestrial metal, which is confirming the Qur’anic Verse if taken literally, that Iron has
been sent down from the Heaven.
39) Sky Protection
Today Science Tells us that the atmosphere that we have outside the earth it acts like a filter and prevents the harmful radiation like X-ray, UV ray, etc and also from the temperature of outer space -270.42 Celsius from reaching the surface of the earth. If this protection would not there then life not possible on the face of the earth.
The Qur’an says:
And We made the sky a protected ceiling, but they, from its signs, are turning away.[Al-Qur’an 21:32]
40) Lying, Sinning Forelock
No! If he does not desist, We will surely drag him by the forelock -A lying, sinning forelock. (translation--Sahih International).
"Let him beware! If he does not stop, We will take him by the naseyah, a lying, sinful, naseyah!"
(another translation). [Al-Qur’an 96:15, 16]
This passage was revealed at a time when Muslims were being mocked and persecuted by more powerful religious sects. When it was delivered to Muhammad, it was intended to advise him on how to deal with one particular non-believer who was making it difficult for Muslims to pray at the Kaaba.
However, it is the surah's use of the Arabic word "naseyah" that is of primary concern to Islamic scholars today.
In Arabic, "naseyah" essentially translates to "the front of the head", which makes the above extract curiously pedantic. Why specify an area of the head? Why not just refer to the head as a whole? The answer lies in the Quran's description of the non-believer's naseyah as "lying" and "sinful".
Modern research into the anatomy of the human brain has established the prefrontal area of the cerebrum as the center of motivation, planning, and aggression. In other words, the front of the brain is responsible for our ability to perform evil or sinful acts. It is also responsible for our ability to discern reality from fiction. This means that, if you so choose, your naseyah can indeed be a sinful and lying one.
41) Pain Receptors In The Skin
It was thought that the sense of feeling and pain
was dependent only on the brain. Recent discoveries
however prove that there are pain receptors present
in the skin, without which a person would not be
able to feel pain.
When a doctor examines a patient suffering from
burn injuries, he verifies the degree of burns by a
pinprick. If the patient feels pain, the doctor is
happy, because it indicates that the burns are
superficial and the pain receptors are intact. On the
other hand, if the patient does not feel any pain, it
indicates that it is a deep burn and the pain
receptors have been destroyed.
The Qur’an gives a clear indication of the existence
of pain receptors in the following verse:
“Those who reject
our signs,
We shall soon
cast into the Fire;
as often as their skins
are roasted through,
We shall change them
for fresh skins,
that they may taste
the Penalty:for Allah is Exalted
in Power, Wise.”
[Al-Qur’an 4:56]
Prof. Tagatat Tejasen, Chairman of the Department
of Anatomy at Chiang Mai University in Thailand,
has spent a great amount of time on research of
pain receptors. Initially he could not believe that
the Qur’an mentioned this scientific fact 1,400
years ago. He later verified the translation of this
particular Qur’anic verse. Prof. Tejasen was so
impressed by the scientific accuracy of the Qur’anic
verse, that at the 8th Saudi Medical Conference
held in Riyadh on the Scientific Signs of Qur’an and
Sunnah, he proudly proclaimed in public:
42) Science of Qayamat (The Resurrection)
or see this https://www.yout ube.com/watch?v=D33d7sYmCss
Highlights from this topic
(i)Universe is created at a particular instance. This is what modern scientists say Big Bang
(ii)Now it is also discovered that this space is expanding
(iii)The day when the heaven will split open(Quran 25:25)
(iv)Today astrologists say that this universe will end.
Three main predictions
(1) Big Freeze
(2) Big crunch
(3) Big rip. A time will come when the space time fabric will rip. This is the most acceptable among all. In 1998 it was discovered that this expansion of the universe is not linear but accelerating. Means it’s speed increases by time. This is the reason why cosmologists is with the Big rip prediction.
(iv)(Quran 55:37, 25:25, 69:16, 84:01, 73:18)
(v)In Qayamat the physical laws in our universe will destroy or change
(Quran 77:10, 82:3,77:8, 84:3). Today in cosmology a term called spaghettification.
(vi)Today scientist say laws of physics are specific to this universe. And when universe will end then this physical laws will break.
(Quran 30:8)
43) Islam, Rebirth and Science
or see this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgH2oQ-XNYY
Highlights from this topic
(i)Big Bang (Quran 21:30), expanding universe (Quran 51:47), time is the forth dimension of space (Quran 32:5), Big rip (Quran 84:1)
(ii)(Quran 21:104) The day when we will fold the today cosmology say that this space is not empty. It is a complex medium which can be fold and twist, bend, ripple.
(iii)Now further reading Quran (Quran 21:104) it says The day when we will fold the heavens like the folding of a (written ) sheet for the records. In Arabic sajalal-kutub means record book. Now according to the Quran this sky, this space is like a record sheet which will be rolled. Every incidents which happen at all events are recorded or safe in it.
Today astrologists also say that in this universe till now from big bang anything happens at any moments, every incidents are in this space time exist or save. Everything that ever happened and will happen it all exists.
Quran say in the judgement day(Quran 99:6). That day, the people will depart separated(into categories)to be shown (the results of) their deeds. Also (Quran 99:7,8)
(iv)(Quran 77:40)
(v)(Quran 3:30).
Today science also say that since big bang till now whatever happened in this universe or will happen in future that all can be seen.
44) QURAN & Modern Science (Crossing the limits of Universe)
or see this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOQKS3q07EE
Highlights from this topic
(i)(Quran 55:33)..O company of jinn and mankind, if you are able to pass beyond the regions of the heavens and the earth, then pass. You will not pass except by authority [from Allah ].
Today it is established fact that space is expanding (Quran 51:47) and the rate of expansion is greater than the speed of light. And it is said that in this space time nothing can go/move faster than the speed of light.
Today it is established fact that space is expanding (Quran 51:47) and the rate of expansion is greater than the speed of light. And it is said that in this space time nothing can go/move faster than the speed of light.
Dr John C . Marther a noble prize winner in physics in 2006 also said that the expansion rate of the universe is greater than the speed of light.
(ii)And even if we can move faster than the speed of light then also we can’t go outside. (Quran 55:33)
45) QURAN Aur Modern Science (Asmaan)
or see this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rx4Kh9g4HTU
Highlights from this topic
(i)Quran say time is not absolute it is also relative (Quran 33:5). Same word means any point in space. Youm—1 day means 1day=1000 years of this earth.
(Quran 70:4)1day=50000 years
In this universe time varry. Tme is dependent or variable wrt speed.
(ii)Today cosmologists say that time is a dimension of space.
(iii)In Quran there are many verses in which time varies for individuals or places.
(Quran 18:9 to 25)---a portion of day =309 years
(Quran 2:259)----A portion of day=100 years
(Quran 10:45 & 23:112 to 113)----- a portion of the day of judgement= life span
(iv)Today in 21st century famous physicists say that time is experienced individually, everybody have a own private time which runs it with own private rate.
(v)(Quran 39:62)
46) Muhammad(pbuh) & Modern Cosmologist (Islam & Science)
Highlights from this topic
(i)unit: In hadees for long distances word use is with respect to time example 70 years long, 500 years long, 1000 years long,etc. Scientist in 19th century founded that cosmic distances are not measured by milometers, miles, etc. Then with respect to time distance unit is defined which is called light years. Means in one year how much distance light travel.
(ii)In Quran (Quran 3:30)- in Qayamat when soul shall find present what it has done of good and what it has done of evil. It shall wish that between It and that( evil) there were a long distance of time
(iii)(Quran 2:17) when he decrees a thing. He does but say to it “Be!” and it is. And it does not need anything or raw material. ALLAH need nothing.
(iv)Today in 21st century scientists say universe is created from nothing. Net energy of the Universe is zero.That’s why scientists say universe is created from nothing.
(v)(Quran 79:27)Are you a more difficult creation or is the heaven? Allah constructed it. Today scientists say space is the biggest mystery in physics.
(vi)All established facts of science matches with Quran and hadees.
47) Quran & Black holes कुरान और ब्लैक होल
Highlights from this topic
(i)(Quran 77:8)- so when the stars are obliterated
(Quran 77:9)-and when the heavens is opened
(ii)when star die then black holes made
(iii)Stephen halking-black holes may offer a route to another universe
(iv)stars get collapsed (Quran 77:8,9)and today science find that in Star fusion reaction takes place regularly and at some time it stop and it converted into black holes.
(v)Stars collapses down to singularity
(vi)(Quran 77:8,9)-heavens opened and today's science tells us that black holes may offer route to another universe.
48) Quran and Cosmology आसमान कहाँ है ? Where are the Seven Heavens
Highlights from this topic
(i)Asman(in Urdu)---in Arabic Sa'maa. Root word samo means upward, elevation, ascending with respect to humans.
(ii)general meaning of Sa'maa(singular) means all that is above and around.(with respect to man/ humans)
(iii)samaa word for asmaan and samawat for 7 asmaan.
(iv)size of the seven heavens and relations
(v)how can the sky/ space fall on this earth? Modern cosmology—Big crunch
(vi)seven sky and single sky
(vii)(Quran 51:47)
And the heaven We constructed with strength, and indeed, We are [its] expander. Today science found that.
(viii)Today science say about solar apex means Sun follow a define path and also (Quran 21:33) and (Quran 36:40)---all (heavenly bodies) in an orbit are swimming,& but each; in an orbit ,is swimming. Here his reference from Quran 36:38 is not totally matching with some hadiths. So I think it is not right according to my understanding and research.
(ix)(Quran 21:30)--Big Bang
(Quran 51:47)---expanding universe
(Quran 36:38)---solar apex
(Quran 36:40)---orbits of heavenly bodies
At the time of the revelation of the Quran the word space was not known. People use the word heaven to refer to what lies above the earth
49) Life In The Universe Besides Earth
According to the Scientists there are possibilities of life besides the planet Earth. No wonder they are sending rockets and spaceships to nearby planets such as Mars etc. Till today there is no authentic scientific proof that life exists besides the Earth.
The Glorious Qur’an says in Surah Al Shoora, Chapter 42, Verse 29:
“And among His Signs is the creation of the heavens and the earth, and the living creatures that He has scattered through them: and He has power to gather them together when He wills.”[Al-Qur’an 42:29]
From the above verse we come to know that life is not confined to our little planet earth and Allah has scattered living creatures throughout His universe i.e. through out the heavens and the earth. Science may discover after a 100 years or a 1,000 years regarding life on other heavenly planets.
Scientists wonder and analyse to find out if there are any similar earth as ours, elsewhere in the Universe.
A Mathematician Scientist by the name Frank Drake has worked out a probability equation that earth similar to ours does exist.
The Glorious Qur’an says in Surah Al Talaaq Chapter 65 Verse 12:
“Allah is He Who created seven Firmaments and of the earth a similar number…”[Al-Qur’an 65:12]
50) End of the Universe
Several scientists have given their prediction and hypothesis regarding the end of the universe. Some of these hypothesis are as follows:-
a. The mountains will collapse and the face of the earth will change.
b. The mountains and rocks will become smooth
c. There will be excessive heat and the oceans will dry up.
d. Few scientists say that the sun will increase in size and all living beings on earth will vanish while many say that the sun will shrink in size and vanish. Thus extinguishing life on earth.
e. Some say that the earth and the planet will come to an end by entering into a black hole.
Many theories of the scientists regarding the end of the Universe are compatible with the Qur’anic concept of the end of the world. The Qur’an describes several factors and signs regarding the end of the world.
i. In Surah Al Ahqaaf Chapter 46 Verse 3
“We created not the heavens and the earth and all between them but for just ends, and for a Term Appointed”[Al-Qur’an 46:3]
The above verse indicates that the universe is created for a specified time period and will come to an end.
ii. Surah Al Qiyaamah Chapter 75 Verses 8 and 9 describes a few signs of the end of the world
“And the moon is buried in darkness, And the sun and moon are joined together.”[Al-Qur’an 75:8-9]
iii. In Surah Al Takweer Chapter 81 Verses 1,2,3 and 6
“When the sun (with its spacious light) is folded up; When the stars fall, losing their lustre; When the mountains vanish (like a mirage); When the oceans boil over with a swell”[Al-Qur’an 81:1-3 and 6]
iv. In Surah Al Infitaar Chapter 82 Verses 1 to 3
“When the Sky is cleft asunder; When the Stars are scattered; When the Oceans are suffered to burst forth.”[Al-Qur’an 82:1-3]
f. In a Universe that expands for all future time, the galaxies get even further apart. Astronomers think that about 1012 years (about a hundred times the present age of the Universe) all the hydrogen and helium in the interstellar medium will have been used up. At that stage star birth stops and the galaxies flicker out as the final generation of star dies.
51) New Creation
a. In Surah Al Ambiyaa’ Chapter 21 Verse 104
“The Day that We roll up the heavens like a scroll rolled up for books (completed),- even as We produced the first creation, so shall We produce a new one: a promise We have undertaken: truly shall We fulfil it.”[Al-Qur’an 21:104]
b. In Surah Ibraheem Chapter 14 Verse 48
“One day the earth will be changed to a different earth, and so will be the heavens, and (men) will be marshalled forth, before Allah, the One, the Irresistible.”Al-Qur’an 14:48]
From the above verses it is clear that a new creation has been promised by Allah on the Day of Judgement. He will repeat the creation based on the memory of the previous creation. The new creation will be different from the world that we know now and our life will be eternal. The Qur’an described this new creation with symbols and metaphors because it is impossible to have a concept of the new world in our present life on earth.
52) First Man Adam (Pbuh)
53) The Soul
54) Angles And Jinns
55) Life After Death (Hereafter)
56) Heaven And Hell
CONCLUSION
To attribute the presence of scientific facts in the
Qur’an to coincidence would be against common
sense and a true scientific approach.
Indeed the scientific accuracy of the Qur'anic verses
confirm the Qur'an's open declaration.
Scientists who converted to Islam / who accepted Islam.
Islam cover physical universe and it's spiritual aspects. Science only relate with physical universe and it is incomplete.
Human life is a test. Quran is a book of guidence. It is a book of Signs(to recognise the truth) not a book of Science
Say, "Have you considered: if the Qur'an is from Allah and you disbelieved in it, who would be more astray than one who is in extreme dissension?"[Al-Qur’an 41:52]
“We will show them Our signs in the horizons and within themselves until it becomes clear to them that it is the truth. But is it not sufficient concerning your Lord that He is, over all things, a Witness? [Al-Qur’an 41:53]
The Qur’an invites all humans to reflect on the
Creation of this universe in the verse:
“Behold! In the creation
of the heavens and the earth,
and the alternation
of Night and Day –
there are indeed Signs
for men of understanding .”
[Al-Qur’an 3:190]
The scientific evidences of the Qur’an clearly prove
its Divine origin. No human could have produced a
book, fourteen hundred years ago, that would
contain such profound scientific facts.
The Qur’an, however, is not a book of Science but a
book of ‘Signs’. These signs invite Man to realize the
purpose of his existence on earth, and to live in
harmony with Nature. The Qur’an is truly a
message from Allah, the Creator and Sustainer of
the universe. It contains the same Message of the
Oneness of God, that was preached by all prophets,
right from Adam, Moses, Jesus to Muhammad
(peace be upon them).
Several detailed tomes have been written on the
subject of Qur’an and modern science and further
research in this field is on. Inshallah, this research
will help mankind to come closer to the Word of the
Almighty. This booklet contains only a few of the
scientific facts present in the Qur’an. I cannot claim
to have done full justice to the subject.
Prof. Tejasen accepted Islam on the strength of just
one scientific ‘sign’ mentioned in the Qu’ran. Some
people may require ten signs while some may
require hundred signs to be convinced about the
Divine origin of the Qur’an. Some would be
unwilling to accept the Truth even after being
shown a thousand signs. The Qur’an condemns such
a closed mentality in the verse:
“Deaf, dumb and blind,
They will not return
(To the path).”
[Al-Qur’an 2:18]
The Qur’an contains a complete code of life for the
individual and society. Alhamdulillah (Praise be to
Allah), the Qur’anic way of life is far superior to the
‘isms’ that modern man has invented out of sheer
ignorance. Who can give better guidance than the
Creator Himself?
I pray that this humble effort is accepted by Allah,
to whom I pray for mercy and guidance (Aameen).
INSHALLAH
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