Scientific Miracles In The Quran

Scientific Miracles in the QURAN Aqeel Ahmed

Introduction and significant points  Fourteen centuries ago  Quran to mankind as a book of guidance.  From the day of its revelation to the day of judgment, this last divine book , the Holy Quran, will remain the sole guide, faith and a methodology of life for humanity.

The Quran is not a book to decorate

 (‫إن هذا القرآن يهدي للتي هي أقوم ويبشر المؤمنين الذين‬ 9 ) ‫) يعملون الصالحات أن لهم أجرا كبيرا( السراء‬.

 Surely this Quran guides to the way that is straightest and gives good tidings to the believers who do deeds of righteousness, that theirs shall be a great wage.” (18:9)

 The Quran has many miraculous attributes proving that it is a revelation from God.

 One of these attributes is the fact that a

number of scientific truths that we have only been able to uncover by the technology of the 20th century were stated in the Quran 1,400 years ago.

Relationship Between the Quran and Modern Science

 Modern scientific theory today finds itself quite close to the Quran.

The remarkable harmony between the Quran and science is due to the presence in the Quran itself of very clear and positive encouragement to consider and investigate the world around us. As the verses quoted earlier indicate, Allah has not forbidden man to question, and in fact, it seems He wants us to do so.

Topics In The QURAN  Origin of the universe  Expansion of the universe  Creation of the Earth and Iron  Human embryonic developments  Cerebrum  The Sun and the Moon

Cont..  Time zones  Mountains  Clouds  Seas and Rivers  Deep seas and internal waves  Female bee

Origin of the universe

 [21:30] “Have not those who disbelieved known that the heavens and the earth were joined together (as one unit of creation), before We clove them asunder”

 The science of modern cosmology clearly indicates that, at one point of time, the whole universe was nothing but a cloud of 'smoke‘.

 This is one of the undisputed principles of standard modern cosmology. Scientists now observe new stars forming out of the remnants of that 'smoke'.'

 Because of the earth and the heavens have been formed from this same 'smoke,' we conclude that the earth and the heavenly bodies were one connected entity.  Then out of this homogenous 'smoke,' they formed and separated from each other

Expansion of the universe  [50:47]

"The heaven, We have built it with power. Verily. We are expanding it." Heaven is the translation of the word sama' and this is exactly the extra-terrestrial world that is meant. 'We are expanding it' is the translation of the plural present participle musi'una of the verb ausa'a meaning 'to make wider, more spacious, to extend, to expand'.

 Thus the size of the Universe is probably constantly increasing and this increase will become bigger the further away the galaxies are from us. The speeds at which these celestial bodies are moving may, in the course of this continuous expansion, go from fractions of the speed of light to speeds faster than this.

Creation of the Earth and Iron  [65:12] "Allah is He Who Created seven firmaments and of the earth a similar number. Through the midst of them (all) descends His command: that ye may know that Allah has power over all things, and that Allah comprehends all things In (His) Knowledge.”

 The new scientific discovery had revealed the earth is formed from seven layers.

 The very bottom layer contains most of the uranium and plutonium and all the materials that are need to create nuclear weapons and energy.

 The Verse above does indeed say that the earth was created with seven layers.

Creation of the Earth and Iron (cont.)

 [57:25] "We sent aforetime Our messengers with clear signs and sent down with them the Book and the Balance (of right and wrong), that men may stand forth in justice; and We sent down iron, in which is (material for Mighty war), as well as many benefits for mankind, that Allah may test who it is that will help, unseen, Him and His messengers: For Allah is Full of strength, exalted in Might (And able to enforce His Will).”

 The new scientific discovery  Notice that the verse above, Allah says clearly "We sent down iron...." and He didn't say "We created iron from earth....“. This clearly states that iron was created outside the earth and was brought down by the Will of Allah Almighty for a purpose.

Human embryonic developments;  In the Holy Quran, Allah speaks about the stages of man’s embryonic development:

[23:12-14 ] "We created man from an extract of clay. Then We made him as a drop in a place of settlement, firmly fixed. Then We made the drop into an alaqah (leech, suspended thing, and blood clot), then We made the alaqah into a mudghah (chewedlike substance)...“

 Literally, the Arabic word alaqah has three meanings: (1) leech, (2) suspended thing, and (3) blood clot.

 Similarities in appearance between a leech and a human embryo at the alaqah stage

 The suspension of an

embryo during the alaqah stage in the womb (uterus) of the mother

 When comparing the

appearance of an embryo at the mudghah stage with a piece of gum that has been chewed, we find similarity between the two. A) Drawing of an embryo at the mudghah stage. We can see here the somites at the back of the embryo that look like teeth marks.

B) Photograph of a piece of gum that has been chewed.

Cerebrum: the main portion of the brain  Allah has said in the Quran about one of the evil

unbelievers who forbade the Prophet Muhammad from praying at the Kaaba: [96:15-16 ] "No! If he does not stop, We will take him by the naseyah (front of the head), a lying, sinful naseyah (front of the head)!" *Why did the Quran describe the front of the head as being lying and sinful? *Why didn’t the Quran say that the person was lying and sinful? *What is the relationship between the front of the head and lying and sinfulness?

 So, this area of the cerebrum is responsible for planning, motivating, and initiating good and sinful behavior and is responsible for the telling of lies and the speaking of truth.  Thus, it is proper to describe the front of the head as lying and sinful when someone lies or commits a sin, as the Quran has said, “...A lying, sinful naseyah (front of the head)!”

The Sun and the Moon

 [10:5] "It is He Who made the sun to be a shining glory and the moon to be a light (of beauty), and measured out stages for her; that ye might know the number of years and the count (of time). Nowise did Allah create this but in truth and righteousness. (Thus) doth He explain His Signs in detail, for those who understand."

In arabic, the light from the sun is described by the word “dhiyaa” meaning magnificence and glory of brightness. This means that the source of light is coming from the sun itself. On the other hand, the word used to describe the moon’s light is “noor” which is a cool light that lights up. Scientific discovery has revealed confirmations to these phenomena.

 The Quran also discusses the sun and the manner in which it travels through space.

 When the sun moves through space, there are two options: it can travel just as a stone would travel if one threw it, or it can move of its own accord. The Quran states the latter .

[21:33] “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.” *Now, this is what the Quran affirms, but was it an easy thing to discover? *Can any common man tell that the sun is turning?

*Only in modern times was the equipment made available to project the image of the sun onto a tabletop so that one could look at it without being blinded. And through this process it was discovered that not only are there spots on the sun but that these spots move once every 25 days. This movement is referred to as the rotation of the sun around its axis and conclusively proves that, as the Quran stated 1400 years ago, the sun does, indeed, turn as it travels through space.

Time zones

 In the process of traveling, One can moves across a time zone.

 The Quran recognizes and acknowledges such a phenomenon.

 In an interesting verse it states that when the Day of Judgement arrives, it will all occur in an instant; and this very instant will catch some people in the daytime and some people at night.

Mountains  [78:6-7] “Have We not

made the earth as a bed, and the mountains as pegs?”

 A book entitled Earth is a basic reference textbook in many universities around the world

 Book says that mountains have

underlying roots.These roots are deeply embedded in the ground, thus, mountains have a shape like a hook (peg)

 Mountains also play an important role in stabilizing the crust of

the earth. They hinder the shaking of the earth. Allah has said in the Quran: [16:15] "And He has set firm mountains in the earth so that it would not shake with you..."

Likewise, the modern theory of plate tectonics holds that mountains work as stabilizers for the earth. This knowledge about the role of mountains as stabilizers for the earth has just begun to be understood in the framework of plate tectonics since the late 1960’s. *Could anyone during the time of the Prophet Muhammad have known of the true shape of mountains? *Could anyone imagine that the solid massive mountain which he sees before him actually extends deep into the earth and has a root, as scientists assert?

Clouds  [24:43] “Have you not seen how God makes the clouds move

gently, then joins them together, then makes them into a stack, and then you see the rain come out of it.…”

Scientists have found that clouds go through the following steps to produce rain: 1) The clouds are pushed by the wind 2) Joining 3) Stacking Meteorologists have only recently come to know these details of cloud formation, structure, and function by using advanced equipment to study wind and its direction, to measure humidity and its variations, and to determine the levels and variations of atmospheric pressure.

Seas and Rivers   [55:19-20] “He has set free the two seas meeting together. There is a barrier between them. They do not transgress.”

*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( thickness)

 But when the Quran speaks about the divider between fresh and salt water, it mentions the existence of “a forbidding partition” with the barrier. Allah has said in the Quran:

[25:23] “He is the one who has set free the two kinds of water, one sweet and palatable, and the other salty and bitter. And He has made between them a barrier and a forbidding partition.” *Modern science has discovered that in estuaries, where fresh (sweet) and salt water meet, the situation is somewhat different from what is found in places where two seas meet. It has been discovered that what distinguishes fresh water from salt water in estuaries is a zone with a marked density discontinuity separating the two layers, which has a different salinity from the fresh water and from the salt water .

* This information has been discovered only recently, using advanced equipment to measure temperature, salinity, density, oxygen dissolubility, etc. The human eye cannot see the difference between the two seas that meet, rather the two seas appear to us as one homogeneous sea. Likewise, the human eye cannot see the division of water in estuaries into the three kinds: fresh water, salt water, and the partition (zone of separation).

Female bee

 [16:68] “And thy Lord taught the bee to build its cells in mountains, on trees and in habitations.”  The Quran mentions that the female bee leaves its home to gather food. Now, a person might guess on that, saying, "The bee that you see flying around - it could be male, or it could be female.

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