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Qur'aan & Science Compatible or Incompatible

The Qur’aan and Modern Science     Compatible or Incompatible?

Table of Contents

1.      Introduction …………………………………….……

2.      The Challenge of the Qur’aan ………………….……

3.      Astronomy ……………………………………….…

4.      General Science ………………………………………

5.      Geology……….. ……………………………………

6.      Physics………… ……………………………………

7.      Biology………… ……………………………………

8.      Botany………… ……………………………………….

9.      Conclusion…….……………………………………….

                  In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

Introduction

Ever since the dawn of human life on this planet, Man has always sought (attempted) to understand Nature. In this quest (research) for Truth, spanning (crossing) many centuries and diverse (various) civilizations, organized religion has shaped human life and determined to a large extent, the course of history. While some religions have been based on books, claimed by their adherents (discipline) to be divinely inspired, others have relied (trusted) solely (entirely) on human experience.

Al-Qur’aan, the main source of the Islamic faith, is a book believed by Muslims, to be of completely Divine origin. Muslims also believe that it contains guidance for all mankind. Since the message of the Qur’aan is believed to be for all times, it should be relevant to every age.

Does the Qur’aan pass this test?

ü  The Qur’aan is not a book of science but a book of ‘signs’, i.e. ayats.

ü  There are more than six thousand ‘signs’ in the Qur’aan of which more than a thousand deal with science

We all know that many a times Science takes a ‘U-turn’. We (group members) intend to give an objective analysis of the Muslim belief regarding the Divine origin of the Qur’aan, in the light of established scientific discoveries.

·         We have considered only established scientific facts and not mere hypotheses and theories that are based on assumptions and are not backed by proof.

The Challenge of Qur’aan

Literature and poetry have been instruments of human expression and creativity, in all cultures. Muslims as well as non-Muslims agree that Al-Qur’aan is Arabic literature that it is the best Arabic literature on the face of the earth.

The Qur’aan, challenges mankind in the following verses:

“And if ye are in doubt As to what We have revealed From time to time

to Our Servant, then produce a Surah Like thereunto (to that); And call your

witnesses or helpers (If there are any) besides Allah, If your (doubts) are

true. But if ye cannot –And of a surety you cannot. hen fear the Fire

Whose fuel is Men and Stones – Which is prepared for those Who reject

Faith.” [Al-Qur’aan 2:23-24]

 The same challenge is repeated in the Qur’aan several times. The challenge to produce a Surah, which, in beauty, eloquence(smoothness), depth and meaning is at least somewhat similar to a Qur’aanic Surah, remains unmet (not achieved) to this day. We live in an age, where human reason, logic and science are given primacy (importance).

. Any scripture (religion book) claiming to be a divine revelation must also be acceptable on the strength of its own reason and logic.

According to the famous physicist and Nobel Prize winner, Albert Einstein,

“Science without religion is lame. Religion without science is blind.”

 Let us study the Qur’aan, and analyze whether The Qur’aan and Modern

Science is compatible or incompatible?

Astronomy

CREATION OF THE UNIVERSE: ‘THE BIG BANG’

The creation of the universe is explained by astrophysicists (An astronomer who studies the physical properties) in a widely accepted phenomenon, popularly known as the ‘Big Bang’. It is supported by observational and experimental data gathered by astronomers and astrophysicists for decades.

 According to the ‘Big Bang’, the whole universe was initially one big mass (Primary Nebula (patch, cloud) ). 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 occurring by ‘chance’ is zero.

The Qur’aan contains the following verse, regarding the origin of the universe:

“Do not the Unbelievers see That the heavens and the earth

Were joined together (as one Unit of Creation), before We clove them

Asunder (a part)?” [Al-Qur’aan 21:30]

The striking congruence (being suitable & appropriate) between the Qur’aanic verse and the ‘Big Bang’ is inescapable!!!

 How could a book, which first appeared in the deserts of Arabia 1400 years ago, contain this profound scientific truth?

THE SPHERICAL SHAPE OF THE EARTH

In early times, people believed that the earth is flat. For centuries, men were afraid to venture out too far, lest they should fall 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’aanic 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’aan 31:29]

Merging here means that the night slowly and gradually changes to day and vice versa. 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.

The following verse also alludes (reference) 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’aan 39:5]

The Arabic word used here is Kawwara meaning ‘to overlap’ or ‘to coil’

 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’aan 79:30]

General Science

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’aan 75:3-4]

Unbelievers argue (reason) regarding resurrection taking place after bones of dead people have disintegrated (decomposed) in the earth and how each individual would be identified on the Day of Judgment.

Almighty Allah answers that He can not only assemble our bones but can also reconstruct perfectly our very fingertips.

Why does the Qur’aan, 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.” That is the reason why police forces worldwide use fingerprints to identify the criminal.

1400 years ago, who could have known the uniqueness of each human’s fingerprint? Surely it could have been none other than the Creator Himself!

PAIN RECEPTORS PRESENT IN THE SKIN

It was thought that the sense of feeling and pain was only dependent on the brain. Recent discoveries prove that there are pain receptors (sense organ) 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 (trivial) 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’aan gives an 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’aan 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’aan mentioned this

scientific fact 1,400 years ago. He later verified the translation of this particular Qur’aanic verse. Prof. Tejasen was so impressed by the scientific accuracy of the Qur’aanic verse, that at the 8th Saudi Medical Conference held in Riyadh on the Scientific Signs of Qur’aan and Sunnah he proclaimed in public: “There is no God but Allah and Muhammad (P.B.U.H) is His Messenger.”

GEOLOGY           

v  MOUNTAINS FIRMLY FIXED

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 asthenosphere (lower layer of the crust). 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’aan says about the strong mountain foundations in the following verse:

“And the mountains Hath He firmly fixed.”

[Al-Qur’aan 79:32]

ü  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.

ü  The mountains play an important role in stabilizing the crust ofthe earth. The Qur’aan 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’aan 21:31]

PHYSICS

THE EXISTENCE OF SUBATOMIC PARTICLES

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 man 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 Arabs used to believe the same. The Arabic word dharrah 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 dharrah was the limit beyond which one could not go.

The following Qur’aanic 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’aan 34:3]

This verse refers to the Omniscience (having infinite knowledge) 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.

BIOLOGY

EVERY LIVING THING IS MADE OF WATER

Consider the following Qur’aanic verse:

“Do not the Unbelievers see that the heavens and the earth were joined together (as one Unit of Creation), before We clove them asunder? We made from water every living thing. Will they not then believe?”

[Al-Qur’aan 21:30]

Only after advances have been made in science, do we now know that cytoplasm, the basic substance of the cell is made up of 80% water. Modern research has also revealed that most organisms consist of 50% to 90% water and that every living entity requires water for its existence. Was it possible 14 centuries ago for any human-being to guess that every living being was made of water? Moreover would such a guess be conceivable by a human being in the deserts of Arabia where there has always been scarcity of water?

The following verse refers to the creation of animals from water:

“And Allah has created Every animal from water.”

[Al-Qur’aan 24:45]

The following verse refers to the creation of human beings 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’aan 25:54]

BOTANY

PLANTS CREATED IN PAIRS, MALE AND FEMALE

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’aan 20:53]

EVERYTHING MADE IN PAIRS

“And of everything We have created pairs.”

[Al-Qur’aan 51:49]

This refers to things other than humans, animals, plants and fruits. It may also be referring to a phenomenon like electricity in which the atoms consist of negatively – and positively charged electrons and protons.

“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’aan 36:36]

CONCLUSION

To attribute the presence of scientific facts in the Qur’aan to coincidence would be against common sense and a true scientific approach.

The Qur’aan 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’aan 3:190]

The scientific evidences of the Qur’aan clearly prove its Divine Origin. No human could have produced a book, fourteen hundred years ago, that would contain profound scientific facts, to be discovered by humankind centuries later. The Qur’aan, 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’aan 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).

Inshallah, this research will help mankind to come closer to the Word of the Almighty.

The Qur’aan contains a complete code of life for the individual and society.

Alhamdulillah (Praise be to Allah), the Qur’aanic way of life is far superior to anyone all over the world

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Beauty of Nature

Beauties Of Nature

A village is a quiet and lonely place where is prefect for rest and appreciation of the beauties of nature. In a village, people do not live too close to one another. Therefore, our house is far apart from any other houses. Flowers, fruit plants and vegetables surround our house. All this makes our house look green and fresh. There are many streams and rivers near our house that gave beauty to our place. The only thing, I never forgot my middle school life about judging other people especially my middle classmate, BO BO.

I always remember when I visit to my village house about my middle school life. My school was really near to our house, and it took one mile to walk. Whenever we finished the classes, my destiny was to play my classmates near the rivers. We played many Burmese traditional games such as throwing ball on the ground, chasing one to others, and shooting the rubber rings. When the sky was almost dark, we went home, and at night, I studied with my classmate at my house. Sometimes I went out to my friend's house nearby and discuss our lessons for about an hour with my friend. Sometimes we went for a walk, and as we do so, we talk mainly about our lessons. My friend was very good at her lessons, and she explained many of the things that I do not understand clearly in school. I never forgot one of my middle classmates BO BO, who was also my neighbor friend.

BO BO was the one who changed my mind and my classmates' mind about the nature of people. In the school, I used to assume students who got bad grades must be bad people. I didn't contact with them until when I met with BO BO. He was the one who got bad grades in our class, who didn't do any homework, and who made usually absent from the classes frequently. For that reason, many students and me in our class assumed that he was a bad guy, and we didn't want to hand out with him.

One day after I finished my classes, I was walking on the river road on my way home. Suddenly, I saw a kid was...