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The
book of
Allah states,
“But
it is nothing
less than
a Reminder
to all the
worlds.”
(Qur’an,
68:52)
Ever
since the
Qur’an
was revealed,
it has possessed
an easily
understandable
language
and tone,
accessible
to all people
and in all
times. Allah
tells us
of this
style in
the Qur’an:
“We
have made
the Qur’an
easy to
remember...”
(Qur’an,
54:22)
The perfection
of the literary
language
of the Qur’an,
the incomparable
features
of its style
and the
superior
wisdom contained
within it
are some
of the definitive
proofs that
it represents
the Word
of our Lord.
In
addition,
the Qur'an
contains
within its
words many
miracles
which prove
it to be
Allah’s
Word. One
of these
attributes
is the remarkable
number of
scientific
truths which
are contained
in the holy
book of
Islam. In
this book
which was
revealed
over fourteen
centuries
ago to the
Prophet
Muhammad
(saas),
there are
innumerable
examples
of information
humanity
have only
been able
to uncover
by the technology
of the 20th
and 21st
century.
Of
course,
we should
not view
the Qur'an
as a book
of science
for it is
primarily
a book of
moral and
spiritual
guidance.
However,
many scientific
facts that
are expressed
in an extremely
concise
and profound
manner,
within the
verses of
the Qur’an,
have only
been discovered
by scientists
with the
aid of the
technological
advancement
of the 20th
and 21st
century.
Quite simply,
these facts
which we
now point
out to the
reader could
not have
been known
at the time
of the Qur'an's
revelation,
and this
is still
more proof
that the
Qur’an
is the Word
of Allah.
In
order to
understand
the scientific
miracles
contained
in the Qur'an,
we must
first look
at the level
of scientific
knowledge
which existed
at the time
when this
holy book
was revealed.
When one
understands
the context
in which
the Qur’an
was revealed,
one can
understand
more clearly
how extraordinary
the book
of Islam
actually
is.
In
the 7th
century,
when these
sacred verses
were sent
down, Arab
society
was awash
with many
superstitious
and groundless
notions.
Lacking
the technology
to examine
the universe
and nature,
these early
Arabs believed
in uncorroborated
tales inherited
from past
generations
and did
not question
them. For
example,
they supposed
that mountains
supported
the sky
above. They
believed
that the
earth was
flat and
that mountains
acted as
pillars
that kept
the vault
of heaven
high above
us.
Into
this atmosphere
of legend
and myth,
the Qur’an
came down.
It replaced
ignorance
with knowledge
and illogical
conjecture
with guidance
and certainty.
One verse
of the Qur’an
states,
"Allah
is He Who
raised up
the heavens
without
any support..."
(Qur’an,
13:2)
This
verse invalidated
the belief
that the
sky remains
above because
of support
from the
mountains.
The Qur’an
is filled
with important
facts which
were revealed
at a point
in human
history
when no
man could
possibly
have known
them. The
Qur'an—which
was revealed
at a time
when people
knew very
little about
astronomy,
physics,
or biology—contains
key facts
on a variety
of subjects
all of which
point to
the fact
that it
is revealed
by Allah,
the Lord
of the Worlds.
Some of
the subjects
explained
and dealt
with in
the Qur’an
are: the
creation
of the universe,
the creation
and miraculous
development
of the human
being from
miniscule
embryo to
grown adult,
the structure
of the atmosphere
in which
we live
and the
delicate
balances
that make
life on
earth possible.
In order
to understand
some of
these points
more fully,
let us look
at some
of these
scientific
miracles
revealed
in the Qur'an
together.
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