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FROM BIG BANG TO BIG CRUNCH
2007-09-05 22:08:00
104- On that day We will fold the heaven, like the folding of a book. Just as We initiated the first creation, We will revert it. This is Our promise. We will certainly fulfill it.21-The Prophets, 104I would like to bring an interesting point to your attention. In the verse it is said that God will return it to its former state. Therefore, to be able to understand the end of the universe, we have to go back to the first three chapters of our book where the beginning of Creation is described. The fact that they appear in the same sura is meaningful (The beginning is explained in the sura The Prophets; verse 30, in the same sura, verse 104, the end is explained).30- Do not these disbelievers see that the heavens and the earth were an integrated mass, which We then split, and from water We made all living things? Will they not believe even then?21-The Prophets, 3047- With power did We construct Heaven. Verily, We are expanding it.51-The Dispersing, 47We deduce from the above two verses...
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THOSE WHO DISBELIEVE IN THE END OF THE UNIVERSE
2007-09-05 22:07:00
3- Those who disbelieved said, ?There is no coming of the Hour for us.? Say, ?No, by my Lord, the knower of the unseen, it will certainly come upon you.?34-Sheba, 350- If We give him a taste of mercy after suffering some adversity, he says, ?This belongs to me. I do not think that the Hour will come. Even if I am returned to my Lord, I will find in Him better things.? Certainly We will inform the disbelievers of all their works and We will afflict them with severe retribution.41-Elucidated, 50In the first part of our work we dwelt upon the creation of the universe. The time has come now to examine the end of the world and the universe as expressed in the Quran. We are fully convinced that there has been no other book in the entire history of mankind that has given such a detailed account of the beginning and end of the world. Delve into all the books in history preceding scientific data and you will see that there is none like the Quran. It was said that the Quran would provide the ...
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ELECTRIC LIGHT BULB, ELECTRICITY, RAPID TRANSMISSION OF MATERIAL AND NEW ME
2007-09-05 22:07:00
35- God is the light of the heavens and the earth. The parable of His light is that of a niche in which is a lamp. The lamp is enclosed in glass. The glass is like a pear-like planet. Lit with the oil of a blessed tree, the olive, neither of the east, nor the west, whose oil appears to light up even though fire touches it not. Light upon light. God guides to His light whomever He wills. God sets forth parables for the people. God knows all things.24-The Light, 35We believe that there are implications in the Quran indicating certain important inventions that were to take place in the future for mankind. At the time of the Prophet, when these inventions were beyond human imagination, people could not have imagined them. How could it be possible to explain to these people what electricity and the electric light bulb were?The verse above seems to hint at electricity and the light bulb. However, I am not claiming that this is its only significance. It is certain that the scope of it must...
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THE LOWEST SPOT OF THE EARTH
2007-09-05 22:06:00
3- In the lowest part of the earth...30-The Romans, 3Verse 3 of the sura The Romans speaks of the defeat of the Romans at the lowest part of the earth. The Arabic expression ?edna al ard? (the lowest part of the earth) has been translated by some commentators as ?land close by.? We think that this rendering does not express the essential meaning of the verse, that such a rendering may be taken as a secondary meaning. The translators were at a loss to understand the exact meaning of ?edna al ard? and thought it best to give it the secondary meaning. We hope that after our remarks they will revise their work.The region where the Byzantines suffered defeat was the Dead Sea, a place that is approximately 400 meters below the sea level, viz. the lowest spot of the earth, the highest being the Himalayas. A miracle of the Quran was its prediction of the war that was to be won by the Romans, a fact that at the time could hardly have been expected; another miracle was its foreknowledge about...
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VICTORIOUS ROMANS AND THE LOWEST SPOT ON THE EARTH
2007-09-05 22:05:00
2- The Romans have been defeated.3- In the lowest part of the earth. But after defeat they will soon be victorious.4- Between three or nine years. God?s is the imperative first and last. On that day the believers will rejoice.30-The Romans, 2-4At the time of the descent of the Quran, the Romans were practicing Christianity while the Persians were Zoroastrians. The Muslim population was grieved to hear that it was the Persians who had won the war against the Romans since Christians were monotheists. The victory of the Zoroastrians against the believers baffled the Muslims. The Quran predicted that the Romans (Byzantium) would soon become victorious and that the believers would rejoice. The expression ?beda seneen? in verse 4 refers to the numbers ranging from three to nine. The number of followers of Muhammad continued to increase. Had this statement of the Quran proved to be wrong, the confidence of the followers in Muhammad would have been shaken and the number of apostates would h...
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SIGNS IN THE NEW TESTAMENT
2007-09-05 22:04:00
15- O people of the Book! Our messenger has come to you to proclaim for you many things you have concealed in the Book, while passing over much. A light and a perspicacious Book has come to you.5-The Feast, 15The Quran claims that the Jews and Christians have used every endeavor to hide or suppress many data. Some of these are related to the tidings of the arrival of Muhammad. In this section of our book we shall dwell on passages that have likely been suppressed. The three monotheistic religions have addressed mankind, bringing almost the same message, with a few reservations that are particularly related to rituals. That God is one and man should adore only one God, the Omnipotent and Omniscient, are common to all the three religions. The Day of Judgment is another common feature. Protection of human life and of the right of possession, sharing one?s riches with the poor, seeking peace and justice, praise of God on every occasion, giving thanks to God and praying are some other po...
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SIGNS IN THE OLD TESTAMENT
2007-09-05 22:03:00
146- The people of the Book know this as they know their own sons; but some of them conceal the truth, knowingly.2-The Cow, 146In this chapter, we shall be studying the implications in the Old Testa ment made to the Prophet, to the region where he lived and to the message he brought. The greater part of our book has so far treated such subject matters as physics, chemistry, geology and biology. Also we have tackled, in a separate category, philosophical speculations, and in another separate category archaeological issues. Now we shall be dealing with those parts of the Old and New Testaments that are of special relevance for our present study. Questions that have found answers in the natural sciences, based on observation, were followed by ratiocination in the chapters on philosophy and were followed by historical data calling for detailed analyses in the chapters on archaeology. Now we are to tackle the veracity of information contained in the Bible. According to the Quran, Jews fal...
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ANCIENT EGYPT AND THE PHARAOH?S BODY
2007-09-05 22:02:00
104- Moses said: ?O Pharaoh (Firawun)! I am a messenger from the Lord of the worlds?7-The Purgatory, 10472- They said: ?We lost the cup of the king (malik) ...?12-Joseph, 72Studies conducted on data acquired about Pharaoh thanks to the deciphered hieroglyph script and Egypt ological explorations corroborate that what is said about the parables of Moses, and the accounts related to Egypt and the Pharaoh in the Quran, are exact when compared with tangible historical data. The Quran referred to the Egyptian ruler at the time of Joseph as ?malik? (ruler, king) but for the ruler coeval with Moses the Quran uses the word ?Firawun? (Pharaoh). Pharaoh was the Hebrew form of the Egyptian ?Per-ao? (the great house) signifying the royal palace, an epithet applied in the new kingdom and after as a title of respect, to the king himself. Never before had it been used in this sense. To quote the Encyclopedia Britannica: Pharaoh was referred to innarrative as ?his majesty? or ?the good god? or ?the ...
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MYSTERY BEHIND THE NAME HAAMAAN
2007-09-05 22:01:00
36- Pharaoh said: ?O Haamaan! Build me a high tower that I may attain the ways and means.?40-The Believer, 3638- Pharaoh said: ?O Chiefs! No god do I know for you but myself. So, O Haamaan! Fire some clay to build a tower for me that I may mount up to the God of Moses. I believe that he is a liar.?28-The History, 38Haamaan?s name is quoted several times in the Quran as promoter and supporter of Pharaoh, who, claiming to vie with God, and taking a stand against Moses, had ordered Haamaan to erect a high tower so that he might reach the God to whom Moses referred. Prof. Maurice Bucaille, in his Moise et L?Egypte, speaks of the use of the name Haamaan mentioned in the Quran, alluding to the objections raised in history to the use of this name, and gives an account of the corroboration of the account given in the Quran after the deciphering of the hieroglyph. The name Haamaan is also mentioned in the Old Testament as the chief minister or vizier of King Ahasuerus. After the failure of h...
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THE AAD PEOPLE AND THE CITY OF ERAM
2007-09-05 21:56:00
6- Have you not seen what your Lord did to the Aad.7- Of Eram with lofty pillars,8- The like of which were not produced in the land.89-The Dawn, 6-8There are many passages where the Aad people are mentioned in the Quran. The Prophet Hud was sent to the Aad people to warn them against attributing a partner to God. The Aad people, however, turned a deaf ear on the Prophet?s warning and continued their practice. The Aad community lived in the city of Eram, a city built on beautiful tall pillars, which was destroyed by a storm.At the beginning of the 1990s the leading papers in the world covered the story of a discovery of towering importance under such headings as ?Discovery of a Sumptuous Arabian City ,? ?Legendary Arabian City Unearthed.? What made this archaeological finding more significant was the mention of its name in the Quran. This discovery confounded those who had insisted that the existence of the Aad community was only legendary. The city in question was discovered by an am...
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MIRACLES BASED ON ARCHAEOLOGY AND THE PEOPLE OF SABA
2007-09-05 21:49:00
109- ...Do they not travel through the earth and see what was the end of those before them?12-Joseph, 109So far our attention has been focused on the miraculous revelations of the Quran and our effort has been to try to work out correlations with natural phenomena. The four preceding chapters were reserved for philosophical issues expounded in the Quran that had had no dialectic background at the time of its descent. The said four chapters must be classified in a separate category. The present and the next three chapters will deal with archaeological findings and their relevance to the ancient communities. Archaeological data differ from the natural sciences in many respects and deriving erroneous conclusions from them is all the more likely. In due consideration of these findings, those tribes that have disappeared must be examined accordingly. The accounts given in the Quran about ancient peoples are not mere stories. They are mostly parables illustrating a moral or spiritual less...
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ERROR OF THE UNILINEAR PROGRESSIVE CONCEPT OF HISTORY
2007-09-05 21:46:00
82- Do they not travel through the earth and see what was the end of those before them? They were greater in number than these and superior in strength and in the traces in the land: Yet all that they accomplished was of no profit to them.40-The Believer, 82There are verses in the Quran that speak of certain communities in the past who had reached a level of civilization higher than the community in which the Prophet lived. These communities had been the authors of works far superior to those produced by the latter. Especially at the beginning of the 19th century, the ?historical point of view? occupied an important place. Hegel (1770-1831) spoke of reality as a historical process that could be understood by the categories of historical explanation. His giving meaning to history, understanding and evaluating it were remarkable indeed. But Hegel interpreted history as a linear and evolutionary system that involved continuous and unilinear development. His approach was progressionist....
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TELEOLOGICAL CAUSALITY
2007-09-05 21:43:00
45- Have you not seen how your Lord lengthens out the shadow? He could have kept it motionless had He liked. Then We made the sun a proof for it.25-The Distinguisher, 45In the above verse, there are important signs related to causality. Persons who study philosophy should know that discussions about causality necessitate a philosophical background. At the time of the descent of the Quran, there was not a single treatise that dealt with philosophy or causality in the region in question. It is noteworthy that the Quran emphasizes an issue of extreme importance, causality, in a region where ignorance prevailed among the Bedouins. Most philosophical commentaries considered important were improvements on philosophies inherited from the past. Whereas the statements of the Quran, not based on any heritage, are evidence of its authority.God says that the shadow He created was not the necessary consequence of the sun, but was created because God willed it so. In the verse, the causality betw...
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SIGNS WITHIN OURSELVES
2007-09-05 21:42:00
53- We will show Our signs to them in the horizons, and within themselves, until it becomes clear to them that it is the truth. Is it not sufficient that your Lord witnesses all things?41-Elucidated, 53The Quran uses ?nafs? (self) to express consciousness, the quintessence of our personality. ?Nafs? is integrated with our physical body; the author of all good and bad acts is our ?nafs.?The fact that the atoms of our physical body - of which 99% is vacuum - deprived of all consciousness, perform such conscious acts as seeing, hearing, and thinking, cannot be explained materialistically will form the subject matter of another book I am intending to write, in which this issue will be tackled within a larger framework, stretching from the philosophy of mind to the quantum theory wherein many scientific branches will find room. With this in mind, I refrain from taking up this issue in this present work.The point I should like to dwell upon now is the verse?s allusion to signs in ourselve...
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LANGUAGE AND MAN
2007-09-05 21:19:00
30- When your Lord said to the angels: ?I will place a successor on earth.? They said: ?Will you place one there who will commit disorder and shed blood, while we praise You, and extol Your holiness.? He said: ?I know what you do not know.?31- And He taught Adam all the names. Then presented them to the angels, saying: ?Tell me the names of these if you are truthful.?32- They said: ?Glory to you, we have no knowledge except what You have taught us. You are Knowing, Wise.?33- ?O Adam, give them their names.? When he told them their names, He said: ?Did I not tell you that I know the secrets of the heavens and the earth? I know whatever you reveal and whatever you conceal.?2-The Cow, 30-33So far we have dwelt on subject matters related to such natural sciences as physics, chemistry, biology, medicine and geology as miraculously developed in the Quran. In this chapter and in the next three chapters, we will embark on important philosophical considerations coming within the compass of t...
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IDENTITY ON FINGER TIPS
2007-09-05 21:18:00
3- Does the human being think that We cannot assemble his bones?4- Surely, We are able to reconstruct even his fingertips.75-The Resurrection, 3-4Finger prints did not mean much to the people at the Prophet?s time. An Englishman by the name of Genn Ginsen, in 1856, found out that the pattern of lines at the tip of a person?s finger was something unique to the individual. Until 1856, men knew nothing about this characteristic of fingertips. The discovery of the fact that the pattern of lines on fingertips was a sort of identity card is often used by the police to help find criminals. The pattern lines of the fingertips differ even in identical twins. This identity card cannot be forged; it affixes a unique signature to whatever it touches. One cannot imitate or deny it. We carry it about us till the end of our days. Epidermal burns or injuries or aging distort our bodies in one way or another, yet cannot change this fact.These patterns of lines are traced within the womb when the fetu...
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CREATION IN THREE DARKNESSES
2007-09-05 21:14:00
6- ...He creates you, in the wombs of your mothers, in stages, one after the other, in three darkness.39-The Throngs, 6The fetus in the mother?s womb is a fragile thing. If it were not protected well, heat, cold, temperature variations, impacts or even the mother?s sudden movement might kill it or cause it irreparable damage. The three zones within the mother?s womb protect the fetus against all sorts of dangers. These are:1- The abdominal wall,2- The uterine wall, and3- The amniotic sac.With the level of knowledge at the time, this information could not have been available. The fetus continues to develop in the dark of these three regions. The amniotic sac contains a fluid that fills the amnion to protect the embryo from desiccation and shock. This substance is a kind of cushion that absorbs shocks, balances exerted pressures, prevents the amniotic membrane from adhering to the embryo and enables the fetus to change position in the uterus. If the fetus could not easily move in the ...
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BONE FORMATION AND CLOTHING OF BONES WITH FLESH
2007-09-05 21:11:00
14- ...then created the chewed lump of flesh (mudga) into bones, then covered the bones with flesh (lahm)...23-The Believers, 14259- Look further at the bones, how We construct them and then cover with flesh (lahm).2-The Cow, 259The embryo is a boneless lump. Its cartilage tissue is transformed into bones in due time, as stated in the Quran, followed by their being clothed in muscular flesh. The Arabic word ?lahm? means the muscular flesh. This process was unknown 1400 years ago. It was believed that the bones and muscles developed simultaneously. Advanced microscopes and micro cameras introduced into the uterus corroborated once again the truth expressed in the Quran.PERFECT STRUCTURE OF THE SKELETONThe verse quoted from the sura The Cow draws our attention to the skeleton and invites us to examine it closely. While reading this verse, we will try to meditate upon the miraculous formations within our bodies. Our skeletons, marvels of engineering, are formed of 206 bones of varying ...
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CHEWED LUMP OF FLESH
2007-09-05 21:10:00
14- Then We developed the drop into a hanging, then developed the hanging into a chewed lump of flesh.23-The Believers, 14The Quran continues displaying its miracles in its description of ?alaq? succeeded by the ?mudga? (chewed lump of flesh) stage. As a matter of fact, the embryo in the uterus has the appearance of a chewed lump of flesh, a tiny piece of flesh. Sura 22-The Pilgrimage, verse 5, speaks ?of chewed lump of flesh, partly formed and partly unformed,?which is a good description of the aspect of the fetus. The aspect presented to our sight is of an indented figure whose head, feet and internal organs have begun to develop (partly formed, partly unformed).Prof. Keith L. Moore says that he had a model made in plastic in the shape of an embryo and bit on it, leaving the marks of his teeth; this seemed to be an exact reproduction of an embryo, and explained the indentation referred to in the Quran.ADVENTURE OF THE CHEWED LUMP OF FLESHA single cell undergoes many stages in form...
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HANGING ON THE WALL OF UTERUS
2007-09-05 20:37:00
13- Then We placed him as a drop in a firmly established lodging14- Then We developed the drop into a hanging...23-The Believers, 13-14?Alaq? is the Arabic word referring to something that is hanging on a place. Embryology did not exist as a science at the time of the Prophet. Neither was there special terminology yet. The Quran described the stages using the words current at the time. According to this description, the zygote then hangs on the wall of the uterus. The Quran brings clarification to something unknown at the time. To render the word ?alaq? with the signification ?embryo? may not exactly reflect its original meaning, and would moreover fail to convey the spirit of it. To translate it as ?a clot of blood? deviates from the literal meaning of the word. This rendering has often been adopted, giving it the attribute of a secondary meaning of the word. The reason was the failure of exegetists to conceive the true meaning of the word.In 1641, Harvey?s statement, according to ...
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CREATION FROM A QUINTESSENCE AND CHILD?S SEX
2007-09-02 21:54:00
8- Then made his offspring from the quintessence of the nature of a despised fluid.32-The Prostration, 8In the 46th chapter, our attention was drawn to the fact that man was created from a quintessence of clay. The Arabic meaning of the word, ?quintessence? is ?sulala.? Just as man is created from a ?quintessence? of the earth, he is also created from a ?quintessence? of semen. While the word ?drop? signifies just a small amount of semen, the word ?quintessence? draws attention to the essence of semen. Sperm constitute only a part of the semen, in fact they are the basic element of it. The particular sperm that fertilizes the egg is but a tiny member of hundreds of millions of sperm in semen; it is also the swimmer that reaches the finish, having overtaken all the others. Each of us is the winner sperm?s product. Every human being coming to the world has behind him hundreds of millions in this swimming race. We, who are reading these lines, have come out victorious, since we are far...
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SEMEN IS A COMPOUND
2007-09-02 21:53:00
Our odyssey, that began with the creation of this liquid compound, led us to acquire such skills as seeing, hearing and other processes of extreme complexity. No man within his senses can attribute his or her perfect creation to the skills of a drop of a mixture and coincidences. The Creator who is Omniscient, Omnipotent, who is exalted and beyond all praise, is the Author of these things as stated in the Quran.CREATION FROM A DROP36- Does man think that he will be left uncontrolled?37- Was he not a drop of semen emitted?75-The Resurrection, 36-37The Quran says that God who created man watches over him. In verse 37 it is stated that he is created from ?a drop of semen.? Here again we are in the presence of a scientific fact inaccessible at the time of the Prophet. In this verse, the Arabic words ?maney? (semen) and ?nutfah? (drop) are differentiated. ?Nutfah? means what is left of a liquid in a bucket whose contents have been emptied. Thus the expression refers to a portion and not ...

MAN CREATED FROM DUST AND WATER
2007-09-02 21:53:00
All these constituents are obtainable at reasonable prices. The cost of all these elements is not any higher than a hundred dollars according to the New York Stock Exchange. Yes, a hundred dollars exactly is the basic price of man. God created man out of a combination of elements that costs almost nothing. The mystery does not lie in the material out of which man is made, but in the Creator...2- Praise be to God, Lord of the worlds.1-The Prologue, 2QUINTESSENCE OF CLAYAs it is explained in the sura The Believers, Verse 12, man was created from a quintessence. God combined the elements contained in clay as a result of fine calculations. These elements are harmoniously and proportionately distributed in the body at birth; the body is programmed to make use of them in due proportion and to dispose of any surplus. The human body contains about 2kg calcium. If there is a decrease in this amount, the very act of biting into an apple may cause our teeth to break. Our body needs 120gr of po...
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FEMALE ANT AND COMMUNICATION BETWEEN ANIMALS
2007-09-02 21:52:00
Apart from the liquids of glands, the ants communicate also by sounds. For instance, ants whose colonies are nested in the bark of trees strike the ground with their bodies. Carpenter ants beat drums to this end. The members of the colony communicate with each other and direct themselves to their destination without any misunderstanding. Giving the alarm, eating, cleaning, gathering together, exchanging food and recognition are the main headings of communication. The Quran draws attention to ants? giving the alarm, which is one of the main points that research work has established.FEMALE ANTSIn the verse, the ant in question is female. Just like in the case of bees, this use of feminine gender is significant. Colonies of ants show similarity with the hive of bees. The only function of male ants is to have sexual relations when they are mature. Male ants die soon after theycopulate. All the work is performed by barren female ants in colonies. As in the case of the beehive, the colony...
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COMMUNICATION BETWEEN BIRDS
2007-09-02 21:52:00
16- And Solomon was David?s heir. He said: ?O my people! We have been taught the speech of birds...?27-The Ant, 16In the above verse, it is said that the Prophet Solomon was taught the speech of birds in addition to the endowments that God?s grace had adorned him with. The Quran refers to the communication between birds and to the fact that the twittering and singing of birds has particular meanings. Birds , like human beings, do communicate. This undeniable communication is certainly not as developed as it is in man.Research conducted by zoologists has established that sounds emitted by animals are meaningful and not haphazard. Birds, ants, dolphins, etc., have systems of communication.MEANINGS IN SOUNDS EMITTED BY BIRDSAs the Quran speaks of the language of birds, let us take a look at research conducted on birds. Brazilian and American ornithologists have studied the hummingbird (one of the tiniest birds in the world) and published their findings in the British journal Nature. The...
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FORMATION OF MILK
2007-09-02 21:51:00
66- And surely in the livestock there is a lesson for you, We give you to drink of that which is in their bellies from the midst of digested food and blood, pure milk palatable for the drinkers.16-The Honeybee, 66We often see goats, sheep and cows eat grass, and yet it rarely occurs to any of us to establish a link between this process and the milk and the dairy products we consume. God lets them feed on this grass, its ultimate transformation to be milk, one of the basic nutriments. William Harvey discovered the circulation of blood almost a millennium after the Prophet?s decease. At the time of the Prophet, the fact that the blood carried the nutriments absorbed from digested food into its constituents to mammary glands for production of milk was not known. The new material transformed from pasture into assimilated food and blood becomes a nutritious food.The Quran not only draws attention to truths unknown at the time, but also displays facts to derive lessons from. The blood col...
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THE FEMALE HONEYBEE?S ABDOMEN AND THE HEALING POWER OF HONEY
2007-09-02 21:50:00
69- Then eat from all the fruits and flit about the spacious paths of your Lord. There issues from within her abdomens a drink of varying colors, wherein is healing for the people. Verily in this is a sign for those who understand.16-The Honey bee, 69The honeybee has a body that varies in length between 1cm and 3cm, and that is divided into three parts: head, thorax and abdomen. The verse quoted above stresses that in the individual female bee there are ?abdomens,? which in Arabic is ?butuniha,? the ?ha? referring to a singular female bee. If the plural of the word ?abdomen? was meant to refer to the female bees, then the plural female pronoun ?hunna? would be attached to the verb ?butuniha.? This makes clear the segmented abdomen of the bee. Inside the abdomen there are two stomachs or crops. When collecting the nectar from flowers, nectar is stored in this honey stomach for transport back to the hive. At the rear of the honey stomach is a valve that prevents stored nectar from pass...
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FEMALE HONEYBEE, BUILDER OF HER OWN CELL
2007-09-02 21:50:00
68- And your Lord revealed the female honeybee; build homes in mountains, and trees, and in the hives people built for you.16-The Honeybee, 68In narrating the doings of the honeybee, the Quran uses the feminine gender. In Arabic, verbs are conjugated according to gender. The use in the Quran of the feminine gender in conjugation shows that the acts were performed by the female bee. To translate the honeybee in question with the addition of the adjective ?female? before the honeybee would be natural. (It should be noted however that the orthography of both the feminine and the masculine is the same for honeybee.) The working of the female honeybee is described in the Quran as follows:1- Building of hive (verse 68)2- Collecting of nectar, new material for honey production (verse 69)3- Making honey (verse 69)All the above three functions are performed by female bees. The unique function of the male, more robust with big eyes, is to fertilize the young queen female bee. The male bees th...
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SEX IN PLANTS
2007-09-02 21:49:00
53- And has sent down water from the sky. With it have We produced diverse pairs of plants.20-Ta-He, 533- ...And fruit of every kind He made in pairs two and two.13-The Thunder, 3During the time of the Prophet, biology was not a developed science and the system of reproduction of plants was not known. Differentiation of sex in plants was to be a later discovery. The concept of the production of diverse pairs of plants as stated in the Quran 1400 years ago is very meaningful.Most species of plants exhibit features of sex, namely, the production of specialized sex cells or gametes and the fusion of these cells in pairs, called fertilization. In flowering plants, the gametes are produced within the flowers. In the female portion, the egg of the plant forms a bulge: this is the ovum with its small and round seeds. Sperm is produced within the pollen tubes and then is carried by wind or insects or other agents from the pollen-producing organs of the flower to the stigma of the pistil. In...
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SOIL THAT VIBRATES AND SWELLS AS IT COMES TO LIFE
2007-09-02 21:49:00
5- ...You see the earth barren and lifeless, but when We pour down water on it, it vibrates, it swells and puts forth every kind of beautiful growth in pairs.22-The Pilgrimage, 5It is general knowledge that there is no life without air and water. Does it ever occur to anyone that soil also is a prerequisite to life? The soil is in continuous development. Throughout thousands of years, especially by the effect of water, it has undergone transformation by erosion of the Lithosphere. As the rate of this erosion is 0.01 mm per year in hard rocks, this transformation is imperceptible (This rate rises up to 20 mm in warmer regions). In this transition process, the earth rises from the inorganic world of minerals to an organic sphere. In a fertile section of earth 1 m3 there are some 30 million bacteria.The above verse refers to reactions that occur in series after rainfall. The vibrating and swelling of soil were at first believed to be literary expressions. But Robert Brown?s discovery o...
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