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The origin of the universe is described in the Qur'an in the following verse: “He is the Originator of the heavens and the earth.„ (The Qur'an, 6:101) Before the Big Bang, there was no such thing as matter. From a condition of non-existence in which neither matter, nor energy, nor even time existed, and which can only be described metaphysically, matter, energy, and time were all created. This fact, only recently discovered by modern physics, was announced to us in the Qur'an 1,400 years ago. In the Qur'an, which was revealed 14 centuries ago at a time when the science of astronomy was still primitive, the expansion of the universe was described like this: “And it is We who have constructed the heaven with might, and verily, it is We who are steadily expanding it.„ (The Qur'an, 51:47) Another verse about the creation of the heavens is as follows: ”Do not the Unbelievers see that the heavens and the earth were joined together (as one unit of creation), before We clove them asunder, and We made from water every living thing. Will they not then believe? „ (The Qur'an, 21:30) While referring to the Sun and the Moon in the Qur'an, it is emphasized that each moves in a definite orbit: “It is He who created the night and the day, and the sun and the moon. They swim along, each in an orbit. „ (The Qur'an, 21:33) It is mentioned in another verse, too, that the Sun is not static but moves in a definite orbit: “And the sun runs to its resting place. That is the decree of the Almighty, the All-Knowing. „ (The Qur'an, 36:38) This verse says that the entire universe is full of paths and orbits such as this one, is written in the Qur'an as follows: “By the sky full of paths and orbits. „ (The Qur'an, 51:7) ”He has created the Heavens and the Earth for Truth. He wraps the night up in the day, and wraps the day up in the night. „ (The Qur'an, 39:5) In the Qur'an, God calls our attention to a very interesting attribute of the sky: “We made the sky a preserved and protected roof yet still they turn away from Our Signs...„ (The Qur'an, 21:32) The verse 11 of Sura Tarik in the Qur'an, refers to the "returning" function of the sky: “By Heaven with its cyclical systems.„ (The Qur'an, 86:11) One fact about the universe revealed in the verses of the Qur'an is that the sky is made up of seven layers:”It is He Who created everything on the earth for you and then directed His attention up to heaven and arranged it into seven regular heavens. He has knowledge of all things. „ (The Qur'an, 2:29)”Then He turned to heaven when it was smoke. In two days He determined them as seven heavens and revealed, in every heaven, its own mandate. „ (The Qur'an, 41:12) The Qur'an draws attention to a very important geological function of mountains: “We placed firmly embedded mountains on the earth, so it would not move under them…„ (The Qur'an, 21:31) In a verse, this role of the mountains is pointed out by a comparison with "pegs": ”Have We not made the earth as a bed and the mountains its pegs?„(The Qur'an, 78:6-7) This vital role of mountains, which was discovered by modern geology and seismic research, was revealed in the Qur'an centuries ago as an example of the supreme wisdom in God's creation: “We placed firmly embedded mountains on the earth, so it would not move under them...„ (The Qur'an, 21:31) In one verse, we are informed that mountains are not motionless as they seem, but are in constant motion. “You will see the mountains you reckoned to be solid going past like clouds. „ (The Qur'an, 27:88) Iron is one of the elements highlighted in the Qur'an. In Sura Hadid, meaning Iron, we are informed:”…And We sent down iron in which there lies great force and which has many uses for mankind....„ (The Qur'an, 57:25) ”Glory is to Him who created all the pairs: from what the earth produces and from themselves and from things unknown to them. „ (The Qur'an, 36:36) With one exception though; the Qur'an included information about time's being relative! Some verses about the subject read: “They ask you to hasten the punishment. God will not break His promise. A day with your Lord is equivalent to a thousand years in the way you count.„(The Qur'an, 22:47) ”He directs the whole affair from heaven to earth. Then it will again ascend to Him on a Day whose length is a thousand years by the way you measure. „ (The Qur'an, 32:5) ”The angels and the Spirit ascend to Him in a day whose length is fifty thousand years. „(The Qur'an, 70:4) In some verses, it is indicated that people perceive time differently and that sometimes people can perceive a very short period of time as a very lengthy one. The following conversation of people held during their judgment in the Hereafter is a good example of this: “He will say, 'How many years did you tarry on the earth?' They will say, ‘We tarried there for a day or part of a day. Ask those able to count!' He will say, 'You only tarried there for a little while if you did but know!„ (The Qur'an, 23:112-114) One of the items of information given in the Qur'an about rain is that it is sent down to Earth in due measure. This is mentioned in Sura Zukhruf as follows; ”It is He who sends down water in due measure from the sky by which We bring a dead land back to life. That is how you too will be raised (from the dead).„ (The Qur'an, 43:11) The Qur'an's account of the formation of rain refers exactly to this process. In one verse, this formation is described in this way:”It is God Who sends the winds which stir up clouds which He spreads about the sky however He wills. He forms them into dark clumps and you see the rain come pouring out from the middle of them. When He makes it fall on those of His slaves He wills, they rejoice„ (The Qur'an, 30:48) In another verse, the following information is given about the formation of rain: “Have you not seen how God drives along the clouds, then joins them together, then makes them into a stack, and then you see the rain come out of it? And He sends down from the sky mountain masses (of clouds) with cold hail in them, striking with it anyone He wills and averting it from anyone He wills. The brightness of His lightning almost blinds the sight. (The Qur'an, 24:43) In one verse of the Qur'an, the "fecundating" characteristic of the winds, and the formation of rain as a result are mentioned: “And We send the fecundating winds, then cause water to descend from the sky, therewith providing you with water in abundance.„ (The Qur'an, 15:22) One of the properties of seas that have only recently been discovered is related in a verse of the Qur'an as follows: “He has let loose the two seas, converging together, with a barrier between them they do not break through. „(The Qur'an, 55:19-20) ”Or (the unbelievers' state) are like the darkness of a fathomless sea which is covered by waves above which are waves above which are clouds, layers of darkness, one upon the other. If he puts out his hand, he can scarcely see it. Those God gives no light to, they have no light. „ (The Qur'an, 24:40) ”No indeed! If he does not stop, We will grab him by the forelock, a lying, sinful forelock.(The Qur'an, 96:15-16) Many diverse subjects are mentioned in the Qur'an in the course of inviting people to believe. Sometimes the heavens, sometimes animals, and sometimes plants are shown as evidence to man by God. In many of the verses, people are called upon to turn their attention to their own creation. They are often reminded how man came into the world, which stages he has passed through, and what his essence is: “It is we who have created you. Why, then, do you not accept the truth? Have you ever considered that (seed) which you emit? Is it you who create it? Or are we the Creator? (The Qur'an, 56:57-59) During sexual intercourse, 250 million sperms are emitted from the male at a time. The sperms undertake an arduous journey in the mother's body until they make it to the ovum. Only a thousand out of 250 million sperms succeed in reaching the ovum. At the end of this five-minute race, the ovum, half the size of a grain of salt, will let only one of the sperms in. That is, the essence of man is not the whole semen, but only a small part of it. This is explained in the Qur’an: “Does man reckon he will be left uncontrolled (without purpose)? Was he not once a drop of ejected semen? „ (The Qur'an, 75:36-37) Interestingly enough, when semen is mentioned in the Qur'an, this fact, which was discovered by modern science, is also referred to, and semen is defined as a mixed fluid: “We created man from a mingled drop to test him, and We made him hearing and seeing. „(The Qur'an, 76:2) In another verse, semen is again referred to as a mixture, and it is stressed that man is created from the "extract" of this mixture: “He who has created all things in the best possible way. He commenced the creation of man from clay; then He made his progeny from an extract of discarded fluid. (The Qur'an, 32:7-8) Until fairly recently, it was thought that a baby's sex was determined by the mother's cells. Or at least, it was believed that the sex was determined by the male and female cells together. But we are given different information in the Qur'an, where it is stated that masculinity or femininity is created out of "a drop of sperm which has been ejected”: “He has created both sexes, male and female from a drop of semen which has been ejected.(The Qur'an, 53:45-46) Here, at this point, a very significant miracle of the Qur'an is revealed. While referring to the embryo developing in the mother's womb, God uses the word "alaq" in the Qur'an: ”Recite: In the name of your Lord Who created man from alaq. Recite: And your Lord is the Most Generous. (The Qur'an, 96:1-3) Another important aspect of the information given in the verses of the Qur'an is the developmental stages of a human being in the mother's womb. It is stated in the verses that in the mother's womb, the bones develop first, and then the muscles form which wrap around them :”( we) then formed the drop into a clot and formed the clot into a lump and formed the lump into bones and clothed the bones in flesh; and then brought him into being as another creature. Blessed be God, the Best of Creators.(The Qur'an, 23:14) In the Qur'an, it is related that man is created in a three-stage process in the mother's womb.”... He creates you stage by stage in your mothers' wombs in threefold darkness. That is God, your Lord. Sovereignty is His. There is no god but Him. So what has made you deviate? „ (The Qur'an, 39:6) Every day, a new benefit of mother's milk to the baby is discovered. One of the facts that science has discovered about mother's milk is that suckling up to two years after birth is very beneficial.19 God gives us this important information, which was discovered by science only very recently, with the verse "…his weaning was in two years...” 14 centuries ago: “And We have enjoined upon man goodness towards his parents: his mother bore him by bearing strain upon strain, and his weaning was in two years: (hence, O man,) be grateful to Me and to your parents; to Me is the eventual coming.„ (The Qur'an, 31:14) While it is stated in the Qur'an that it is easy for God to bring man back to life after death, peoples' fingerprints are particularly emphasized: “Yes, We are able to put together in perfect order the very tips of his fingers. „ (The Qur'an, 75:3-4) Another miraculous aspect of the Qur'an is that it revealed beforehand a number of important events that would occur in the future. Verse 27 of Sura Fath, for example, gave the believers the glad tidings that they would conquer Mecca, which was then under pagan occupation: “God has confirmed His Messenger's vision with truth: ‘You will enter the Masjid al-Haram in safety, God willing, shaving your heads and cutting your hair without any fear. ‘He knew what you did not know and ordained, in place of this, an imminent victory. „ (The Qur'an, 48:27) Another astonishing piece of revelation that the Qur'an gives about the future is to be found in the first verses of Sura Rum, which refers to the Byzantine Empire, the eastern part of the later Roman Empire. In these verses, it is stated that the Byzantine Empire had met with a great defeat, but that it would soon gain victory:”Elif, Lam, Mim. The Romans have been defeated in the lowest land, but after their defeat they will themselves be victorious in a few years' time. The affair is God's from beginning to end.„ (The Qur'an, 30:1-4) Furthermore, the verse in the Qur'an describing the event where the Pharaoh asked Haman to build a tower is in perfect agreement with this archaeological finding: “Pharaoh said, 'Council, I do not know of any other god for you apart from Me. Haman, kindle a fire for me over the clay and build me a lofty tower so that perhaps I may be able to climb up to Moses' god! I consider him a blatant liar.'„(The Qur'an, 28:38) We encounter a certain parallel while reading about the stories of Moses and Joseph. While addressing the Egyptian ruler at the time of Joseph, the work "malik" (the King) is used in the Qur'an: ”The King (malik) said, 'Bring him (Joseph) to me straight away! So I may draw him very close to me.' When he had spoken with him, he declared, 'Today you are trusted, established in our sight.'„(The Qur'an, 12:54) In contrast, the ruler at Moses' time is referred to as the "Pharaoh”: “We gave Moses nine Clear Signs. Ask the tribe of Israel about when he came to them and Pharaoh said to him, 'Moses, I think you are bewitched.'„ (The Qur'an, 17:101) |
Link to Harun Yahya's page on this topic here: http://miraclesofthequran.com/scientific_index.html
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