QURAN &

MODERN S CIENCE
QURAN & MODERN SCIENCE

 Science is the study of universe

 Universe is the work of Allah
 Quran is the word of Allah
 No contradiction between the two
Quran is not a book of Science
But
A Book of SIGNS i.e. Ayaat
"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."
[Aal-e-Imran 3 : 190]
 QURAN
The Ultimate Miracle
Verifiable in every age
THE SCIENTIFIC FACTS
MENTIONED IN THE
QURAN
CREATION OF
UNIVERSE
 THE BIG BANG

 Primary Nebula - initial one big mass

 Secondary Separation –
galaxies formation
"Do not the Unbelievers see that the
heavens and the earth were joined
together, before We clove them
asunder?"
[Al-Anbiya 21 : 30]
 INITIAL GASEOUS MASS
 Celestial matter was in form of gaseous
matter.
 The word ‘smoke’ is more appropriate
for this description.
"He comprehended in His design
the sky, and it had been (as)
smoke”.
[Hameem As-Sajda 41 : 11]
 ORBITS OF GALAXIES
AND PLANETS

 The sun, the moon, the galaxies

all are moving
"It is He Who created the Night and
the Day, and the sun and the moon:
All float in an orbit."
[Al-Anbiya 21: 33]
"By the heaven full of paths"
[Az'Zariyat 51: 7]
 INTERMEDIARY CREATION
BETWEEN THE HEAVENS AND
THE EARTH
 Presence of bridges of matter in
interstellar space
 This is called plasma, the forth state of
matter (besides solid, liquid and gas)
Who created the heavens and the
earth and all that is between them
[Al-Furqan 25 : 59]
EXPANSION OF THE UNIVERSE
 In 1925, American astronomer, Edwin
Hubble proved that all the galaxies are
receding from one another.
 Stephen Hawking, in his book “A Brief
History of Time” says, “The discovery
that the universe is expanding was one
of the great intellectual revolutions of
20th century.”
 "With the power did We construct the
heaven and verily, it is We Who create
the vastness of space."
[Az'Zariyat 51: 47]
 WATER CYCLE
 In 1580, Bernard Palissy described the
concept of ‘water cycle.’
 Water evaporates from oceans, forms
clouds which move inland and rise,
condense and fall as rain.
“It is Allah Who sends the Winds, and
they raise the Clouds: then does
He spread them in the sky as He wills,
and break them into fragments,
until you see raindrops come forth
from their midst. ”
[Ar'Room 30: 48]
RAIN SENT DOWN IN DUE
MEASURE
 1.6 million tons of water evaporates
per second i.e. 513 trillion tons per
year and the same amount falls
annually.
And Who sends down water (rain)
from the sky in due measure.
[Az'Zukhruf 43 : 11]
MOUNTAINS ARE LIKE PEGS
AND FIXED FIRMLY
 Radius of Earth is 3,750 mile and the
crust, on which we live is very thin
ranging from 1 to 30 miles which results
in high possibility of shaking.
Dr. Frank Press in his famous book

‘Earth’ writes: “Mountains play an
important role in stabilizing the crust of
the earth”.
 “Have We not made
the earth as a wide bed and
the mountains as pegs?”
[An'Naba 78: 6-7]
“And We have placed on the earth
firm mountains lest it should shake
with them.”
[Al-Anbiya 21 : 31]
 BARRIER BETWEEN SEAS
 A barrier divides the two seas as such
that each sea has its own temperature,
salinity and density.
(Principles of Oceanography, Davis)
 The unseen barrier serves as transitional
homogenizing area for two waters.
 Mediterranean and the Atlantic Ocean
at Gibraltar.
“He has let free the two seas meeting
together: Between them is a Barrier
which they do not transgress.”
[Ar'Rahman 55 : 19-20]
FORBIDDING PARTITION BETWEEN
SWEET AND SALT WATER

 The pycnocline zone serves as

forbidding partition in estuaries where
sweet and salt water meet.
 This pycnocline zone has a salinity
different from both the sweet and salt
water.
(Oceanography, Grass,
Introductory Oceanography, Thurman)
 And it is He Who has let free the
two seas, one palatable and sweet,
and the other salt and bitter, and
He has set a barrier and a complete
partition between them
[Al-Furqan 25 : 53]
 EVERY LIVING THING
MADE OF WATER
 Cytoplasm, the basic substance of the
cell is made up of 80% of water.
 Most organism consist of 50% to 90%
water.
 Every living entity requires water for
existence.
"We made from water every living
thing. Will they not then believe?
[Al-Anbiya 21 : 30]
PLANTS CREATED IN PAIRS,
MALE AND FEMALE
And sent down water (rain) from the
sky. With it We have produced
diverse pairs of plants,
each separate from others.”
[Taha 20 : 53]
EVERY THING MADE IN PAIRS

 In electricity atoms consist of negative

and positive charge i.e. electrons and
protons .
 “And of everything
We have created pairs.”
[Az'Zariyat 51 : 49]
 ANIMALS AND BIRDS
LIVE IN COMMUNITIES

 Ants, honey bees etc.

 Organize, live and work together.
 There is not a moving (living) creature
on earth, nor a bird that flies with its two
wings, but are communities like you.
[Al-An'am 6 : 38]
THE FLIGHT OF BIRDS

 Perfect programming & balanced

flight.
 THE FLIGHT OF BIRDS

 For example, “Mutton-bird” in Pacific

takes a 6 month journey of 15,000
miles in shape of figure 8 and comes
back to the departure with a
maximum delay of one week.
(Power and Fragility by
Prof. Hamburger)
 "Do they not observe the birds
above them, spreading their wings
and folding them in? None can uphold
them except (Allah) Most Gracious."
[Al-Mulk 67 : 19]
 THE BEE

 Von-Frisch received Nobel Prize in

1973 for research on behavior and
communication of bees.
 The worker bee or the soldier bee is a
female bee.
“And your Lord taught the Bee to build
its cells in hills, on trees, and in
(men’s) habitations; then to eat of all
the produce and find with skill the
spacious paths of its Lord.”
[An'Nahl 16 : 68-69]
 BLOOD CIRCULATION AND
PRODUCTION OF MILK
After 600 years of revelation of Quran the
concept of blood circulation was described
by the Muslim scientist Ibn Nafees.
After 1000 years of revelation of Quran

William Harwey explained that chemical
reactions occur in intestines, substances
extracted from food pass into blood stream
through a complex system, including the
milk producing mammary glands.
“Verily in cattle there is a lesson for
you. We give you to drink of what is
inside their bodies, coming from a
conjunction between the contents
of the intestine and the blood,
a milk pure and pleasant for those
who drink it.”
[An'Nahl 16 : 66]
 MAN CREATED FROM
A LEECH-LIKE SUBSTANCE

 An embryo in the initial stage is similar

to a leech-like substance.
 Prof. Keith Moore, was astonished by
the statements of the Holy Quran.
Read! In the Name of your Lord,
Who has created,
Created man from Alaqa
(a leech-like clot).
[Al-Alaq 96 : 1-2]
 SEX DETERMINATION

 Sex of a foetus is determined by nature

of sperm and not by the ovum.
 If the sex chromosome in the sperm is
‘X’ the foetus is a female and if it is ‘Y’
then the foetus is a male.
“And that He (Allâh) creates the pairs,
male and female,
from Nutfa (a seed) when lodged.”
[An’Najm 53 : 45-46]
 EMBRYONIC STAGES

 First the bones are made and then the

flesh is clothed.
 “We made out of that little lump
(foetus) bones, then We clothed
the bones with flesh.”
[Al-Muminun 23 : 14]
 SENSE OF HEARING
AND SIGHT
 The foetus can hear sounds after 24th
week
 The sense of sight is developed by the
28th week.
We gave him (gifts of)
hearing and sight.
[Ad’Dahr 76 : 2]
 FINGERPRINTS

 In 1880, the fingerprints became the

scientific method of identification after
research by Sir Francis.
 Does man think that
We shall not assemble his bones?
Why not, We are Able to put together
in perfect order the tips of his fingers.
[Al-Qiyamah 75 : 3-4]
 PAIN RECEPTORS
PRESENT IN THE SKIN
 Recent discoveries prove that pain
receptors are present in the skin.
Surely! Those who reject Our signs
We shall burn them in Fire.
As often as their skins are roasted
through, We shall change them for
fresh skins that they may
taste the punishment.
[An’Nisa 4 : 56]
 And if you are in doubt concerning that
which We have sent down (i.e. the Qur'ân)
to Our slave (Muhammad Peace be upon
him), then produce a Sûrah (chapter) of the
like thereof and call your helpers besides
Allâh, if you are truthful.
But if you do it not, and you can never do it,
then fear the Fire whose fuel is men and
stones (idols), prepared for the disbelievers.
[Al-Baqara 2 : 23-24]
• Creations in the heavens / planets
[Ash-Shura 42 : 29]
• Seven earths like seven heavens
[At-Talaq 65 : 12]
• Heavens & earth created for appointed term
[Al-Ahqaf 46 :3]
• The creation will be repeated
[Al-Anbiya 21 : 104]
SIGNS OF DAY OF JUDGEMENT
 Sun and Moon will be joined together
[Al-Qiyamah 75 : 9]
 Sun will be over thrown, Stars will fall
Mountains shall pass away & Seas will
overflow. [At-takweer 81 : 1-3, 6]
 Sky will be cleft asunder [Al-Infitar 82 : 1]
 Adam (AS), the first man
 Creation of all humans from one pair
 Soul
 Angels
 Jinns
 Satan
 Life after death
 Heaven (Jannat) and Hell
 THE QURAN
 Guidance for all humanity
(Al-Baqarah 2 : 185)
 Guides to that which is most right
(Al-Isra 17: 9)
 Brings from darkness into light
(Al-Hadeed 57 : 9)
OBLIGATIONS TOWARDS QURAN

Believe – Testify with heart

Recite – With the intention to follow
Understand – So guidance can take effect
Follow – To achieve benefits of guidance
Convey – Obligation of the Muslim Ummah
 IMPORTANCE OF THE
OBLIGATIONS
“Indeed! This (the Qur’aan) is the decisive
Word and it is not something purposeless.”
[At’taariq-86: 13, 14]
 GLORY IN THIS WORLD
The Holy Prophet (saw) said :
“Verily! Allah (swt) will glorify nations if they
abide by the Book and disgrace them on
account of avoiding it.”
[Muslim]
SUCCESS IN THE HEREAFTER
The Holy Prophet (saw) said :
“Qur’aan will be an argument in your favor
or plead against you in hereafter.”
[Muslim]
 POINT TO PONDER

And prophet (saw) will say complainingly:

“O my Lord ! my people ignored this

Qur’aan thinking it is obsolete”
[Al-Furqan 25 : 30]
 THE TRUTH
“We will show them Our Signs
in the universe, and in their ownselves,
until it becomes manifest to them that
this (the Qur'ân) is the truth.”
[Hameem As-Sajda: 41 : 53]
 QURAN
THE TRUTH