Shocking Scientific facts from Quran

 

1400 years ago Quran was revealed by Allah to Prophet Muhammad (saw) for the cause of benefiting mankind. The Quran describes itself as a book of guidance for mankind (2:185). 

It is the culmination of a series of divine messages starting with those revealed to Adam, including the Tawrah (Torah) revealed to Prophet Musa(Moses) , the Zabur (Psalms) revealed to Prophet Dawood(David) and the Injil(Gospel) revealed to Prophet Isa(Jesus Christ).

The Quran is not simply divinely inspired, but the literal word of God because the Quran is in a unique style of language and pattern which can not be replicated or produced by any human. This is known as the Inimitabilty of the Quran.

Non-Muslims are challenged to produce a "statement" or speech similar to the Quran one verse,and challenged to produce either one or ten similar chapters in others. Another verse states that neither humans nor jinn could create a book like it, even if they were working together.

Some of the verses of Quran which mentioned the challenge:

“And if you all are in doubt about what I have revealed to My servant, bring a single chapter like it, and call your witnesses besides God if you are truthful (24) But if you do not do this, and you can never do this, then fear the Fire which has been prepared for the disbelievers and which shall have men and stones for fuel” (Quran 2:23-24)

“Or do they say that he has invented it? Say (to them), ‘Bring ten invented chapters like it, and call (for help) on whomever you can besides God, if you are truthful.” (Quran 11:13)

“Say: ‘If all mankind and the jinn would come together to produce the like of this Quran, they could not produce its like even though they exerted all and their strength in aiding one another.” (Quran 17:88)

Islam religion is based upon reason and proof. Quran contains many undeniable scientific and historical facts, which were unknown to people at that time, and it has been only discovered recently by contemporary science. Quran is not a book of science but the book of signs.

Following are some of shocking facts revealed in the Quran, which were later on discovered by the science :

1. Origin of life:

we all know that water is one of the most essential thing for every living being to survive. But the Quran has made an unusual claim by stating :

“ We made every living thing from water. Will they not believe ”

In this verse water has been pointed as origin of every living thing.

All of us know that every living thing is made up of cells and according to some scientific research, it has been found that cells are mostly made up of water. For ex. Cytoplasm, the basic cell material is made up of 80% of water. This fact was discovered after the invention of microscope.

2. Lying and Sinning:

There is an incident described in the Quran about a man called Abu Jahl was was not only an enemy of Muslims but also a well known pathological liar(compulsive liar). So Allah sent down revelation describing the action of this man in the following verse :

“......Does he not know that Allah sees?”
“ No! if he does not desist, we will surely drag him the forelock-”
“ A lying sinning forelock......” (Quran 96:14-16)
Here in these few verses Allah specifically points out that the forelock the front area of brain is a lying and sinning region.

Each side of your brain contains four lobes. The parietal lobe processes information about temperature, taste, touch and movement, while the occipital lobe is primarily responsible for vision. The temporal lobe processes memories, integrating them with sensations of taste, sound, sight and touch. The frontal lobe is important for cognitive functions and control of voluntary movement or activity, Conscous thought, critical thinking, forward thinking, judgement, perseveres, problem solving, ability to feel and express emotions, etc.
Over the last decade scientists have used FMRI to more accurately locate the regions of the brain that changes when a person lies. This technique measure blood flow in the brain, a reflection of neural activity. As when people answer questions, while inside the scanner. The most studies done through FMRI indicates that the activities in prefrontal lobe (which is located just behind the forehead) increases when a person lies.

3. Iron :

Iron is not natural to the earth. It did not form on the earth, but came down to earth from outer space. Scientists have found that billions of years ago, the earth was stuck by meteorites. These meteories were carrying iron from distant stars which had exploded.

The Quran says the following on the origin of iron:
"we sent down iron with its great inherent strenth and its many benefits for humankind" (Quran 57:25)

In these verse Allah uses word sent down for iron,so this is clear that iron is not an earthly material,but was sent down for the benenfit of humanity.

The fact that iron came down to earth fro outer space is impossible to establish with the primitive science of 7th century.

4. Sky's protection:

 The sky plays a crucial role in protecting the earth. The sky protects the earth from lethal rays of the sun. If the sky did not exists,then
the sun's rradiation would have killed off all the living things on the earth. The temperature above the sky is approximately -270C, So it also act as a blanket wrapped around the earth to protect the freezing cold of outer space. If the temperature waas to reach earth,then the planet would freeze over instantly.
Hence the sky protect the earth by warming the surface through heat retention (greenhouse effect) and reduces the temperature extremes betwwen day and night. These are some of the protective functions of the sky.
The Quran ask us to onsider the sky in the foollowing verse:
"We made the sky a protective ceiling. And yet they are turning away from our signs!" (Quran 21:32)

The Quran tells us that sky's protection is a sign of a god. The protective function were discovered by scientific research conducted in 20th century.

5. Mountain and its roots:

The Quran points out the characteristic of mountains:
"Did we not make the earth a resting place? And the mountains as stakes? (Quran 78:6-7)

The Quran indicates that the mountain has a deep roots by using the word stake to describe them. And the fact is veracious that mountains do have deep roots and the word stake is accurate description for them.
According to a book titled - "EARTH" by geophysicist Frank Press point out that,"mountain are like stakes,and are buried deep under surface of the earth."
Mount Everest,the height of which is approximately 9 km above ground and has root deeper than 125 km. The fact that mountains have deep roots got known only after the development of the theory of Plate Tectonics in the beginning 20th century.

6. Expanding Universe:

When the science of astronomy was still primitive,the expansion of the universe was described in Quran in the following verse:
"And it is we who have built the universe with(our creative) power and keep expanding it." (Quran 51:47)
The fact that the universe is expanding was discovered in the last century but the Quran has mentioned this fact even before the invention of telescope.
The physicist Stephen Hawking,in his book "A history of time" states that "The discovery that the universe is expanding was one of the great intellectual revolutions of 20th century."

7. Orbit of the Sun:

The Quran mentions the sun's orbit in the following verse:

"It is he who created night and day,the sun and the moon,each floating in its orbit."  (Quran 21:33)
The fact mentioned in Quran was wrong according to astronomers couple of decades ago. In 1520, according to the astronomer Nicholas Copernicus's theory,sun is motionless at the center of the solar system, and the planets revolve around it." Until 20th century most of the astronomers believed that the sun is stationary.
But now after 20th century it is well established scientific fact that the sun is not stationary but is moving in an orbit around the centre of the milky way galaxy. So,the quranic fact is correct has been discovered by the modern astronomy.

8. The Ocean and its Darkness:

It is commely believed that the waves only occures on the surface of the ocean, however the Oceanographers have discovered that there are internal waves that takess place below the surface of the ocean. These waves cannot be seen by human eyes ie, they are invisible to the human eyes and can only be detected by the specialist equipments.
A human can dive no more than the 70 metres without breathing equipment and light is present at that depth. But if we go down 1000 metres it is completely dark.

Quran uses imagery to convey its deep meaning, in the following verse it describes the states of the unbelievers as:
"Darkness out in a deep ocean which is covered by waves, above which are waves, above which are clouds, layers of darkness, one upon the other. When one puts out his hand(therein), he can hardly see it. Those god gives no light to, they havve no light." (Quran 24:40) 

In this verse Quran explains that the darkness in the deep ocean above which are waves,then clouds above that. It also describes darkness of deep ocean.
1400 years ago when the Quran was revealed ,there was no submarines or specialist equipment to discover internal waves or the darkness inside the deep oceans.

9. Pain Receptors:

A person feel any kind of pain through pain receptors without this we would not be able to feel pain. For the long span of the time it was believed that the pain and feelings are deppendent on the brain. However it has been recently discovered that there are pain receptors present in the skin only through which a person can feel a pain or any feelings.
Following are the Quranic verse indicating the relationship between pain and skin:
"We shall sentthose who reject our revelations to the (hell) fire. When their skins have been burned away, we shall replace them with new ones so that they may continue to feel pain:god is almighty, all-wise." (Quran 4:56)
Allah tells the people who reject his message that when they aree in hell and their skins are burnt off(so they can't feel any pain ),he will give them nwe skins so that  they continue to feel the pain. So the Quran makes it clear that the pain is dependent on the skin. The discovery of pain receptors present in the skin is actually recent discovery for biology.

10. Bones form before Muscles:

In the Fetus, Bones are formed even before Muscles. Jawline bones are the first bones to get form at day 41 and then the muscles gets formed. This was discovered only after the invention of the ultrasound. But Quran has described about the formation of baby in the womb of mother 1400 years ago when there was no technology which can  review the formation of baby.
Followin Quranic verse consider the formation of baby:

"Then We made the sperm-drop into a clinging clot, and We made the clot into a lump [of flesh], and We made [from] the lump, bones, and We covered the bones 1with flesh; then We developed him into another creation. So blessed is Allah, the best of creators."
(QS. Al-Muminoon 23: Verse 14)

These are the some of the facts found in the Quran. If someone says that they are just coincidence let me tell you that coincidence can only happens once or twice or thrice, the coincidence can not get repeated again and again. Quran contains information about natural world as well as dimensions of our souls i.e., our feelings, wants and needs. The Quran also informs us that we have a purpose in this life that is to worship Allah and Allah only and through Allah's  guidance will lead us to inner peace in this world and paradise in hereafter. The rejection of Allah's Message will lead us to the depression in this life and hellfire after death.

“ We shall show them our signs in the universe and within themselves, until it becomes clear to them that this is the truth. Is it not enough that your lord is the witness of all the things?”  (Quran 41:53)

"So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?"
(QS. Ar-Rahmaan 55: Verse 13)

So what are your thoughts about this facts?

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