“And tall date-palms, with ranged clusters” (I) This verse appears towards the beginning of Surah Qaf, a Makkan Surah whose main theme is the final revelation, the resurrection of man (on the Day of Judgement) and the disbelievers’ rejection of both. The Surah begins with Allah (SWT) swearing by the Glorious Qur’an and other patent miracles in the universe that prove that He is the Creator of everything and that He is capable of destroying His creation and resurrecting it. For disbelievers, ... [Continue Reading]
Scientific Miracles
The Fruits’ Colour
“See you not that Allah sends down water (rain) from the sky, and We produce therewith fruits of various colours” (I) This ayah appears in the second half of Surah Fatir, which was revealed in Makkah. The Surah gets its name, Fatir (Originator), from the opening ayahs which praise Allah (SWT), the Originator of the heavens and the earth who made the angels His Messengers, as He is Able to do all things. He is most Gracious in the heavens and the earth; He is the most Merciful, the All-mighty ... [Continue Reading]
The Fig, the Olive and Mount Sinai
“By the fig and the olive; By Mount Sinai; By this City of Security (Makkah)” (I) These ayahs are the opening ayahs of Surah at-Tin (The Figs), a Makkan Surah and one of the shortest in the Holy Qur’an; it has only eight ayahs after The Basmallah (In the name of Allah, the most Merciful, the most Compassionate). The theme of the Surah deals with two main issues. Firstly, that Allah has honoured man; he has created him in the best of forms and with an instinct to act righteously. He has ... [Continue Reading]
New BBC Article affirms Ayat of the Quran
New BBC Article affirms Ayat of the Qur’an – Animals Guided by Stars. In the Qur’an, Allah [swt] informs us that one of the wisdoms behind the creation of the stars is their usage in guiding. In a BBC article dated 24th Jan 2013 entitled ‘Dung beetles guided by Milky Way’ “Scientists have shown how insects will use the Milky Way to orientate themselves as they roll their balls of muck along the ground. Humans, birds and seals are all known to navigate by the stars.” Whilst I was reading the ... [Continue Reading]
Stars that hide and move swiftly
Allah, the Almighty, says: “So verily, I swear by the stars that recede (i.e. disappear during the day and appear during the night). And by the (cleaning) stars that move swiftly and hide themselves” (I) The Scientific Fact: Black holes are the late stages of the life of gigantic stars which are five times larger than the sun. These stars are of great density and gravity that they almost gravitate everything even light whose speed is 300,000 km/. Therefore, they are given this name (i.e. ... [Continue Reading]
Constriction of breasts in the sky
Allah, the Almighty, says: “And whomsoever Allah wills to guide, He opens his breast to Islam; and whomsoever He wills to send astray, He makes his breast closed and constricted, as if he is climbing up to the sky” (I) The Scientific Facts: The formation of the atmosphere was unknown until Pascal proved its existence in 1648. He proved that air pressure decreases as we go higher above sea level. Later on it was discovered that air in the lower layers of the atmosphere is denser. About 50 ... [Continue Reading]