ALLAH shows us His Signs

Fussilat, 41:53

ALLAH shows us His Signs

بسم اللہ الرحمن الرحیم

We will show them Our Signs in the universe, and in their ownselves, until it becomes manifest to them that this (the Quran) is the truth. Is it not sufficient in regard to your Lord that He is a Witness over all things? [41:53]

Today when science has made considerable advances in all its fields, it is much easier now than ever before to comprehend the Signs of ALLAH (subhana wa taala) which are mentioned in the Qur’an and find the truth. Only a few examples are mentioned below for the readers to reflect upon them and see for his/her own self the manifestation of the Word of ALLAH (subhana wa taala).

1. THE BIG BANG

THE QUR’AN SAYS:

Have not those who disbelieve known that the heavens and the earth were joined together as one united piece, then We parted them? And We have made from water every living thing. Will they not then believe? [21: 30]

SCIENCE TELLS US:

1.There was a huge explosion (technically, there was no explosion, but space started to expand... don't ask how or why, because Physicists do not know what happened before the "bang") 

2. Energy is converted into matter and anti-matter. But the conversion produces a little more matter than anti-matter (again, we don't know why). Most anti-matter have annihilated with matter (procuding energy). The remaining matter is scattered in all directions due to the expansion of and begins to cool. 

3. First, quarks clump together into protons and neutrons and then protons capture electrons to form Hydrogen atoms. 

4. The explosion of the Big Bang only formed Hydrogen and Helium 

Later, Gravity pulls the Hydrogen and Helium together to form stars, and galaxies 

5. Heavier elements (Carbon, Oxygen, etc) are formed inside stars 

6. Stars burned out and exploded and expelled the heavier elements (carbon and oxygen (and other elements)) that formed planets 

2. ALL LIVING THINGS ARE MADE FROM WATER 

THE QUR’AN SAYS:

….We made from water every living thing. Will they not then believe?” [Al-Qur’an 21:30]

SCIENCE TELLS US:

Only after advances have been made in science, do we now know that

cytoplasm, the basic substance of the cell is made up of 80% water.

Cytoplasm is basically the substance that fills the cell. It is a jelly-like material that is eighty percent water and usually clear in color. It is more like a viscous (thick) gel than a watery substance, but it liquefies when shaken or stirred. Cytoplasm, which can also be referred to as cytosol, means cell substance. This name is very fitting because cytoplasm is the substance of life that serves as a molecular soup in which all of the cell's organelles are suspended and held together by a fatty membrane. The cytoplasm is found inside the cell membrane, surrounding the nuclear envelope and the cytoplasmic organelles.

Modern research has also revealed that most organisms consist of 50% to 90% water and that every living entity requires water for its existence.

Was it possible 14 centuries ago for any human-being to guess that every living thing is made of water?

3.MOUNTAINS BALANCE THE EARTH

THE QUR’AN SAYS:

And We have set on the earth mountains standing firm, lest it should shake with them, and We have made therein broad highways (between mountains) for them to pass through: that they may receive Guidance. [21: 31]

In chapter Nahl v.15, ALLAH says:

“And He has affixed into the earth mountains standing firm, lest it should shake with you; and rivers and roads, that you may guide yourselves.” 

(These verses includes an indication to the formation of mountains by casting from the bottom to the top as these mountains are protruded to help in stabilizing the earth so as not to be shaken or disturbed.)

SCIENCE TELLS US:

Scientists say that the mountains contribute significantly in fixing the earth crust it has a shape like a peg, so they work on balancing the earth. Their roots are deep in the ground. Geologists discovered that for every curved object' height that is above the earth's surface (such as mountains and hills) it is expanded 10 to 15 times more inside earth.

For for instance, if a mountain's height is 4,000 feet, then its expansion inside the earth is approximately 40,000 to 60,000 feet.

This expansion inside the earth, according to what they (the geologists) claim, keeps the earth together while its revolving in a high speed around itself, and prevents it from getting out of balance and shaking while revolving.

If mountains and hills didn't exist today, then the earth's incredible fast rotation around itself would be shaky and we would be having earth quakes every minute of our lives.

4. ATMOSPHERE A PROTECTING SHIELD

THE QUR’AN SAYS:

And We have made the heaven (the sky) a roof, safe and well guarded. Yet they turn away from its signs [21:32]

SCIENCE TELLS US:

The atmosphere is a gaseous envelope of 10,000 km surrounding our planet, invisible to the eye. Millions of meteorites of varying sizes keep falling from space in the direction of our world. Despite its transparent structure, our atmosphere puts up a bold front against this meteorite bombardment like a steel shield. Had it not been for this feature, there would have been no life on earth, and our world would have been riddled with holes. Man witnessed a sample of it when he landed on the moon. Meteor showers kept hitting the surface and the meteoric bodies of greater volume penetrated the crust of the moon, digging deep holes on it. Meteors strike the molecules in the atmosphere with a great speed, and the heat generated turns them into dust particles before disappearing in the air. 

The atmosphere also has the function filtering the harmful rays of the sun (Ozone layer), protecting life on earth against extinction. This ingenious design partially absorbs incident electromagnetic radiation. Thus, the atmosphere filters the rays harmful to life while letting the rays that foster life on earth pass through. The heavens perfectly perform the duties and functions apportioned to them by ALLAH (subhana wa taala), and unfold before the eyes of those able to discriminate intelligent and teleological creation. 

5. FORMATION OF RAIN 

THE QUR’AN SAYS:

And it is He Who sends the winds as heralds of glad tidings, going before His Mercy (rain). Till when they have carried a heavy laden cloud, We drive it to a land that is dead, then We cause water (rain) to descend thereon. Then We produce every kind of fruit therewith. Similarly, We shall raise up the dead, so that you may remember or take heed. [7:57]

SCIENCE TELLS US:

How rain forms remained a great mystery for people for a long time. Only after weather radar was invented, was it possible to discover the stages by which rain is formed.

The formation of rain takes place in three stages. First, the "raw material" of rain rises up into the air. Later clouds are formed. Finally, rain drops appear.

These stages are clearly defined in the Qur'an centuries ago where precise information is given about the formation of rain:

“It is ALLAH (subhana wa taala) 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 rain-drops issue from the midst thereof, then when He has made them reach such of his servants as He wills, behold, they do rejoice! (Surat ar-Room, 48)

Now, let us look at the three stages mentioned in both verses;

1ST STAGE: "It is ALLAH (subhana wa taala) Who sends the winds..."

Countless air bubbles formed by the foaming in the oceans continuously burst and cause water particles to be ejected towards the sky. These particles, which are rich in salt, are then carried away by winds and move upwards in the atmosphere. These particles, which are called aerosols, form clouds by collecting around themselves the water vapor, which again ascends from the seas, as tiny drops by a mechanism called "water trap"

2ND STAGE: " ...and they raise the Clouds: then does He spread them in the sky as He wills, and break them into fragments..."

The clouds form from the water vapor that condenses around the salt crystals or the dust particles in the air. Because the water drops in these are very small (with a diameter between 0.01 and 0.02 mm), the clouds are suspended in the air and they spread in the sky. Thus the sky is covered with clouds.

3RD STAGE: "...until you see rain-drops issue from the midst thereof."

Water particles that surround salt crystals and dust particles thicken and form rain drops. So, the drops, which become heavier than air, depart from the clouds, and start to fall on the ground as rain.

Every stage in the formation of rain is told in the verses of the Qur'an. Furthermore, these stages are explained in the right sequence. Just as with many other natural phenomena in the world, it is again the Qur'an that provides the most correct explanation about this phenomenon as well, and more, that has announced these facts to people centuries before they were discovered by science.

6. ESCAPE VELOCITY

THE QUR’AN SAYS:

“O assembly of jinns and men! If you have power to pass beyond the zones of the heavens and the earth, then pass (them)! But you will never be able to pass them, except with authority (from ALLAH)!” [Ar-Rahman 55:33]

The arabic word used in this ayah which must be understood before saying further about Escape Velocity is ‘Sultan’it which is an Arabic language abstract noun meaning "strength", "authority", or "rulership", derived from the masdar سلطة sulṭah, meaning "authority" or "power".

SCIENCE TELLS US:

Escape Velocity is the minimum speed that a body must attain to escape a gravitational field completely.

If you throw an object straight up, it will rise until the negative acceleration of gravity stops it, then returns it to Earth. Gravity's force diminishes as distance from the center of the Earth increase. So if you can throw the object with enough initial upward velocity (speed in a particular direction) so that gravity's decreasing force can never quite slow it to a complete stop, its decreasing velocity can always be just high enough to overcome gravity's pull. The initial velocity needed to achieve that condition is called escape velocity.

From the surface of the Earth, escape velocity (ignoring air friction) is about 7 miles per second, or 25,000 miles per hour. Given that initial speed, an object needs no additional force applied to completely escape Earth's gravity.

[Paul Walorski, B.A. Physics, Part-time Physics Instructor]

What catches my attention every time I read this verse is that ALLAH Subhanahu wa Ta’ala, is pointing out so many years ago, when nobody could even think of going in the outer space, to the fact that it is possible to escape into the space, by saying, ‘If you have the power to get away from the boundries of the heavens and the earth, then get away!’ ALLAH (SWT) did not say that you cannot get away, but just after pointing out to the possibility of it, ALLAH (SWT) mentions how it could be done by telling us that you cannot do that, but with ALLAH’s Authority and strength, power and force. And this is what Escape Velocity explains.

And if the escape velocity is not enough then due to air friction the temperature of an object (trying to escape) rises so much that it consumed by fire and it burns away. No wonder in the next ayah ALLAH (SWT) says, what may be pointing to this air friction and burning up of any matter which has the escape velocity below than required;

“Then O jinns and men! Which of your Rabb’s Authorities will you both deny? The flames of fire and molten brass will be unleashed on you both, (jinn and men) and you will not be able to defend yourselves.”

The word boundries is also very interesting as it throws light on the limits of the gravitational field.

7. BIOMETRICS 

THE QUR’AN SAYS:

"Does man think that WE Cannot assemble his bones? Nay, WE are able to put Together in perfect order The very tips of his fingers." [AL-QUR'AN 75:3-4] 

Unbelievers argue regarding resurrection taking place after bones of dead people have disintegrated in the earth and how each individual would be identified on the Day of Judgement. ALMIGHTY ALLAH answers that HE can not only assemble our bones but can also reconstruct perfectly our very fingertips. This point needs some pondering that, Why does the QUR'AN, while speaking about determination of the identity of the individual, speak specifically about fingertips?

SCIENCE TELLS US:

In 1880, fingerprinting became the scientific method of identification, after research done by Sir Francis Golt, which revealed that no two persons in the world can ever have exactly the same fingerprint pattern. 

This amazing discovery speaks loudly about the Master, the Lord of all and His Greatness, which is far from us to comprehend. We cannot even get the slightest of idea about the Sovereignty of our Rabb in the true sence. ALLAH says in Surah Al-Isra that, “…. And not, you have been given but little knowledge.” [17: 85]

8. PAIN RECEPTORS IN SKIN 

THE QUR’AN SAYS: 

"Those who reject Our signs, We shall soon cast into the Fire; as often as their skins are roasted through, WE shall change them for fresh skins, That they may taste The Penalty: for ALLAH (subhana wa taala) Is Exalted in Power, Wise." [AL-QUR'AN 4:56]

SCIENCE TELLS US:

It was thought that the sense of feeling and pain was only dependent on the brain. Recent discoveries prove that there are pain receptors present in the skin without which a person would not be able to feel pain. When a doctor examines a patient suffering from burn injuries, he verifies the degree of burns by a pinprick. If the patient feels pain, the doctor is happy, because it indicates that the burns are superficial and the pain receptors are intact. On the other hand if the patient does not feel any pain, it indicates that it is a deep burn and the pain receptors have been destroyed. The QUR'AN gives an indication of the existence of pain receptors in the above verse.

9. BARRIOR BETWEEN TWO SEAS

THE QUR’AN SAYS:

And it is He Who has let free the two seas (kinds of water), one palatable and sweet, and the other salt and bitter, and He has set a barrier and a complete partition between them.[25:53]

SCIENCE TELLS US:

Oceanographers, in the wake of the scientific progress in this age, have discovered the barrier between two seas. They have found that a barrier separates two neighboring seas. The barrier moves between them, and it is called by scientists “a front” compared to the front between two armies. By virtue of this barrier each sea retains its own characteristics which ALLAH (subhana wa taala) has assigned to it and which are suitable for the organisms living in that environment.

Because of this barrier, the two neighboring seas mingle so slowly that the amount of water that passes from one sea to the other acquires the characteristics of the other sea while crossing the barrier which overturns the waters crossing from one sea to the other, keeping each sea with its own characteristics.

10. THE BIG CRUNCH

THE QUR’AN SAYS:

That Day We will fold up heaven like folding up the pages of a book. As We originated the first creation so We will regenerate it. It is a promise binding on Us. That is what We will do. (Qur’an, 21:104)

SCIENCE TELLS US:

The Big Crunch is one of the scenarios predicted by scientists in which the Universe may end. Just like many others, it is based on Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity. That is, if the Big Bang describes how the Universe most possibly began, the Big Crunch describes how it will end as a consequence of that beginning.

It tells us that the Universe’s expansion, which is due to the Big Bang, will not continue forever. Instead, at a certain point in time, it will stop expanding and collapse into itself, pulling (folding) everything with it until it eventually turns into the biggest black hole ever. Well, we all know how everything is squeezed when in that hole. Hence the name Big Crunch.

11. QUARKS

THE QUR’AN SAYS:

SMALLER THAN ATOM

Whatever you may be doing, and whatever portion you may be reciting and be engrossed in from the Quran, - and whatever deed you may be doing, We are Witness thereof, when you are doing it. And nothing is hidden from your Lord (so much as) the weight of an atom on the earth or in the heaven. Not what is less than that or what is greater than that but is in a Clear Record. [10: 61]

SCIENCE TELLS US:

Atoms are the basic building blocks of matter that make up everyday objects. A desk, the air, even we humans are made up of atoms! Atoms are made up of three basic particles:

1. Protons

2. Neutrons

3. Electrons

Scientists discovered the neutron in 1932. They thought that there was nothing smaller in the atom’s nucleus. But were they right?

In 1968, scientists discovered new particles inside the neutron. They called these particles Quarks. Then research was carried out in highly sophisticated Labs.

At HERA very precise measurements of the size of quarks have been carried out. No measurable size could be found, and therefore, as far as we know at the moment, quarks are elementary. Their size, if they have one, must be smaller than 10-16cm, i.e. 1/1000 of the size of the proton. This is the smallest distance, which has been directly measured in physics.

ALLAH knows best!

These are only a few examples from the Qur’an to mention, which unfold the Truth and ALLAH (subhana wa taala) knows with time what more will become manifest from its Nobel Verses with more progression in scientific research.

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