ABOUT THE SITE
Fourteen
centuries ago, Allah sent down the Qur'an. This book of guidance
and wisdom calls man to the truth and instructs all human beings
to adhere to the values which this mighty revelation contains. From
the day of its revelation to the Day of Judgement, this last divine
book will remain as the sole guide for humanity. The book of Allah
states, �But it is nothing less than a Reminder to all the
worlds.� (Qur�an, 68:52)
Ever since the Qur�an was revealed, it has possessed an easily
understandable language and tone, accessible to all people and in
all times. Allah tells us of this style in the Qur�an: �We
have made the Qur�an easy to remember...� (Qur�an, 54:22)
The perfection of the literary language of the Qur�an, the incomparable
features of its style and the superior wisdom contained within it
are some of the definitive proofs that it represents the Word of
our Lord.
In addition, the Qur'an contains within its words many miracles
which prove it to be Allah�s Word. One of these attributes is the
remarkable number of scientific truths which are contained in the
holy book of Islam. In this book which was revealed over fourteen
centuries ago to the Prophet Muhammad (saas), there are innumerable
examples of information humanity have only been able to uncover
by the technology of the 20th and 21st century.
Of course, we should not view the Qur'an as a book of science for
it is primarily a book of moral and spiritual guidance. However,
many scientific facts that are expressed in an extremely concise
and profound manner, within the verses of the Qur�an, have only
been discovered by scientists with the aid of the technological
advancement of the 20th and 21st century. Quite simply, these facts
which we now point out to the reader could not have been known at
the time of the Qur'an's revelation, and this is still more proof
that the Qur�an is the Word of Allah.
In order to understand the scientific miracles contained in the
Qur'an, we must first look at the level of scientific knowledge
which existed at the time when this holy book was revealed. When
one understands the context in which the Qur�an was revealed, one
can understand more clearly how extraordinary the book of Islam
actually is.
In the 7th century, when these sacred verses were sent down, Arab
society was awash with many superstitious and groundless notions.
Lacking the technology to examine the universe and nature, these
early Arabs believed in uncorroborated tales inherited from past
generations and did not question them. For example, they supposed
that mountains supported the sky above. They believed that the earth
was flat and that mountains acted as pillars that kept the vault
of heaven high above us.
Into this atmosphere of legend and myth, the Qur�an came down.
It replaced ignorance with knowledge and illogical conjecture with
guidance and certainty. One verse of the Qur�an states, "Allah
is He Who raised up the heavens without any support..."
(Qur�an, 13:2)
This verse invalidated the belief that the sky remains above because
of support from the mountains. The Qur�an is filled with important
facts which were revealed at a point in human history when no man
could possibly have known them. The Qur'an�which was revealed at
a time when people knew very little about astronomy, physics, or
biology�contains key facts on a variety of subjects all of which
point to the fact that it is revealed by Allah, the Lord of the
Worlds. Some of the subjects explained and dealt with in the Qur�an
are: the creation of the universe, the creation and miraculous development
of the human being from miniscule embryo to grown adult, the structure
of the atmosphere in which we live and the delicate balances that
make life on earth possible. In order to understand some of these
points more fully, let us look at some of these scientific miracles
revealed in the Qur'an together.

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