Science and Quran

Science and Quran
Qur’an remains a religious book par excellence and it cannot, of course be expected to have a ‘scientific‘ purpose per se. In fact, it does not deviate an inch from it's main subject. That is to provide guidance to human beings. And which it does so using “Signs”. It’s each verse is called an Ayah meaning 'a sign’.

In order to explain it's point of view or to put it more effectively and emphatically, time and again Qur’an also draws the attention of human intellect towards various other signs in form of natural processes & phenomena spread all over the universe. Whenever man is invited to reflect upon the work of Creation and the natural phenomena he can observe that, the obvious intention, in using such examples, is to stress Divine Omnipotence.

While reflecting over all these signs, Qur’an touches upon many scientific themes, ranging from Astronomy to Zoology. It is extremely astonishing that statements made by Qur’an with respect to these subjects some 1400 years ago, when the term science itself was not in existence, are not only descriptively precise but are factually accurate also.

What comes as a real surprise to scientists and scholars all over the world is that on a few topics of very recent origin such as genetics and embryology Qur’an presents very graphic description and accurate account of natural phenomena, which have been discovered only in the last decade with the help of most modern techniques and sophisticated instruments. A fact well appreciated by Dr. Maurice Buccaille, a French scholar in his epoch making work ’The Bible, the Quran and Science’ He says

"What is more in a century where for many scientific truth has dealt a death blow to religious beliefs, it is precisely the discoveries of science that in an objective examination of Islamic Revelation have highlighted the 'Super natural character ' of certain aspect of Revelation''.

And thus spoke your Lord Allah in his Holy Book

"We shall certainly show them sure signs in the universe and in their own selves, till it will be very obvious to them that this (Quran) is "The Truth" [Al-Quran 41:63]
Qur’an remains a religious book par excellence and it cannot, of course be expected to have a ‘scientific‘ purpose per se. In fact, it does not deviate an inch from it's main subject. That is to provide guidance to human beings. And which it does so using “Signs”. It’s each verse is called an Ayah meaning 'a sign’.

In order to explain it's point of view or to put it more effectively and emphatically, time and again Qur’an also draws the attention of human intellect towards various other signs in form of natural processes & phenomena spread all over the universe. Whenever man is invited to reflect upon the work of Creation and the natural phenomena he can observe that, the obvious intention, in using such examples, is to stress Divine Omnipotence.

While reflecting over all these signs, Qur’an touches upon many scientific themes, ranging from Astronomy to Zoology. It is extremely astonishing that statements made by Qur’an with respect to these subjects some 1400 years ago, when the term science itself was not in existence, are not only descriptively precise but are factually accurate also.

What comes as a real surprise to scientists and scholars all over the world is that on a few topics of very recent origin such as genetics and embryology Qur’an presents very graphic description and accurate account of natural phenomena, which have been discovered only in the last decade with the help of most modern techniques and sophisticated instruments. A fact well appreciated by Dr. Maurice Buccaille, a French scholar in his epoch making work ’The Bible, the Quran and Science’ He says

"What is more in a century where for many scientific truth has dealt a death blow to religious beliefs, it is precisely the discoveries of science that in an objective examination of Islamic Revelation have highlighted the 'Super natural character ' of certain aspect of Revelation''.

And thus spoke your Lord Allah in his Holy Book

"We shall certainly show them sure signs in the universe and in their own selves, till it will be very obvious to them that this (Quran) is "The Truth" [Al-Quran 41:63]
Qur’an remains a religious book par excellence and it cannot, of course be expected to have a ‘scientific‘ purpose per se. In fact, it does not deviate an inch from it's main subject. That is to provide guidance to human beings. And which it does so using “Signs”. It’s each verse is called an Ayah meaning 'a sign’.

In order to explain it's point of view or to put it more effectively and emphatically, time and again Qur’an also draws the attention of human intellect towards various other signs in form of natural processes & phenomena spread all over the universe. Whenever man is invited to reflect upon the work of Creation and the natural phenomena he can observe that, the obvious intention, in using such examples, is to stress Divine Omnipotence.

While reflecting over all these signs, Qur’an touches upon many scientific themes, ranging from Astronomy to Zoology. It is extremely astonishing that statements made by Qur’an with respect to these subjects some 1400 years ago, when the term science itself was not in existence, are not only descriptively precise but are factually accurate also.

What comes as a real surprise to scientists and scholars all over the world is that on a few topics of very recent origin such as genetics and embryology Qur’an presents very graphic description and accurate account of natural phenomena, which have been discovered only in the last decade with the help of most modern techniques and sophisticated instruments. A fact well appreciated by Dr. Maurice Buccaille, a French scholar in his epoch making work ’The Bible, the Quran and Science’ He says

"What is more in a century where for many scientific truth has dealt a death blow to religious beliefs, it is precisely the discoveries of science that in an objective examination of Islamic Revelation have highlighted the 'Super natural character ' of certain aspect of Revelation''.

And thus spoke your Lord Allah in his Holy Book

"We shall certainly show them sure signs in the universe and in their own selves, till it will be very obvious to them that this (Quran) is "The Truth" [Al-Quran 41:63]