The Holy Quran- A Scientific Revelation from Allah
The Holy Quran is fundamentally a book of guidance and a code of life for mankind to enable it to differentiate between the right and wrong. It is not a book of science or scientific predictions. Sciences change or are modified as time passes. Being the divine book , the contents of the Quran cannot be disproved or denied in the light of latter days scientific discoveries. As a matter of fact, scientific discoveries have only gone to establish the truth of Quran, the word of Allah. On the other hand, The Holy Quran not only encourages scientific study, but also permits that . It provides accurate and definite answers as to how life and the universe came into being. As such, if initiated upon a proper foundation, research will reveal the truths regarding the origin of the universe and the organization of life, in the shortest time, and with minimum effort and energy. As stated by Albert Einstein, considered as one of the greatest scientists of the 20th century “Science without religion is lame” which is to say that science, unguided by religion , cannot proceed correctly.
The Holy Quran , which was sent down to mankind as a book of guidance , from the day of its revelation to the day of Judgment, this divine book and the Sunnah of our Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) will remain the guide for humanity.
The matchless style of the Holy Quran and the superior wisdom in it are definite evidence that it is the word of Allah . In addition the Quran has many miraculous attributes proving that it is a revelation from Allah . One of these attributes is the fact that a number of scientific truths that we have only been able to uncover by the technology of the 20th century were stated in the Holy Quran 1,400 years ago .
The Holy Quran is of course not a book of science but a guide for the whole humanity . However , many scientific facts that are expressed in an extremely concise and profound manner in its verses have only been discovered with the technology of the 20th century . These facts could not have been known at the time of the Holy Quran’s revelation and this is still more proof that the Holy Quran is the word of Allah.
-Syed Aqeel Iqbal, Research Scholar in Department of Arabic ,Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh. Email-s.aqeeliqbal@gmail.com
