اللهم صلي على محمد وعلى آل محمد كما صليت على إبراهيم وعلى آل إبراهيم وبارك علي محمد وعلى آل محمد كما باركت على إبراهيم وعلى آل إبراهيم إنك حميدٌ مجيد



Wednesday, January 24, 2007

The relationship between modern science and Islam
has increased dramatically after the major scientific discoveries about the origin of life and the universe.
"These new discoveries have assisted greatly in the understanding of what the ayat [verses] in the Qur'an mean.

says Yahiya Emerick in his book What Islam is All About.
Modern Science and Islam.
Modern day scientists have been awe-struck at how complex and intricate the universe is. (67:3-4) The sciences of astronomy, chemistry, astrophysics and molecular biology have pushed the limits of our knowledge ever further.
These new discoveries have assisted greatly in the understanding of what the ayat in the Qur’an mean. For example, there is a section of verses where Allah mentions that during the process of human development, there is a stage where we were an ‘Alaq in the womb. (96:1-5) The word literally means, "a clinging thing." But no one knew in past centuries how that could be part of the process of growth for a fetus.
So translators, commentators and scholars have tried to explain it as meaning we were clots of blood or other such strange things in the womb. But new discoveries in the last few years have shown that in the early stages of pregnancy, the fertilized egg actually attaches itself to the uterine wall and clings there as it is growing. Thus, modern knowledge unlocks another mystery that previous Muslims could only guess at.

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