BIOLOGY Quran & Science

Science in the Glorious Quran: Spiders

“مَثَلُ الَّذِينَ اتَّخَذُوا مِن دُونِ اللَّهِ أَوْلِيَاءَ كَمَثَلِ الْعَنكَبُوتِ اتَّخَذَتْ بَيْتًا ۖ وَإِنَّ أَوْهَنَ الْبُيُوتِ لَبَيْتُ الْعَنكَبُوتِ ۖ لَوْ كَانُوا يَعْلَمُونَ” (العنكبوت:41). “The likeness of those who take to themselves…

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Science in the Glorious Quran: Locusts

“خُشَّعًا أَبْصَارُهُمْ يَخْرُجُونَ مِنَ الْأَجْدَاثِ كَأَنَّهُمْ جَرَادٌ مُّنتَشِرٌ” (القمر: 7). “They will emerge from their graves with downcast eyes, like swarming locusts” (Qur’an, 54:7). God in the above verse mentions…

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Science in the Glorious Quran: Communication of Ants

  “حَتَّىٰ إِذَا أَتَوْا عَلَىٰ وَادِ النَّمْلِ قَالَتْ نَمْلَةٌ يَا أَيُّهَا النَّمْلُ ادْخُلُوا مَسَاكِنَكُمْ لَا يَحْطِمَنَّكُمْ سُلَيْمَانُ وَجُنُودُهُ وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ” (النمل:18). “Then, when they (Solomon and his soldiers) reached…

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Science in the Glorious Quran: The Super Navigation

“فَاسْلُكِي سُبُلَ رَبِّكِ ذُلُلًا” (النحل: 69). “Go along the pathways of your Lord, made easy.” (Qur’an, 16:69) The worker honeybees may travel up to 10 km away from their hive…

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Science in the Glorious Quran: Bees

“وَأَوْحَىٰ رَبُّكَ إِلَى النَّحْلِ أَنِ اتَّخِذِي مِنَ الْجِبَالِ بُيُوتًا وَمِنَ الشَّجَرِ وَمِمَّا يَعْرِشُونَ . ثُمَّ كُلِي مِن كُلِّ الثَّمَرَاتِ فَاسْلُكِي سُبُلَ رَبِّكِ ذُلُلًا ۚ يَخْرُجُ مِن بُطُونِهَا شَرَابٌ مُّخْتَلِفٌ أَلْوَانُهُ…

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Science in the Glorious Quran: The Fly

” يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ ضُرِبَ مَثَلٌ فَاسْتَمِعُوا لَهُ ۚ إِنَّ الَّذِينَ تَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِ اللَّهِ لَن يَخْلُقُوا ذُبَابًا وَلَوِ اجْتَمَعُوا لَهُ ۖ وَإِن يَسْلُبْهُمُ الذُّبَابُ شَيْئًا لَّا يَسْتَنقِذُوهُ مِنْهُ ۚ…

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Science in the Glorious Quran: Animal Behaviour

Since the early history of mankind, people have been gaining experience about animal behavior. This has enabled them to tame and train animals like cats, dogs, donkeys, birds, etc. However,…

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Science in the Glorious Quran: Stillness at Night

  “فَالِقُ الْإِصْبَاحِ وَجَعَلَ اللَّيْلَ سَكَنًا وَالشَّمْسَ وَالْقَمَرَ حُسْبَانًا ۚ ذَٰلِكَ تَقْدِيرُ الْعَزِيزِ الْعَلِيمِ” (الأنعام:96). “He splits the dawn and appoints the night as a time of stillness and the…

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Science in the Glorious Quran: Pairs

There are three types of plant flowers: 1) Male flower, 2) female flower and 3) the most common hermaphrodite flower which have both male and female parts. The fact of…

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Science in the Glorious Quran: Floral Diversity

There are several verses in The Glorious Qur’an referring to the floral diversity on Earth. Interestingly, the Qur’an mentions about 22 plants belonging to 17 plant families. Let’s have a…