GEOLOGY Quran & Science

Science in the Glorious Quran: Stone and Iron Human Fossils

 “وَقَالُوا أَإِذَا كُنَّا عِظَامًا وَرُفَاتًا أَإِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ خَلْقًا جَدِيدًا .قُلْ كُونُوا حِجَارَةً أَوْ حَدِيدًا أَوْ خَلْقًا مِّمَّا يَكْبُرُ فِي صُدُورِكُمْ ۚ. فَسَيَقُولُونَ مَن يُعِيدُنَا ۖ قُلِ الَّذِي فَطَرَكُمْ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ ۚ ”…

GEOLOGY Quran & Science

Science in the Glorious Quran: Darkness and Internal Waves

“أَوْ كَظُلُمَاتٍ فِي بَحْرٍ لُّجِّيٍّ يَغْشَاهُ مَوْجٌ مِّن فَوْقِهِ مَوْجٌ مِّن فَوْقِهِ سَحَابٌ ۚ ظُلُمَاتٌ بَعْضُهَا فَوْقَ بَعْضٍ إِذَا أَخْرَجَ يَدَهُ لَمْ يَكَدْ يَرَاهَا ۗ وَمَن لَّمْ يَجْعَلِ اللَّهُ لَهُ…

GEOLOGY Quran & Science

Science in the Glorious Quran: Mountains

Mountains as Pegs “وَأَلْقَىٰ فِي الْأَرْضِ رَوَاسِيَ أَن تَمِيدَ بِكُمْ وَأَنْهَارًا وَسُبُلًا لَّعَلَّكُمْ تَهْتَدُونَ” (النحل:15). “And He has cast into the earth firmly set mountains, lest it shifts with you,…

GEOLOGY Quran & Science

Science in the Glorious Quran: Lava in the Sea Water

.”وَالسَّقْفِ الْمَرْفُوعِ. وَالْبَحْرِ الْمَسْجُور” (الذاريات:5-6) “By the elevated Heavens and the sea sitting on bed fire” (Qur’an, 52: 5-6). “By the elevated Heavens and the sea, filled [with fire].” (Qur’an, 52:5-6)…

GEOLOGY Quran & Science

Science in the Glorious Quran: The Salt and Sweet Water Barrier

“وَهُوَ الَّذِي مَرَجَ الْبَحْرَيْنِ هَٰذَا عَذْبٌ فُرَاتٌ وَهَٰذَا مِلْحٌ أُجَاجٌ وَجَعَلَ بَيْنَهُمَا بَرْزَخًا وَحِجْرًا مَّحْجُورًا” (الفرقان:53). “And it is He who merged the two seas, one palatable and sweet and…

GEOLOGY Quran & Science

Science in the Glorious Quran: The Barrier Between The Seas

.”مَرَجَ الْبَحْرَيْنِ يَلْتَقِيَانِ. بَيْنَهُمَا بَرْزَخٌ لَّا يَبْغِيَانِ” (الرحمن:19-20) “He released the two seas, meeting together [side by side]. Between them is a barrier, which they do not overrun.” (Qur’an, 55:19-20)

GEOLOGY Quran & Science

Science in the Glorious Quran: The Fissured Structure of Earth

 .”وَالسَّمَاءِ ذَاتِ الرَّجْعِ.  وَالْأَرْضِ ذَاتِ الصَّدْعِ” (الطارق:11-12) “By the sky which returns (rain) and [by] the Earth which cracks open.” (Qur’an, 86:11-12) The external surface of the Earth is split…

GEOLOGY Quran & Science

Science in the Glorious Quran: Geology

Geology is an Earth science comprising the study of the solid earth, the rocks of which it is composed, and the processes by which they change. Geology gives insight into…

Quran & Science

Science in the Glorious Quran: CONCLUDING REMARKS

The Qur’an was revealed to the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), who lived in an illiterate society in the Arabian Desert, in the 7th century. Unlike the other previous revelations which suffered…

PROHIBITIONS Quran & Science

Scientific Wisdom Behind Prohibitions: The Flesh of Swine

Pigs transmit a large number of bacterial, viral and parasitic diseases Pork accounts for 36% of the world’s meat intake. Interestingly, although Christians eat pork it is prohibited in the…