THE WORD OF GOD
From The Scriptures
The Quran is the book of God. It has been preserved in its entirety since its revelation to the Prophet of Islam between AD 610 and 632. It is a book that brings glad tidings to humankind, along with divine admonition, and stresses the importance of man’s discovery of the Truth on a spiritual and intellectual level.
Translated from Arabic and commentary by
Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
Quran is not a book of science, but in order to bring home its message it hints towards research and touches upon a few universal facts, which the world has discovered today.
Encouragement towards research
Do they never reflect on the camels and how they were created, and on the sky, how it is raised aloft, and on the mountains, how they are firmly set up, and on the earth, how it is spread out? (88: 17-20)
Corroboration by Science
Do not those who deny the truth see that the heavens and the earth were joined together and that We then split them asunder? And that We have made every living thing out of water? Will they still not believe?” (21: 30)
It is He who released the two bodies of flowing water, one sweet and fresh and the other salty and bitter, and set up an insurmountable barrier between them. (25: 53)
And it is We who built the universe with [Our creative] power; and verily, it is We who are steadily expanding it. (51: 47)
We created man from an essence of clay, then We placed him as a drop of fluid in a safe place, then We developed that drop into a clinging form, and We developed that form into a lump of flesh and We developed that lump into bones, and clothed the bones with flesh. Then We brought him into being as a new creation—glory be to God, the best of creators—after this you shall surely die. Then you will be raised up again on the Resurrection Day. (23: 12-16)
The young one of a human being grows in the womb of his mother. In ancient times, the period from conception till child-birth was shrouded in mystery. It was only in the twentieth century that scientific developments made it possible to observe the development of a baby in the mother’s womb and obtain direct information about it.
The vivid Quranic description of the various developmental stages of the formation and birth of human beings is surprisingly identical with modern scientific findings. This provides proof of the fact that the Quran is a book of God. Had it not been so, such similarity between the findings of modern research and the statements of the Quran, revealed fourteen hundred years ago, would not have been possible.
Nine things the Lord has commanded me. Fear of God in private and in public. Justness, whether in anger or in calmness. Moderation in both poverty and affluence. That I should join hands with those who break away from me, and give to those who deprive me, and forgive those who wrong me, and that my silence should be meditation, and my words remembrance of God, and my vision keen observation.
- Prophet Muhammad