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 |  موضوع: the amazing qur'an----القرآن مذهلة  الأربعاء ديسمبر 29, 2010 9:06 am | |
| !~~!~~ THE AMAZING QUR'AN ~~!~~ Calling the Qur'an amazing
is not something done only by Muslims, who have an appreciation for the
book and who are pleased with it; it has been labeled amazing by non-Muslims as well. In fact, even people who hate Islam very much have still called it amazing. Introduction
One
thing which surprises non-Muslims who are examining the book very
closely is that the Qur'an does not appear to them to be what they
expected. What they assume is that they have an old book which came
fourteen centuries ago from the Arabian desert; and they expect that
the book should look something like that - an old book from the desert.
And then they find out that it does not resemble what they expected at
all. Additionally, one of the first things that some people assume is
that because it is an old book which comes from the desert, it should
talk about the desert. Well the Qur'an does talk about the desert -
some of its imagery describes the desert; but it also talks about the
sea - what it's like to be in a storm on the sea.  Merchant Marine Some
years ago, the story came to Toronto about a man who was in the
merchant marine and made his living on the sea. A Muslim gave him a
translation of the Qur'an to read. The merchant marine knew nothing
about the history of Islam but was interested in reading the Qur'an.
When he finished reading it, he brought it back to the Muslim and
asked, "This Muhammad, was he a sailor?" He was impressed at how
accurately the Qur'an describes a storm on a sea. When he was told, "No
as a matter of fact, Muhammad lived in the desert," that was enough for
him. He embraced Islam on the spot.
He was so impressed with the Qur'an's description because he had been
in a storm on the sea, and he knew that whoever had written that
description had also been in a storm on the sea. The description of "a
wave, over it a wave, over it clouds" (Surah Nur, 24:40)
was not what someone imagining a storm on a sea to be like would have
written; rather, it was written by someone who knew what a storm on the
sea was like. This is one example of how the Qur'an is not tied to
certain place and time. Certainly, the scientific ideas expressed in it
also do not seem to originate from the desert fourteen centuries ago.
The Smallest Thing
Many
centuries before the onset of Muhammad's prophethood, there was a
well-known theory of atomism advanced by the Greek philosopher,
Democritus. He and the people who came after him assumed that matter
consists of tiny, indestructible, indivisible particles called atoms.
The Arabs too, used to deal in the same concept; in fact, the Arabic
word dharrah commonly referred to the smallest particle known to man.
Now, modern science has discovered that this smallest unit of matter
(i.e., the atom, which has all of the same properties as its element)
can be split into its component parts. This is a new idea, a
development of the last century; yet; interestingly enough, this
information had already been documented in the Qur'an (Surah Saba', 34:3) which states:
"He [i.e., Allah] is aware of an atom's weight in the heavens and on the earth and even anything smaller than that..."
Undoubtedly,
fourteen centuries ago that statement would have looked unusual, even
to an Arab. For him, the dharrah was the smallest thing there was.
Indeed, this is proof, that the Qur'an is not outdated.
Honey
Another
example of what one might expect to find in an "old book" that touches
upon the subject of health or medicine is outdated remedies or cures.
Various historical sources state that the Prophet (s) gave some advice
about health and hygiene, yet most of these pieces of advice are not
contained in the Qur'an. At first glance, to the non-Muslims this
appears to be a negligent omission. They cannot understand why Allah
would not "include" such helpful information in the Qur'an. Some
Muslims attempt to explain this absence with the following argument:
"Although the Prophet's advice was sound and applicable to the time in
which he lived, Allah, in His infinite wisdom, knew that there would
come later medical and scientific advances which would make the
Prophet's advice appear outdated. When later discoveries occurred,
people might say that such information contradicted that which the
Prophet (s) had given. Thus, since Allah would never allow any
opportunity for the non-Muslims to claim that the Qur'an contradicts
itself or the teachings of the Prophet (s), He only included in the
Qur'an information and examples which could stand the test of time."
However, when one examines the true realities of the Qur'an in terms of
its existence as a divine revelation, the entire matter is quickly
brought into its proper perspective, and the error in such
argumentation becomes clear and understandable. 
It
must be understood that the Qur'an is a divine revelation, and as such,
all information in it is of divine origin. Allah revealed the Qur'an
from Himself. It is the words of Allah, which existed before creation,
and thus nothing can be added, subtracted or altered. In essence, the
Qur'an existed and was complete before the creation of Prophet Muhammad
(s), so it could not possibly contain any of the Prophet's own words or
advice. An inclusion of such information would clearly contradict the
purpose for which the Qur'an exists, compromise its authority and
render it inauthentic as a divine revelation.
Consequently,
there was no "home remedies" in the Qur'an which one could claim to be
outdated; nor does it contain any man's view about what is beneficial
to health, what food is best to eat, or what will cure this or that
disease. In fact, the Qur'an only mentions one item dealing with
medical treatment, and it is not in dispute by anyone. It states that
in honey there is healing. And certainly, I do not think that there is
anyone who will argue with that! Prophet Muhammad (s) and the Qur'an
If
one assumes that the Qur'an is the product of a man's mind, then one
would expect it to reflect some of what was going on in the mind of the
man who "composed" it. In fact, certain encyclopedias and various books
claim that the Qur'an was the product of hallucinations that Muhammad
underwent. If these claims are true - if it indeed originated from some
psychological problems in Muhammad's mind - then evidence of this would
be apparent in the Qur'an. Is there such evidence? In order to
determine whether or not there is, one must first identify what things
would have been going on in his mind at that time and then search for
these thoughts and reflections in the Qur'an
It
is common knowledge that Muhammad (s) had a very difficult life. All of
his daughters died before him except one, and he had a wife of several
years who was very dear and important to him, who not only proceeded
him in death but died at a very critical period of his life. As a
matter of fact, she must have been quite a woman because when the first
revelation came to him, he ran home to her, afraid. Certainly, even
today one would have a hard time trying to find an Arab who would tell
you, "I was so afraid that I ran home to my wife." They just aren't
that way. Yet Muhammad (s) felt comfortable enough with his wife to be
able to do that. That's how influential and strong woman she was.
Although these examples are only a few of the subjects that would have
been on Muhammad's mind, they are sufficient in intensity to prove my
point. | |
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