Islam and Evidence

During and after the time of the Prophet there have been those who denied that the Quran is a Divine book. Some of these people even went so far as to claim it was the Prophet himself who had written it. Yet, this was a grave error and a manifest slander.

The Quran is the word of God and contains many miracles and superior wisdom the like of which no human being could ever conceive of. The Prophet reminded people of this and announced that the Quran had been sent by God. This fact also appears in the Quran.

Say: ''The One Who sent it down is He Who knows all hidden secrets in the heavens and Earth. He is Ever-Forgiving, Most Merciful.'' (Surat al-Furqan:6)

Those who allege that the Quran was written by a human being are unaware of the Miracles that contains and that its wisdom comes from God.

Our Prophet was commanded to reveal this truth to his people.

Say: ''If both men and jinn banded together to produce the like of this Quran, they could never produce anything like it, even if they backed each other up.'' (Surat al-Isra':88).

In another Hadith the Prophet stated that the Quran was the word of God.

''Honesty descended from the Heavens and settled in the roots of the hearts of men (faithful believers), and then the Quran was revealed and the people read the Quran, (and learned from it) and also learned it from the Sunnah. Both the Quran and Sunnah strengthened their (the faithful believers') honesty.'' (Sahih Bukhari)

Our Prophet had other most important advice. The Quran is the most important guide to salvation. This fact is set out as follows in the Hadith.

''Acquire the knowledge and impart it to the people. Learn the Quran and teach it to the people; for I am a person who has to depart this world.'' (Tirmidhi Hadiths, 279)

One of the most important errors that the Prophet has warned against is ascribing partners to God or shirk. God is the one and only and all other entities are solely what he has created. The Prophet explained these truths to his people and attempted to free them from idolatry. This is revealed as follows in verses from the Quran.

Say: ''I call only upon my Lord and do not associate anyone else with Him.'' (Surat al-Jinn:20)

The Prophet has warned all Muslims against idolatry in the Hadith and has stated that ascribing partners to God is a grievous sin.

"The most severe sin is to associate partners with God (known as shirk), while He has created you.'' (Sahih Bukhari and Muslim)

The formation of milk is an amazing process of creation, and its details were revealed in the Quran. Through digestion, food is broken down and carried by the blood to the milk glands where it is transformed into high-nutritional milk. Human beings cannot directly consume blood or the half-digested food in an animal's stomach, as it can cause severe illness or death. Instead, Allah provides clean and healthy food from these fluids. The blood plays a crucial role in collecting nutriments from foodstuffs, and in the formation of milk, a miraculous process. Therefore, the topics of Blood, Food, and Formation are all connected in the miraculous formation of milk.

Everyone on it will pass away; but the Face of your Lord will remain, Master of Majesty and Generosity. (Qur'an, 55:26-27)

The Prophet Muhammad was the last prophet charged with warning humanity like all the other Messengers the Prophet called people to the true path, to have faith in God, to live for the hereafter and to exercise good morality. In his time, some people have elected to follow the most mistaken paths in order to supposedly find salvation. These paths were full of perversion, superstition and nonsense.

Our Prophet aroused them from their ignorance and heedlessness calling them to the path of God. He made great efforts for their salvation in their lives of this world and of the hereafter. When he communicated the message of the Quran our Prophet was exposed to enormous oppression and animosity. Yet he took no notice of these. Our Prophet upon whom great compassion was bestowed drew his power from the love of God and knew that our Lord was always with him.

God commands the prophet thus in one verse. Proclaim what you have been ordered to and turn away from the idolaters. We are enough for you against the mockers. (Surat al-Hijr:94-95)

The prophet Muhammad first told people of God's might and of the proofs of His incomparable creation. He then explained them that God had no equal and was the sole Lord of all.

Say: ''What do you think? If God made it permanent night for you till the Day of Resurrection, what deity is there other than God to bring you light? Don't you then hear?'' Say: ''What do you think? If God made it... permanent day for you till the Day of Resurrection, what deity is there other than God to bring you night to rest in? Don't you then see?'' (Surat al-Qasas:71-72)

Allah has provided humans with the gifts of hearing, sight, feeling, and understanding. Through research, it has been found that the human foetus's ears begin to develop at 22 days and become fully functional by the fourth month. This highlights the accuracy of the order of the senses given in the Qur'an, as hearing comes before sight and understanding. Through Allah's power and grace, humans are able to develop these senses and show gratitude for His gifts.

Note 98. Kazi, 130 Evident Miracles in the Qur'an, 78-79.

The blessing of Allah is evident in the process of pregnancy and childbirth. The foetus is formed from a drop of sperm and develops fully during the uterine incubation period. The birth canal is made easier for the foetus to pass through with the expansion of the joints in the pelvic bones, the relaxation of the muscles and the lubrication of the canal with amniotic fluid. These physiological changes were only recently discovered with the help of technological devices and were already indicated in the Qur'an 1,400 years ago.

Note 96. Kazi, 130 Evident Miracles in the Qur'an, 96-97.

Note 97. Laurence Pernoud, J'attends un enfant, (Paris : Pierre Horay : 1995), 138.