Islam and Evidence

This verse in the Qur'an reveals the three stages of the movement of particles, verse and movement when rain falls on dry ground. First, the soil particles quiver due to electrostatic charge and the collision with water particles. Second, the soil swells as the space between particles increases and allows water and minerals to enter. Finally, the soil brings forth luxuriant plants of every kind as the seeds become active and absorb simple nutritious material. This process is further confirmed by Robert Brown's discovery of the Brownian motion.

Allah is all-powerful, with control over all things in the heavens and earth. He can take away their hearing and sight, and knows all that we keep hidden. He is the Living, Self-Sustaining, All-Wise God, and His Footstool encompasses the heavens and the earth. Truly, Allah has power over all things.

The prefrontal area in the frontal part of the skull is responsible for a variety of functions, including planning, motivation, initiating good and evil behavior, and telling lies and the truth. It is also thought to be the functional center for aggression. This is supported by a Quranic verse from 14 centuries ago, which mentions the "lying sinful forelock" as an indicator of this area's importance.

Research carried out in recent years has revealed that the prefrontal area lying in the frontal part of the skull is responsible for the management of particular functions of the brain.

This area of the cerebrum is also responsible for planning, motivation and initiating good and evil behavior. And it is responsible for telling lies and the truth. A book entitled Essentials of Anatomy and Physiology says:

In relation to its involvement in motivation, the prefrontal area is also thought to be the functional center for aggression. Parallel information to these scientific facts discovered by scientists in the last 60 years was also imparted in the Quran 14 centuries ago.

No, indeed. If he does not stop, We will grab him by the forelock, a lying sinful forelock. (Surat al-'Alaq: 15-16)

The expression the lying sinful forelock in this verse is most remarkable. This demonstrates a close parallel to the activities carried out in the front part of the brain.

How rain was formed remained a great mystery for quite some time. Only after the weather radar was invented was it possible to discover the stages by which rain is formed. According to this discovery, the formation of rain takes place in three stages. First, the "raw material" of rain rises up into the air with the wind. Later, clouds are formed, and finally raindrops appear. The Qur'an's account of the formation of rain refers exactly to this process.

Note 58. Richard A. Anthes, The Atmosphere, 3rd ed., (Columbus: Charles E. Merrill Publishing Company: 1981), 268-269; Albert Millers, Jack C. Thompson, Elements of Meteorology, 2nd ed., (Columbus: Charles E. Merrill Publishing Company: 1975), 141.

Note 59. Anthes, The Atmosphere, 269; Millers, and Thompson, Elements of Meteorology, 141-142.

Information provided in the Qur'an about rain is that it is sent down to Earth in "due measure." This is mentioned in Surat az-Zukhruf as follows: It is He Who sends down water in measured amounts from the sky by which We bring a dead land back to life. That is how you too will be raised [from the dead]. (Quran chapter 43:11). This measured quantity in rain has again been discovered by modern research.

Note 57. Keith C. Heidorn, Ph.D., "Philipp Lenard: Brushing the Teardrops from Rain;" www.islandnet.com/~see/weather/history/lenard.htm

At the time when the Qur'an was revealed, of course, it was quite impossible to have any information about the weight of clouds. This information, revealed in the Qur'an, but discovered only recently, is yet another proof that the Qur'an is the word of Allah.