The Identity in the Fingerprint While it is stated in the Qur’an that it is easy for God to bring man back to life after death, peoples’ fingerprints are particularly emphasized: “Does man think that We cannot assemble his bones? Yes, We are able to put together in perfect order the very tips of his [...]

Barrier Between Sweet & Salt Water “He has let free the two bodies of flowing water, meeting together: Between them is a Barrier which they do not transgress.” [Al-Qur’an 55:19-20] In the Arabic text the word barzakh means a barrier or a partition. This barrier, however, is not a physical partition. The Arabic word maraja [...]

Blood Circulation & Milk The Qur’an was revealed 600 years before the Muslim scientist Ibn Nafees described the circulation of the blood and 1,000 years before William Harwey brought this understanding to the Western world. Roughly thirteen centuries before it was known what happens in the intestines to ensure that organs are nourished by the [...]

The Function of Mountains The Qur’an draws attention to a very important geological function of mountains. “And We have set on the earth mountains standing firm, lest it should shake with them.” [Al-Qur’an 21:31] As we have noticed, it is stated in the verse that mountains have the function of preventing shocks in the Earth. [...]

The Proportion of Rain One of the items of information given 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 [...]

A group of Muslim Scholars, under the direction of an eminent Yemani Scholar, Sheikh Abdul Majid Azzindani, collected information concerning embryology1 and other sciences in the Qur’an and undisputed Hadith2 and translated it into English. They then followed the Qur’anic advice: “If ye realise this not, ask of those who possess the Message.” [Al-Qur’an 16:43 [...]

Animals & Birds Live in Communities The Holy Qur’an says “There is not an animal (that lives) on the earth, nor a being that flies on its wings, but (forms part of) communities like you.” [Al-Qur’an 6:38] Research has shown that animals and birds live in communities, i.e. they organize, and live and work together. [...]