PART I<\/p>\n
(Back Ground Azaan, By Brother Yusuf Islam)<\/p>\n
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(Dr. Mohammed) Bismillah Hirrahman Nirraheem. We begin today\u2019s programme, with a qiraat by brother Ashraf Mohammedy.<\/p>\n
(Ashraf Mohammedy) (Arabic)\u2026The Translation \u2013 SurahMominun,Ch. No. 23, Verses No. 12 to 22.<\/p>\n
\u2018Man, We did create from a quintessence of clay, then We placed him as a drop of sperm in a place of rest firmly fixed. Then, We made the sperm into a clot of congealed blood. Then, of that clot We made a fetus lump. Then, We made out of that lump, bones, and clothed the bones with flesh. Then, We developed out of it, another creature. So blessed be Allah! The best to create. After that, at length you will die. Again on the day of Judgement will you be raised up, and we have made above you seven tracks and we are never unmindful of our creation, and we send down water from the sky according to due measure and We cause if to soak in the soil and we certainly are able to drain it off with ease. With it we grow for you, gardens of date palms, and wine. In them, have you abundant fruit, and of them you eat and have enjoyment. Also, a tree springing out of Mount Sinai, which produce oil and relish for those who use it for food. And in cattle too, you have an instructive example. From within their bodies, We produce milk for you to drink. There are in them besides, numerous other benefit for you of their meat, you eat, and on them as well as in ships you ride. Verily Allah has spoken the truth\u2019.<\/p>\n
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(Dr. Mohammed) Distinguished Guests of honour, respected elders, Scholars and Scientists present today, our guests from out of Mumbai, our guests from foreign countries, brothers and sisters. I welcome you all with the Islamic greetings, as well as a global integration and humanitarian greetings: Assalamu Alaikum \u2013 May peace be on you. I am your host and co-ordinator for today\u2019s programme. The Islamic Research Foundation strives for Islamic Daw\u2019ah, the proper presentation, appreciation, understanding and clarification of Islam amongst Muslims as well as Non-Muslims. Reason, logic and scientific understanding have been the basis of all our programmes and discussions. 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From a Doctor by professional training graduating from theT.N.MedicalCollege,NairHospital, Dr Zakir Abdul Karim Naik has turned around to make Da\u2019wah, the proper presentation and propagation of Islam as his primary mission in life. The Holy Qur\u2019an and the Islamic way of life is his base in perfection. Fully reinforced by the logic and dynamic analysis of the complete compatibility of Islam with scientific understanding and reason, Dr Zakir speaks with renewed righteousness and infallibility of Islamic teachings. Dr Zakir Naik is the President of the Islamic Research Foundation \u2013 He is regarded as one of the leading international dynamic orators on Islam and comparative religion. Recently he has just returned from a tour, a lecture-tour ofUnited States of America,Britain andCanada, where he delivered 56 talks at the various cities he spoke at, namelyNew York,Ottawa,Montreal,Toronto,Halifax,Hamilton,Atlanta,Chicago,Indianapolis,Houston,Los Angeles,New York, Leicester,Birmingham,London and a few other cities. In fact tomorrow and day after, he is scheduled to give six lectures inBangalore \u2013 Tomorrow morning at 10 o\u2019clock, there is a first lecture, and after another 3 days he leaves for a 6 day hectic lecture-tour ofSingapore and then 6 days tour ofMalaysia. As far as our topic for today goes, the question arises why did we choose this topic? Religion and Science are two very important factors in human affairs and motivations \u2013 whether in conflict or in conciliation? Down the ages, false religiosity has been at logger heads with scientific understanding, advancement and truthful reasoning. Most religious scriptures have been assessed by scientists as conflicting with many places of the Scriptures with context to scientific facts. You may ask \u2013 is the Holy Qur\u2019an too in conflict with modern science? This needs to be objectively and knowledgeably analyzed. Does the Qur\u2019anic wisdom agree totally with modern scientific understanding? To logically and scientifically cross examine this in open public, the Islamic Research Foundation is holding this programme and lecture talk on \u2013 \u2018Qur\u2019an and Modern Science \u2013 Conflict or Conciliation?\u2019 \u2013 by Dr. Zakir Naik. After the talk and the question and answer session, we leave it up to you the audience to decide whether the Qur\u2019an conflicts, or it conciliates with modern science. For your objective hearing of his talk and open cross examination on the topic in the question and answer session, may I present before you, Dr Zakir Naik.<\/p>\n
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(Arabic)\u2026 My respected elders and my dear brothers and sisters \u2013 I welcome all of you with the Islamic greetings \u2013 Assalaamu Alaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh \u2013 May peace, blessings and mercy of Almighty Allah be on all of you. The topic of this evening\u2019s talk is, \u2018Qur\u2019an and Modern Science \u2013 Conflict or Conciliation?\u2019. The Holy Qur\u2019an is the last and final revelation of Allah Subhanu WaTaala, which was revealed to the last and final messenger Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). For any book to claim that It is a revelation from Allah Subhana WaTala \u2013 for any book to claim, It is a word of Almighty God, it should stand the test of time \u2013 It should prove itself to be the word of God in all the ages. Previously it was the age of Miracles, \u2018Moujaza\u2019. A \u2018Miracle\u2019 is any unusual event, for which the human beings do not have any explanation. It is any unusual event which is attributed to a Super Natural Power or Almighty God. The Holy Qur\u2019an is the \u2018Miracle of Miracles\u2019. But for a modern man to accept any Miracle, he will first analyze and verify it. Alhamdulillah, the Holy Qur\u2019an proved itself to be aword of God 1400 years ago. Even today it can be analyzed and verified, and even in future, and it will always prove It itself to be a word of Almighty God \u2013 It is a Miracle of all times. Suppose a person says that he has done a Miracle \u2013 I would like to give an example of Baba Pilot who said, \u2018that he stayed underwater in a tank, for three days\u2019. And when the reporters, when they wanted to examine, the base of the tank, he said\u2026 \u2018how can you examine the womb of the mother, which gives birth to the child?\u2019 \u2013 And He prevented the reporters, from examining the base of the tank. Will a modern man accept such Miracles? . If such Miracles are the tests, then he has to agree with me, that P. C. Sorcar who happens to be one of the leading magicians of the world, he will be considered as the best god-man alive today. Later on, came the age of literature and poetry \u2013 Muslims and non-Muslims alike \u2013 they acclaim the Holy Qur\u2019an to be the best Arabic literature available on the face of the earth. And the Holy Qur\u2019an gives a challenge in Surah Al-Baqara, Ch. No. 2, Verse No. 23, and 24, where it says\u2026 (Arabic)\u2026 \u2018And if you are in doubt, as what we have revealed to our servant from time to time\u2026. (Arabic)\u2026 then produce a Surah some what similar to it. (Arabic)\u2026 and call forth your witnesses and helpers if there are any besides Allah, but if your doubts are truthful\u2026 (Arabic) \u2026and if ye cannot. (Arabic) \u2026 and of a surety you cannot. (Arabic)\u2026 then fear the fire which is prepared for those who reject faith whose fuel shall be men and stones\u2019. For any one to try and accept this challenge \u2013 but natural the Surah they produce should be in Arabic. There are certain Surahs which are hardly three verses hardly three sentences. The Surah they produce should be in Arabic \u2013 The language should be as divine as that of the Holy Qur\u2019an as noble as the Holy Qur\u2019an. The language of the Holy Qur\u2019an is miraculous, is unsurpassable, intelligible, it has the highest rhetoric and at the same time it is very rhythmic. When any one wants to praise a person or wants to glorify anyone, he deviates away from reality \u2013 and the best example you can see is in the Hindi movies when the hero praises the heroine, and he tries to please her and says \u2018Main tumhare liye chand tod ke leke aounga, mai tomhare liye sitare tod ke leke aounga\u2019 \u2018I will get for you the Moon I will get for you the star\u2019. The more you try and praise a person, the more you deviate away from reality.
\nAlhamdulillah, though the Qur\u2019an is rhythmic it does not deviate from reality.
\nThere were many people who tried to produce a Surah like the Qur\u2019an, but they failed miserably. No one has been able to do it so far, and no one InshaAllah will be able to do it till eternity. But suppose if I tell you that there is a religious scripture who says in a very poetic fashion that \u2018the world is flat\u2019 \u2013 Will a modern man today believe?. But natural no, because today is not the age of literature and poetry \u2013 Today is the age of science and technology. Let as analyze today the Holy Qur\u2019an and modern science \u2013 whether they conflict or conciliate? The Qur\u2019an and modern science whether they contradict or they are compatible? According to the famous physicist, Albert Einstein, who had got the Nobel prize, he said \u2013 \u2018Science without religion is lame, and religion without science is blind\u2019. I would like to repeat it \u2013 Albert Einstein said that \u2018Science without religion is lame and religion without science is blind\u2019. I would like to remind you that the Holy Qur\u2019an is not a \u2018book of Science\u2019\u2026 S-C-I-E-N-C-E; but it\u2019s a book of Signs\u2026 S-I-G-N-S; it\u2019s a book of Ayaats \u2013 and there are more than 6000 Signs or 6000 Ayats, out of which more than a thousand speak about Science. There are some people who would be satisfied just by acquiring one sign. Some people require 10 signs to accept the truth. Some may require a hundred, while the others even after you produce a thousand signs to them yet they will not accept the truth. As far as my talk today will be concerned, I will only be speaking about those scientific facts which have been established. I will not be speaking about theories which are based on assumptions and hypothesis, because we know very well that many a times science based on theories and hypothesis it takes U-turns. In the field of Astronomy \u2013 if you ask a scientist that how was our universe formed? \u2013 How did it come into existence? He will tell you about the Big Bang Theory \u2013 that initially the whole universe was one \u2018Primary Nebula\u2019. Then there was a secondary separation which gave rise to galaxies, which further split to form things such as our solar system, which gave rise to planets, the Sun and the present earth which we live in. I started my talk by quoting a verse of the Holy Qur\u2019an from Surah Al-Anbiya, Ch. No. 21, Verse No. 30, which says. (Arabic)\u2026 \u2018Do not the unbelievers see. (Arabic)\u2026 the heavens and the earth were joined together, and We clove them asunder?\u2019 This verse of the Holy Qur\u2019an speaks about the Big Bang Theory, in a nutshell. Imagine, what we came to know today, the Holy Qur\u2019an mentions 1400 years ago.And the Qur\u2019an also says in Surah Fussilat, Ch. No. 41, verse 11, that\u2026 \u2018Moreover, in His design He comprehended the sky, and it had been smoke. And He said to it and the earth, come ye together willingly or unwillingly, and they said we come together in willing obedience\u2019. The Arabic word used here is \u2018Dukhan\u2019, which means \u2018Smoke\u2019. If you ask a scientist, he will tell you that the, universe before it was formed, the celestial matter, it was in the state of \u2018gas\u2019, and the Arabic word \u2018Dukhan\u2019 which means Smoke, is more scientifically correct than mere \u2018gas\u2019. And according to Stephen Hawkins, who is a very famous scientist, he said \u2013 \u2018the discovery of bridges of matter in the space, is the biggest discovery of this century which gives us indisputable evidence of the creation of the universe and the Big Bang Theory\u2019. Previously the people thought that the world we live in \u2013 it is flat \u2013 and they were afraid to venture too far, lest they would fall over. It was only in 1597, when Sir Francis Drake \u2013 when he sailed around the earth he proved that the world was spherical. The Qur\u2019an mentions in Surah Luqman, Ch. No. 31, Verse 29\u2026 (Arabic)\u2026\u2018It is Allah that merges the night unto the day and merges the day unto the night\u2019. Merging is a slow and gradual process. The night slowly and gradually changes to day, and the day slowly and gradually changes to night. This phenomena is only possible if the shape of the earth is spherical \u2013 It is not possible if it is flat. If it was flat there will be a sudden change. The Qur\u2019an says in Surah Al Zumar, Ch. No. 39, Verse No. 5, it says\u2026 (Arabic)\u2026\u2018It is Allah who has created the heavens and the earth in true proportion and he overlaps and coils the night unto the day and overlaps or coils the day unto the night\u2019. The Arabic word used is, \u2018Kawwara\u2019 which means overlapping or coiling. How you coil a turban around the head \u2013 How you overlap a turban around the head. This phenomena of the night overlapping and coiling over the day is only possible if the shape of the earth is spherical. It is not possible if the shape of earth is flat \u2013 there will be a sudden change. The Holy Qur\u2019an further says in Surah Naziat, Ch. No. 79, Verse No. 30\u2026. It says. (Arabic)\u2026 \u2018And thereafter, We have made the earth egg-shaped\u2019. The Arabic word \u2018Dahaha\u2019 comes from root word \u2018Duhya\u2019, meaning an Egg-shape and it does not refer to any normal Egg. It specifically refers to the Egg of an Ostrich \u2013 and today we know that the world is not completely round like a ball- It is Geo Spherical. It is slightly flattened from the top and bulging from the centre \u2013 It is Geo Spherical. And if you analyze the shape of the Egg of an Ostrich \u2013 it too is Geo Spherical, slightly flattened from the top and bulging from the centre. So the Holy Qur\u2019an describes the exact \u2018geo spherical earth\u2019 1400 years ago. Previously we thought that the light of the Moon, is its own light. It is recently we discovered, that the light of the Moon is reflected light of the Sun. The Qur\u2019an says in Surah Furqan, Ch. No. 25, Verse No. 61\u2026 \u2018Blessed is He who has created the constellations in the sky, and placed therein a lamp, and Moon having borrowed light\u2019. The Qur\u2019an says in Surah Yunus, Ch. No. 10, Verse No. 5\u2026 \u2018It is Allah who has created the Sun as a shining glory and the Moon having a reflection of light\u2019. The similar message is repeated in Surah Nuh, Ch. No. 71, Verse No. 15 to 16. The Arabic word for Sun is \u2018Shams\u2019. It\u2019s always described either as \u2018Siraj\u2019 meaning a torch, or \u2018Wahaj\u2019 meaning a blazing lamp, or \u2018Diya\u2019 \u2013 \u2018meaning a shining glory\u2019. The Moon \u2013 the Arabic word is \u2018Qamar\u2019. It\u2019s always described as \u2018Munir\u2019, meaning borrowed light or \u2018Noor\u2019, which is a reflection of light. Nowhere is the moon light described as \u2018Siraj\u2019 or \u2018Wahaj\u2019 or \u2018Diya\u2019 \u2013 always as \u2018Munir\u2019 or \u2018Noor\u2019 \u2013 that\u2019s borrowed light or a reflection of light. The Qur\u2019an says in Surah Tariq, Ch. No. 86 Verse No. 3\u2026 (Arabic)\u2026 The Arabic word for the Star is \u2018Najm\u2019. It is described as \u2018Saqib\u2019 \u2013 Its light is described as \u2018Saqib\u2019. It pierces the darkness and consumes itself. Previously the Europeans, they thought that the Earth stood dead, in the centre of the Universe and all the planets \u2013 including the Sun, it revolved around the earth. It was known as the theory of \u2018Geocentricism\u2019. It was believed by Tolomy in the second century BC, and was believed till as late as 16th century, until Copernicus said that the Earth and the planets revolve around the Sun. And later on, in 1609 Yuhanas Kepler wrote in his book, \u2018Astronomia Novia\u2019\u2026 \u2018that not only do the earth and the planets revolve around the Sun, they also rotate about their own axis\u2019. When I was in school I had learnt that the earth and the planets they rotate about their axis, but I was taught that the Sun was fixed, it did not rotate about it is own axis. But the Holy Qur\u2019an says in Surah Al-Anbiya, Ch. No. 21, Verse No. 33. It says: (Arabic)\u2026 \u2018It is Allah who has created the night and the day, (Arabic)\u2026 the Sun and the Moon, (Arabic)\u2026 each one travelling in a orbit, with its own motion\u2019. The Arabic word \u2018Yasbahoon\u2019, is derived from the word \u2018Sabaha\u2019, which describes the motion of a moving body. If I say that a man is doing \u2018Sabaha\u2019 on the ground, it will not mean that he is rolling \u2013 it will mean he is either walking or running. If I say a person is doing \u2018Sabaha\u2019 in the water, it will not mean he is floating \u2013 it will mean he is swimming. Similarly, when the Qur\u2019an uses the word \u2018Yasbahoon\u2019 \u2013 derived from \u2018Sabaha\u2019, for a celestial body \u2013 it will not mean\u2026 it is flying, it will mean, it is rotating about its own axis. And today we have come to know with the help of an equipment, we can have the image of the Sun on the table top, and we see there are black spots \u2013 and it takes approximately 25 days for these black spots to complete one rotation \u2013 indicating that the Sun takes approximately 25 days to complete one rotation. Can you imagine the Qur\u2019an speaks about the rotation and the revolution of the Sun 1400 years ago, which science has discovered today. The Holy Qur\u2019an says in Surah Yasin, Ch. No. 36, Verse No. 40\u2026 \u2018It is not permitted for the Sun to catch up with the Moon, nor the night to outstrip the day. (Arabic) \u2026each one travelling in an orbit with its own motion\u2019. What does the Qur\u2019an mean by saying \u2013 \u2018It is not permitted for the Sun to catch up with the Moon?\u2019 Previously people thought that the orbit of the Sun and the Moon was same.
\nBut Qur\u2019an gives the indication \u2013 \u2018No! the orbit of the Sun and the Moon, is different\u2019. The question of catching up does not arise and each of them, the Sun and the Moon, they rotate as well as revolve. The Qur\u2019an says in Surah Yasin, Ch. No. 36, Verse No. 38\u2026(Arabic)\u2026 (Arabic)\u2026 \u2018That the Sun is running its course to a place determined, for a period determined\u2019. The Arabic word, \u2018Mustakar\u2019, means to a place determined, for a period determined. Today science has come to know that the Sun, along with the Solar system \u2013 it is going towards a point in the Universe \u2013 which the scientists call as the \u2018Solar Apex\u2019. And it\u2019s moving at a speed of 12 miles per second, and it is going to a point \u2013 which they call as \u2018a point in the constellation of Hercules\u2019. This same message is repeated in Surah Rad, Ch. No. 13, Verse No. 2; in Surah Fatir, Ch. No. 35, Verse No. 13; in Surah Luqman, Ch. No. 31, Verse No. 29; as well as in Surah Al-Zumar, Ch. No. 39, Verse No. 5. It says that\u2026 \u2018The Sun and the Moon runs its course for a period determined\u2019. The Qur\u2019an says in Surah Dhariat, Ch. No. 51, Verse No. 47 that, \u2018It is We who have constructed with power and skill, the firmaments \u2013 and It is We who make the vastness, and the expanding universe\u2019. The Arabic word: \u2018Musioona\u2019 means, expanding universe, the vastness of space. Edwin Aero, who is a famous scientist, he discovered and said that \u2018the universe is expanding\u2019. The galaxies are receding from one another which the Qur\u2019an has mentioned 1400 years ago. There may be some people who say\u2026 \u2018It is nothing great that the Holy Qur\u2019an speaks about Astronomy, since the Arabs \u2013 they were very well advanced in the field of Astronomy\u2019. I would like to bring to their notice that it was centuries after the Holy Qur\u2019an was revealed that the Arabs became advanced in Astronomy. So it is from the Qur\u2019an, that the Arabs learnt about Astronomy, and not the vice versa.<\/p>\n
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In the field of Physics, there was a theory known as \u2018Atomism\u2019. That \u2018atom\u2019 is the smallest part of matter, which cannot be divided. This theory was propounded by Democrats, the Greek, twenty-three centuries ago. And it was also known to the Arabs \u2013 and the Arabic word for atom, is \u2018Zarra\u2019. But today, after science has advanced, we have come to know that though \u2018atom\u2019 is the smallest particle of matter, having the characteristic of the element \u2013 it yet can be divided, into electrons, protons, etc. So people may think that the Qur\u2019an is outdated. The Qur\u2019an does speak about \u2018Zarra\u2019, and says It is a minute particle, but nowhere does it say that it cannot be divided. In fact, the Qur\u2019an says in Surah Sabah, Ch. No. 34, Verse No. 3. It says that\u2026 \u2018When the unbelievers say that the hour will never come \u2013 tell them\u2026 it will surely come with the permission of the Lord who has the knowledge of the unseen, who has in His record, the minutest detail of an atom in the heaven and in the earth \u2013 and in His record is perspicuous things, smaller and greater than the \u2018atom\u2019. The Qur\u2019an says therefore \u2013 \u2018things smaller and greater than the atom\u2019. So Qur\u2019an is not outdated\u2026 it is up to date. A similar message is repeated in Surah Yunus, Ch. No. 10, Verse No. 61 that\u2026 \u2018In Allah\u2019s record is perspicuous things, smaller and greater than the atom\u2019. In the field of \u2018Geography\u2019, we learn in school about the coherent water cycle. This was first described by Sir Bernard Palestine, in 1580. And he said \u2013 how does water evaporate from the ocean, forms clouds, the cloud move in the interior \u2013 how do they fall as rain, the rain water flows into the ocean and the cycle is completed. Previously people thought \u2013 in the 7th century BC Phase of Meletus \u2013 he said that \u2018the spray of the ocean was picked up by the wind and it fell into the interior as rain\u2019. People did not know \u2013 how did the underground water, the springs, where did they come from. So they thought that due to the pressure of the winds on the water, the thrust of the winds on the water \u2013 it fell into the interior as rain, and this rain water seeped into the soil, and returned to the ocean through a secret passage, \u2018the Abyss\u2019 which was known at the time of the Plato as \u2018Tartarus\u2019. People believed in this theory of Descartes, even till as late as 17th century. And philosophers like \u2013 Aristotle\u2019s theory was believed till as late as 19th century, that water vapor evaporated from the soil, it condensed in mountain caverns, and these mountain caverns formed lakes which fed the spring water. Today we know that the underground water, the springs, it is due to the seepage of the rain water. And the Qur\u2019an says that in Surah Al-Zumur, Ch. No. 39, Verse No 21\u2026 \u2018Sees\u2019t thou not that it is Allah who sends down rain from the sky, and seeps it in the sources in the ground \u2013 in the springs in the earth, and causes sown seed of various colours to grow\u2019. The message is repeated in Surah Rum, Ch. No. 30, Verse No. 24\u2026 \u2018Allah sends down rain \u2013 and the dead earth\u2026 He brings it back to life\u2019. The Qur\u2019an says in Surah Muminun, Ch. No. 23, Verse No 18, that\u2026 \u2018It is Allah who sends down rain in due measure, we are able to store it, and We are also able to easily drain it\u2019. The Qur\u2019an says in Surah Al-Hijr, Ch. No. 15, Verse No 22, it says that\u2026 \u2018We send fecundating winds, winds impregnating, and cause rain to descend from the sky, and give you water in due measure\u2019. The Arabic word \u2018Lawaaqi\u2019 used here, is the plural of \u2018laqi\u2019 derived from \u2018laqaha\u2019 which means \u2018to impregnate or to fecundate\u2019. The winds carrying the pollen \u2013 they impregnate the cloud, and then rain falls. The wind causes the clouds to merge \u2013 there is condensation \u2013 there is lightning and rain falls from the clouds. The Qur\u2019an describes the complete water cycle \u2013 how does the water evaporate, how it forms clouds, how it moves in the interior, how it falls down, how it flows back into the ocean in several places. In Surah Nur, Ch. No. 24, Verse No. 43, in Surah Naba, Ch. No. 78, Verse No 12 to 14, as well as in Surah Rum, Ch. No. 30, Verse No 48. The Holy Qur\u2019an says in Surah Nur, Ch. No. 24, Verse No 43, that\u2026 \u2018We send mountain masses of clouds\u2019. What does the Qur\u2019an mean by saying, \u2018We send mountain masses of clouds\u2019? Today if anyone has been travelling in an Aeroplane, he will realize that when the Aeroplane goes above the clouds, and he looks at the clouds beneath, he will see that the clouds appear as mountain masses. Qur\u2019an has said this 1400 years ago. There wasn\u2019t a Aeroplane 1400 years ago. Qur\u2019an describes \u2018Hydrology\u2019, and \u2018Water cycle\u2019 in several places in great detail. It\u2019s mentioned in Surah Al Imran, Ch. No. 3, Verse No 9, in Surah Araf, Ch. No. 7, Verse No 57; In Surah Rad, Ch. No. 13, Verse No 17; In Surah Furqan, Ch. No. 25, Verse No 48 to 49; In Surah Fatir, Ch. No. 35, Verse No 9; In Surah Yasin, Ch. No. 36, Verse No 34; In Surah Jathiyah, Ch. No. 45, Verse No 5; In Surah Qaf, Ch. No. 50, Verse No 9 to 10; In Surah Waqiah, Ch. No. 56, Verse No 68 to 70; as well as in Surah Mulk, Ch. No. 67, Verse No 30 \u2013 The Qur\u2019an describes the Hydrology and Water cycle, in great detail. Let us discuss the field of Geology. Today the Geologists, they tell us that the earth we live on, the outer crust it\u2019s hard and solid, and the deeper layers they are hot and fluid and inhospitable for the existence of living creatures. The Geologists, they tell us that outer crust is very thin \u2013 hardly 1 to 10 miles \u2013 Less than one percent of the radius of the earth, which is 3750 miles. And the outer crust is very thin and there are high possibilities of it shaking. Today Geologists tell us, it is due to the \u2018folding phenomena\u2019, which gives rise to mountain ranges \u2013 and these mountains, they prevent the earth from shaking; they act as \u2018pegs\u2019 as \u2018stakes\u2019. The Holy Qur\u2019an says in Surah Naba, Ch. No. 78, Verse No. 6 and 7. It says\u2026 \u2018We have made the earth as an expanse\u2019, (Arabic) \u2026 and the mountains as stakes\u2019. The Arabic word \u2018Avtaad\u2019, means \u2018Stakes\u2019, means \u2018Pegs\u2019 \u2013 which we have discovered today. The Holy Qur\u2019an says in Surah Jashiya, Ch. No. 88, Verse No. 19, as well as in Surah Naziat, Ch. No. 79, Verse No 32. It says\u2026 (Arabic) \u2026 \u2018We have made the mountain standing firm\u2019. There is a book by the title \u2018The Earth\u2019 which is a very famous book \u2013 an authority in this field, which is referred by most of the universities throughout the world, in this subject. One of It is authors, name is Frank Press, and he gives the illustration of the mountain in this book called \u2018Earth\u2019, as wedge shaped, and he says\u2026 \u2018the function of the mountain is to stabilize the Earth\u2019s Crust\u2019. And Quran says that. The same information in Surah Anbiya, Ch. No. 21, Verse No 31, as well as in Surah Luqman, Ch. No. 31, Verse No 10, and Surah Nahl, Ch. No. 16, Verse No 15, that\u2026 \u2018We have set on the earth mountains standing firm lest it would shake. The Qur\u2019an gives the functions of the mountain 1400 years ago, which we discovered today. In the field of \u2018Oceanology\u2019, the Holy Qur\u2019an says in Surah Furqan, Ch. No. 25, Verse No 53, \u2018It is Allah who has let free two bodies of flowing water one sweet and palpable and the other salt and bitter, and between them there is a \u2018Barzakh\u2019, a barrier, which is forbidden to be trespassed\u2019. The Qur\u2019an repeats the message in Surah Rahman, Ch. No. 55, Verse No. 19 and 20, (Arabic)\u2026 that \u2018It is Allah who has let free two bodies of flowing water which meet and between them there is a barrier which is forbidden to be trespassed\u2019. The Arabic word \u2018Barzakh\u2019 means \u2018a barrier\u2019 and the Arabic statement\u2026 (Arabic) \u2026 means \u2018the flowing bodies of water, they meet and mix\u2019. Previously the commentators, they could not understand the two opposite description of the two bodies of flowing water. It says, \u2018they meet and mix\u2019, as well as it says\u2026 \u2018there is a barrier between them\u2019. The commentator of the Qur\u2019an could not understand, explain, what did this verse actually mean \u2013 It was confusing. Today we have come to know, with the help of science, that there is a slanting barrier between the two bodies of salt water and sweet water \u2013 between the salt sea, and the sweet sea. And whenever water passes from one sea to the other sea, it looses It\u2019s characteristics and gets homogenized into the water it flows. There is a barrier \u2013 but this barrier is called as \u2018a transitional homogenizing space or area\u2019. Both the waters though they meet and mix, but their characteristics yet remain the same. Salt water remains salt, the sweet water remains sweet. And this phenomena can be seen in Cape Point, southern most tip of South Africa, in Cape Town \u2013 where salt and sweet water meet, but they are distinct \u2013 They don\u2019t mix. When they flow across, the water changes it is characteristics. Similar thing can be observed in Egypt, when river Nile flows into the Mediterranean sea. As well as, the example of Gulf stream, which starts in the Gulf of Mexico \u2013 though it flows for thousands of miles, both the water, salt and sweet water, they are distinct. And if you are traveling in a boat, and if you pick up water from one side of the boat and water from the other side, you will find that both the waters are different. One is sweet and the other is salty. Even the temperature differ. Even in the area of Gibraltar, the Atlantic and the Mediterranean ocean, there is an unseen barrier, and this was confirmed. The phenomena which the Qur\u2019an speaks about, was confirmed by Professor Hay, who is a leading marine of USA. The Qur\u2019an asks the people, \u2018that which of the favours of thy Lord will you deny\u2019. In Surah Rehman itself, Ch. No. 55, this verse\u2026 \u2018then which of the favours of your Lord will you deny\u2019?\u2026 is repeated no less than thirty-one times. It speaks about the signs of Allah (SWT), about trees, about the heavens, and then asks you\u2026 \u2018then which of the signs of your Lord will you deny\u2019? It speaks about water cycle and then asks you\u2026 \u2018then which of the signs of thy Lord will you deny\u2019? It speaks about the barrier between the sweet and the salt water, and then asks you\u2026 \u2018which of the signs, of thy Lord will you deny\u2019? The Qur\u2019an in one Chapter itself, it is asking its reader\u2026 \u2018Which of the signs of God Almighty, will you people deny? It is prodding you \u2013 that all these signs, from where do they come? \u2013 Which is the signs you will deny? In the field of Biology, the Holy Qur\u2019an says in Surah Al Anbiya, Ch. No. 21, Verse No. 30\u2026. (Arabic)\u2026 \u2018We have created every living thing from water \u2013 Will you not then believe?\u2019 Imagine in the deserts of Arabia, where there was scarcity of water, the Qur\u2019an says\u2026 \u2018Every thing was created from water\u2019 \u2013 who would have believed in it? Anything else the Qur\u2019an would have said people could have believed. \u2018Water\u2019 \u2013 where there was scarcity \u2013 the Qur\u2019an says 1400 years ago\u2026 \u2018Every living thing is created from water\u2019. Today we have come to know, that Cytoplasm which is the basic substance of the living cell contains 80% water. Every living creature contains 50 to 70% water, and without water, the living creature cannot survive \u2013 It is a must. Qur\u2019an asks you\u2026 (Arabic) \u2026 \u2018We have created from water every living thing \u2013 Will you not then believe?\u2019 Allah is saying\u2026 \u2018that everything is created from water\u2019 \u2013 which you came to know today. Qur\u2019an mentions that 1400 years ago\u2026 \u2018Will you not then believe?\u2019 It is asking you a question \u2013 It wants a reply. The Qur\u2019an says in Surah Nur, Ch. No. 24, Verse No. 45, that\u2026 \u2018We have created every living animal from water\u2019. The Qur\u2019an says in Surah Furqan, Ch. No. 25, Verse No 54\u2026 \u2018We have created the man from water\u2019. Imagine 1400 years ago, the Qur\u2019an mentions this. In the field of \u2018Botany\u2019, we have come to know recently, that even the plants have got sexes \u2013 male and female \u2013 previously we did not know that. Even the Unisexual plant has got distinct characteristic of male and female. The Qur\u2019an says in Surah Ta Ha, Ch. No. 20, Verse No 53\u2026 \u2018It is Allah who sends down water from the sky and causes diverse pairs of plants to grow, each separate from the other\u2019. That means, the plants have got sexes \u2013 Male and Female. The Qur\u2019an says in Surah Rad, Ch. No. 13, Verse No 3\u2026 \u2018We have created every kind of fruit, in pairs two and two\u2019. Even the fruit has have got sexes \u2013 Male and Female. In the field of \u2018Zoology\u2019, the Holy Qur\u2019an says in Surah Anam, Ch. No. 6, Verse No 38, that\u2026 \u2018We have created every living animal that lives on the earth and every bird that flies on the wings in the air, to live in communities like you\u2019. Today science has discovered that even the animals and birds live in communities, like the human beings. The Qur\u2019an describes the flight of the bird in Surah Nahl, Ch. No. 16. Verse No 79\u2026 \u2018Do you not look at the bird subjected in the midst in the air?\u2019 None of them can hold them up except with the power of Allah (SWT)\u2019. The Qur\u2019an repeats in Surah Mulk, Ch. No. 67, Verse No 19\u2026 \u2018Do you not observe the birds above you? They spread their wings and they fold it. None can hold them up except with the power of Allah (SWT). And He watches over all things\u2019. This verse of the Holy Qur\u2019an \u2013 there is a very striking resemblance with what modern science has discovered today, that the birds have got a certain migratory programming in their nervous system. That is the reason that young birds, without any prior experience, can take flights of thousands of miles without a guide and they come back to the departure point also. And a very good example is given by Professor Hamburger in his book \u2018Power and fragility of the Mutton bird\u2019. The Mutton bird lives in the Pacific \u2013 It has a journey of more than 15,000 miles, and it takes about six months, and it comes back to the departure point in a delay of not more than one week. How is it possible? Scientists say, \u2018there has to be a certain programming of these birds\u2019. Who is programming them? But natural, as the Holy Qur\u2019an says \u2018Allah (SWT) holds them up\u2019 \u2013 The Arabic word \u2018Amsaka\u2019 meaning to seize or to hold. The Qur\u2019an says in Surah Nahl, Ch. No. 16, Verse No. 68 and 69\u2026 \u2018It is the Lord who has taught the bees to build cells, in hills, in trees and human habitations and to eat of what the earth produces, and to find the spacious path of the Lord, with great skill\u2019. What does the Qur\u2019an mean by\u2026 \u2018Allah (SWT) has taught the bee to find the spacious path of the Lord?\u2019 Fon Frisch, who is a scientist, he got the Noble Prize, in 1973, when he described the behavior of the animals, specially the communication method of the be. And today we have come to know, that when ever a worker bee finds a new flower or a new garden from where it can take nectar, it goes and tells its fellow bees, the exact direction and map of that new flower or garden \u2013 It is called as the \u2018bee dance\u2019. Only today, we have come to know by high photographic method \u2013 how is this communication given. The gender used in the Holy Qur\u2019an in these Verses of Surah Nahl, Ch. No. 16, Verse 68, and 69 is a female gender \u2018Quli\u2019, or \u2018Fasluki\u2019 which means a \u2018Female bee\u2019. Previously we thought it was the male bee which was the worker bee. No wonder, Shakespeare in his play Henry the IV \u2013 he writes that the soldier bee, the male bee goes and reports to the king. Today we have come to know \u2013 it is not the king which they report to, It is the queen \u2013 and the worker bee is not the Male bee \u2013 It is a Female bee. *** 09 Sec<\/p>\n
Imagine! Qur\u2019an speaks about the gender of the worker bee 1400 years ago, which we have discovered today. The Holy Qur\u2019an says in Surah Ankabut, Ch. No. 29, Verse No 41, that\u2026 \u2018As to those who take for protectors, anyone besides Allah (SWT) they build for themselves houses like that of the spider \u2013 and verily, the house of the spider is fragile, it is delicate\u2019. Besides, the Qur\u2019an saying, that anyone who takes for protectors anyone besides Allah (SWT), the physical nature of their house will be like that of the spider fragile, delicate, flimsy \u2013 it also gives a reference to their family life, which we have to know today, that many a times, the female spider kills the male spider. The Qur\u2019an says in Surah Naml, Ch. No. 27, Verse No 17 and 18, that\u2026 \u2018before Solomon marched, the hosts of jinns, men and birds, and when they reached a lowly valley of ants, one of the ants said \u2018get ye into your habitation, lest Solomon and his horses unknowingly will trample you beneath the feet\u2019. People will think\u2026 \u2018What kind of a fairy tale book is the Holy Qur\u2019an? \u2013 This book the Holy Qur\u2019an\u2026 It is speaking about ants \u2013 Ants talking among themselves \u2013 It is a fairy tale book\u2019. Today we have come to know, that any animal or any insect which has the closest resemblance to that of the human being\u2026 it is the ant. The ants bury the dead the same way as the human beings do. They have a sophisticated method and division of labour, where they have manager, supervisor, workers, etc. They very often meet to chat. They have a sophisticated method of communication. They have market places where they exchange goods. And when they store the grain in winter, and if the grain begins to bud, the ants cut the bud as though they knew that budding will cause rotting of the grain. And in Monsoon, if the grain gets wet, they bring it out in the sunlight to dry. Surely you might have seen the ants carrying grain in the sunlight to dry as though they knew that humidity will cause the development of root system, which will cause rotting of the grain. So Qur\u2019an speaks about the advanced nature of the ants, 1400 years ago. In the field of Medicine, the holy Qur\u2019an says in Surah Nahl, Ch. No. 16, Verse No. 68 and 69, that\u2026 \u2018From the belly of the bee you get a drink of varying colours, in which there is healing for mankind\u2019. It is recently we have come to know that the honey we have is derived from the bee. It is the bee which is responsible for the honey \u2013 We did not know about this before. And today we know honey has got high nutritive values. It is rich in vitamin K, and Fructose and it has got mild antiseptic properties. No wonder the Russian soldiers, they used honey to cover up their wounds which prevented the evaporation of moisture and left very little scar tissue. Any person suffering from an allergy of a particular plant \u2013 if honey produced from that plant is given, that person starts developing resistance to that allergy. In the field of \u2018Physiology\u2019, it was Ibne Nafees, who 600 years after the revelation of the Holy Qur\u2019an, described the blood circulation. And 1000 years after the revelation of the holy Qur\u2019an, that is 400 years after Ibne Nafees described the blood circulation William Harvey, he made it famous to the Western World. The food that we eat, it enters the stomach, it enters the intestine, from the intestine it goes into the blood vessels of the intestine and enters the blood circulation \u2013 and the blood circulation takes the foods substance to various organs including the mammary glands which produce milk. The Qur\u2019an speaks about the blood circulation, and the production of milk in a nut shell, in Surah Nahl, Ch. No. 16, Verse No. 66, where it says, that\u2026 \u2018Verily in the cattle is a lesson for you\u2019. We give you to drink from what is within their bodies, coming from the conjunction of the constituents, of the intestine and blood, milk which is pure and pleasant for those who drink\u2019. The Qur\u2019an says in Surah Muminun, Ch. No. 23, Verse No. 21, which was also recited by our Qari, brother Ashraf Mohammedy. It says that\u2026 \u2018Verily in the cattle, is an instructive sign for you. We give you to drink from what is within their bodies in which there is various benefit and of their meat you can eat\u2019. Qur\u2019an describes the blood circulation and the production of milk in a nut shell, 1400 years ago. In the field of \u2018Embryology\u2019, there were a group of Arab students who collected all the matter in the Holy Qur\u2019an, dealing with \u2018Embryology\u2019. And they followed the guidance of the Holy Qur\u2019an in Surah Furqan, Ch. No. 25, Verse 59, which says\u2026 \u2018if you are in doubt, ask the person who knows \u2013 ask the person who is knowledgeable\u2019. So they took all the data given in the Holy Qur\u2019an dealing with \u2018Embryology\u2019, and presented it to Professor Keith Moore. Professor Keith Moore is the head and chairman of the department of Anatomy, in the University of Toronto in Canada, and is one of the leading authorities in the world in the field of Embryology. When Professor Keith Moore went through the translation of the various Verses No. of the Qur\u2019an, dealing with Embryology, he said, that most of the things which the Qur\u2019an speaks about Embryology is matching with the latest discoveries made in the field of Embryology, but there are a couple of things, which I cannot say that they are right. Neither can I say that they are wrong, because I myself do not know about it. And one such Verse, was from Surah Iqra, or Surah Alaq, Ch. No. 96, Verse No. 1 and 2 which says\u2026 (Arabic)\u2026 \u2018Read, Recite or Proclaim \u2013 in the name of thy Lord, who created \u2013 who created the human beings from something which clings \u2013 a leech like substance\u2019. So Professor Keith Moore said, I do not know whether the embryo looks like a leech or not. So he went in his laboratory and under a very powerful microscope, examined the shape of the early stage of Embryo, and compared it with a photograph of a leech, and he was astonished at the striking resemblance. And when he was asked about 80 questions on Embryology taken from the Holy Qur\u2019an and Hadith, he said\u2026 \u2018that if you would have asked me all these things 30 years ago, I would not be able to answer more than 50% of this. Because Embryology\u2026 the development of Embryology, is just recently, hardly 30 to 50 years, it is advanced\u2019. And Professor Keith Moore, he had written a book \u2013 \u2018 The Developing Human\u2019\u2026 and in his new edition, the 3rd edition, he has incorporated the new things which he found from the Qur\u2019an and the Hadith \u2013 for which he got an award for the best medical book written in that year by any single author. And when I was doing my MBBS in the first year, we referred to this book \u2018Developing Human\u2019 by Keith Moore. If we wanted to score high marks, in \u2018Embryology\u2019, we referred to the book by Keith Moore. If we wanted to get just passing marks, we referred to Inderbir Singh. But if we wanted to score, we had to refer to the book by Professor Keith Moore. And later on this book was translated into several languages of the world. Professor Keith Moore said, \u2018I have got no objection, in accepting that Prophet Muhammed (Peace be upon him) is the\u2026 the messenger of God Almighty, and that the Holy Qur\u2019an has to be a Divine Revelation\u2019.<\/p>\n
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The Holy Qur\u2019an says in Surah Tariq, Ch. No. 86, Verse No. 5 to 7\u2026 \u2018Let now man think from what he is created \u2013 he is created from a drop, emitted from a space between the backbone and the ribs\u2019. Today we have come to know, the genital organs \u2013 the testes, in the males, and the ovaries in the female, in the Embryonic stage \u2013 they develop from a space, where the kidney is present today, between the backbone and the 11th and 12th rib. Later on the testes they descend to the inguinal canal, into the scrotum \u2013 and the ovaries in the female to the true pelvis. But in the Embryonic stage, It is in the space which the Qur\u2019an speaks about\u2026 \u2018between the backbone, the spinal column and the 11th and 12th rib\u2019. Even in the adult life after the Genital organs they descend \u2013 yet they receive the blood supply \u2013 the nerve supply and the lymphatic drainage from the same space between the spinal column and the 11th and 12th rib. The holy Qur\u2019an mentions in Surah Muminun, Ch. No. 23, Verse No. 13, as well as Surah Al Hajj, Ch. No. 22, Verse No. 5 that\u2026 \u2018We have created the human beings from a \u2018Nutfah\u2019 . The Arabic word \u2018Nutfah\u2019 \u2013 that the human beings have been created from \u2018Nutfah\u2019, is mentioned in the Qur\u2019an no less than 11 times and the word \u2018Nutfah\u2019, is mentioned 12 times, but human beings created from \u2018Nutfah\u2019 is mentioned 11 times. The Arabic word \u2018Nutfah\u2019 means a minute quantity of liquid. The Holy Qur\u2019an says in Surah Sajdah, Ch. No. 32, Verse No. 8, that\u2026 \u2018We have created the human beings from a quintessence of liquid\u2019. The Arabic word is \u2018Sulala\u2019 meaning a minute quantity, or the best part of the whole. And today we have come to know, only one sperm actually \u2013 it penetrates the ovum, and only one sperm is required to fertilize the ovum, out of the tens of millions of sperms, which the man ejaculates. Qur\u2019an refers to it as \u2018Sulala\u2019, the best part of the whole or \u2018Nutfah\u2019 a minute quantity. The Qur\u2019an says in Surah Insaan, Ch. No. 76, Verse No. 2\u2026(Arabic) \u2026 The word means \u2018Nutfanmsaj\u2019 means\u2026 \u2018We have created the human being from a minute quantity of mingled fluids\u2019. \u2018Nutfanamsaj\u2019, minute quantity of mingled fluids. This can refer to the male and female gametes \u2013 after they are formed\u2026 the \u2018Zygote\u2019 \u2013 it yet remains a \u2018Nutfah\u2019 \u2013 a minute quantity of liquid. It can also refer to the spermatic fluid, which contains several secretions from various glands, like the testis, the \u2018Sero fluid\u2019, which contains the \u2018Spermatozoons\u2019 \u2013 it also includes the secretions from the Seminal \u2018Vessicles\u2019, the seminal fluids, which is a reservoir of \u2018Somatel Zoones\u2019, but does not contain the fertilizing agent. Also it refers the secretion of the Prostatic glands, which gives the creamy texture and the characteristic odour to the sperm, as well as glands attached to the Urinary tract \u2013 the Coopers gland or the Litters gland, which gives the specific texture of mucous, to the sperm. The Qur\u2019an refers to as \u2018Nutfanamsaj\u2019\u2026 to minute quantity of mingled fluid \u2013 male and female gametes surrounded by these fluids which are responsible, for the birth of the human being. The Holy Qur\u2019an says in Surah Al Zumur, Ch. No. 39, Verse No. 6\u2026 \u2018We have created the human beings in the wombs of their mother, in stages \u2013 one after the other in three veils of darkness\u2019. Professor Keith Moore said these three veils of darkness refers to the Anterior Abdominal wall of the mother, the Uterine wall, and the Amnio \u2013 Chodionic membrane. The Qur\u2019an also speaks about \u2018Genetics\u2019. The Qur\u2019an says\u2026 in Surah Najm, Ch. No. 53, Verse No. 45 and 46, that\u2026 \u2018We have created the human beings and made them into male and female through minute quantity of liquid which is ejaculated\u2019. But natural if it is ejaculated, it has to be a male fluid. Qur\u2019an says it is the male which is responsible for the sex of the child. The Qur\u2019an repeats this message in Surah Qiyamah, Ch. No. 75, Verse No. 37, and 39, that\u2026 \u2018We have created the human beings from a minute quantity of sperm and then made it into an \u2018Alaqa\u2019 \u2013 a leech-like substance \u2013 then gave it due proportion, then made it into sex male \u2013 and female\u2019. The Arabic word \u2018Nutfatam Minmani Yumna\u2019, means a minute quantity of sperm. Qur\u2019an says a minute quantity of sperm is required for sex of the child. Today science has come to know that the sex of the child depends upon the 23rd pair of Chromosome, and it is the sperm which is responsible for deciphering the sex of the child. If it is \u2018XX\u2019\u2026 it is a female. If it is an \u2018XY\u2019\u2026 it is a male. Qur\u2019an has mentioned this 1400 years ago. In a society, specially in the Indian society, for reasons known best to them, people prefer having a male child. And suppose the daughter in law, if she gives birth to a female child, the mother-in-law normally blames the daughter-in-law. If the mother-in-law has to blame anyone, she should blame the son, not the daughter-in-law\u2026 because the Holy Qur\u2019an and science tells us, that it is the male which is responsible for the sex of the child and not the female. The Qur\u2019an describes the various Embryological stages in great detail. In Surah Muminun, Ch. No. 23, Verse No 12 to 14, it says\u2026 \u2018We have created the human beings from a quintessence of clay, then made it into a drop, placed it into \u2018Qarare Makeen\u2019 place of security, then made it into an \u2018Alaqa\u2019, something which clings, a leech like substance, made that \u2018Alaqa\u2019 into \u2018Mudga\u2019, a chewed like lump, made that \u2018Mudga\u2019, into \u2018Izama\u2019 bones, then clothed the \u2018Izama\u2019, bones with \u2018Lahem\u2019 that is flesh and then made it into a creature \u2013 Blessed is He, the best to create\u2019.
\nThis verse of the Holy Qur\u2019an, from 12 to 14 of Surah Muminun, Ch. No. 23, describes the Embryological stages in great detail. It starts with saying\u2026 \u2018We have placed the \u2018Nutfah\u2019 the minute quantity into \u2018Qaraare Makeen\u2019, a place of security\u2019. Today Embryology tells us, that the Embryo is protected posteriorily by the back bone and the posterior muscles of the mother \u2013 anteriorily by, the anterior abdominal wall, by the uterine wall as well as the Amnochodianic membrane. It continues\u2026 \u2018then we made it into an \u2018Alaqa\u2019, a leech like substance, something which clings\u2019. The Arabic word \u2018Alaqa\u2019, has got 3 meanings: something which clings, a leech like substance, as well as blood clot. Alhamdulillah, all three meanings are applicable here, because the Embryo, in the initial stages \u2013 it clings to the uterine wall of the mother. It looks like a \u2018leech\u2019, as confirmed by Professor Keith Moore. It also behaves like a \u2018leech\u2019, it behaves like a blood sucker, it derives the blood supply and the nutrition from the mother. And at this stage \u2013 if an abortion takes place, the concept is, it looks like a blood clot. It looks like a blood clot as well as a leech. So Qur\u2019an, in one word it implies three meanings, which all are applicable. Qur\u2019an mentions this word \u2018Alaqa\u2019 no less then six times. Twice in Surah Muminun, Ch. No. 23, Verse No. 12 to 14; Surah Hajj, Ch. No. 22, Verse No 5; Surah Ghafir, Ch. No. 40, Verse 67; Surah Qiyamah, Ch. No. 75, Verse 38; as well as in Surah Iqra, Ch. No. 96, Verse No 2. Six times it is mentioned. Previously, in the 17th century people thought that the sperm, it walled a miniature human being. A miniature human being was present in the head of the sperm, which later on developed into the uterus of the mother, as a new born baby. This was believed by Swamadamm, who proposed the \u2018Perforation theory\u2019. Later on, when they discovered that the ovum is bigger than the sperm \u2013 De Graaf and others, they said it is not the sperm which walls a miniature human being \u2013 It is the ovum which walls a miniature human being. Later on, Mophartus in the eighteen century, he proposed the \u2018Bi-parental theory\u2019 \u2013 that both are responsible. As the Qur\u2019an says, both the sperm and the ovum is responsible for the birth of the child. Qur\u2019an says, we made that \u2018Alaqa\u2019, into a \u2018Mudga\u2019. \u2018Mudga\u2019 means \u2018chewed like lump\u2019, or something tacky which can be put in the mouth. Professor Keith Moore said, \u2018both these meanings are applicable, because it is something tacky which can be put in the mouth\u2019 \u2013 and later on he took a plaster seal and bit it between his teeth, to look like a Mudga, \u2018a chewed like lump\u2019. And he was astonished that the teeth marks resembled the \u2018Somites\u2019, from which develops the spinal column. The Qur\u2019an says, \u2018We made that \u2018Mudga\u2019 into \u2018Izama\u2019\u2026 bones. We clothed the \u2018Izaman\u2019 with \u2018lahem\u2019\u2026 flesh, and muscles. Allah says\u2026 \u2018Then, We create the \u2018Al-Nasha\u2019 stage, We create a new creature\u2019. What does the Qur\u2019an mean \u2026 \u2018We have created a new creature\u2019? \u2013 Science today, tells us that the embryological stages of development, before this stage, in the rabbit, in the fish, in the other animals, it is similar to that of the human beings. It is only at this stage of \u2018Al-Nasha\u2019, that the particular characteristics of the human beings are seen \u2013 the head, the hands and the feet. The Qur\u2019an says\u2026 \u2018We have made a new creature\u2019, and ends by saying \u2013 \u2018Blessed is He, who is the best to create\u2019. Imagine, Qur\u2019an gives the various Embryological stages in great detail. There was a person who put forward an argument \u2013 \u2018It is nothing new; may be some Arab \u2013 he opened up the abdomen of a pregnant woman and checked the shape and wrote in the Qur\u2019an\u2019. He did not realise that all these stages, which the Qur\u2019an describes, it cannot be observed with the naked human eye \u2013 you require a very powerful microscope. When Professor Marshall Johnson was asked to comment of these Verses \u2013 He is the head of the department of \u2018Anatomy\u2019 in the Daniel Institute, in Sir Thomas Jefferson\u2019s hospital in Philadelphia, USA. He said \u2013 \u2018It can be possible that Prophet Muhammed (Peace be upon him) \u2013 he had a microscope and he observed it\u2019. Then, he was reminded that\u2026 \u2018Microscope was not invented 1400 years ago\u2019. So, Professor Marshall Johnson laughed loudly, and he said \u2013 \u2018Yes, I know that \u2013 and I have seen the first microscope with my own eyes \u2013 It hardly enlarges to ten times and the picture is not even clear\u2019. Then he said \u2013 \u2018These stages has to be a Divine Revelation\u2019. He was further asked to comment, on the verse of the Qur\u2019an from Surah Hajj, Ch. No. 22, Verse No 5, which says\u2026 \u2018We have created the human beings from dust then made it into an \u2018Alaqa\u2019, made it into a \u2018Mudga\u2019, partly formed and partly unformed\u2019. When you take an incision at this stage, and analyze the Embryo \u2013 and cut up the internal organs, you will find out that the internal organs at this particular stage, some of the organs are formed while the other organs \u2013 they are not formed. So Professor Marshall Johnson said \u2013 \u2018If I said, that it is a complete creation, I am only describing those organs which are formed\u2019 \u2013 If I say It is an incomplete creation, I am only describing those organs which are not formed. There can be no better description than the Holy Qur\u2019an, saying\u2026 \u2018Partly formed and partly unformed\u2019, because some organs are formed, the others are not formed \u2013 some cells are differentiated, the others are not differentiated\u2019. Professor Keith Moore said, that\u2026 \u2018Today in Embryology we have got several stages of the Embryological development, but it is so difficult, to understand it, because it has got numerical stages \u2013 stage 1, stage 2, stage 3. The Qur\u2019an bases the stages on shapes, and predated development, which is far superior and easy than what modern Embryology has done today\u2019. If the Embryologists\u2026 they describe according to the stages of the Qur\u2019an, it is far more easier for them to describe and understand, than what modern Embryology has done \u2013 stage 1, stage 2, stage 3. The Qur\u2019an says in Surah Abasa, Ch. No. 80, Verse 19 and 20\u2026 \u2018We have created the human beings from minute quantity and We have made the passage of birth easy\u2019. People normally wonder, that how can the birth canal which hardly admit is 3 to 4 fingers \u2013 how can a baby come out of it? The bony structure is so rigid, it has got Ligament \u2013 How is it possible? Qur\u2019an says\u2026 \u2018Allah makes the pathway easy\u2019. And today we have come to know that how is it possible. Relaxin is being secreted by the ovaries and the placenta which loosens the ligament of the pelvic joints and softens the cervix. The uterine contraction that take place, it pushes the baby downwards in the birth canal. The bag of water which ruptures, it provides a slippery surface for the baby to come out, to slide and the various movements of the baby, while birth facilitates the movement through the irregular pelvic joints. Qur\u2019an say that\u2026 \u2018Allah makes the pathway easy\u2019. Qur\u2019an is giving you signs. It is showing you various Embryological stages. Who could have described all these stages? They are asking you a question \u2013 \u2018Will you not then believe? \u2026 Will you not then believe in the Holy Qur\u2019an?\u2019 The Qur\u2019an says in Surah Sajda, Ch. No. 32, Verse No 9\u2026 \u2018We have given the human beings the faculty of hearing and sight\u2019. It is repeated in Surah Insaan, Ch. No. 76, Verse No 2\u2026 \u2018We have given the faculty of hearing and sight, to the human being\u2019. Today we have come to know the first sense to develop, is the sense of hearing \u2013 Qur\u2019an says\u2026 \u2018First hearing then sight\u2019. By the fifth month of pregnancy It is complete \u2013 the ear, later on in the seventh month of pregnancy, the eye split is open. Imagine Qur\u2019an gives the order \u2013 first comes hearing, then comes sight. Professor Durgarao, who is an expert in the field of \u2018Marine Geology\u2019 who is teaching in the university of King Abdul Aziz in Jeddah, he was asked to give his comments on a verse of the Holy Qur\u2019an. From Surah Nur, Ch. No. 24, Verse No. 40, which says that\u2026 \u2018The state of the unbeliever is like the depth of darkness in a vast deep ocean, overwhelmed with waves topped with waves, topped with dark clouds, the depths of darkness, one layered over the other. When a man stretches out his hand, he can hardly see it, Allah gives light to whom He wishes. If He does not give light you cannot see\u2019. Professor Durgarao, he said that\u2026 \u2018This verse of the Holy Qur\u2019an is not speaking about a normal sea \u2013 It is speaking about a deep sea. And today, only with the help of things like submarines, we have come to know the depths of the oceans \u2013 It is dark. Previously, we did not know that, because a man cannot go unaided, more than 20 to 30 metres under water \u2013 And if he goes more than 200 metres unaided, he dies. It is today, we have come to know, by the instruments that we have, that the depths of ocean is dark\u2019. And he said\u2026 \u2018This darkness is due to two phenomena \u2013 first is due to successive absorption of the colours in layers\u2019. As we all know, the light has got Seven colours \u2013 And we learnt in school for remembering easy: VIBGYOR, the colours of the rainbow. Vibgyor \u2013 V for violet, I for Indigo, B for blue, G for Green, Y for Yellow, O for Orange, and Red\u2026 R for Red \u2013 Vibgyor\u2026 Seven colours. Professor Durgarao said, that \u2018When the light enters the ocean \u2013 by the first 15 to 20 meters, the Red colour is absorbed\u2019. And if a man goes under water about 30 meters deep, and if he bleeds, if he has a wound, he will not be able to see his own blood \u2013 because Red colour does not reach there. Later on, 30 to 50 metres absorbs Orange. Yellow is absorbed by next 50 to 100 metres, green by 100 to 200 metres, and blue beyond 200 metres, and violet and indigo much above 200 metres. Therefore, the layers of darkness you see in the ocean, is due to the absorption of light in successive layers\u2019. \u2018The second reason for these layers\u2019, Professor Durgarao said\u2026 \u2018is due to barriers, like the clouds\u2019. When the sunlight hits is the cloud, the cloud absorbs the light \u2013 therefore there is darkness below the cloud, then the light is scattered. After getting scattered, it hits is at the superficial waves of the ocean. This is the second barrier, the waves reflect the light further, the superficial waves of the ocean. Those light rays which are not reflected, they enter the ocean. Therefore, you have two types of layers in the ocean: \u2018the superficial layer and the deep layer\u2019. The superficial layer is warm and lit up, the deep layers, they are dark. And this superficial and deep layer of the ocean \u2013 it is divided by internal waves. We human beings did not know, that even there were internal waves \u2013 We only knew of superficial waves. It was only in 1900, that we have come to know that there are even waves deep in the water. They are known as internal waves, which divide the superficial part of the ocean and the deep part of the ocean. Imagine the Qur\u2019an mentions that\u2026 \u2018the unbelievers\u2019 state is like the depth of darkness in a vast deep ocean, overwhelmed with waves topped with waves\u2019. That means \u2013 deep waves are there, internal waves are there, topped with superficial waves. And it further continues\u2026 \u2018topped with dark clouds\u2019. The clouds are the barriers, and even the clouds are in layers. And when a man stretches out his hand, he can hardly see it. \u2018Only if Allah gives light, can they see\u2019. Even the fish that swim in the deep part of the ocean, they cannot see unless they have their own light with them. They have their own lights with them. Even the submarine that goes underwater, it carries its own light, otherwise they cannot see underwater. So when Professor Durgarao was asked, how come this is mentioned in the Qur\u2019an 1400 years ago, he said \u2013 \u2018It is impossible for any human being to mention this verse \u2013 This Qur\u2019an has to be a Divine Revelation\u2019.<\/p>\n
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The Holy Qur\u2019an says in Surah Qiyamah, Ch. No. 75, Verse No. 3 and 4\u2026 \u2018The unbelievers ask, that how will Allah (SWT) be able to reassemble our bones\u2019. Allah says\u2026 \u2018We can not only reassemble the bones, We can even reconstruct in perfect order the very finger tips\u2019. When the unbelievers say\u2026 \u2018After we are buried, after our bones have got disintegrated, how will Allah (SWT) on the day of judgment, reassemble our bones\u2019. So Allah says\u2026 \u2018He will not only be able to reassemble the bones, He can even reconstruct your very fingertip in perfect order\u2019. It is referring to the finger printing method, which was discovered by Sir Francis Gold in 1880, and he said that \u2013 \u2018No two finger prints, of two individuals are equal even in a million people\u2019. No wonder the police, the CID, the CIA, the FBI \u2013 they use the finger printing method to identify the culprit. Qur\u2019an speaks about that 1400 years ago\u2026 \u2018Allah can not only reassemble the bones, he can even reconstruct in perfect order the very finger tips\u2019. Allah (SWT) is asking you in Surah Nisa, Ch. No. 4 Verse 82\u2026 (Arabic)\u2026 \u2018Do not you consider the Qur\u2019an with care? \u2013 Do not you ponder over the Qur\u2019an with care? that if it had been from any one besides Allah, there would have been many contradiction \u2013 there would have been many discrepancies\u2019. Qur\u2019an is giving you a challenge \u2013 Here is the Holy Qur\u2019an, try and take out a single discrepancy \u2013 try and take out a single fault in the Holy Qur\u2019an. It is giving you a challenge, an open challenge\u2026. \u2018Why don\u2019t you analyze the Qur\u2019an with care \u2013 had it been from anyone besides Allah, there would have been many contradictions\u2019. I would like to end my talk by giving the example of Professor Tagata Tagashon. Previously, the doctors they thought that only the brain was responsible for feeling of pain. It is now we have come to know that there are certain receptors in the skin, called as \u2018pain receptors\u2019, which are also responsible of feeling of pain. No wonder when a patient of burn injury comes to a doctor, he takes a pin and he pricks it in that area. If the patient feels pain, doctor is very happy \u2013 It means It is a superficial burn, the pain receptors are intact. If he does not feel pain, It is a deep burn, the pain receptors have been destroyed. The Qur\u2019an says in Surah Nisa, Ch. No. 4, Verse No. 56, \u2018As to those who reject our signs, We shall cast them into the hell fire, and as often as their skins are roasted, We shall give them fresh skins, so that they shall feel the pain\u2019. Qur\u2019an says\u2026 \u2018If your skin is roasted, We shall give you fresh skin, so that you\u2019ll feel the pain\u2019. Giving an indication\u2026 there is something in the skin which is responsible for the feeling of pain \u2013 Indication is the pain receptor. When Professor Tagada Tagashon, who is the head of the department of Anatomy, in Shangma University in Thailand \u2013 he was given the translation of this verse. And he has spent a lot of time in doing research on pain receptors, he said\u2026 \u2018It is impossible that Qur\u2019an can mention this. We discovered it recently \u2013 How is it possible?\u2019 \u2013 He did not agree with it. Later on, after checking with the Holy Qur\u2019an, after verifying the Holy Qur\u2019an, he was so impressed, that in the 8th Medical Saudi Conference, in Riyadh in the Conference, he said the Shahadah \u2026 \u2018La Ilaha Il Allah, Muhammadur Rasulallah\u2019. \u2018There is no God but Allah, and Prophet Muhammed is the messenger of Allah (SWT)\u2019. Wa Aakhirudawana Anil Hamdulillahi Rabbil Alameen.<\/p>\n
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(Glimpses of Question and Answer session)<\/p>\n
(Q). Assalaamalaikum \u2013 I am Kausar Shaikh, a product ofDarul Qur\u2019an,Kuwait \u2013 Presently, I am teaching Arabic in Anushakti Nagar. My question is: it is mentioned in the Qur\u2019an that\u2026 \u2018One day in the sight of Allah is equal to a 1000 years, and in another place it is mentioned that one day is equal to 50,000 years\u2019. Is not the Qur\u2019an contradicting itself? Please explain.<\/p>\n
(Q). Assalaamu Alaikum, Zakir Bhai \u2013 My name is Shakir, and I am a Mechanical Engineering student. I would like to ask you a question, that how can you prove to an Atheist scientifically the existence of God.<\/p>\n
(Dr. Zakir) The first thing I will do, is that I will congratulate that Atheist. I will congratulate him \u2013 You know why? If you look around us \u2013 he is a Hindu, because father is a Hindu \u2013 He is a Christian, because father is a Christian \u2013 Some Muslims, are Muslims because their fathers are Muslims. This person, though he may be coming from a religious background, he does not believe in the false god which his parents attribute to \u2013 So he does not believe in God. I am congratulating him because, he has accepted the first part of the \u2018Shahadah\u2019, the first part of the Islamic creed, \u2018La Ilahaa\u2019\u2026 \u2018There is no God\u2019. Now, my job is to prove \u2018Illallah\u2019\u2026 \u2018but Allah\u2019 \u2013 which I shall do InshAllah.<\/p>\n
(Q). At one place, the Holy Qur\u2019an states that\u2026 \u2018Man is created from sperm\u2019, which is in conciliate with modern science \u2013 but at another place it also states that\u2026 \u2018Man is made from dust\u2019. Now isn\u2019t the Holy Qur\u2019an contradicting itself? \u2013 or is it conciliate with modern science? <\/p>\n
(Q). Qur\u2019an in several places has mentioned that\u2026 \u2018The heavens and the earth were created in six days\u2019, but in Surah Fussilat, it says\u2026 \u2018The heaven and the earth was created in eight days\u2019 \u2013 Isn\u2019t this a contradiction? In the same verse also says that\u2026 \u2018The earth was created in six days, and then later on the heaven in two days\u2019. This is against the Big Bang Theory that\u2026 \u2018The heavens and earth were created simultaneously\u2019.<\/p>\n
(Q). With regard to the evolution of Homo Sapiens \u2013 you have Charles Darwin in Science, giving an explanation that\u2026 \u2018It is because of the process of natural selection, that the human beings have evolved\u2019. Now this it seems to be in contradiction with the Islamic belief, that we have\u2026 we are the children of Adam Alaihissalaam \u2013 Now how can this be reconciled?<\/p>\n
(Dr. Zakir) I have not come across any book which says, \u2018Fact of Evolution\u2019. All the books say\u2026\u2018Theory of Evolution\u2019 \u2013 There is no book I have come across saying \u2018Fact of Evolution\u2019. If I have to insult someone that\u2026 \u2018If you were presentDarwin\u2019s time, this theory would have been proved right\u2019 \u2013 trying to insinuate, that he looks like an Ape. It is a joke we make.<\/p>\n
(Q). In the Qur\u2019an, it is stated that \u2018the hearts of the unbelievers are sealed\u2019.But according to science it is the brain that thinks \u2013 and not the heart \u2013 Your comments please. <\/p>\n
(Q). When Qur\u2019an speaks so much about Science, then how come the Muslims are so backward in the field of Science? <\/p>\n
(Dr. Zakir) I do agree with you \u2013 today\u2026 today the Muslims are getting backward in Science \u2013 You know why? The Europeans are being advanced \u2013 You know why? The Muslims are becoming backward, because they are going away from the Holy Qur\u2019an \u2013 they are going away from the Religion. And do you know why the Europeans are getting advanced? They too are going away from their Religion.<\/p>\n
(Q). I am a student of Saboo Siddik \u2013 My name is Harsh Waghela.<\/p>\n
I want to ask a question that after the death of human being, dead body should be burnt out or should be buried?<\/p>\n
(Q). It is mentioned in one verse of \u2026of the Qur\u2019an that\u2026 \u2018Allah is the Lord of the two Easts, and two Wests. How can you explain this verse of the Qur\u2019an, scientifically? <\/p>\n
(Back Ground Azaan, By Brother Yusuf Islam)<\/p>\n
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(Azan Continued\u2026.).<\/p>\n
Part-2<\/p>\n
QUR\u2019AN AND MODERN SCIENCE \u2013
\nConflict or Conciliation? \u2013 PART II<\/p>\n
(Back Ground Azaan, By Brother Yusuf Islam)<\/p>\n
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(Dr. Mohammed) Now we would be having the question and answer session. To derive more benefit for all of those present here, In the limited time that we have available, we would like the following rules to be observed. Your questions asked should be on the<\/p>\n
(Azan Continued\u2026.).
\ntopic of the day, \u2018Qur\u2019an and Modern Science \u2013 Conflict or Conciliation?\u2019 only. Questions not relevant to the topic will not be entertained. Kindly state your questions briefly and to the point \u2013 This is question answer time and not lecture time. Only one question at a time will be permitted \u2013 For your second question you would have to go behind the row and await your second chance. We have three mikes provided on the ground; two on my sides, right side, one left side, one these are for the gents. And we have one behind in the centre in the ladies section for the ladies. I am told there are people watching this programme in the Alma Latifi Hall which is full on the video screen. I would request those brothers if they have any questions, to kindly come down on the ground \u2013 The volunteers present at your end would assist you in it. We will allow only one question on each of the mikes, in clock wise rotation. First the ladies, second the gent on my right, third the gent on my left, and so on in clockwise manner. Written questions on papers or slips which are available from our volunteers in the isles would be given secondary preference after the open questions on the mikes are answered by Dr. Zakir. In the interest of having a less time wasting, a more educative and an interesting question and answer session, our decision to allow or disallow irrelevant questions will be final. In the interest of eliciting a proper and clear answer from the speaker, kindly state your name and profession before putting forward your question, so his answer can be more appropriate to your understanding. May we have the first question from the ladies section \u2013 Member of audience.<\/p>\n
(Q) As-salam alaikum \u2013 I am Kausar Shaikh, a product of Darul Qur\u2019an Kuwait \u2013 Presently I am teaching Arabic in Anushakti Nagar. My question is \u2013 It is mentioned in the Qur\u2019an that\u2026 \u2018one day in the sight of Allah is equal to a thousand years\u2019 and in another place it is mentioned that\u2026\u2018 one day is equal to fifty thousand years\u2019. Is\u2019nt the Qur\u2019an contradicting itself? \u2013 Please explain.<\/p>\n
(Dr. Zakir) The Sister has asked a question that, it is mentioned in the Qur\u2019an in a certain place, that\u2026\u2018one day in the sight of Allah is equal to a thousand years\u2019 \u2013 and some where else it is mentioned that, \u2018one day in the sight of Allah (SWT) is equal to a fifty thousand years\u2019 \u2013 Is\u2019nt this a contradiction? What the sister was referring to a verse of the Holy Qur\u2019an from Surah Al-Hajj, Ch. 22, V. No. 47, as well as Surah Sajdah, Ch. 32, V. No. 5, which does say that\u2026 \u2018One day in the sight of Allah (SWT) is equal to a thousand years\u2019. And in Surah Maarij Ch. 70, V. No. 4, it says that\u2026 \u2018One day in the sight of Allah (SWT) is equal to a fifty thousand years of your reckoning\u2019. Does\u2019nt it seem to be a contradiction? Sister, what these verses in the Holy Qur\u2019an are referring to \u2013 it is giving an indication \u2013 that time in the sight of Allah (SWT) is incomparable to the earthly time. The earthly time, whether it is a thousand years or whether it is a fifty thousand years, whether it is thousands of years \u2013 it is somewhat equal to one day in the sight of Allah, or may be one second in the sight of Allah (SWT) . It is just giving you a reference, that time in the sight of Allah (SWT) is incomparable to the earthly time. But even if you want to take these verses literally, still there is an explanation for that. The Arabic word used in these verses is \u2018Yaum\u2019. It has got two different meanings \u2013 It can be either translated as \u2018day\u2019 or as \u2018period\u2019 or as \u2018Epoch\u2019\u2026. very long period. So if you read this verse of Surah Sajdah, Ch. 32, V. No. 5, it says\u2026 \u2018It is Allah who rules the affairs from the Heavens to the Earth and all these go up to him on a day, which is equal to a thousand years of reckoning\u2019. If you translate this word correctly \u2018Yaum\u2019 as \u2018period\u2019, it will read that \u2018Allah rules all the affairs from the Heavens to the Earth, and all of them go unto him in a period which is equal to a thousand years of your reckoning\u2019. Surah Marijj, Ch.No. 70, V. No. 4, reads that\u2026 \u2018the spirits and the angels they ascend to Allah (SWT) in a day which is equal to fifty thousand years of your reckoning\u2019. If you translate it correctly, \u2018Yaum\u2019 as period \u2013 it will read that\u2026 \u2018the spirits and the angels ascend unto Allah (SWT) in a period equal to fifty thousand years\u2019. The Qur\u2019an is referring to two different periods \u2013 therefore there is no contradiction. For example if I say I will take one hour to reach Vashi\u2026 I will take a period of one hour to reach Vashi, and then say I will take a period of fifty hours to reach Shrinagar\u2026 to reach Kashmir \u2013 it is not contradicting, because both are different periods. So one place the Qur\u2019an says\u2026 \u2018the period required for all the spirits and the angels to go up unto Allah (SWT) is equal to fifty thousand years of your reckoning\u2019 \u2013 and the other place says\u2026 \u2018the period required for all the affairs to go unto Allah (SWT) is one thousand years\u2019. There is no contradiction in that. I hope that answers the question.<\/p>\n
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(Q) As-Salam Alaikum Zakir bhai \u2013 My name is Shakir, and I am a Mechanical Engineer student. I would like to ask you a question, that how can you prove to an atheist scientifically the existence of God? .<\/p>\n
(Dr.Zakir). The brother has posed a question, how can you scientifically prove the existence of God Almighty, the existence of Allah (SWT) to especially to an Atheist, who does not believe in God. The first thing I will do is that , I will congratulate that Atheist. I will congratulate him \u2013 You know why? If you look around us \u2013 he is a Hindu because father is a Hindu \u2013 He is a Christian because father is a Christian \u2013 Some Muslims are Muslims because their fathers are Muslim. This person, though he may be coming from a religious background, he does not believe in the false god which his parents attribute to \u2013 so he does not believe in God. I am congratulating him because he has accepted the first word of the \u2018Shahada\u2019, the first part of the Islamic creed \u2018La Ilaha\u2019 \u2013 there is no god. Now my job is to prove \u2018Illallah\u2019, \u2018but Allah\u2019 \u2013 which I shall do Inshaallah. To the other people, I have to first to remove the wrong concept of \u2018god\u2019 and then prove the right concept of the Allah (SWT). Here half my job is done. He has already said \u2018La Ilaha\u2019 \u2013 There is no god. Now I have to prove \u2018Illallah\u2019, \u2018but Allah\u2019 \u2013 which I shall do Inshaallah. You ask this Atheist, that suppose there is an object\u2026 an unidentified\u2026 may be a flying object which no one in the world has seen \u2013 No human being in the world knows about this object. If it is brought in front of you, and if you ask that who will be the first person who will be able to tell you the mechanism of this unidentified object, you have to ask him the question. Who is the first person , who will be able to tell you the mechanism of this new object which no one in the world has seen? After thinking for a while, he will give the answer \u2013 \u2018the person who will be able to tell you the mechanism\u2026the first person, is the Creator of that object\u2019. Some may say \u2018Manufacturer\u2019, some may say \u2018Producer\u2019. Whatever they say, don\u2019t grapple with the words\u2026accept it \u2013 It will be somewhat similar. Either \u2018Creator\u2019, or \u2018Producer\u2019, or \u2018Manufacturer\u2019 \u2013 but remember what he has told you \u2013 Keep it in your mind. Then ask him the next question \u2013 How did the Universe come to existence \u2013 How was it formed? He will tell you by the Big Bang Theory. Tell him the Qur\u2019an mentions in Surah Anbiya, Ch. 21, V. No. 30, about the Big Bang Theory. Who could have mentioned this in the Qur\u2019an 1400 years ago? \u2013 He will tell you\u2026 \u2018May be it is a fluke\u2019. Don\u2019t argue with him \u2013 Next part of the question. We did not know the light of the Moon is reflected light \u2013 We came to know recently \u2013 You ask him. He will tell you\u2026 \u2018Yes, yes the light of the Moon is reflected light \u2013 it is not its own light\u2019. When we discovered ? He will tell you\u2026 \u2018Recently, yesterday, fifty years back, hundred years back, yesterday in science\u2019. You tell him, the Qur\u2019an mentioned that \u2013 \u2018the light of the moon is reflected light\u2019, fourteen hundred years ago. Who could have mentioned that ? May be somebody had a wild guess. Do not argue with him\u2026. Continue \u2013 We thought the sun was stationary. You ask him \u2013 Is it stationary ? He will say\u2026 \u2018 No it is rotating and revolving\u2019. When did you learn this? He will tell you\u2026 \u2018Yesterday\u2026 fifty years back\u2026 twenty years back\u2019. Qur\u2019an mentioned this fourteen hundred years ago. He will hesitate, but may say \u2013 \u2018May be, some intelligent person wrote it\u2019. Don\u2019t argue with it\u2026 Continue. How was the universe initially \u2013 What is celestial matter ? He will tell you \u2018it was Smoke\u2019. How did you come to know ? \u2018We have got proof, we have got evidence\u2019. You tell him\u2026 \u2018Qur\u2019an mentioned this fourteen hundred years ago\u2019. Who could have mentioned that? \u2013 He will hesitate. Don\u2019t wait for a response\u2026 Continue \u2013 Keep on posing question after question. All that I have given in the lecture \u2013 Keep on posing one question after the other. That, \u2018water cycle\u2019, how did you come to know about it? Qur\u2019an mentioned it fourteen hundred years ago. About \u2013 \u2018every living thing made from water\u2019 \u2013 Who could have mentioned that ? Qur\u2019an speaks about Botany \u2013 the \u2018male and female\u2019 \u2013 Who could have mentioned that ? Pose one after the other and ask the question \u2013 \u2018Who could have written that\u2019 ? Then you tell him there is a theory known as \u2018Theory of Probability\u2019.That if you have two choice, out of which one is right \u2013 the chances that you will make the correct choice just at random, is one in two. For example, if I toss a coin it can be either heads or tails \u2013 The chances I will be right, will be one in two. If I toss it twice, the chances I will be right both the times, will be 1\/2 multiplied by 1\/2 that is 1\/4. Twenty five percent chance. If I toss it thrice, chances I will be right all three times, 1\/2 multiplied by 1\/2 multiplied by 1\/2, it is 1\/8. 12 and 1\/2 %. A dice has got six sides. If I throw a dice, the chances that at random I will be correct is 1\/6. If I through it twice, the chances that both the times I will be right, will be 1\/6 x 1\/6 which is 1\/36. This is called as \u2018Theory of Probability\u2019. If I throw the dice twice, and then toss a coin, all three being right will be 1\/6 multiplied by 1\/6 multiplied by 1\/2 is 1\/72. So you ask him \u2013 the chances may be if you ask \u2013 what is the shape of the earth? There are various shapes. Some may say if is flat, some may say its triangular, some may say it is hexagonal, some may say pentagonal, some may say heptagonal, some may say square. Say there can be ten shapes. Some may say it is round, it is spherical \u2013 the chances that if any one makes a wild guess, it being correct, is 1\/10. \u2018The light of the Moon\u2019 \u2013 it can either be its own light, or it can be reflected light. The chances that you make a wild guess and it being correct will be one upon two. The chances that both \u2013 \u2018shape of the earth\u2019 and \u2018light of the moon being reflected light\u2019- both being correct, if you make a wild guess \u2013 it will be 1\/10 multiplied by 1\/2, it is 1\/20. What can the living creatures be made of ? Some may say \u2018Sand\u2019, some may say \u2018Stone\u2019, some may say \u2018Aluminum\u2019, some may say \u2018Gold\u2019 \u2013 say a thousand materials you can name. Some may say \u2018Water\u2019, some may say \u2018Silver\u2019, a thousand materials. The chances that you make a wild guess, and one of them being right according to mathematics, is one upon a thousand. The chances that all three being correct \u2013 \u2018the earth is spherical\u2019, \u2018light of the moon is reflected light\u2019, and \u2018every living creature created from water\u2019\u2026 is correct, will be 1\/10 multiplied by 1\/2 multiplied by 1\/1000. Answer comes to 1\/20,000 or 0.005 percent. Qur\u2019an speaks about scientific\u2026 science more than a thousand verses. In three verses, the chances comes to .05 percent. If you apply probability theory to all these being at random, chance it will come to zero\u2026 negligible. And in Maths \u2013 anything one in ten raise to fifty, it is equal to zero. So you ask your Atheist friend\u2026 \u2018Who could have written this?\u2019 The only answer he can give you is, his first answer \u2013 \u2018the Creator\u2019, \u2018the Manufacturer\u2019. The person who has produced it \u2013 That is the only answer. There is no other answer. What Science is saying today is\u2026\u2018They are not eliminating God\u2026 They are eliminating models of god\u2019. La Ilaha IllAllah. They are not eliminating god but models of god. I hope that answers the question.
\n(Q) My name is Javed , and I am a student \u2013 I would like to ask an question. At one place the Holy Qur\u2019an states that\u2026 \u2018man is created from sperm\u2019 which is in conciliate with modern science but at another place it also states that\u2026 \u2018man is made from dust\u2019. Now isn\u2019t the Holy Qur\u2019an contradicting itself ? \u2013 Or is it conciliate with modern Science?<\/p>\n
(Dr. Zakir). The brother has posed a question that, at one place Holy Qur\u2019an says that \u2018human beings have been created from sperm\u2019 which conciliates with modern science \u2013 the other place\u2026 \u2018human being is created from dust\u2019. Can you prove it scientifically \u2013 \u2018it is created from dust?\u2019 And isn\u2019t there a contradiction \u2013 one place\u2026 \u2018sperm\u2019 \u2013 one place it says\u2026 \u2018dust?\u2019 The Holy Qur\u2019an does say as I mentioned in my talk, in Surah Qiyamah, Ch.75, V. No. 37 to 39. It says that\u2026 \u2018human beings have been created from sperm\u2019 which has been proved by Science. The Holy Qur\u2019an also says in Surah Hajj, Ch. No. 22, V. No. 5, that\u2026 \u2018We have created the human beings from a quintessence of dust\u2019. Today Science tells us that all the elements that are there in the human body \u2013 they are present in lesser or greater quantity, in the soil in the earth. So the statement that human beings have been created from earth is scientifically proven. That whatever components are there in the human body \u2013 the constituent, the elements \u2013 they are present in the Earth, in the soil, in lesser or greater proportion. Your second part of the question. Isn\u2019t it a contradiction? One place the Qur\u2019an says\u2026 \u2018Man is created from sperm\u2019 \u2013 one says\u2026 \u2018from dust\u2019 \u2013 Isn\u2019t it a contradiction? See, a contradiction is two statements which are conflicting with each other, which cannot take place simultaneously. The Qur\u2019an does not only say\u2026 \u2018Man has been created from sperm\u2019\u2026 and the other place\u2026 \u2018from dust\u2019- it also says in Surah Furqaan, Ch. No. 25, V. No. 54, that\u2026 \u2018Man has been created from water\u2019. You will tell me there are three contradictions. See, Science has proved that man has been created from dust, as well as from sperm, as well as from water. If I tell you in one statement, that to make a cup of tea, I require water. In the second statement, I say to make a cup of tea I require tea leaves or tea powder. It is not a contradiction \u2013 I require both. If I want to make sweet tea, I add sugar to it \u2013 If I want to make \u2018Pani kum\u2019 tea, I add less water and more milk. If I want to make \u2018Sulaimani\u2019 tea I add only water. So there is no contradiction when the Qur\u2019an says\u2026 \u2018Human being is created from sperm and dust and water\u2019. It is actually contradistinction \u2013 What\u2019s the meaning of contradistinction? Contradistinction means, speaking two or more things about a subject, which are not conflicting with each other. For example, if I say that\u2026 \u2018this man \u2013 he is honest, he is kind and loving\u2019- It is contradistinction. But if I say\u2026 \u2018this man is always a liar and a truthful person\u2019- then it is a contradiction, because both are opposing. If it is not opposing, it is called as a contradistinction.<\/p>\n
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(Q) As-Salam Alaikum brother \u2013 My name is Farida Ansari \u2013 I am a laboratory technician. Qur\u2019an says\u2026 \u2018Allah is the Creator of the human being\u2019 \u2013 Does science agree with it ?<\/p>\n
(Dr. Zakir). The sister has posed a question, that the Qur\u2019an mentions that Allah (SWT) is the Creator of the human beings \u2013 Does Science agree with it? And Qur\u2019an says in several places including the last verse of the Embryological stages, that is Surah Muminun, Ch. No. 23, V. No. 14, that\u2026 \u2018Allah is the best to create\u2019. Can we prove it scientifically that Allah is the Creator? Qur\u2019an gives the answer\u2026 Qur\u2019an gives the answer in Surat Tur, Ch. No. 52, V. No. 35. It poses a question \u2013 \u2018that were you created from nothing?\u2019 It poses a question \u2013 \u2018that were you created from nothing?\u2019 See\u2026 the Arabic word used for \u2018Creator\u2019, in all the verses of the Qur\u2019an, is \u2018Khaliq\u2019\u2026 is derived from the Arabic word \u2018Khalaqa\u2019. Arabic word \u2018Khalaqa\u2019 has got four meanings. One meaning is \u2018to create some thing from nothing\u2019\u2026 without any previous example. That is only possible for Allah (SWT). Second meaning of \u2018Khalaqa\u2019 is\u2026 \u2018to create some thing new from pre-existing material\u2019. The third meaning is of \u2018Khalaqa\u2019 \u2013 \u2018Programming\u2019 or \u2018Planning\u2019. And the last meaning is, \u2018to make smooth\u2019. So Qur\u2019an poses the question in Surah Tur, Ch. No. 52, V.No. 35, that\u2026 \u2018Were you created from nothing?\u2019 But natural the answer is negative\u2026 No \u2013 Human beings are not created from nothing. They pose the next question \u2013 \u2018Were you the Creators, or We the Creator ?\u2019 We know very well, that man cannot create another man. If he could do that, the moment he died he would have created himself back. If his relatives would have died, he would have got them back to life. Human beings cannot even create living creature as such as fly, leave aside human being. Neither can you attribute the organs of the body , say\u2026 the reproductive organs, like testes or ovaries \u2013 that they are the cause for our creation. Because if you say that the testes, the uterus, etc., are the cause, then you have to include your ancestors \u2013 their reproductive systems, their ancestors, their ancestors, all are responsible. So the answer is negative. Qur\u2019an poses the next question in Surah Waqiah, Ch. 56, V. No. 58 and 59\u2026 \u2018that do you not look at the sperm you have emitted. Were you the Creator or we the Creator?\u2019 And but natural all these questions that Qur\u2019an poses the answer is negative. Some people can say\u2026 \u2018it is by chance\u2019 \u2013 \u2018By chance we were created\u2019. They say\u2026 \u2018Nature\u2026 Nature\u2026 Natural things\u2019 \u2013 It happened by chance.<\/p>\n
Let us analyse scientifically, whether the human beings can be created by chance. The protein molecule is a very important structure of the living cell -Very important part in the living structure of the cell. The protein molecule consists of five elements \u2013 the Carbon, Nitrogen, Oxygen, Hydrogen and Sulphur. And there are tens and thousands of Atoms required to make one Molecule. One Atom has five elements \u2013 Carbon, Nitrogen, Oxygen, Hydrogen and Sulphur. There are tens of thousands of Atoms, which make one Protein Molecule \u2013 And there are approximately 92 free elements. The chances that out of these 92, the five will form an Atom\u2026 and these atoms will form tens and thousands of Atom, to form one Protein Molecule was calculated by Frank Alien . And he said\u2026 \u2018the chances are 1\/10 raised to 160\u2019. You know what is the meaning of 1\/10 raised to 160? If I say 1\/10 raised to two, ten raise to two means, one zero zero zero. One in hundred \u2013 Chance is one percent. If I say 1\/10 raised to three, it means one in a thousand \u2013 That is 1 percent. If I say 1\/10 raise to four it means one in ten thousand \u2013 Means point 0.01%. So when the calculation was made, (1\/10) raised to 160. It means point zero zero zero zero zero hundred and fifty seven zeros, then one. And mathematics tells, \u2018anything 1\/10 raised to fifty, is counted as zero\u2019. Further more, this is talking about one molecule. And the substance required to form this one molecule of protein was calculated by another person Charles Guy \u2013 that it will require millions of times of substance as huge as our Galaxy. Millions of galaxies will be required to form this one molecule of protein. And the time was calculated by Charles Guy \u2013 the time taken for one protein molecule to be formed, will be ten raised to 263 years. You know what is that? One zero zero zero zero zero zero, 263 zeros, it will take to form one protein molecule. And do you know there are how many protein molecule in one cell ? And do you know how many other molecules are there in the cell ? And how many cells are there in the human being ? There are more than six billion molecules when a child is born. That is what doctors tell us today, six billion. One protein molecule takes 1\/10 raise to 160 chances. Time taken is ten raise to two hundred and forty three years. To take six billion for one baby imagine. And how many women are pregnant ? There are millions of women pregnant at a time \u2013 And it takes only 9 months. \u2018The chances\u2019\u2026 Science tells us, \u2018is zero zero zero, no chance at all\u2019. These things cannot take by chance \u2013 they have to be programmed by Someone. Science tells us\u2026 \u2018There has to be Someone , some Supernatural force\u2019. Therefore science as I said earlier, is not eliminating God\u2019 \u2013 It is eliminating models of god. \u2018La Ilaha IllAllah\u2019. Hope that answers the question. (Clapping)<\/p>\n
(Q) Assalamu Alaikum \u2013 My name is Ashfaq, and I am a student. My question is, Qur\u2019an in several places has mentioned that\u2026 \u2018the Heavens and the Earth were created in six days\u2019. But in Surah Fussilat, it says\u2026 \u2018the Heaven and the Earth was created in eight days\u2019 \u2013 Isn\u2019t this a contradiction? In the same Verse also says\u2026 \u2018that the Earth was created in six days, and then later, on the Heaven in two days\u2019. This is against the Big Bang Theory\u2026 \u2018that the Heavens and Earth were created simultaneously\u2019.<\/p>\n
(Dr. Zakir). Brother has posed a very important question. The Qura\u2019n says\u2026 \u2018the Heaven and the Earth were created in six days\u2019 and in Surat Fussilat, it says\u2026 \u2018eight days\u2019. Isn\u2019t there a contradiction \u2013 and also contradiction with the Big Bang Theory. I do agree with you brother the Qur\u2019an says in several places that\u2026 \u2018the Heavens and the Earth were created in six days, in several places\u2019. In Surah Araf, Ch. 7, V. No. 54; in Sura Yunus, Ch. 10, V. No. 3; in Surah Hud, Ch. 11, V. No.7; in Surah Furqan Ch. 25, V. No.59; Surah Sajdah, Ch. 32, V. No. 4; in Surah Hadid, Ch. 57, V. No. 4. In several places, the Qur\u2019an says\u2026 \u2018the Heavens and the Earth were created in six days\u2019. It is not the earthly days \u2013 It is \u2018Ayyaam\u2019. \u2018Very long periods\u2019 \u2013 which Scientists have got no objection. And I also agree with you, that in the Qur\u2019an does speak about\u2026 \u2018the creation of the Heavens and the Earth\u2019\u2026 in Surah Fussilat. The verse you are refering to brother is Verses 9 to12, which says that\u2026 \u2018Do you not believe in the One who has created the Earth in two days\u2026 and do you join equals with Him \u2013 Do you join partners with Him, who is the Lord of the worlds\u2019? Verse No. 10 says\u2026 \u2018He has set on the Earth, mountains standing firm and given due nourishment on the Earth, in four days\u2019. Verse No. 11 says\u2026. \u2018Moreover in His design, He comprehended the sky when it was smoke and He said to it and the Earth\u2026 \u2018come ye together willingly or unwillingly\u2019, and they said \u2018we come together in willing obedience\u2019. This, He did in two days. For if you read it just without thinking two plus four plus two is eight days. Qur\u2019an gives the answer in starting of the Verse \u2013 that is\u2026 says that\u2026 \u2018all those who will take out this fault, they are equal to those people who will join partners to God\u2019. Means, Allah (SWT) knew that there will be people who will take out fault in the Qur\u2019an, in this verse \u2013 they will be the Mushrikhs. And today this verse is commonly used by the Christian missionaries against the Mulsims. If you go around\u2026 I have been travelling in the world \u2013 this question was posed to me even there \u2013 the Christian missionaries they pose this question. Qur\u2019an says\u2026 it predicts\u2026 that people will ask about this question, and these people will be those who associate partners with God. Let us analyse the first two Verses \u2013 that is, Surah Fussilat, Ch. 41, Verse No. 9 to 10 says\u2026 that\u2026 \u2018the Earth was created in two days, and then mountains were set on it, and nourishment was given in due proportion in four days\u2019. So it says two days the Earth was formed mountains were set on it afterwards in four days total comes to six days. Then Verse No. 11, starts with the Arabic word \u2018Summa\u2019. Now the Arabic word \u2018Summa\u2019, can be translated in three different ways. One is \u2018Then\u2019, one is \u2018Moreover\u2019, and the other is \u2018Simultaneously\u2019. I do know that many translations have translated the Arabic word \u2018Summa\u2019, as \u2018then\u2019. If you translate \u2018Summa\u2019 as \u2018then\u2019 \u2013 then there is a contradiction. It says\u2026 \u2018then\u2019 the Heavens were made in two days. That means two plus four, plus two is equal to eight days. But the exact translation should be \u2018Summa\u2019 \u2013 should be translated as \u2018Moreover\u2019 or \u2018Simultaneously\u2019. And Abdullah Yusuf Ali, Alhamdullillah in this place has translated \u2018Summa\u2019 correctly \u2013 as \u2018Moreover\u2019. If you translate \u2018Summa\u2019, as \u2018Moreover\u2019 or \u2018Simultaneously\u2019 \u2013 it will mean that when the Earth and the Mountains were created in six days, \u2018Simultaneously\u2019 the Heavens were created in two days. For example suppose a builder he gives in his brochure\u2026 \u2018that I have constructed a ten story building along with it\u2019s surrounding and compound wall, in six months. When a person who wants to buy a flat in that building \u2013 he goes to the builder and he asks for more details. So the builder says\u2026 \u2018It took me two months to make the basement of the building ,and another four months to make the ten story. And while I was building the basement and the story, I simultaneously built the compound wall and the surrounding in two months\u2019. It is possible \u2013 so then he is not contradicting \u2013 Total comes to yet six months. So similarly when Surah Fussilat, Ch. 41, Verse No. 9 to 12, it says that\u2026 \u2018While the Earth was created along with the mountain in six days simultaneously the Heaven was created in two days\u2019 \u2013 There is no contradiction. And similarly if you take \u2018then\u2019 \u2013 it contradicts with Science, because Earth was created first , \u2018then\u2019 were created the Mountains \u2013 It is contradicting. Similarly Qur\u2019an speaks in Surah Baqarah, Ch. 2, Verse 29, that\u2026 \u2018Allah made the Earth , \u2018Summa\u2019 the Heaven\u2019. But unfortunately , here Abdullah Yusuf Ali has translated \u2018Summa\u2019 wrongly, as \u2018then\u2019. In Verse 29, of Surah Baqarah, Ch. 2, he translates \u2018Summa\u2019, as \u2018then\u2019. Allah created the Earth, and then the Heaven \u2013 Then there is a contradiction. Even here \u2018Summa\u2019 should be translated as \u2018Moreover\u2019 or \u2018Simultaneously\u2019. If it is translated \u2018Simultaneously\u2019 \u2013 then it is not a contradiction, because the Big Bang Theory tells us that, the Earth and Heaven were created simultaneously. No wonder in the Qur\u2019an\u2026 the Qur\u2019an says in many places\u2026 \u2018We created the heavens and the earth\u2019, in the other places it says\u2026 \u2018We created the earth and the heavens\u2019. Giving evidence to the verse of the Qur\u2019an of Surah Anbiya, Ch. 21, Verse No. 30, which says\u2026 (Arabic) \u2026 \u2018that do not the unbelievers see that the Heavens and the Earth were joined together and We clove them asunder\u2019.<\/p>\n
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(Q) Assalam Alaikum \u2013 I am Gulam Mohammed \u2013 I appreciate your explanation about the Bi-Sexual reproduction in animals. And my question is, can you support this change of sexes in animals and plants, with the change of Nutrients and Environment, with the Qur\u2019anic versions, and also the production of fruits without fertilization ?<\/p>\n
(Dr. Zakir). That is right \u2013 Brother has asked a very good question. He has asked a question that scientifically can you prove that \u2013 there are certain plants he mentioned, and I can mention more few also\u2026 Bananas, Papayas they are bi-sexual plants. So if you heard in my talk brother, I made a statement that even the bi-sexual plants \u2013 they have got distinct characteristics of male and female. Regarding your question of \u2018fruits\u2019 \u2013 if you analyze the fruit is the product of reproduction, it is the end product of reproduction of superior plants\u2026 of superior plants. The stage before fruit is the stage of flower \u2013 the flowers have got both, male and female stamen and ovules. Only after the pollen comes there do you get fruit, and then the fruit gives off seeds, etc \u2013 these are known as \u2018Parthono Parpic\u2019 fruits. Even in these, there is distinct characteristics of male and female. And the Qur\u2019an rightly says in Surah Rad, Ch. 13, Verse No. 3, that\u2026 \u2018We have created fruits in pairs, twos and twos\u2019. Hope that answers the question.<\/p>\n
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(Q) I am Farzana Mulla.My question is with regard to the evolution of Homo-sepians \u2013 You have Charles Darwin in Science, giving an explanation that\u2026 \u2018It is because of the process of natural selection, that the human beings have evolved\u2019. Now this it seems to be in contradiction with the Islamic belief that we have \u2013 we are the children of Adam AlaihSalam \u2013 Now how can this be reconciled ?<\/p>\n
(Dr.Zakir). This is a very important question. No lecture of mine on this topic of \u2018Qur\u2019an and Modern Science\u2019, is complete without this question. I have given this talk in various places in Canada, in U.S.A, in U.K, in Saudi \u2013 Never is this topic complete \u2013 never is the Question and Answer session complete, without this important question of \u2018Theory of Evolution\u2019\u2026 Charles Darwin. Sister has posed the question \u2013 how can you reconcile the Qur\u2019an, with Darwin\u2019s \u2018Theory of Evolution\u2019? Sister, I have not come across any book which says\u2026 \u2018Fact of Evolution\u2019. All the books say \u2018Theory of Evolution\u2019 \u2013 there is no book I have come across saying fact of evolution. If you read the book by Charles Darwin \u2018The Origin of Species\u2019 \u2013 It says that\u2026 \u201cCharles Darwin went on an island by the name of \u2018Keletropist\u2019 on a ship named as \u2018HMS Beagel\u2019 and there he found birds pecking at niches. Depending upon the Ecological niches they peck, the beaks kept on becoming long and short. This observation was made in the same species \u2013 not in different species\u201d. Charles Darwin wrote a letter to his friend Thomas Thomtan, in 1861 saying \u2018I do not believe in \u2018Natural Selection\u2019- the word that you use \u2013 I don\u2019t believe in \u2018Theory of Evolution\u2019 because I haven\u2019t got any proof. I only believe in it because it helps me in classification of Embryology, in Morphology, in rudimentary organs\u2019. Charles Darwin himself said that , there were missing links. He did not agree with it \u2013 He himself said that there were missing links. Therefore , if I have to insult someone that if you were present at Darwin\u2019s time this theory would been proved right, trying to insinuate that he looks like an Ape. It is a joke we make. The reason that this theory in most parts of the world \u2013 it is taught as good as fact \u2013 You know why? Even I was in school \u2013 I learnt about Darwin\u2019s theory \u2013 and even today they are taught \u2013 You know what the reason is sister? The reason is because, that if you analyse, the Church\u2026 the Church was against Science previously \u2013 and you know the incidence that they sentenced Galileo to death. They sentenced Galileo to death \u2013 Why? Because he said certain statements in the Astronomy, etc., which went against the Bible \u2013 So they sentenced him to death , for which the Pope apologized now. So when Charles Darwin came up with a theory which goes against the Bible, they did not\u2026 they did not want any sufficient proof \u2013 An enemy of my enemy is my friend. So all the Scientists\u2026 most of them \u2013 they supported the theory, because it went against the Bible \u2013 not because it was true. They only supported it because it went against the Bible`. All the stages you have mentioned sister\u2026 all the stages\u2026 \u2018Lucy\u2019 \u2013 there were four \u2018Homonites\u2019. Science tells us today that there were four \u2018Homonites\u2019 \u2013 first is \u2018Lucy\u2019 along with its guy \u2018Dosnopytichest\u2019, which died about 3 and a 1\/2 million years \u2013 the Ice Age. Then next came the \u2018Homosepians\u2019, who died about 5 hundred thousand years ago. Then came the \u2018Neanderthal Man\u2019, who died hundred to forty thousand years ago. Then came the fourth stage, \u2018the Cromagnon\u2019. \u2018There is no link at all between these stages\u2019 \u2013 According to P. P. Grasse in 1971 who held the Chair of Evolutionary Studies in Paris, in Sojerion University. He said\u2026 \u2018It is absurd \u2013 We cannot say who were our ancestors based on fossils\u2019. I can give you a list of hundreds of scientists and Noble Prize winners who speak against Darwin\u2019s theory\u2026 Hundreds. If you know of Sir Albert George who got the Noble prize for inventing\u2026 for inventing the Vitamin \u2018C\u2019 \u2013 He wrote the book \u2018The Can\u2019t Ape and Man\u2019, against Darwin\u2019s Theory. Again if you read, Sir Fred Hoyle\u2019s work \u2013 he wrote several works against Darwin\u2019s Theory. If you know about Ruperts Albert, this person wrote a new theory of evolution against Darwin\u2019s Theory. Its unthinkable\u2026 you cannot think that we are created from the Apes. If you know of Sir Frank Salosbury\u2026 he was a biologist. He said\u2026 \u2018It is illogical to believe in Darwin\u2019s theory\u2019. If you know about Whitmeat\u2026 Sir Whitemeat, he wrote a book against Darwin\u2019s Theory \u2013 He was also a Biologist. Several ! you can give a list of hundreds. Today it is taught in the schools \u2013 Why? \u2026 I told you \u2013 Media is in their hands. Otherwise there is no proof at all. There are certain proofs at lower level \u2013 an Ameba, at lower species level\u2026 Ameba can change to Paremishia. Qur\u2019an does not say\u2026\u2018Ameba cannot change to Paremishia\u2019 \u2013 Qur\u2019an does not say. If they have got proof\u2026 It cannot be possible\u2026 It is not against the Qur\u2019an. But there is no proof at all. People talk about Molecular Biology Theory \u2013 they talk about Genetic coding. According to Henses Crake who is a authority in this field \u2013 he said\u2026 \u2018It is unimaginable\u2019. Again if you do that ratio, the probability of one DNA forming, \u2018from Ape to Human being, is again Zero\u2019. If I start calculating, I think you will get bored again \u2013 You know the calculation. I told you\u2026 for one Protein Molecule, it is some what similar from one DNA. It is not possible at all. You know there is theory recently\u2026 \u2018that homosexuality is Genetic\u2019. And when I read in the Times of India, I thought, surely the moment I attend the next lecture on Sunday at I.R.F, I will be asked this question. \u2018If homosexuality is Genetic, how can Allah blame us? \u2013 Qur\u2019an speaks against homosexuality\u2019. And I said that see\u2026\u2018This is a theory wait till it gets established\u2026It is a theory \u2013 don\u2019t comment on that <\/p>\n
Within just matter of span of just few months it was proved to be illogical \u2013 and the person who propounded this theory that\u2026 \u2018Homosexuality is Genetic\u2019 \u2013 he himself was an Homosexual. Therefore I said, I am going to give my talk on scientific facts \u2013 not on theories and assumption. Darwin\u2019s theory has not been proven\u2026\u2018We have not been created from Ape\u2019. There are hundreds of Scientists who speak against that and Qur\u2019an speaks against that also. Qur\u2019an says the first man was Adam (Peace be upon him). InshaAllah they will discover it 100 years afterwards, or may be a 1000 years afterwards. Today there are researches showing, that human being have been created from one pair again \u2013 It is just a theory. It supports the Qur\u2019anic verse that human beings have been created from one pair, male and female \u2013 It is just a theory, therefore I do not quote that in my talk. InshaAllah it will be established 50 years afterwards, or 100 years afterwards. Then we will know that Qur\u2019an conciliates with this part \u2013 So far it is not conflicting \u2013 It is not conflicting with established Science, at all. Hope that answers the question.<\/p>\n
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(Dr. Mohammed) The next question.<\/p>\n
(Q) As-salamalaikum \u2013 I am Abdul Samir \u2013 I am a student. In the Qur\u2019an it is stated. that \u2013 \u2018the hearts of the unbelievers are sealed\u2019. But according to Science\u2026 \u2018it is the brain that thinks, and not the heart\u2019 \u2013 Your comment please.<\/p>\n
(Dr.Zakir). The brother has posed a question \u2013 the Qur\u2019an says that\u2026 \u2018the unbelievers hearts have been sealed by Allah (SWT)\u2019. Today science tells us\u2026 \u2018it is the brain that thinks and not the heart\u2019 \u2013 and I do agree with him. So isn\u2019t the Qur\u2019an unscientific, when it says that\u2026 \u2018the hearts have been sealed\u2019. And I do agree that Qur\u2019an says in several places, including Surah Bakarah, Ch. 2, Verse No. 7 that\u2026 \u2018Allah has sealed the hearts of the kafir people\u2019. Its says\u2026 \u2018that the seal has been put on the hearts\u2019.<\/p>\n
If you know, the Arabic word used here, is \u2018Kalb\u2019. The Arabic word \u2018Kalb\u2019 has got two meanings \u2013 one is \u2018heart\u2019, and the other is \u2018intelligence\u2019. If you translate correctly the Verse says\u2026 \u2018Allah has sealed the intelligence of the unbelievers\u2019. And it is scientifically proven, that \u2018intelligence\u2019 has to be sealed \u2013 not the organic heart. There was a person , who once posed me a question. Brother Zakir, I agree with you that \u2018Kalb\u2019 means \u2018heart\u2019 as well as \u2018intelligence\u2019. But one Verse in the Qur\u2019an says\u2026 their \u2018hearts\u2019 are behind the breast \u2013 Then what you have to give the answer for that? And he was quoting a verse of the Qur\u2019an from Surah Hajj, Ch. 22, Verse No. 46, which says\u2026 \u2018that their eyes are not blind \u2013 it is their heart which is in their breast which is blind\u2019.<\/p>\n
So Qur\u2019an says\u2026 \u2018the eyes are not blind \u2013 It is the heart which is within their breast which is blind\u2019. Today Science tells us\u2026 \u2018Eyes see, heart cannot see\u2019 \u2013 So isn\u2019t this Verse unscientific?. Here the translation has to be \u2018heart\u2019 \u2013 it cannot be \u2018intelligence\u2019. So I tell him \u2013 I agree with you that heart has got two translations, but the word used for breast is \u2018Sadar\u2019. Sadar also has got 2 meanings \u2013 One is \u2018Breast\u2019 and the other is \u2018Centre\u2019. You know how we have the head of a institution \u2013 We say \u2018Sadar\u2019 of the institution. That is how we have \u2018Centre\u2019\u2026 if we have been to Pakistan. How in India we have \u2018Chowk\u2019 \u2013 over there they have \u2018Centres\u2019. \u2018Sadar\u2019 so and so\u2026 \u2018Sadar\u2019 so and so, in Pakistan \u2013 \u2018Centre\u2019 so and so. \u2018Sadar\u2019 also means \u2018Centre\u2019. So the correct translation is\u2026 \u2018the eyes is not which is blind it is the intelligence which is within their centre which is blind\u2019. Say I started in my talk by quoting, the Verse of the Holy Qur\u2019an from Surah Taha, Ch. 20, Verse No. 25 and 28 which says\u2026 \u2018Rabbi Shruhali Sadre\u2019. \u2018O my Lord increase my breast for me\u2019. \u2018Rabbi Shruhali Sadre, Vayas Sirli Amre, Vahalul ugdatamilesahani Yafkahokhouli\u2019. This was a dua made by Moosa-ale Salam , when he was asked by Allah (SWT) to go and deliver the message to the people. He asked Allah\u2026 \u2018O my Lord increase my breast for me\u2019. So \u2018Breast\u2019 is not the correct the translation. What is the \u2018Breast\u2019, going to do with the message. It means\u2026 \u2018O my Lord increase my centre for me\u2019. \u2018Rabbi Shuharli Sadre vayas sirli Amre\u2019. \u2018And make my task easy for me\u2019. \u2018Vahalul Ugdatamileshani Yafkhahokhouli\u2019. \u2018And remove the impediment from my speech so that they will understand me\u2019. As do you know Moosa-Ale-Salam was a stammerer. And if you know whether fortunately or unfortunately, even I happened to be a stammered \u2013 in childhood I was a stammerer. Therefore in the beginning of every talk , and even in the beginning of this talk, I said\u2026and I made dua to Allah (SWT). \u2018Rabbi Shuharli Sadre\u2026 O my Lord increase my centre for me\u2019- I am asking help from Allah (SWT). Increase my centre, and remove the stuttering in my speech. Even today when I don\u2019t speak on the stage , I yet stutter \u2013 It is Allah who helps me out on the stage. \u2018Rabbi Shruhali Sadre\u2019. O my Lord increase my centre for me, make my task easy for me and remove the barrier from my speech, and between me and the audience, so that they will understand me. Therefore scientifically\u2026 scientifically if you analyse the words of Surah Hajj, Ch. 22, Verse No.46, it says\u2026\u2018It is not their eyes which are blind \u2013 it is their intelligence which is within their centre is blind\u2019. Because they are not blind \u2013 The unbelievers can see \u2013 Saying\u2026 \u2018they are blind\u2019, is unscientific . Like the Qur\u2019an says in Surah Bakarah, Ch. 2, Verse No. 18. It says\u2026 It says\u2026 \u2018that deaf, dumb the blind, they will not return to the path\u2019. \u2018Summoon, Bukmoon, Ummyoon Fa Lahum layar jeoon\u2019. \u2018the deaf, the dumb, the blind, they will not return to the path\u2019. It is not talking about physical deaf people \u2013 It is talking about the unbelieveres, who hearing they cannot hear, seeing the signs of Allah, they do not accept the Qur\u2019an. So Qur\u2019an is more scientific. It says correctly\u2026 \u2018they can see, the eyes are not blind \u2013 It is their intelligence within their centre which is blind\u2019.<\/p>\n
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(Dr. Mohammed) The next question from the brother on the left.<\/p>\n
(Q). As-Salam Alaikum to everybody who are present here \u2013 My name is Kalim Shah. I am in practicing interior designing, here in Bombay. Qur\u2019an have given all the minute details of Embryology, apart from a miracle called \u2018Hazrat Adam Ale-Salam\u2019. Is it not a contradictory that Hazrat Issa-ale-Salam is born without a father\u2019s sperms \u2013 What is the exact scientific reasoning?<\/p>\n
(Dr.Zakir). The Brother has posed a question that , how can you prove scientifically the miracle of Jesus (peace be upon him) \u2013 that he was born without a father \u2013 without male intervention . Brother as I said in my talk a miracle is an unusual event for which human beings cannot give an explanation. It is an unusual event which is attributed to Super Natural power \u2013 to God Almighty. The miracles which took place in the past \u2013 most of them does not give an opportunity to analyse them today \u2013 because we cannot go back in the past. We cannot go back in the past \u2013 there were few miracles, which give us an opportunity to examine. So all the Prophets of Allah (SWT) who came before Prophet Muhammed (peace be upon him) \u2013 they were only sent for their people\u2026 only for their people, and the message was for a limited time period. Therefore even the miracle was for a limited time period. What miracles they did then, satisfied those people. Those miracles \u2013 just by saying that Jesus Christ was born without any father, will not satisfy the unbeliever \u2013 Why? He cannot go back in time and verify. Because all the messengers that came before Prophet Muhammed (peace be upon him) \u2013 they were meant only for their time not for eternity. But Prophet Muhammed (peace be upon him) \u2013 he is the messenger of Allah (SWT) \u2013 who is the last and final messenger. He was not only sent for the Muslims or the Arabs \u2013 He was sent for the whole of humanity and his message is till eternity. Therefore the miracle , that he has brought, the Holy Qur\u2019an, can be analysed even today \u2013 It is a miracle till eternity. Prophet Mohammed (peace be upon him) has done hundreds of miracles \u2013 Other miracles, which we Muslims believe \u2013 but we never emphasize that \u2013 we Muslims do not boast\u2026 of that we Muslims only boast of this, because we cannot prove those miracles scientifically. But this living miracle of Prophet Mohammed (peace be upon him), which was given to him by Allah (SWT), can be analysed by us even today. So previous miracles time does not allow us to go back in time. If we could go back in time we could have analysed how was he born without a father yet brother. I can yet give you a scientific explanation. I can yet give you. Today science tells us there are certain species which can be born without male intervention, and the best example is a male bee. The male Bee is the \u2018Egg\u2019 which has not been fertilized by a male. The Queen Bee which lays Eggs\u2026 which doesn\u2019t get fertilized by the male \u2013 they are born as male. The female Bee is the \u2018Egg\u2019, which are fertilized by the male. So there are several animals today in this world, who are born without fertilization. I do know that this thing takes place in lower animals \u2013 There is no proof in higher animals. Who does it? Science cannot tell us. Allah (SWT) does it so. When Allah (SWT) can make this possible to happen in Isa Ale-Salam when it is described in Surah Al-Imran, Ch. 3, Verse 45 to 47, it says\u2026(Arabic)\u2026 \u2018That behold the angels said to Mary \u2013 We give thee, you glad tidings of a word from him , his name shall be Christ , son of Mary , who will be held in honour in this world and the hereafter, and he will be amongst the companies of those most righteous\u2026 those most righteous\u2019. The verse continues\u2026\u2018that he will speak to the people in childhood and in maturity, and will be among the people those who are righteous\u2019. So Mary (peace be upon her), asked\u2026 \u2018How shall I have a son when no man has touched me\u2019. The answer is given\u2026 (Arabic). \u2018When Allah decrees a matter, He just says to it \u2018Be\u2019\u2026 and it is\u2019. I have given you a scientific explanation \u2013 when Allah can make it possible in a male Bee, it is very much easy for Allah to make it possible , even in this , in Isa Ale-Salam. For Him\u2026 Allah(SWT) to create a Jesus (peace be upon him) \u2013 \u2026(Arabic\u2026.) \u2018When He decrees a matter, He just says to it \u2018Be\u2019\u2026 and it is\u2019. For Him to create a million people like that , it is just easy. It is a miracle \u2013 I am not telling you Jesus Christ (peace be upon him), was born like that\u2026 like the male Bee \u2013 I do not know. I have given you scientific explanation. When it is possible there, why cannot Allah make it in the higher animal \u2013 the human beings. I hope that answer the question .<\/p>\n
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(Q) Asalam Allaikum brother Zakir \u2013 my name is Sanya, I am a revert Muslim. The question is \u2013 In your lecture you mentioned the scientific facts from the Qur\u2019an, which have been established \u2013 Can you mention a few Qur\u2019anic verses which Science has not confirmed?<\/p>\n
(Dr. Zakir). Sister has posed a question that , I have mentioned in my talk, the Scientific facts which Science has already established , it is mentioned in the Holy Qur\u2019an. Can I mention some few points in the Qur\u2019an, which Science has not established. For example the Qur\u2019an says in Surah Shura, Ch. 42, Verse No. 29, it says\u2026 \u2018It is Allah who has created the Heavens and the Earth, and put creatures\u2026 living creatures throughout them\u2019 Qur\u2019an says there is life besides this earth. Allah has put living creatures throughout the heavens and the earth \u2013 there is no scientific evidence\u2026 established scientific evidence, that there is life besides this earth. Recently, they have been sending Rockets and Space Ships to different planets\u2026 different satellites, etc. And now just a couple months earlier, we read in the newspapers that they got certain material from Mars \u2013 which gives proof that life can be there in Mars. And in.. I think day before yesterday\u2019s paper, I read in \u2018Times of India\u2019, that they have found water in the Moon \u2013 may be a comet crashed and there is a big crater, and the water has been frozen to ice. So in future it will be easier to do investigation \u2013 we do not have to take water from planet Earth to Moon. Water is already present there \u2013 we can use that water and it will save a lot of trouble. Science is saying there are high possibilities of life being there \u2013 besides earth. But since Qur\u2019an says I believe in it. May be after one or two years, they may discover there is life besides this earth \u2013 or may be after fifty years. Today Scientists \u2013 they have given various views \u2013 how will our earth end? Some Scientists have given description \u2013 that the mountains will fall down. Some Scientists say the mountain and rock will become smooth when the earth is destroyed \u2013 Some people say the ocean will swell up. Some people say the universe will go in a black hole \u2026 Several. Qur\u2019an too gives a description about the Day of Judgement \u2013 how will our creation end. Many of them match with the theories of Science \u2013 theories not established facts. Example, the Qur\u2019an says in Surah Ahkaf, Ch. 46, Verse No. 3, \u2018It is Allah who has created the Heavens and the Earth for a limited period of time\u2019. And Allah will surely give you an indication that this creation will be destroyed and gives various signs in the Qur\u2019an. For example, if you read Surah Qiyamah, Ch. 75, Verse No.8 and 9, it says that\u2026 \u2018the Moon will be burried in darkness \u2013 the Sun and the Moon will join together, before the world\u2026 our ends\u2019. If you read Surah Takwir, Ch. 81, Verse No. 1 , 2, 3 and & Verse No. 6, it says that\u2026 \u2018The sun will be folded up, the stars will fall down, the ocean will swell up, the mountains will fall down in utter ruin\u2019. Qur\u2019an says in Surah Infitar, Ch. 82, Verse No. 1, 2 and 3, it says\u2026 \u2018the sky will be left asunder the star will be scattered, the mountains will be fallen down\u2019. Various signs, how will the earth end is given. These are scientific points mentioned in the Qur\u2019an, which Science has not established yet. For example, the Holy Qur\u2019an also says in Surah Ambiya, Ch. 21, Verse No. 104, that\u2026 \u2018As We created this creation\u2026We will roll up the Heavens like a scroll is rolled up, and as we created the early creation, We shall create a new creation\u2019. So Qur\u2019an says\u2026\u2018there is one more creation that is going to be created after the world is destroyed \u2013 Science does not know about that. Qur\u2019an says the first man on the earth was Adam (Alai Salam) \u2013 Science has not discover that yet. Qur\u2019an speaks about soul \u2013 Science has not established that human beings have got soul. The Holy Qur\u2019an also speaks about Jinns, about Spirits, about Angels \u2013 Science has not been able to discover that. Qur\u2019an speaks about life after death \u2013 Science has not discovered that. Qur\u2019an speaks about \u2018Heaven\u2019 and \u2018Hell\u2019 \u2013 Science has not discovered about that. But you may ask me the question \u2013 Brother Zakir, you have given such a good lecture, speaking about scientific facts \u2013 And you believe in \u2018Jinns\u2019, you believe in \u2018Angels\u2019, you believe in \u2018Soul\u2019, you believe in life after death are not you illogical? I will say\u2026 \u2018No , I am not illogical\u2019- I have got a logic why I believe. I do not blindly believe in life after death, in the \u2018Soul\u2019, in \u2018Heaven\u2019 and \u2018Hell\u2019, in \u2018Jinns\u2019 and \u2018Spirits\u2019\u2013 I have a logical belief. I base my logical belief saying\u2026 \u2018That suppose there are scientific facts mentioned in the Holy Qur\u2019an, out of which say approximately 80% have been proved to be 100% correct. 80% of the scientific facts mentioned in the Qur\u2019an have been proved by Science till today to be 100% correct.The remaining 20 % is ambiguous \u2013 unknown. Not even 0.001% have been proved false. Even if one verse is proved false , the Qur\u2019an is not the word of Allah (SWT). So of these 20 % I say goes in the ambiguous slot \u2026 unknown. So my logic says \u2026 \u2018When 80% is 100% correct, the remaining 20% is ambiguous, out of which not even 0.001% has been proved wrong, all are unknown \u2013 my logic says when 80% is correct, even those 20% will be InshAllah correct. It is not a blind belief \u2013 it is a logical belief .<\/p>\n
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(Dr. Mohammed) I would like to just make an observation \u2013 We have had throughout, most of the questioners who have been our Muslim brothers and sisters. What I would suggest is, that one questioner, the one who is at the mike here, the one at the mike here , and the next one who is at the mike there , after giving them an opportunity, we would rather give an opportunity to non Muslims to ask questions \u2013 And it would be a more interesting session. What I would like to assure them, though you see a huge crowd of thousands of people here, many of them Muslims \u2013 I assure you we have a very sensible crowd and our volunteers are very trained to be on your side\u2026 to protect you, to defend you. There is, no\u2026you can rest assured, there is no such thing as someone will come up and say\u2026\u2018how do you talk like this?\u2019 I assure you on behalf of the organizers\u2026 here you are totally safe to ask any question, even if it contains that very ridiculous. What I have noticed is Muslim brothers and sisters have come up and asked questions, who some other non-Muslim or someone might have put them\u2026 or they might have read them in some scientific book some where, and they have put it forward \u2013 I hope this observation is appreciated and taken in the right vein. So we will allow the person who is already on the mikes I will give them opportunities. Those who are behind them, I would request them that you kindly appreciate our point of view as organizers, and co-operate. Though you all have been standing in the queue, if you can co-operate\u2026 allow the next question on those mikes to any brother or sister, who is a Non-Muslim \u2013 Give them a preference after them. It would be very kind of you \u2013 Thank you \u2013 The next question please.<\/p>\n
(Q) My name is Mohammed Shahadat, I am a Chemical Engineer in Hindustan Petroleum. In Qur\u2019an it is mentioned that\u2026\u2018It is Allah who decides the characteristics and the personality of a person inside his or her mother\u2019s womb\u2019. In the field of genetics this field has advanced so much, that nowadays parents can tailor make their children \u2013 If they want to have a very bright student, they can have it by just having that genetic code change \u2013 Is\u2019nt this contradictory with Qur\u2019an?<\/p>\n
(Dr. Zakir). The brother has posed a question that\u2026 \u2018today genetics field has advanced and its possible that we can change the genetics of the child that is going to be born\u2019. Qur\u2019an says that\u2026 \u2018Allah is One who shapes who forms\u2019. And I do agree with that \u2013 Qur\u2019an says in several places \u2013 So does it not mean it is not -contradicting the Qur\u2019an? No brother, it is not \u2013 when it gives the statement \u2026 the Qur\u2019an says\u2026 \u2018Without the power of Allah, it is not possible \u2013 Without the power of Allah it is not possible at all\u2019. For example\u2026 I will give an example\u2026 Qur\u2019an says in Surah Rahman, Ch. 55, Verse No. 33, that\u2026 \u2018With power and skill you will be able to penetrate the Heavens and the Earth , not without the permission of Allah (SWT)\u2019. Means\u2026 you will penetrate the Heavens and the Earth, but only with permission of Allah (SWT). So today because people are going in the Heaven\u2026 does not mean that the Qur\u2019an is wrong. Qur\u2019an says\u2026 \u2018You can do , but with the permission of Allah (SWT)\u2019. Without permission of Allah (SWT)\u2026 it is predicting that people will go in outer space, in Moon, etc\u2026 but if Allah does not wanted, it can not happen .And you know the incidence of\u2018 Challenger\u2019\u2026\u2018The challenger\u2019 tried to take off \u2013 What happened? It tried to challenge Allah (SWT)\u2026 What happened?\u2026 Nothing. Even today we say\u2026 \u2018Family planing\u2019. Do you know there is no family planning which is perfect? Even if you do Tubectomy or Visectomy\u2026 if Allah wants He can yet bring easy conception to that lady .Even if she practices permanent method like Tubectomy, or the husband does Visectomy, still there are chances\u2026 but negligible chances , that the baby can be born. If Allah wishes no one can stop\u2026 you do any family planning method. In genetics also, if they are able to change, it is with Allah\u2019s permission \u2013 If Allah dose not want, you cannot change at all. So few people are successful \u2013 all are not successful. Those who are successful\u2026 are with the permission of Allah (SWT). Those who are not\u2026 Allah has not given them permission. Same way\u2026 \u2018Family planning\u2019 \u2013 Those who are successful, Allah gives permission -those who are not successful, Allah does not give permission. Hope that answer the question.<\/p>\n
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(Q) As Salaam Alaikum, Zakir bhai \u2013 I was a Hindu first and I converted into Islam recently .What I would like to ask you a question is this \u2013 that in Islam and in Hadith, it is written that\u2026 \u2018the Kana Dajjal is going to come very frequently\u2019. I mean very soon, but the main problem is that \u2026 that on this subject lot of\u2026<\/p>\n
(Dr. Mohammed) Excuse me \u2013 We will not\u2026 we will allow question on the topic. You put your question directly on the topic \u2013 see Zakir can answer on various topics. In fact I would like to mention that there are Video tapes of Dr. Zakir available outside, on various topics he has spoken on \u2013 But they take 2 to 3 hrs . to cover up one topic in a proper context and cover up well. Like there are topics he has spoken on \u2013 you can have Video tapes out on\u2026 Is The Qur\u2019an God\u2019s Word, Women\u2019s Rights in Islam \u2013 Modernising or Outdated?, Press Debate, on Is Religious Fundamentalism a Stumbling Block to the freedom of Expression, Qur\u2019an and Modern Science, Religion in the Right Perspective , Al-Qur\u2019an should it be read with Understanding? Similarities between Islam and Christianity, Mohammed (peace be upon him) in Various World Scriptures, Islam Medical Science and Dietary Laws, Islam the Universal Religion, and many other topics he has spoken. But today is the time for\u2026 \u2018Qur\u2019an and Modern Science \u2013 Conflict and Conflict or Conciliation?\u2019- only. We will not allow any topic outside that\u2026 this topic frame \u2013 because\u2026 that we require a 3 hours period to do justice to the topic \u2013 That is the reason, why I hope you appreciate that. You can put your question if it is related to the topic\u2026 Brother, you can put your question if it is related to the topic.<\/p>\n
(Q: Contd\u2026) I would like to ask answer another question regarding this Modern Sience.<\/p>\n
(Dr. Mohammed) Yes, Welcome .<\/p>\n
(Q: Contd\u2026) A woman who has it, is always\u2026 a when a woman is carrying a baby in her womb, Islam forbids abortion. But if a woman is facing some kind of a medical problem\u2026 if she is Anemic, or if she has just delivered a baby recently\u2026 in recent months to come, and there is always a threat to her life \u2013 Non Muslims doctors say\u2026 \u2018to abort it\u2019, and the Muslim doctor say\u2026 \u2018It is haram\u2019. And someone who is little bit modern, said that\u2026 \u2018If the child is for 40 days in the womb\u2026 before 40 days, you can abort \u2013 If after 40 days it is not possible, you cannot do it under Islamic law \u2013 Is that right or is that wrong? .<\/p>\n
(Dr. Zakir). Brother has asked a question that\u2026 \u2018Speaking today \u2013 Scientifically\u2026 the doctors who want to abort, etc.- why does Qur\u2019an not give permission to abort, if it is danger to the life of the mother?. Qur\u2019an speaks about abortion in Surah Anam, Ch. 6, Verse No. 151. as well as in Surah Isra, Ch. 17, Verse No. 31, it says\u2026 \u2018Kill not your children for want of sustenance, for it is Allah that will provide sustenance to you and your children, for killing of infants is a major sin\u2019. So abortion is haram under normal circumstances \u2013 Example, pork is haram, alcohol is haram, having dead meat is haram. But same time the Qur\u2019an says in four different places, in Surah Baqarah, Ch. 2, Verse No. 173, in Surah Maidah, Ch. 5, Verse No. 3, in Surah Anam, Ch. 6, Verse No. 145, and Surah Nahl, Ch. 16, verse No. 115, it says\u2026 \u2018that if unwillingly if you disobey Allah (SWT) Allah is Rehman O Rahim\u2019. If under compulsion, if you disobey Allah (SWT) \u2026Allah is Rehman O Rahim. If you are dying of hunger\u2026 pork is the only dish that you can have, pork becomes halal for you \u2013 It is perfectly allowed \u2013 but do not have so much, and keep on having after you do not require it. If you are in a jungle if pork is the only thing that you can find to eat\u2026 or in a desert- pork becomes allowed for you only for that time. When you come back to the city it becomes haram \u2013 So same way abortion. Just because you do not want a child\u2026 is haram \u2013 In Islam it is a major sin. But if it is a danger to the life of the mother, it is totally allowed \u2013 because in Islam the life of the mother is more precious than the life of the child which has not come in being on its own. I do know there are certain people, who say\u2026 \u2018after 40 days its not allowed \u2013 before 40 it is allowed\u2019. Qur\u2019an is very clear cut on that \u2013 \u2018 If it is a danger to your life\u2026 unwillingly if you disobey Allah (SWT), it is totally allowed.\u2019 So if the doctor says that if you have certain heart problems, and the labour pain will cause a strain on your heart\u2026 the mother will die \u2013 You have to abort. You have to go ahead with it, became in Islam you cannot sacrifice a greater loss, to save a small loss. The life of the mother who adult is more important than the child who cannot live on its own. In these cases if it is danger to the life of the mother, it is totally allowed in Islam \u2013 if it is not a danger, it is haram. Hope that answer to the question.<\/p>\n
(Dr. Mohammed ) The next question from the ladies side.<\/p>\n
(Q). Salamu Alaikum, brother Zakir. My question is, when Qur\u2019an speaks so much about Science , then how come the Muslims are so backward in the field of Science? (Dr. Zakir). Sister has posed the question, that when Qur\u2019an speaks so much about Science \u2013 how come the Muslims are backward. Sister I would mainly blame the media. The media today is in the hands of the Westerners, the Europeans \u2013 It is in their hand, They have the Satellite, they have the Television, they have the CNN, they have the BBC- It is in their hand. The media is in their hands \u2013 and whatever you read in your school books, and books which we read in college \u2013 you will read there that\u2026 \u2018from 8th to the 12th century it was the Dark Ages\u2019. Dark \u2026for whom? It was dark for the Europeans \u2013 not for the world. The Arabs and the Muslims, were very much advanced\u2026 from 8th to the 12th century -they were very much advanced. The Europeans were backward because\u2026 they said\u2026\u2018dark for the world.\u2019 It was not dark for the world \u2013 It was dark for the Europeans. With the limited instruments and technology what we had from 8th to 12th century- what discoveries the Muslim Scientists made \u2013 it is unbelievable. Today, because Science is Advanced we are making so many discoveries. There with the amount of limited facilities we had, the amount of discoveries Muslim Scientists made \u2013 its unbelievable. For example I quoted in my talk, that Ibn-e-Nafees\u2026he discovered the blood circulation, But in the medical books and the books we read in school\u2026 who discovered blood circulation? William Harvey. Every one knows William Harvey-Noone know about Ibn-e-Nafees. Ibn-e-Nafees spoke about \u2018blood circulation\u2019, 400 years before \u2013 the Europeans later on picked up the books of the Muslims and re-hatched it\u2026 and said we discovered it. See\u2026 if you see the discoveries that Muslims have made. For example if you know Al-Idrusi \u2013 In 1154, he drew the first map of Mediterranean- the geography of the world \u2013 first. Mathematics \u2013 Muslims were far advanced in Mathematics. We introduced the Decimal point. Do you know, what we call the digits 1, 2, 3? The other ones are called as Roman numerical \u2013 it is called as Arabic numerals. Why it is called Arabic numerals?\u2026 Because the Arabs were the one who discovered it. The decimal point are the Arabic numerals. The person who first proved the Pythogoras theoram \u2013 he was Arab Thusy. We know about the Pythogoras theoram, but we don\u2019t know about Arab Thusy. He said that\u2026 \u2018The square of the hypotenuse was equal to the sum of the opposite two sides of the triangle\u2019. Alberuni \u2013 he was an authority in Trigonometry. All these people they were experts. If you know of Al-Khindi\u2026 Al-Khindi, he was a Philosopher, a Mathematician and Astronomer. When great scientists like Galileo , Newton, etc., they said that all physical laws were absolute \u2013 he said that all physical laws, are relative. And today we know that, \u2018Theory of Relativity\u2019 is proved by Albert Einstein. No one knows about Al-Khindi \u2013 He was the person , who basically gave the idea of \u2018theory of relativity\u2019. Later on he did more research and talked about \u2018Theory of Relativity\u2019. Who knows about the three brothers Mohammed , Shakir and Hassan? Who knows about them?\u2026 They toured the surface area of the earth from a angle at the Red Sea\u2026 when people thought the world was flat. Chemistry \u2013 the Muslims were far advanced in Chemistry. Ibn-e-Hayan, Jabir Ibn-e-Hayyan\u2026 they have latinized the word \u2018Ghebar\u2019- So when we read in our tent books Ghebar\u2019, we think it is an European. It is a Muslim. Jabir-Ibn \u2013 E-Hayan\u2026 you know \u2018Ghebar\u2019 \u2013 you do not know\u2026 we do not know who is Jabir. He is the person who distilled Alcohol. \u2018Alcohol\u2019 comes from the Arabic word \u2018Algul\u2019- meaning \u2018Ghost\u2019, \u2018Evil Spirit\u2019. \u2018Alcohol\u2019 is an Arabic Word. He wrote 2 thousand different pages only on Chemistry. Mohammed Zakariya Razi \u2013 he was famous in Medicine \u2013 He was authority on the field of Small Pox and Measles. He was the first person who used Mercury ointment. He wrote books on children\u2019s disease. There are several Muslim Scientists. Ali-Ibn-E-Abbas he wrote twenty volumes on Medicine. Ali-Ibn-E-Sina known as \u2018Albesina\u2019 \u2026\u2018Albesina\u2019, it doesn\u2019t not sound Muslim. Ali-Ibn-E-Sina \u2026 yes Muslim \u2013 \u2018Albesina\u2019\u2026 not Muslim. Who got the title of \u2018Aristole of the East?\u2019 He wrote the book \u2018Kanoon\u2019, which was referred as a text book of medicine till as late as seventeenth century. Who knows Ibn-e-Zuhoor ? He was the person after Alexander who did research on Paracytology. He described the \u2018Itch Mite\u2019\u2026 the Parecaditis. He described the Otydismedia, Intrycosetomy. Several medical doctors Al-Zaharwi\u2026 Al-Zaharwi was the famous dentist, as well as surgeon as well as Optitician. He invented several instruments of Surgery, Gynecology as well as Dentistry. We all of us know the other thing but the media is in the hands of the Westerners. The Muslims were far advanced. But I do agree with you- today\u2026 today the Muslims are getting backward in Science- You know why? The Europeans are being advanced \u2013 You know why? The Muslims are recoming backward, because they are going away from the Holy Qur\u2019an \u2013 they are going away from their Religion. And do you know why the Europeans are getting advanced? They too are going away from their Religion. The Europeans are also getting advanced, because even they are going away from their religion. The Muslims they are going backward because they are going away from their religion. I would request the Muslims brothers and sisters out here, as well as Non-Muslims -there are people reading the Qur\u2019an\u2026 Why don\u2019t we read the Qur\u2019an with understanding? Why don\u2019t we ponder over the verses? We have only kept the Qur\u2019an for kissing, and keeping on top. That is all\u2026 the Qur\u2019an was not meant for it to be kissed, and kept on top \u2013 It should be implemented in your daily life. If you implement the Qur\u2019an in your daily life, read it with understanding , Inshallah again we will be on top of the world. Hope that answers the question.<\/p>\n
(Dr. Mohammed) Now you would\u2026 I would request our volunteers to give an opportunity to any Non-Muslim brothers and guests we have here at our mikes, to give them a preference and opportunity, and then our other brothers. Can we have your name and designation and your question, after that\u2026 the brother on my right.<\/p>\n
(Q) I am K.Mahesh\u2026lecturer from Saboo Siddique Polytechnic, in the computer department. I would like to ask regarding the Muslim marriage system \u2013 Why Islam allows more than one woman to be married with a man , I mean apart from that, why it allows multiple marriages after talaq, and does it harm\u2026 I mean in terms of medical like AIDS and that type of things. And why that much of, why Islam suppresses the women that much and do not give the equal status to the women? As a recent example of Afghanistan, which had happened, that a woman had been beaten as she was out and doing some work and she was not in a purdah.<\/p>\n
( Dr Mohammed ) Brother , what I would request you ask questions on the topic -Zakir has covered another topic of this question \u2013 \u2018Women\u2019s Rights in Islam \u2013 Modernizing Or Outdated\u2019 ? Video tape we have available \u2013 \u2018Women\u2019s Rights\u2019- It covers up\u2026 it is a three hour lecture. You just put one \u2013 there are hundreds of questions on this topic \u2013 In brief\u2026 brief, he has covered up many of these questions \u2013 What we request, ask questions on the topic.<\/p>\n
(Q). Why it allows more than one marriages \u2013 like two three women one man ?\u2026I mean marry more than one woman?<\/p>\n
(Dr. Mohammed) Excuse me, can I have your name?<\/p>\n
(Question Contd\u2026.) Mahesh\u2026I am K.Mahesh. What I would like to clarify is that today the talk is on\u2026 \u2018Qur\u2019an And Modern Science\u2019-You may ask any question on this topic not any question outside this topic.<\/p>\n
(Dr. Zakir) I would request that if the chairperson gives me opportunity, since it is Non-Muslim asking a question\u2026if the chairperson gives a opportunity, we will make only this as the first exception.<\/p>\n
(Dr. Mohammed) Okay we will allow this, but let us not make it a habit for the other questioners.<\/p>\n
(Dr.Zakir) Since the person is not ready to leave the mike\u2026 he may think that we may not know the answer. Brother we have this rule\u2026so that all the questions on the topic are covered as Dr. Mohammed Naik said\u2026these questions what I have been posed earlier, which was rejected \u2013 since he was a Muslim, we did not allow\u2026 since you are a non-Muslim and you are so enthusiastic\u2026 but I think the chairperson will not give a second chance to another Non-Muslim , who breaks the rules .<\/p>\n
(Dr. Mohammed). We will allow him . Usually when Zakir goes abroad also we have the session called\u2026 \u2018Open question and answer session\u2019,<\/p>\n
(Dr. Zakir). The brother has posed a question that why does Islam allow a man to marry more than one wife? For all remaining questions and answers are in this cassette\u2026 even this\u2026But since you ask here, I am just giving you the reply , that the Qur\u2019an is the only religious book on the face of the earth , which says\u2026 \u2018Marry only one\u2019. There is no other Religious book on the face of the earth. Whether you read the Ramanayana , the Mahabharata , the Bhagwatgita, the Bible\u2026 no religious book says\u2026 \u2018Marry only one\u2019 \u2013 except the Holy Qur\u2019an. The Holy Qur\u2019an says in Surah Nisa, Ch. 4, Verse No. 3, it says.. \u2018Marry women of your choice in twos , threes and fours , but if you cannot do justice, marry only one\u2019. If you cannot do justice, marry only one. Otherwise if you can do justice, Qur\u2019an has put an upper limit\u2026 two, three or four, Maximum four\u2026 not more than that. Previous religions- they gave permission, for a man to marry as many wives \u2013 Qur\u2019an put upper limit\u2026 restriction of maximum four. You know why ?, because if you think logically\u2026 if you analyse. But it says at the same time, in Surah Nisa, Ch. 4, Verse 129\u2026 \u2018It is difficult to do justice between your wives \u2013 It is difficult, therefore do not turn away from them all together\u2019. Marrying more than one wife, you do not get more \u2018sawab\u2019 -You do not get more blessings. There is no Hadith saying , that if you marry more than one wife you will get more sawab\u2019. There is a Hadith which says that if you marry , you complete half you deen. So, somebody ask me at the question answer time\u2026 \u2018Does it mean that if I marry twice, I compete my full deen. No marriage takes you away from promicenitry, from fornication. Therefore it is Farz\u2026 but whether you marry one or two , yet you are only completing half your deen. The reason why Islam gives permission for Polygeny \u2013 that is the right word \u2013 It is because if you analyse men and women are born in equal proportion \u2013 But in the pediatric stage itself , since the female is a stronger sex medically\u2026 if you ask any pediatrician , he will tell you\u2026 the female can fight the germs and disease much better them the male. So more female children live, than the male children. There are more deaths in the male children than female children. When you grow up there are accidents, death due to cigarette smoking, death due to war more male die than female. War in Afghanistan.. do you know , more them a million people died. Mainly they were gents \u2013 Whatever it is\u2026 whatever you said\u2026 more men die than females. If you analyse the statistic, India is one of the few countries in which there is more male than female. You know why? Because of female infan\u00adticide. Every day 3 thousand fetus are being aborted, when they identified that they are female. More than one million are aborted every year in India, on being identified , they are female. That is the reason\u2026 otherwise if you see the statistics of America, there are more than 7.8 million females than males, in America alone. In New York alone, there is 1 million females more than male. And out of the population of New York, 1\/3rd are Gay\u2026 Sodomites\u2026 Kaum-e-Luth. There are more than 25 million gays in America. That means there are more than 30 millions females who cannot find hus\u00adbands in America alone. In U.K alone, there are 4 mil\u00adlion females more than male. In Germany alone, 5 million females more than males. In Russia alone, 7 million females more than males \u2013 and Allah (SWT) alone knows there are how many million females more than males in this world. I am asking you a question, that suppose my sister or your sister happens to be in America , and suppose everyone agrees with your philosophy, that every man should marry one wife. And if every man in America marries a woman , still there will be 7.8 million females- and plus, since the gays also do not get married , there will be more than 25 to 30 million females , who cannot find husbands \u2013 If my sister happens to be one of those unfortunate lady who has not been married, and the market is saturated\u2026 the only option remaining for my sister, is to marry a man who already has a wife, or become public property.<\/p>\n
(Clapping)<\/p>\n
(Dr. Mohammed ) The next question from the brother on the left.<\/p>\n
(Q). Salam Alaikum! My name is Adyar Anwar\u2026 Allah (swt) created everything\u2026 Some verses \u2026 \u2018We created \u2019\u2026\u2018We prepared \u2019\u2026 like this \u2013 Why plural is coming.?<\/p>\n
(Dr.Zakir). Brother has posed the question that, why has the word \u2018We\u2019 used in the Qur\u2019an, for Allah (SWT) \u2013 Is it more than one? Brother \u2018We\u2019, in Arabic\u2026 they are 2 types \u2013 One is \u2018We\u2019 for plural, one is \u2018Royal Plural\u2019. \u2018Royal Plural\u2019 like, for example\u2026 if you know Rajiv Gandhi, how he used to speaks\u2026 he used to say\u2026 \u2018Hum dekhna chahate hain\u2019 . \u2018Hum\u2019\u2026 That \u2018Hum\u2019\u2026 was not plural, it was Singular- It is a \u2018Royal Plural\u2019\u2026 it is called. So same way Allah (SWT)\u2026 some places uses \u2018I\u2019, some places uses \u2018We\u2019. The \u2018We\u2019\u2026 in Arabic does not indicate plurality -It means Royal Plural, Active to Singular. So \u2018We\u2019\u2013 When it says\u2026 \u2018We\u2019 have created you \u2013 it means singular Allah (SWT). Qur\u2019an clearly states in Surah Ikhlas, Ch. 112, Verse No. 1\u2026(Arabic\u2026). \u2018Say: He is Allah one and only.\u2019\u2013 Allah is only one\u2026 not more than one. Hope that answers the question.<\/p>\n
(Clapping)<\/p>\n
(Q). As-Salaamu Alaikum, brothers and sisters \u2013 I would like to know whether organ transplant and organ donation, are permitted in Islam?<\/p>\n
(Dr.Zakir). The sister has posed the question that- is organ transplanta\u00adtion or donation allowed in Islam or not. There is no verse in the Holy Qur\u2019an directly saying that whether you should give or should not give \u2013 It is silent on that issue. There were various conferences taken place by various Ulemas throughout the world, including Malaysia, in Jeddah, in Riyadh, even here \u2013 on this issue, whether organ transplantation in allowed or not. By the conference of Ulemas of the world\u2026 today they say that organ transplantation is allowed, if you satisfied 3 conditions. First is , the organ that you are going to give to the person\u2026 the person if he receives the organ, his life will be saved. Only if his life is in danger, and then if he wants the organ, then its allowed. Point number 2, the person donating the organ, he should not do it for economical reasons\u2026 not for money , not for getting one lakh rupees, or 2 lakh rupees. Third is, after the person donates the organ, it should not cause loss of his life. Today, science tells that there are certain organs in the body, for example the Kidney. One Kidney is sufficient for a human being to survive and lead a normal life \u2013 the second is an addi\u00adtional. So if suppose my mother\u2026 if she has both the Kidneys fai\u00adlure and if I donate one Kidney\u2026 surely Allah will not hold me responsible \u2013 But natural if it does not cause a loss to my life. I cannot say\u2026 \u2018I want to donate my heart\u2019. If my heart is taken out, I will die, so I cannot donate my heart. I can only donate those organs which will not cause loss\u2026 loss to my life, and I should not do it for economical reasons, point number 2 and 3rd it should save the life. This is the consensus of Ulemas of the conference which took place in Malaysia, in Riyadh, in Jeddah, in India. In India, the Ulemas were reluctant but now if you ask the Fiqh Academy of India, even they say it should not be done \u2013 but if it is used to saving the life as a last resort, you can give your organ as a dona\u00adtion. Hope that answers the question.<\/p>\n
(Clapping) .<\/p>\n
(Dr Mohammed ) The brother on my right.<\/p>\n
(Q). Good evening every body, I am a student of Saboo Siddique \u2013 My name is Harsh Waghela. I want to ask the question, that after the death of human being, dead body should be burnt out, or should be buried ?<\/p>\n
(Dr.Zakir). The brother has posed a question that after human being dies \u2013 Should his body be burnt or should it be buried ? Let us analyze it scientifically, which is more appropriate. Brother as I told in my talk, during the question answer time I believe, that the elements, the constituent, of human beings is present in lesser or greater quantity in the soil, in the earth. So we are created from earth we should go back to the earth \u2013 it is logical. Its more easier for us to go back into the earth point number one. Point number two is, that if you burn a body there is pollution, there is environmental hazard\u2026 environmental hazard is there \u2013 when you bury a body there is no environmental hazard. In fact, the place where you bury\u2026 point number three, the ground and the surrounding ground becomes more fertile. Point number four , it is very cheap to bury. We do not require any money \u2013 Earth is freely available there are graveyards. But to cremate\u2026 to burn , you require tons and tons of wood. Therefore, every year if you see statistics, our government goes in loss of millions of rupees, because they are burning wood loss to environment, environmental problem, hazard, and plus waste of money. If you calculate the amount of people that are dying \u2013 amount of people we are burning it is a loss of money, hazard to the environ\u00adment , it is much more logical and scientific to bury the body than to burn. Hope that answers the question.<\/p>\n
(Clapping)<\/p>\n
(Dr.Mohammed) I would after the next 2 questions are over\u2026 I will allow some questions on slip- I am told that some ladies have written questions on slips \u2013 They would not like to ask on the Mike. Or there are some other people also\u2026 we will allow some questions. The questions which have come on slips, can be passed on to me after the ques\u00adtion\u2026 and unless\u2026 if there is some brother who is a Non-Muslim\u2026 I have told them they have not had enough opportunity, so that we will make an exception to it, so they can ask on the mike- Otherwise I read questions from the slip, after the next two questions are over.<\/p>\n
(Q) As-salaam Alaikum \u2013 My name is Khalid, and I am a student. It is mentioned in Qur\u2019an that\u2026 \u2018Sun and other planets revolve and rotate in a fixed orbit\u2019. And at other place relating to the \u2018Doomsday\u2019\u2026 it is mentioned that\u2026 \u2018Earth will collide with sun in some what a spiral form.\u2019 When \u2018Revolution\u2019 and \u2018Rotation\u2019\u2013 can then the phenomena of colli\u00adsion takes place-How is it possible?.<\/p>\n
(Dr.Zakir). The brother has posed a question that it says that\u2026 \u2018The Sun and the Earth rotates\u2019\u2026 and in some place it says\u2026 \u2018Sun and the Earth will collide\u2019. Some places it says that \u2026 brother as I have told you, there are certain statements in the Qur\u2019an talking about the signs of the Day of Judgment. And I myself quoted in Surah Qiyamah, Ch. 75, Verse No. 8 and 9, that\u2026 \u2018the Sun and the Moon will joined together\u2019. When? \u2013 On the Day of Judgment\u2026 not today. It is giving you signs of the Day of Judgment. It is not telling you that \u2013 today it will happen. The name of the Surah was Surah Qiyamah, \u2018Day of resurrection\u2019\u2026 and give various signs , that the moon will be buried in darkness , the stars will fall down , the oceans will swell up, etc\u2026 These are signs of the Day of Judgement. Has it happened? \u2013 No\u2026 But before the world ends it will surely happen. Hope that answers the question \u2013 No where does the Qur\u2019an says\u2026 \u2018in normal circumstances it will happen\u2019.<\/p>\n
(Dr.Mohammed) Excuse me\u2026To be fair to the people who are already at the mike, next three, four, we will allow the system, what I am asking the volunteers told me allow some people. What I am\u2026 would\u2026 saying that one question, I will ask now on the slip, when on the mike, one on the slip, then on the mike. Think that would be more preferable to some people- they said they are feeling bad, that they stood for some time. So I think the next two to three people can be allowed to stand. The rest beyond that \u2026these volunteers can just , ask them to please be seated\u2026 I then\u2026 that would be more preferable \u2013 Thank you.<\/p>\n
(Q). (Dr.Mohammed) The question on the slip is\u2026is\u2026 it is mentioned in one verse of the Qur\u2019an that\u2026 \u2018Allah is a Lord of the two Easts and two Wests\u2019. How can you explain this verse of the Qur\u2019an scientifically ?<\/p>\n
(Dr.Zakir). The question posed was that the Holy Qur\u2019an mentions that\u2026\u2018Allah is the Lord of two Easts and two Wests.\u2019- How can you explain scientif\u00adically? What the person is referring to the verse in the Holy Qur\u2019an from Surah Rahman, Ch. 55, Verse No. 17, which says \u2026(Arabic), that\u2026 \u2018Allah is the Lord of two Easts and two Wests\u2019. The Arabic word used here is\u2026 in Arabic, we have two types of \u2018Plural\u2019. One is dual plural \u2026and one is plural, more than two. Here \u2018Rabbul Mushrakaine\u2019 is dual plural. That Allah is the Lord of two Easts and Lord of two Wests. Let us see what Sci\u00adence has to say about that\u2026 and we know that the Sun rises from the East- it sets in the West. But Science tells us today, that\u2026\u2018 the Sun rises from the due East only on two days\u2026 exactly East. In the other times if you have noticed, this rising\u2026 the point of rising of the Sun keeps on varying. It rises exactly due East, only on two days \u2013 the two days of Equinox. All the other days it either rises, South or North, of East. Similarly it rises from one extreme of the East in the Summer solstice, and rises from the other extreme of the East in Winter solstice. Similarly the Sun sets in due West , only on two days- On two days of Equinox. All the other days it either sets South or North of due West. It sets in one extreme of West in the Summer solstice , and sets in the other extreme of west in the Winter solstice. So when the Qur\u2019an says that Allah (SWT) is the Lord of two Easts and two Wests, it is referring to the two extreme points of East and two extreme points of west. But there is another Verse in the Holy Qur\u2019an in Surah Maarij, Ch. No. 70, Verse No. 40, which says that\u2026\u2018 Allah is the Lord of East and West\u2019. It is not dual plural \u2013 it is plural more than two . The Allah is the Lord of Easts and the Lord of Wests. Therefore Allah is the Lord of all the various points in East. So in short, Allah is the Lord of two extreme points of East, two extreme points of the West and all the points in between \u2013 in the West and all the points in between in the East.<\/p>\n
( Dr. Mohammed ) Next question from the ladies side please.<\/p>\n
(Q). Salam Alaikum, brother Zakir \u2013 My name is Malika Mohammed Islam. My question is that, what does the Qur\u2019an mean when it says that Allah send down Iron from the Heaven?<\/p>\n
(Dr.Zakir). The sister has asked the question \u2013 what does the Qur\u2019an means when it says, that Allah has sent down Iron from the Heaven. The Verse that sister is referring to the Holy Qur\u2019an is in Surah Hadith, Ch. 57, which means \u2018Iron\u2019, Verse 25, which says that\u2026 \u2018Allah has sent down Iron , in which there is material for war and various benefits for the human being\u2019. The Arabic word used for \u2018send down\u2019\u2026. is \u2018Anzala.\u2019 \u2013 It means\u2026\u2018to send down\u2019. Now \u2018Anzala\u2019 can be looked at in two different ways. One way is\u2026 \u2018Allah has sent down\u2019 \u2013 \u2018Allah has revealed\u2019\u2026 So Allah has revealed that in \u2018Iron\u2019 there is a lot of use and material for mighty war , as well as benefits for human kind. Allah has revealed this \u2013 that in \u2018Iron\u2019 there is material for war and various benefits And we know today that iron is one of the most important metals we know of \u2013 from it we get \u2018Steel\u2019. And Steel and Iron is used for making instruments of war, like weapons swords, spears, guns, etc. It\u2019s even used for making instruments of peace , like brick layer, instruments of an engineer, instruments of an architect, knife, fork, spoon, etc. So if you read the first meaning, it says that\u2026 \u2018Allah has revealed that in Iron there is various benefits and material for mighty war\u2019. The other way, if you take it literally, that\u2026 \u2018Iron has been sent down\u2026 been send down from Heaven\u2019. This verse was shown to Professor Armstrong\u2026 that what you do have to comment on Surah Hadith, Ch. 57, Verse No. 25, which says that\u2026 \u2018Iron has been sent down from Heaven\u2019. So he tells us that it is recently that the Scientists have come to know about the formation process, of various elements. And they say that the energy required to make one Atom of Iron, it is so enormous that the energy of the whole Solar System is not sufficient. And a calculation was made that energy four times that of the Solar System is made to produce one atom of Iron. Means, the energy of the Moon, the Stars, the Sun all this energy\u2026 if we take of the planets, etc . only the planet of the Solar System and the Sun and the Moon, it will not be suffi\u00adcient to produced one Atom of Iron. Scientists today tell us that iron is an extra terrestrial metal, which is confirming the Qur\u2019a\u00adnic Ayat\u2026 if you take it literally, that Iron has been send down from the Heaven.<\/p>\n
(Dr Mohammed ) The next question from the slip.<\/p>\n
(Q). There was a philosopher in six century B.C. who said that\u2026 \u2018The Earth rotates about its own axis, and the planets move around the Sun\u2019. The Qur\u2019an also gives the indication of a similar scientific fact. Some people alleged that the Prophet copied these points from the philosopher \u2013 Please comment ?<\/p>\n
(Dr.Zakir). The question posed was, that there was a philosopher in six century B.C. who said\u2026\u2018the planets and the Earth rotates around the Sun\u2019 \u2013 May be the Prophet copied from this philosopher\u2026 Prophet Mohammed (peace be upon him). I do agree that in the six century B.C\u2026 the Pythogorians \u2013 these people they defended the theory that\u2026\u2018 the Earth and the planets they rotate and they revolved around the Sun\u2019. But to say that\u2026 \u2018Prophet Mohammed (peace be upon him) copied from them\u2019- is illogical , because these people failed to realize, that these same Pythogorians , that they also defended the theory\u2026 \u2018that the Sun was the centre of the Universe\u2019. The Sun was fixed \u2013 it did not rotate, neither did it revolve \u2013 so to say that Prophet Mohammed (SAWS) copied those two points\u2026 \u2018Earth and planets rotate and they revolved\u2019- and did not copy the point which says that\u2026 \u2018the Sun was centre of the Universe the Sun was fixed, it did not rotate, it did not revolve\u2019 is illogical. I do know that there are various Philosophers, whose works of antiqu\u00adity, gives us ideas\u2026 and they say several things. But if you analyze the works of Philosophers, of antiquity \u2013 their works is mixed with valid and invalid reasons\u2026 Invalid and valid ideas. People nor\u00admally quote the valid ideas \u2013 they forget that they even left behind invalid ideas. They were great thinkers \u2013 the difference between these Philosophers who predicted, the Qur\u2019an is\u2026 these philosophers only thought and predicted\u2026and they made even false statements. The Qur\u2019an Alhamdulliah \u2013 more than 1000 verses speak about science\u2026and not a single is wrong. The difference is Qur\u2019an gives a challenge. To say that Prophet Mohammed (SWS) copied from these people\u2026 and did not copy the negative point \u2013 may be one or two, it is possible, it was fluke \u2013 but to say, that all the thousands of verses the Qur\u2019an speaks about Science were copied is illogical. Because Qur\u2019an gives a challenge (Arabic\u2026.) in Surah Nisa, Ch. 4, Verse No. 82,\u2018Do you not consider the Qur\u2019an with care \u2013 had it been from anyone besides Allah, there would have been many contradictions\u2019.<\/p>\n
(Clapping)<\/p>\n
(Dr.Mohammed ) The next question from the brother on the right.<\/p>\n
(Q). Salaam Alaikum, My name is Faisal \u2013 How scientifically or logically can you explain that Allah (SWT) being Omniscient\u2026 that is knowing the past, present, future and every thing \u2013 send Scriptures before the Qur\u2019an \u2013 Why did not He send the Qur\u2019an itself?<\/p>\n
(Dr.Zakir). Brother has asked the question \u2013 that why did Allah (swt), did\u2019nt send Qur\u2019an earlier. Why did He send the other revelations first\u2026 and then the Qur\u2019an ? It is like you asking me, that\u2026 \u2018Why didn\u2019t you first teach me medicine? Why I had to go to standard one, standard two, standard three, and then do my medicine?\u2019 \u2013 You have to go in stage wise. All the previ\u00adous revelations that came before the Qur\u2019an, as I mentioned earli\u00ader were send only for those people and for a particular time period. The Holy Qur\u2019an is send to the whole of human kind, and its message is meant till Eternity. Therefore, the previous reve\u00adlation that won\u2019t be preserved. Allah thought it right \u2013 He has Divine knowledge \u2013 He knows when to send the final Revelation \u2013 Not that he could not sent it earlier. Like the teacher knows how much to teach to a student \u2013 Should not go beyond the level. So Allah thought it fit, that humankind may be had reached that level, were I can reveal the final Revelation. Allah knew that may be pre\u00adviously, the time was not right \u2013 therefore all the previous revela\u00adtions \u2013 none of them have been preserved except the Holy Qur\u2019an. Because Qur\u2019an is the last and the final Revelation and it proved itself to be \u2018Word of God\u2019. It proved itself 1400 hundred years ago- will prove today- and will be able to prove till Eternity, Inshallah.<\/p>\n
(Dr.Mohammed) The next question from the slip.<\/p>\n
(Q). The Qur\u2019an says that Allah has made the earth for you as a carpet \u2013 this gives an indication that earth is flat\u2026 which is contradictory with modern Science.<\/p>\n
(Dr.Zakir). The question posed was \u2013 and people are astonished out here\u2026 that the Qur\u2019an says the earth was like a carpet\u2026 spread out like a carpet \u2013 So does it mean, it was flat? What the person is referring- from the Ayat from the Holy Qur\u2019an, in Surah Nur, Ch. 71,verse no. 19 and 20, which does say\u2026 \u2018that we have spread out the Earth like a carpet\u2019. But it gives the answer in the next verse, in verse number 20, \u2018So that you may walk and travel in the spacious path\u2019. As I mentioned in my talk \u2013 the Geologists, they tell us today, the earth which we live- on the surface is hardly one to 10 miles, and less than 1% of the total radius of the earth which is 3750 miles. The top layer is a solid shell. The deeper layers are hot and fluid, and inhospitable for existence of life. No where does the Qur\u2019an say, that the earth is flat. It gives a similitude that\u2026 \u2018We have spread out the Earth like a carpet\u2019. People normally have a misconception that\u2026 \u2018A carpet can only be spread on a flat surface\u2019. It is wrong \u2013 A carpet, can also be spread on a spherical surface. For example imagine that there is big model of the earth, the globe, say about 10 feet in radius \u2013 Very big \u2013 Very well you can spread a carpet around it \u2013 It is possible. But Qur\u2019an is scientifically also speaking, that besides spreading out \u2013 today Science tells us that the earth\u2019s crust \u2013 because when we layout a carpet, we normally spread out a carpet, on the surface which is not comfortable to walk on \u2013 Carpet is normally spread out on a sur\u00adface which is not comfortable to walk on. So Science today tells us that if the outer crust was not spread out like a carpet around this spherical earth, we would not be able to live \u2013 Because the deeper layers are hot and fluid. So when Qur\u2019an says we have spread out the earth, its referring to the earth\u2019s crust has been spread out like a carpet. And the reason is given\u2026 \u2018So that you may walk in the spacious path of the Lord\u2019- Qur\u2019an says in other places also that\u2026 \u2018We have made the Earth, as spacious\u2019. Qur\u2019an says\u2026 in Surah Nabah Ch. 78, Verse No. 6, \u2018We have made the Earth as an expanse\u2019. It is refer\u00adring that\u2026 \u2018The earth, We have made as wide\u2019- You know why? The answer is given in Surah Ankabut, Ch. 29, Verse, 56 which says\u2026\u2018 We have made the Earth as a wide expanse for you so that you will worship Me and Me alone\u2019. So tomorrow you cannot say that, the situation where I lived in, may beBombay, it was difficult circumstances, therefore I was prevented to do good deeds \u2013 So I did evil deeds. Allah says\u2026 \u2018The earth is a wide expanse for you \u2013 it is spacious\u2019. You cannot give the excuse for doing evil deeds , because of your circumstances. Therefore worship Allah, and Allah alone. There is no place in the Holy Qur\u2019an which says\u2026\u2018The world is flat\u2019. In fact, I told you in my speech the Qur\u2019an says in Surah Luqman, Ch. 31, Verse 29, and Surah Al-Zumoor, Ch. 39, Verse No. 5, that\u2026 \u2018The world is spherical\u2019 and specifically in Surah Naziyath, Ch. 79, Verse No. 30\u2026(Arabic\u2026) \u2018We have made the Earth thereafter Egg shape\u2026like an Ostrich Egg, which is exactly Geo spherical.<\/p>\n
(Clapping)<\/p>\n
Hope that answers the question.<\/p>\n
(Dr.Mohammed) Next brother on my left.<\/p>\n
(Q). Salaam Alaikum Wa Rahamtullahi Wabarakatuhu \u2013 My name is Abdul Subhan \u2013 I am an accountant. It is mentioned in Qur\u2019an that Allah Tawarkatalla says\u2026 \u2018No one can say what is in the stomach of the mother\u2026 male or female\u2019. But on the other hand science says ,or it is proving that male or female \u2013 So kindly give your bright light on this question.<\/p>\n
(Dr.Zakir) The brother has posed the question, that the Qur\u2019an says that\u2026 \u2018No one besides Allah (SWT) can mention, what is the sex of the child in the mother\u2019s womb. And today Science is advanced \u2013 you can come to know by Ultra \u2013 Sonography, etc., the sex of the child. What the brother is referring to, a verse in the Holy Qur\u2019an form Surah Luqman, Ch. 31, Verse No. 34, which says\u2026 \u2018Only Allah has the knowledge of the hour\u2019 \u2013 of when it is going to rain, what is in the womb of the mother, where will a person die, and what will he earn. The Qur\u2019an says\u2026 \u2018Only Allah knows what is in the womb of the mother\u2019- It does not say\u2026\u2018 What is the sex of the child in the mother\u2019s womb\u2019. I do know \u2013 there are various transla\u00adtions, especially the Urdu translations \u2013 they mention the word \u2018Sex\u2019 \u2013 The word \u2018Sex\u2019 is not there in the Holy Qur\u2019an. The Arabic verse of Surah Lukman Ch. 31, Verse 34, does not say, \u2018Sex\u2019. It says no one besides Allah knows what is in the womb. It is only referring to the nature of the child. Whether the child that will be born \u2013 will he be good, or will he be bad? Will he be boon for society\u2026 Will he be bane for society?\u2026 What will he become a doctor or a Engineer? \u2026. Will he go to Heaven or Hell. And no Scientist with the best technology can decipher that. No where does the Qur\u2019an say that\u2026 \u2018Only Allah knows the sex\u2019. It is saying, only Allah knows what will be the nature of the child, and what will he do \u2013 and no scientist whatever with equipment they have can predict this.<\/p>\n
(Clapping ).<\/p>\n
( Dr. Mohammed ) The next question from the slip.<\/p>\n
(Q). What does the Qur\u2019an speak about the possibility of life on other Planets, or Moon- as the Scientists are claiming possibility of water on the surface of Moon. I think we have covered this in the earlier part of the Question \u2013 Answer session.<\/p>\n
(Q). The next question I would put forward \u2013 this is come on the slip. We have talked about Astronomy \u2013 What is the reference towards Astrology, and effect of the position of Stars and Planets on human life. The Hindu mythology and belief, lays a lot a stress of \u2018Janampatri\u2019 and Palmistry \u2013 Your comments please.<\/p>\n
(Dr.Zakir). Question posed is , the Qur\u2019an speaks about Astronomy \u2013 What does the Qur\u2019an speak about Astrology \u2013 Like looking at the stars and \u2018Janampatri \u2019, fortune telling, etc. The Qur\u2019an says in several places including Surah Maidah ,Ch. 5, Verse No. 90, it says\u2026 (Arabic )\u2026 O you who believe, (Arabic )\u2026Most cer\u00adtainly intoxicants and gambling, (Arabic)\u2026 dedication of stones , divination of arrows,
\n (Arabic )\u2026 these are Satan\u2019s handy work \u2013 Abstain from such handy works, that you may prosper. The Qur\u2019an says that\u2026 \u2018Do not indulge in fortune telling\u2019. It does not say whether fortune telling can be right or wrong \u2013 It says\u2026\u2018 Do not indulge in it\u2019.
\nAnd we know there are may people who can look at the palm and predict your future\u2026 by looking at the Stars, and we know most of it is fake \u2013 You know most of it is fake. You go to a computer\u2026 put you date of birth, and you get the answer. There was a research done by a professor, to just show to the people, what did he mean. He taught a class room of hundred students for 7 days. At the end of the seven days he said\u2026 \u2018I have come to know the nature of all the students. I will write each one\u2019s nature on a piece of chit and give it to him , and when I say open the chit, open it simultane\u00adously and give your views\u2019. So he wrote a chit of paper, and gave to every student what his nature is \u2013 and what has he done in the past, what has he done so far. So all the students, they opened the chit \u2013 and do you know that more then 90% said that \u2018the teacher was 100% correct\u2019. The remaining 10% said he was 90% correct. The experiment was \u2013 the teacher wrote the same thing for all the 100 students. You know there are certain things \u2013 if I will tell you\u2026\u2018In the next six months, something good is going to happen to you\u2019. Even if 100 bad things happen \u2013 one good thing is going to happen \u2013 So it is no prediction. It is just making a fluery of the people. Most of these people who say that\u2026\u2018We can predict\u2019. You know what they say\u2026 \u2018See\u2026 See, all the other people\u2026 all the other people who predict future are false \u2013 but the one which I go to \u2013 he is 100% correct\u2019. Everyone says that, and they take them for a ride \u2013 Just to make money. Qur\u2019an does not say whether it is right or wrong \u2013 Qur\u2019an says\u2026\u2018Do not indulge in fortune telling\u2019. It does not say\u2026\u2018No one can tell about this or that\u2019 \u2013 It says.. \u2018Do not indulge, it will cause you more harm\u2019. Hope that answers the question.<\/p>\n
(Clapping)<\/p>\n
( Dr.Mohammed ) We will allow another four more\u2026 four to five questions, after which we would wind up the programme.<\/p>\n
(Q). The next ques\u00adtion from the slip is \u2013 Advocate Abbas Hetavkar \u2013 He asks\u2026\u2018 The world is threatened with the menace of AIDS . It is not known how to deal with it \u2013 Does Qur\u2019an throw any light on its causes and prevention?<\/p>\n
(Dr.Zakir). The question posed was that we are threatened with AIDS \u2013 \u2018Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome\u2019 \u2013 Does Qur\u2019an throw any light on that? If you happen to know, that the first International Aids Conference \u2013 it took place in our city of Bombay in 1994 \u2013 in Hotel Oberoi Tower. First International Conference on AIDS\u2026 and Dr. Michael Mercen \u2013 he was the person who headed it. He was from WHO\u2026 World Health Organisation. At that time he said\u2026 \u2018There were about eleven million cases of AIDS detected \u2013 out of which 1.6 is present in India, and at the end of the century, there will be 40 million cases of AIDS in the world\u2026 out of which 11 million will be in India\u2019. More than 25% will be in India and he said that\u2026 \u2018Within 5 years time, the next 5 years, there is doubtful of any cure\u2019. No one will know how to cure this \u2013 Best is \u2013 Prevention\u2026 Prevention is better than cure\u2019 \u2013 and the reason for this AIDS he gave as \u2013 one is homosexuality, other is hetrosexuality, unsafe sex, that is Adultery, 3rd is using needles for drugs, blood transfusion, etc., and fourth is associated with Alcoholism. If you analyse Qur\u2019an throws lights on most of these topics. Qur\u2019an says in Surah Araf, Ch. No. 7, Verse No. 80 and 81 that\u2026 \u2018We sent Luth (Ale- Salaam) Prophet Luth (peace be upon him) to the people, and he said to them\u2026\u2018Do you practice lewdness which no one has done before. You prefer in lust men, over women. You have indeed gone far beyond the limits\u2019. Luth (Ale-Salaam) says that these people used to practice homosexuality. And you know the story of Sodom and Gomorrah \u2013 and how Allah (SWT) sends brim stones on them. Homosexuality is prohibited in the Holy Qur\u2019an. But now we find in the modern world, they have legalized Gay marriages \u2013 Do you know that? When I was in Canada, it came in front page \u2013\u2018Man and man kissing each other\u2019\u2026 husband-wife. Legalized Gay \u2013 Homosexuality, legalized. The Gays \u2013 they take out a procession for their rights \u2013 \u2018Gay rights\u2026\u2019 Headquarter at SanFrancisco, etc. One of the reasons of Homosexuality \u2013 then comes adultery. The Qur\u2019an says in Surah Isra, Ch. No. 17, Verse No. 32. It says that\u2026 \u2018Come not close to adultery\u2026 it is an evil, opening other routes to evil \u2013 Come not close to adultery\u2019. And do you know \u2013 in America a man has eight different sexual partner on a average, before he settles down with one perma\u00adnent life partner. On a average eight \u2013 some may have twenty, some may have thirty , some may have one, some may have two, on a aver\u00adage eight sexual partners, before they settle down with a permanent wife. Do you know this?\u2026 It has been legalized there \u2013 Qur\u2019an is against adultery \u2013 totally against adultery. And one of the cause of AIDS it is \u2013 prostitution \u2013 Do you know what we medical doctors call them? \u2018CSW\u2019\u2013 You know what is \u2018CSW \u2019? \u2018Commercial Sex Worker\u2019 \u2013 We give refined words for these. And accord\u00ading to Dr. Gilada, in that conference he said\u2026\u2018 50% of the commer\u00adcial sex workers of Bombay had, AIDS \u2013 By end of the century 90% will have AIDS.\u2019 There is no place for prostitution in Islam. And most of the people going to prostitutes the report said\u2026 \u2018Were between 15 to 24 years \u2013 young people\u2019. Our beloved Prophet Mohammed (SAS)(peace upon him) he said, it is mentioned in Sahih Bukhari, Volume No. 7, Ch. 3, Hadith number 4. He said\u2026 \u2018O ye young people who ever has the means to get married, get married for it will help, to lower your gaze\u2019. Marrying early, is preferable in Islam. It will prevent adultery, it will prevent promiscuity, it will prevent Homosexuality. There\u00adfore our Prophet said\u2026 \u2018Marriage completes half your deen\u2019. Coming to the last reason he gave\u2026 \u2018Associated to Tuberculosis, as well as Alcoholism\u2019 Major people that go to the prostitute 95% they have Alcohol \u2026 Alcoholics. Qur\u2019an says, as I mentioned earlier in Surah Maidah, Ch. 5, Verse No. 90. It says\u2026(Arabic)\u2026 \u2018O you who believe, most certainly intox\u00adicants and gambling, (Arabic)\u2026 dedication of stones , divination of arrows, (Arabic)\u2026 these are Satan\u2019s handy work. (Arabic\u2026.) Abstain from such handy work, that you may prosper\u2019. Today the medical doctors they say\u2026 \u2018Do not call them drunkards \u2013 Alcoholism is a disease \u2013 Treat them like pa\u00adtients\u2019. You know that\u2019s the terminology we use in the new books of medicine. Alcoholism is a disease. How you treat the patient of Tuberculosis, of Cancer \u2013 Do not blame the Alcoholics \u2013 Treat them as patients , it is a disease. I tell them, that if Alcohol is a disease , it is the only disease sold in bottles. It is the only disease advertised in the Newspapers, in the Magazines, in the Radios, as well as the Television. Our government has a law, that you cannot advertise anything like\u2026Alcohol. So, You know what they do? \u2013 Bagpiper Soda\u2026 who drinks Bagpiper Soda. It is there \u2013 People know it is Bagpiper whisky \u2013 It Is not Bagpiper Soda. I saw an Ad. \u2013 London Pilsner or some other Alcohol company \u2013 Glass\u2026 Glass\u2026 Ad. for Glass. Any logical person will know it is an Ad. for that Alcohol. So they are taking our government for a ride \u2013 these ads are allowed even on the television you see. If alcohol is a disease, it is the only disease which gets revenue for the government . It is the only disease which has got licensed out-lets. It is the only disease which has got no Viral or germ cause. It is the disease which cause violent deaths on the highways. It is the disease which destroys the family. The Qur\u2019an says\u2026 \u2018 It is not a disease\u2019. It says\u2026 (Arabic)\u2026 \u2018These are Satan\u2019s handy work\u2026 (Arabic)\u2026 Abstain from this handy work , that you may prosper\u2019.<\/p>\n
(Clapping)<\/p>\n
( Dr.Mohammed ) The next question please .<\/p>\n
(Q). As-Salam Alaikum, brother Zakir Naik \u2013 Educated people does not believe the \u2018Qayamat\u2019, the last day which is Judged by Allah. Obedi\u00adent of Allah goes to Heaven, disobedient\u2026 that is\u2026 sinners goes to hell .<\/p>\n
(Dr.Zakir). The brother has posed a question, that educated people do not believe in \u2018Qayamah\u2019\u2026the day of resurrection and life after death, etc., that the world is going to end, etc.- So how will you prove to them logically or scientifically about \u2018Qayamah\u2019, about life after death, etc. Brother one way as I said earlier, that if 80% of the Qur\u2019an has been proved to be 100% correct , and the remaining 20% is ambiguous\u2026 my logic says, that even this 20% will be correct. That is the answer that I gave earlier. There is another way you can prove to these educated people , by asking them a simple question. You ask him the question\u2026\u2018Is robbing good or bad?\u2026 Robbing, is it good or bad?\u2019 The brother is saying\u2026 \u2018It is bad\u2019. Is raping good or bad? \u2018Bad\u2019 \u2013 the brother is saying \u2018Bad\u2019. What I ask the question to these educated people, who do not believe in Qiyamah, who do not believe in life after death. I tell them\u2026 \u2018Can you give me one logical reason why robbing is bad?\u2019 Only one \u2013 Can you give me one logical reason why it is bad ?<\/p>\n
(Questioner Answers\u2026) \u2018Because people like to live in simple way \u2013 that is what they would like to do bad things.<\/p>\n
(Dr. Zakir). People will do bad things?\u2026<\/p>\n
(Questioner Answers\u2026) People like to live in simple way \u2013 that is why they would like to do the bad things.<\/p>\n
(Dr. Zakir). I did not get the answer \u2013 Whatever it is \u2013 if you ask a person\u2026\u2018Why not to rob?\u2019- they give various reasons\u2026 that if you rob it hurts the feeling of the other person. See I am telling you, I am a smug\u00adgler\u2026 Suppose I am a smuggler \u2013 You prove to me why robbing is bad. See I am not bothered whether it is harming the other person or not \u2013 No one can harm me. If I rob if I take out a thousand rupees from the wallet of a man passing by \u2013 I can go to Delhi Darbar, I can have dinner, I can have lunch, I can go to movie, I can enjoy life \u2013 It is good \u2013 why it is bad ? Some people will say\u2026 \u2018If you rob \u2013 someone else, some day someone will rob you- No one can rob me \u2013 I am a Mafia. I have just a example \u2013 I am Mafia \u2013 I have got thousand body guards \u2013 All with AK47, all with AK47. No one can harm me \u2013 I can harm them\u2026I have got thousand body guard, all with AK47 \u2013 No one can harm my family \u2013 My family is guarded. I want to ask the question you prove to me robing is bad . One logical reason, not two \u2013 Why it is bad, and I will stop it immediately. I am a logical person \u2013 I believe in science, as you said I am a logical person \u2013 I believe in science \u2013 You prove to me why it is bad. Some may say that\u2026\u2018 See, it is against humanity\u2019. I ask\u2026 \u2018Who wrote this book called humanity ?\u2026 Who wrote it ?\u2019 I do not believe in it \u2013 I am enjoying life. When I rob thousand rupees, when I rob 1 lakh rupees , I can enjoy life , I can buy a new flat. I can go abroad, and no one can harm me be\u00adcause I am a Mafia. Some people will say\u2026\u2018 The police will catch you and put you in the jail\u2019. I say\u2026 \u2018 I have got the police in my pocket, I have got the ministers in my pocket. And you know that throughout the world, there are various top smugglers who have got the police in their pockets \u2013 they have got ministers in their pockets, no one can harm them. Throughout the world you have got example , I am saying\u2026\u2018 I am such a Mafia \u2013 You prove to me why it is bad, and I will stop robbing. And this question I have posed to thousands of people in audiences. Whatever answer they give \u2013 it does not satisfy logi\u00adcally. So I tell them\u2026 \u2018Okay, now you become that Mafia\u2026 and I will try and convince to you \u2013 why robbing is bad, why raping is bad.\u2019 So he is happy\u2026 now Zakir took me for a ride, now we will take Zakir for a ride. So I tell them the reason why robbing is bad. May be you are a Mafia, no one can harm you. I agree with you, no one can harm your family, but if you rob \u2013 you go against the commandments of Allah (SWT) and in the Hereafter you will get punishment.In this world you may have the police in your pocket, you may have the minister in your pocket \u2013 but in the Hereafter you will be held responsible. I am asking you a question, that your human law\u2026 you talk about a human law\u2026 Now I am speaking as a Muslim \u2013 Now you are the Mafia. I am speaking as a Muslim, and convincing you of \u2018Qayamah\u2019, and life after death. I am telling you that if you are a Mafia and you kill many people, you may get saved in this world, not in the Hereafter. I asked a question, that suppose there is a smuggler who has killed hundreds of people \u2013 do not you think he requires punishment? He requires \u2013 Where will he get it? We see many smugglers lead a luxurious life \u2013 they have got palaces, they enjoy life \u2013 and they die a very good death. Some people die a bad death, some people die a good death \u2013 Do not you think they require a punishment? Hitler \u2013 Do you know Hitler?\u2026 Hitler incinerated 6 million Jews. He burnt 6 million Jews alive \u2013 Do you know that ? Even if you say 6 lakhs, I agree with you? -You say 6000 I agree with you. I am asking the ques\u00adtion, if your law catches Hitler what punishment can you give him? What punishment? Worst you can do is incinerate him, you can burn him \u2013 But that will compensate only for one death. What about the other 5 million. 9 hundred thousand nine hundred and ninety nine deaths. But in my logical case, in the Hereafter, Allah will put him in the Hell. And Qur\u2019an says in Surah Nisa, Ch. 4, Verse 56, \u2018As to those whose reject Our signs, We well put you in hell fire, and as often as your skin will roasted, We shall give you fresh skins\u2019. If Allah wants, He can burn Hitler 6 million times \u2013 He can even burn Hitler, 12 million times. Therefore without a Hereafter, there will be no morality in this world \u2013 So raping is bad. Why? \u2013 Because if you get saved in this world you will it pay in the Hereafter. Hope that answers the question.<\/p>\n
( Dr. Mohammed ) The next question from the ladies side.<\/p>\n
(Q). As-Salam Alaikum \u2013 Can you please comment on artificial insemination and test-tube babies ?<\/p>\n
(Dr. Zakir). Sister has posed a question, can I comment on artificial insemination and test-tube babies. Whether it is allowed or not in Islam \u2013 That is what she means. Sister, artificial insemination is of two types \u2013 One is \u2018Homogeneous\u2019 and the other is \u2018Heterogeneous\u2019. \u2018Homoge\u00adneous\u2019 means \u2013 \u2018Using the sperm and the ovum of the husband and wife\u2019. If suppose the wife or the husband has certain medical problems and if you know by doing Homogeneous artificial insemination they can give birth to a child, It is perfectly allowed. But Heteroge\u00adneous artificial insemination, in which you get a sperm, from a sperm bank \u2013 it is totally haram. How you have \u2018Blood Bank\u2019 \u2013 Here today you also have \u2018Sperm Bank\u2019 \u2013 You cannot go to a sperm bank and get a sperm, and use it in your wife \u2013 That is \u2018haram\u2019. So homogeneous artificial insemination is allowed, Heterogeneous is not allowed. Same way, for the test tube babies or whatever \u2013 If it is of the husband and wife, its totally allowed \u2013 if it is not of husband and wife, it is not allowed \u2013 It is as good as adultery. Hope that answers the question.<\/p>\n
(Clapping)<\/p>\n
( Dr. Mohammed ) I would request the audience, for another three minutes. You have borne so much of your time with us \u2013 Thank you for your patience. Just give us three more minutes\u2026 three to four minutes, to complete the programme in proper format. We apologize to the people waiting in the queue. We understand their enthusiasm, but we hope we will indulge their patience. What I would request if you have any further question on this subject, or any question on Islam and Comparative religion, you are most well come to attend our lec\u00adtures, at the Islamic Research Foundation Auditorium, which are followed by Question and Answer sessions every Saturday at 2:45 p.m. every Sunday at 10:30 a.m., and every Monday for ladies at 3:00 pm which usually held by Dr. Zakir Naik or some other expert on Islam and Comparative religion\u2026 from the Islamic Research Founda\u00adtion. We thank Almighty Allah for making this evening\u2019s programme possible for all of us here. On behalf of the Islamic Research Foundation, I thank all our esteemed guests of honour brothers and sisters present here today, for their rapt attention and enthusiasm we have had throughout the programme. Believe me you all have encouraged Dr. Zakir to strive on harder and give better performances \u2013 You have. We appreciate and thank all the persons involved in the professional video recording of the programme today. Mostly from the Star TV network, so that , the many millions to whom this programme may go over Satellite Television, would be able to appreciate it too. We are especially thankful to the Press who is present here today. Again they have responded very well. We have noticed in the past that the press has given objective reportage to most of our programmes that we have had, and not as some of the Muslims have advised us\u2026\u2018No\u2026 No, they write against you all\u2019. They we have been, not kind \u2013 they have been objective\u2026 I would say. Lastly I would like to congratulate and thank all the many volunteers, who have assisted us, and sup\u00adported us in handling such a vast audience. It is not possible without\u2026 so in\u2026 with just one or two people of us, we are the one whose faces are seen on the stage \u2013 their efforts are there behind all there curtains and chairs. Until we meet again for such regu\u00adlar special programmes, Inshallah we hope you would keep in touch with the IRF, and its regular programmes. We end the programme today with a short dua by Ashraf Mohammedy\u2026 Brother Ashraf Moham\u00admedy.<\/p>\n
(Ashraf Mohammedy) (Arabic)\u2026.\u2018O Lord give us the best in this world and the best in the Hereafter, and save us from the torment of Hell fire\u2019. (Arabic.) \u2026. \u2018O Lord accept this service from us , for you are All Hearing , All Knowing and forgive us for you, are often Forgiving, Most Merciful\u2019. (Arabic)\u2026 \u2018O Lord let not our hearts deviate after You have guided us , and grant us mercy from You\u2019. Aameen Ya Rabbil Aalamin.<\/p>\n
(Back Ground Azaan, By Brother Yusuf Islam)<\/p>\n
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