A few years ago
a group of Arabs collected all information concerning embryology from the
Qur’aan, and followed the instruction of the Qur’aan:
“If ye realise
this not, ask Of those who possess the Message.”
[Al-Qur’aan
16:43 & 21:7]
All the
information from the Qur’aan so gathered, was translated into English and
presented to Prof. (Dr.) Keith Moore, who was the Professor of Embryology and
Chairman of the Department of Anatomy at the University of Toronto, in Canada.
At present he is one of the highest authorities in the field of Embryology. He
was asked to give his opinion regarding the information present in the Qur’aan
concerning the field of embryology. After carefully examining the translation
of the Qur’aanic verses presented to him, Dr. Moore said that most of the
information concerning embryology mentioned in the Qur’aan is in perfect
conformity with modern discoveries in the field of embryology and does not
conflict with them in any way. He added that there were however a few verses,
on whose scientific accuracy he could not comment. He could not say whether the
statements were true or false, since he himself was not aware of the
information contained therein.
There was also
no mention of this information in modern writings and studies on embryology.
One such verse is:
“Proclaim!
(or Read!) In the name Of thy Lord and Cherisher,
Who
created – Created man, out of A (mere) clot Of congealed blood.”
[Al-Qur’aan
96:1-2]
The word alaq
besides meaning a congealed clot of blood also means something that clings,
a leech-like substance. Dr. Keith Moore had no knowledge whether an embryo in
the initial stages appears like a leech. To check this out he studied the
initial stage of the embryo under a very powerful
microscope in
his laboratory and compared what he observed with a diagram of a leech and he
was astonished at the striking resemblance between the two!
In the same
manner, he acquired more information on embryology that was hitherto not known
to him, from the Qur’aan. Dr. Keith Moore answered about eighty questions
dealing with embryological data mentioned in the Qur’aan and Hadith. Noting
that the information contained in the Qur’aan and Hadith was in full agreement
with the latest discoveries in the field of
embryology,
Prof. Moore said, “If I was asked these questions thirty years ago, I would not
have been able to answer half of them for lack of scientific information”
Dr. Keith Moore
had earlier authored the book, ‘The Developing Human’.
After acquiring
new knowledge from the Qur’aan, he wrote, in 1982, the 3rd edition
of the same book, ‘The Developing Human’. The book was the recipient of an
award for the best medical book written by a single author.
This book has
been translated into several major languages of the world and is used as a
textbook of embryology in the first year of medical studies. In 1981, during
the Seventh Medical Conference in Dammam, Saudi Arabia, Dr. Moore said, “It has
been a great pleasure for me to help clarify statements in the Qur’aan about
human development. It is clear to me that these statements must have come to
Muhammad from God or Allah, because almost all of this knowledge was not
discovered until many centuries later. This proves to me that Muhammad must
have been a messenger of God or
Allah.” [1]
Dr. Joe Leigh
Simpson, Chairman of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, at
the Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, U.S.A., proclaims: “...these Hadiths,
sayings of Muhammad (pbuh) could not have been obtained on the basis of the
scientific knowledge that was available at the time of the writer (7th century). It
follows that not only is there no conflict between genetics and religion (Islam) but
in fact religion (Islam) may guide science by adding revelation to some of
the traditional scientific
approaches…
there exist statements in the Qur’aan shown centuries later to be valid which
support knowledge in the Qur’aan having been derived from God.”
[1] The reference for this statment
is the video tape titled ‘This is the Truth’. For a copy of this video
tape contact the Islamic Research Foundation.
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