God Arises
The Challenge of The Qur’an
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“We fashioned … into something which
clings… into a lump of flesh in proportion
and out of proportion.”
More than a thousand years before our time, at a
period when whimsical doctrines still prevailed,
men had a knowledge of the Qur’an. The
statements it contains express in simple terms truths
of primordial importance which man has taken
centuries to discover (pp. 205-06).
DIETETICS IN THE QURAN
In the Quran, certain foodstuffs are declared unfit
for human consumption and are, therefore,
prohibited. One of these items is blood. At the time
of revelation, man had no idea of the dietetic
importance of this law. Much later, when laboratory
research had isolated the components of blood, the
wisdom of this prohibition became clear. Far from
refuting the law, scientific investigation illustrated
its benefits.
The analysis showed that blood contains an
abundance of uric acid, a pernicious substance the
intake of which is injurious to human health. This is
