The Qur’an An Abiding Wonder
The Qur’an: The Book of God
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concern him. In spite of the breadth of its scope,
none of its statements has ever been shown to
stem from inadequate knowledge. Bertrand
Russell, in his
Impact of Science on
Society
makes
the point that, renowned philosopher as he was,
Aristotle, while ‘proving’ the inferiority of
women to men, stated that ‘women have fewer
teeth than men,’ thus revealing his ignorance of
the fact that men and women have an equal
number of teeth. No such ignorance or
misconception has ever been detected in the
Qur’an. This clearly shows that the origin of this
work is a superior Being whose knowledge pre-
dates time itself and goes infinitely far beyond
present knowledge, no matter how advanced the
latter may appear to be.
EXAMPLES FROM ASTRONOMY
Referring to the sun and the moon, the Qur’an tells
us that both these heavenly bodies are moving in
their own circular courses
(falak)
(36:40). Dr Maurice
Bucaille, discussing these verses in detail, says that
falak
here has the scientific meaning of ‘orbit,’ while,
‘floating’ is the most appropriate term to describe
