The
Qur'an Challenge You
- Health And Medicine -
- Health And Medicine -
What
one might expect to find in an "old book" that touches upon the
subject of health or medicine is outdated remedies or cures. Various historical
sources state that the Prophet gave some advice about health and hygiene, yet
most of these pieces of advice are not contained in the Qur'an. At first
glance, to the non-Muslims this appears to be a negligent omission. They cannot
understand why Allah would not "include" such helpful information in
the Qur'an. Some Muslims attempt to explain this absence with the following
argument: "Although the Prophet's advice was sound and applicable to the
time in which he lived, Allah, in His infinite wisdom, knew that there would
come later medical and scientific advances which would make the Prophet's
advice appear outdated. When later discoveries occurred, people might say that
such information contradicted that which the Prophet had given. Thus, since
Allah would never allow any opportunity for the non-Muslims to claim that the
Qur'an contradicts itself or the teachings of the Prophet, He only included in
the Qur'an information and examples which could stand the test of
time."
However, when one examines the true realities of the Qur'an in terms of its
existence as a divine revelation, the entire matter is quickly brought into its
proper perspective, and the error in such argumentation becomes clear and
understandable. It must be understood that the Qur'an is a divine revelation,
and as such, all information in it is of divine origin. Allah revealed the
Qur'an from Himself. It is the words of Allah, which existed before creation,
and thus nothing can be added, subtracted or altered. In essence, the Qur'an
existed and was complete before the creation of Prophet Muhammad, so it could
not possibly contain any of the Prophet's own words or advice. An inclusion of
such information would clearly contradict the purpose for which the Qur'an
exists, compromise its authority and render it inauthentic as a divine
revelation.
Consequently,
there was no "home remedies" in the Qur'an which one could claim to
be outdated; nor does it contain any man's view about what is beneficial to
health, what food is best to eat, or what will cure this or that disease. In
fact, the Qur'an only mentions one item dealing with medical treatment, and it
is not in dispute by anyone. It states that in honey there is healing. And
certainly, I do not think that there is anyone who will argue with that !
By
Gary Miller