The Qur'an Challenge You
- - Nobel Prize
One verse in the Qur'an says;
"Do not the unbelievers see
that the heavens and the earth were joined together, then We clove them
asunder, and made from water every living thing ? Will they not then believe ?"
Ironically, this very information is
exactly what they awarded the 1973 Noble Prize for - to a couple of
unbelievers. The Qur'an reveals the origin of the universe - how it began from
one piece - and mankind continues to verify this revelation, even up to now.
Additionally, the fact that all life originated from water would not have been
an easy thing to convince people of fourteen centuries ago. Indeed, if 1400
years ago you had stood in the desert and told someone, "All of this, you
see (pointing to yourself), is made up of mostly water," no one would have
believed you. Proof of that was not available until the invention of the
microscope. They had to wait to find out that cytoplasm, the basic substance of
the cell, is made-up of 80% water. Nonetheless, the evidence did come, and once
again the Qur'an stood the test of time. In reference to the falsification
tests mentioned earlier, it is interesting to note that they, too, relate to
both the past and the present. Some of them were used as illustrations of
Allah's omnipotence and knowledge, while others continue to stand as challenges
to the present day.
By Gary Miller