NATURAL PHENOMENA

The Challenge of The Qur’an ~ 351 ~ work is a superior Being whose knowledge predates time itself and goes infinitely far beyond present knowledge, no matter how advanced the latter may appear to be. At this point, I propose to give some examples from different disciplines to show how, while dealing with any given science, the Quran surprisingly encompassed truths which were to be discovered and confirmed much later. Before launching upon this discussion, it should be borne in mind that the correspondence between modern research and Quranic words is based on the presumption that modern research has, indeed, succeeded in finding out the truth of the facts in question, thus, providing us with the necessary material to make an up-to-date and correct interpretation of Quranic assertions about the material universe. Now, if further research proves our contemporary research wrong, even in part, it will amount in no way to proving the Quran at fault. It will simply mean that, that particular interpretation of the Quran in the light of scientific discoveries was wrongly angled, or inadequate. I feel certain that with the more accurate information which will be available in the