Miracle of the Holy Qur’an in Encompassing the Secrets of Nature

By: Ayatullah al-Uzma Shaykh Husayn Vahid Khorasani
The Qur’an was revealed in an era when the people thought the celestial sphere to be simple. They did not have any idea about the movement of the planets and stars in their orbits. The Qur’an described their movement and said: Neither is it allowable to the sun that it should overtake the moon, nor can the night outstrip the day; and all float on in a sphere.67
In an age when scholars did not have the perception that the law of duality included all things, Allah said: And of everything We have created pairs that you may be mindful.68
In a time when people did not give any thought to the possibility of existence on other stars, Allah said: And what He has spread forth in both of them of living beings.69
He taught about the fertilisation of the plants with the help of winds. Thus, He said: And We send the winds fertilising.70
In a period when people believed that the celestial sphere was simple and that their creation is distinct to that of the Earth, and they did not have any knowledge about the contraction and expansion of the heaven, He said: Do not those who disbelieve see that the heavens and the earth were of one piece, but We parted them.71
In an era when they had no idea about the extent of the connected universe; He said to them: And the heaven, We raised it high with power, and We it is Who make the vast extent (thereof).72
In a time when scholars were picturing the celestial sphere as unable to be disrupted and tormented, and they believed that mankind can pass through them; Allah said: O assembly of the jinn and the men! If you are able to pass through the regions of the heavens and the earth, then pass through; you cannot pass through but with authority.73
Likewise, there are many other facts which the Qur’an presented about human beings, nature and the universe that were not known in the time of its revelation. Some were rejected or found astonishing, then were later discovered to be correct; all of these indicate that the Qur’an is from the All-Knowing, the All-Wise, Glory be to Him.
Notes:
67. Holy Qur’an, 36: 40.
68. Holy Qur’an, 51: 49.
69. Holy Qur’an, 42: 29.
70. Holy Qur’an, 15: 22.
71. Holy Qur’an, 21: 30.
72. Holy Qur’an, 51: 47.
73. Holy Qur’an, 55: 33.