I S L A M wrote on 21 January 2009
The Pairs in Creation
Glory be to Him Who created all the pairs: from what the earth produces and from themselves and from things unknown to them. (Surat as-Saffat: 36)
Although the concept of ''pair'' or "couple" commonly stands for male and female, the statement of ''from things unknown to them'' has wider implications. Today, one of the implications of the verse has been revealed. The British scientist Paul Dirac, who proposed that matter is created in pairs, was awarded the Nobel Prize for physics in 1933. This discovery, called ''parit'', maintains that matter is paired with its opposite: anti-matter. Anti-matter carries the opposite properties to matter. For instance, as opposed to matter, the electron of anti-matter is positively charged and its protons are negatively charged. This fact is stated in a scientific source in this way:
"... every particle has its antiparticle of opposite charge and the uncertainty relation tells us that pair creation and pair annihilation happen in the vacuum at all times, in all places."10
The Relativity of Time
Today, the relativity of time is a proven scientific fact. This was revealed by Einstein's theory of relativity at the early years of the twentieth century. Until then, people did not know that time was a relative concept, and that it could change according to the environment. Yet, the great scientist Albert Einstein openly proved this fact with the theory of relativity. He showed that time is dependent on mass and velocity. In the history of humanity, no one had expressed this fact clearly before.
With one exception though; the Qur'an included information about time's being relative! Some verses about the subject read:
They ask you to hasten the punishment. Allah will not break His promise. A day with your Lord is equivalent to a thousand years in the way you count. (Surat al-Hajj: 47)
The Quran has repeatedly urged the Muslims (at least 756 times) to mediate over the creation of the universe and to study how the heavens and earth and all that below the earth has been made subservient to man. The Quran urges men not only to go on exploration but travel in the land (all corners of the earth) and see and explore the nature, discover and meditate over the creation of the heavens and the earth, and say: Our Lord! Thou createdst not this in vain"(3:191).
As far as the method of obtaining and increasing the knowledge, it is so wonderful to note that the very first revelation, Surah Iqra that came to the Prophet (SAW) who was not literate that was a command to read and write, and praise of pen which is the only means or custodian of human knowledge: " Read with the name of the Lord (Rubul-Almeen), Createth man from a Clot (after the fusion of cells they start to multiply into even numbers and take of shape of leech like substance in the earliest embryonic stages). Read, and thy Lord is the Most Bounteous, Who teacheth by Pen: Teacheth man that which he knew not."
He directs the whole affair from heaven to earth. Then it will again ascend to Him on a Day whose length is a thousand years by the way you measure. (Surat as-Sajda: 5)
The angels and the Spirit ascend to Him in a day whose length is fifty thousand years. (Surat al-Ma'arij: 4)
In some verses, it is indicated that people perceive time differently and that sometimes people can perceive a very short period of time as a very lengthy one. The following conversation of people held during their judgement in the Hereafter is a good example of this:
He will say, 'How many years did you tarry on the earth?' They will say, 'We tarried there for a day or part of a day. Ask those able to count!' He will say, 'You only tarried there for a little while if you did but know! (Surat al-Mu'minun: 12)
The fact that the relativity of time is so clearly mentioned in the Qur'an, which started to be revealed in 610, is another evidence that it is a holy book.
The Quran has repeatedly urged the Muslims (at least 756 times) to mediate over the creation of the universe and to study how the heavens and earth and all that below the earth has been made subservient to man. The Quran urges men not only to go on exploration but travel in the land (all corners of the earth) and see and explore the nature, discover and meditate over the creation of the heavens and the earth, and say: Our Lord! Thou createdst not this in vain"(3:191).
As far as the method of obtaining and increasing the knowledge, it is so wonderful to note that the very first revelation, Surah Iqra that came to the Prophet (SAW) who was not literate that was a command to read and write, and praise of pen which is the only means or custodian of human knowledge: " Read with the name of the Lord (Rubul-Almeen), Createth man from a Clot (after the fusion of cells they start to multiply into even numbers and take of shape of leech like substance in the earliest embryonic stages). Read, and thy Lord is the Most Bounteous, Who teacheth by Pen: Teacheth man that which he knew not."
The Pairs in Creation
Glory be to Him Who created all the pairs: from what the earth produces and from themselves and from things unknown to them. (Surat as-Saffat: 36)
Although the concept of ''pair'' or "couple" commonly stands for male and female, the statement of ''from things unknown to them'' has wider implications. Today, one of the implications of the verse has been revealed. The British scientist Paul Dirac, who proposed that matter is created in pairs, was awarded the Nobel Prize for physics in 1933. This discovery, called ''parit'', maintains that matter is paired with its opposite: anti-matter. Anti-matter carries the opposite properties to matter. For instance, as opposed to matter, the electron of anti-matter is positively charged and its protons are negatively charged. This fact is stated in a scientific source in this way:
"... every particle has its antiparticle of opposite charge and the uncertainty relation tells us that pair creation and pair annihilation happen in the vacuum at all times, in all places."10
The Relativity of Time
Today, the relativity of time is a proven scientific fact. This was revealed by Einstein's theory of relativity at the early years of the twentieth century. Until then, people did not know that time was a relative concept, and that it could change according to the environment. Yet, the great scientist Albert Einstein openly proved this fact with the theory of relativity. He showed that time is dependent on mass and velocity. In the history of humanity, no one had expressed this fact clearly before.
With one exception though; the Qur'an included information about time's being relative! Some verses about the subject read:
They ask you to hasten the punishment. Allah will not break His promise. A day with your Lord is equivalent to a thousand years in the way you count. (Surat al-Hajj: 47)
The Quran has repeatedly urged the Muslims (at least 756 times) to mediate over the creation of the universe and to study how the heavens and earth and all that below the earth has been made subservient to man. The Quran urges men not only to go on exploration but travel in the land (all corners of the earth) and see and explore the nature, discover and meditate over the creation of the heavens and the earth, and say: Our Lord! Thou createdst not this in vain"(3:191).
As far as the method of obtaining and increasing the knowledge, it is so wonderful to note that the very first revelation, Surah Iqra that came to the Prophet (SAW) who was not literate that was a command to read and write, and praise of pen which is the only means or custodian of human knowledge: " Read with the name of the Lord (Rubul-Almeen), Createth man from a Clot (after the fusion of cells they start to multiply into even numbers and take of shape of leech like substance in the earliest embryonic stages). Read, and thy Lord is the Most Bounteous, Who teacheth by Pen: Teacheth man that which he knew not."
He directs the whole affair from heaven to earth. Then it will again ascend to Him on a Day whose length is a thousand years by the way you measure. (Surat as-Sajda: 5)
The angels and the Spirit ascend to Him in a day whose length is fifty thousand years. (Surat al-Ma'arij: 4)
In some verses, it is indicated that people perceive time differently and that sometimes people can perceive a very short period of time as a very lengthy one. The following conversation of people held during their judgement in the Hereafter is a good example of this:
He will say, 'How many years did you tarry on the earth?' They will say, 'We tarried there for a day or part of a day. Ask those able to count!' He will say, 'You only tarried there for a little while if you did but know! (Surat al-Mu'minun: 12)
The fact that the relativity of time is so clearly mentioned in the Qur'an, which started to be revealed in 610, is another evidence that it is a holy book.
The Quran has repeatedly urged the Muslims (at least 756 times) to mediate over the creation of the universe and to study how the heavens and earth and all that below the earth has been made subservient to man. The Quran urges men not only to go on exploration but travel in the land (all corners of the earth) and see and explore the nature, discover and meditate over the creation of the heavens and the earth, and say: Our Lord! Thou createdst not this in vain"(3:191).
As far as the method of obtaining and increasing the knowledge, it is so wonderful to note that the very first revelation, Surah Iqra that came to the Prophet (SAW) who was not literate that was a command to read and write, and praise of pen which is the only means or custodian of human knowledge: " Read with the name of the Lord (Rubul-Almeen), Createth man from a Clot (after the fusion of cells they start to multiply into even numbers and take of shape of leech like substance in the earliest embryonic stages). Read, and thy Lord is the Most Bounteous, Who teacheth by Pen: Teacheth man that which he knew not."
