Islam and Christianity

THINGS OF WHICH THEY HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE.” (36-
36) In this âyat-i-kerîma, the expression “and other things of
which they have no knowledge,” makes references both to
botanists and zoologists and to those scientists who will be doing
research for new sources, e.g. atomic energy, which humanity will
discover gradually in the course of time. As a matter of fact, the
twenty-second âyat of Rûm Sûra purports, “And among His Signs
is the creation of the heavens and the earth, and the variations of
your languages and your colours: verily in that are Signs for those
who know.” (30-22) That means to say that variations of
languages and colours embody some very subtle ultimate divine
causes that we do not know yet. They will be discovered in process
of time.
Now let us study our knowledge about the end of the world.
Scientists argue that “There will certainly be an end of the world.
As a matter of fact, sometimes a planet breaks into pieces and
disappears in space. According to our observations, there will be a
time, which we cannot calculate beforehand, when our earth will
lose its balance and break into pieces.” The Qur’ân al-kerîm, on
the other hand, announced this fact fourteen hundred years before
now. The first and second âyats of Zilzâl Sûra purport, “When the
earth is shaken to her (utmost) convulsion,” “And the earth
throws up her burden [treasures and corpses] (from within),” (99-
1, 2) The thirteenth âyat-i-kerîma of Mu’min Sûra purports, “He it
is who showeth you His Signs, [which signify His existence and
unity], and SENDETH DOWN SUSTENANCE for you FROM
THE SKY: but only those receive admonition who turn to Allah.”
(40-13)
Some scholars conjecture that the expression, “who sendeth
down sustenance for you from the sky,” may refer to the sugary
substance which descended from heaven to Mûsâ ‘alaihis-salâm’
and his people whenever they lost their way in the desert, and
which still appears in waterless areas. The books of tafsîr explain
the expression that purports, “who sendeth down sustenance for
you from the sky,” as “It is Allâhu ta’âlâ who sends you from
heaven the causes of your sustenance, such as rain and others,
[snow, moisture].” Indeed, Allâhu ta’âlâ sends our food from
heaven. Let us explicate this fact. Today’s most eminent scientists
explain the formation of albumens and proteins as follows: “On
rainy days, the oxygen and the nitrogen in air combine with each
other with the effect of thunderbolts and lightnings, and produce
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