1. Lesson 7 Scientific Perfection (2) and Legislative Perfection

2. Of the aspects of inimitability also: c) The earth being a globe and its rotation, the role of mountains in stabilizing it, the earth’s atmosphere, the cloud-rain cycle, water resources, the existence of gems in rivers and seas, and the nature of the agricultural soil.

3. d) Animals and the role of water in their lives.

4. e) Embryology, the benefits of honey, breastfeeding and hygiene, and prohibiting alcohol and harmful meats.

5. f) Historical facts like the pharaohs’ mummification, interpolation of the good tidings of the Prophet Muhammad in the Torah and the Gospels, and the guidance to study natural history.

6. g) The prophecy of preserving the Noble Qur’an until the end of the world and the failure of human attempts to imitate it due to its uniqueness and perfection.

7. Legislative inimitability Qur’anic legislation is inimitable as it differs from any human legislation: it is comprehensive, integrative, and pursues a middle course.

8. Qur’anic legislation begins with liberating the Muslim’s mind from signs of polytheistic misconceptions and illusions by relating it to his Creator all along his life span; directing the Muslim’s behavior to seek Allah’s satisfaction in the Hereafter.

9. It trains him to be pious and control his caprices; and it builds a society based on solidarity and unity, protecting it from the incitement of Satan by deterring punishments.

10. Proofs from the Qur’an and Sunnah

11. The nature and movement of the earth: Allah says: ﴿ يُكَوِّرُ اللَّيْلَ عَلَى النَّهَارِ وَيُكَوِّرُ النَّهَارَ عَلَى اللَّيْل ﴾ [الزمر : 5]

12. This means: “He rolls the night over the daytime and He rolls the daytime over the night.” (Surah Az- Zumar: 5)

13. The mountains stabilize the earth: Allah says: ﴿ وَأَلْقَى فِي الأَرْضِ رَوَاسِيَ أَن تَمِيدَ بِكُمْ وَأَنْهَاراً وَسُبُلاً لَّعَلَّكُمْ تَهْتَدُونَ ﴾ [النحل : 15]

14. This means: “And He has affixed into the earth mountains standing firm, lest it should shake with you, and rivers and roads, that you may guide yourselves.” (Surah An-Nahl: 15

15. The nature of the atmosphere Allah says: ﴿ وَجَعَلْنَا السَّمَاءَ سَقْفًا مَحْفُوظًا وَهُمْ عَنْ آيَاتِهَا مُعْرِضُونَ ﴾ [الأنبياء :32]

16. This means: “And We have made the heaven a roof, safe and well guarded. Yet they turn away from its signs (i.e. sun, moon, winds, clouds, etc.).” (Surah Al-Anbiya’: 32)

17. The clouds and the rain: In a Qur’anic verse: ﴿ أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّ اللَّهَ يُزْجِي سَحَابًا ثُمَّ يُؤَلِّفُ بَيْنَهُ ثُمَّ يَجْعَلُهُ رُكَامًا فَتَرَى الْوَدْقَ يَخْرُجُ مِنْ خِلَالِهِ وَيُنَزِّلُ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ مِنْ جِبَالٍ فِيهَا مِنْ بَرَدٍ فَيُصِيبُ بِهِ مَنْ يَشَاءُ وَيَصْرِفُهُ عَنْ مَنْ يَشَاءُ يَكَادُ سَنَا بَرْقِهِ يَذْهَبُ بِالأَبْصَارِ ﴾ [النور: 43]

18. This means: “See you not that Allah drives the clouds gently, then joins them together, then makes them into a heap of layers, and you see the rain comes forth from between them.

19. And He sends down from the sky hail (like) mountains, (or there are in the heaven mountains of hail from where He sends down hail), and strike therewith whom He will, and averts it from whom He wills. The vivid flash of its (clouds) lightning nearly blinds the sight.” (Surah an-Nur, 43)

20. مصادر مياه الأنهار: Allah says: ﴿ وَجَعَلْنَا فِيهَا رَوَاسِيَ شَامِخَاتٍ وَأَسْقَيْنَاكُمْ مَاءً فُرَاتًا ﴾ [المرسلات:27]

21. The verse means: “And have placed therein firm, and tall mountains; and have given you to drink sweet water?Yusuf Ali: And made therein mountains standing firm, lofty (in stature); and provided for you water sweet (and wholesome)?” (Surah Al-Mursalat: 27)

22. The source of springs: The verse says: ﴿ أَلمْ تَرَ أَنَّ اللَّهَ أَنْزَلَ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ مَاءً فَسَلَكَهُ يَنَابِيعَ فِي الأرْضِ ثُمَّ يُخْرِجُ بِهِ زَرْعًا مُخْتَلِفًا أَلْوَانُهُ ثُمَّ يَهِيجُ فَتَرَاهُ مُصْفَرًّا ثُمَّ يَجْعَلُهُ حُطَامًا إِنَّ فِي ذَلِكَ لَذِكْرَىلأُولِي الأَلْبَابِ ﴾ [النور:43]

23. It means: “See you not that Allah drives the clouds gently, then joins them together, then makes them into a heap of layers, and you see the rain comes forth from between them. And He sends down from the sky hail (like) mountains, (or there are in the heaven mountains of hail from where He sends down hail), and strike therewith whom He will, and averts it from whom He wills. The vivid flash of its (clouds) lightning nearly blinds the sight.” (Surah An-Nur 43)

24. The gems: Allah says: ﴿ وَمَا يَسْتَوِي الْبَحْرَانِ هَذَا عَذْبٌ فُرَاتٌ سَائِغٌ شَرَابُهُ وَهَذَا مِلْحٌ أُجَاجٌ وَمِنْ كُلٍّ تَأْكُلُونَ لَحْمًا طَرِيًّا وَتَسْتَخْرِجُونَ حِلْيَةً تَلْبَسُونَهَا وَتَرَى الْفُلْكَ فِيهِ مَوَاخِرَ لِتَبْتَغُوا مِنْ فَضْلِهِ وَلَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ ﴾ [فاطر:12]

25. This means: “And the two seas (kinds of water) are not alike, this fresh sweet, and pleasant to drink, and that saltish and bitter. And from them both you eat fresh tender meat (fish), and derive the ornaments that you wear. And you see the ships cleaving (the seawater as they sail through it), that you may seek of His Bounty, and that you may give thanks.” (Surah Fatir: 12)

26. The arable land: The verse: ﴿ وَتَرَى الأَرْضَ هَامِدَةً فَإِذَا أَنْزَلْنَا عَلَيْهَا الْمَاءَ اهْتَزَّتْ وَرَبَتْ وَأَنْبَتَتْ مِنْ كُلِّ زَوْجٍ بَهِيجٍ ﴾ [الحج:5]

27. The verse means: “… And you see the earth barren, but when We send down water (rain) on it, it is stirred (to life), it swells and puts forth every lovely kind (of growth).” (Surah Al-Hajj: 5)

28. Animal life: Allah says: ﴿ وَجَعَلْنَا مِنَ الْمَاءِ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ حَيٍّ أَفَلاَ يُؤْمِنُونَ ﴾ [الأنبياء: 30]

29. This means: “And We have made from water every living thing.” (Surah Al-Anbiya`: 30)

30. Medicine: Embryology: Allah says: ﴿ ثُمَّ جَعَلْنَاهُ نُطْفَةً فِي قَرَارٍ مَكِينٍ* ثُمَّ خَلَقْنَا النُّطْفَةَ عَلَقَةً فَخَلَقْنَا الْعَلَقَةَ مُضْغَةً فَخَلَقْنَا الْمُضْغَةَ عِظَامًا فَكَسَوْنَا الْعِظَامَ لَحْمًا ثُمَّ أَنْشَأْنَاهُ خَلْقًا ءَاخَرَ فَتَبَارَكَ اللَّهُ أَحْسَنُ الْخَالِقِينَ ﴾ [المؤمنون: 13 – 14]

31. This means: “Thereafter We made him (the offspring of Adam) as a Nutfah (mixed drops of the male and female sexual discharge) (and lodged it) in a safe lodging (womb of the woman). Then We made the Nutfah into a clot (a piece of thick coagulated blood), then We made the clot into a little lump of flesh, then We made out of that little lump of flesh bones, then We clothed the bones with flesh, and then We brought it forth as another creation. So blessed be Allah, the Best of creators.” (Surah Al-Mu’minun: 13 - 14)

32. Honey: In a Qur’anic verse Allah says: ﴿ ثُمَّ كُلِي مِنْ كُلِّ الثَّمَرَاتِ فَاسْلُكِي سُبُلَ رَبِّكِ ذُلُلاً يَخْرُجُ مِنْ بُطُونِهَا شَرَابٌ مُخْتَلِفٌ أَلْوَانُهُ فِيهِ شِفَاءٌ لِلنَّاسِ إِنَّ فِي ذَلِكَ لآيَةً لِقَوْمٍ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ ﴾ [النحل: 69]

33. This means: “There comes forth from their ( the bees) bellies, a drink of varying color wherein is healing for men.” (Surah An-Nahl: 69)

34. Breastfeeding: Allah says: ﴿ وَالْوَالِدَاتُ يُرْضِعْنَ أَوْلَادَهُنَّ حَوْلَيْنِ كَامِلَيْنِ لِمَنْ أَرَادَ أَنْ يُتِمَّ الرَّضَاعَةَ ﴾ [البقرة : 233]

35. This means: “The mothers shall give suck to their children for two whole years.” (Surah Al-Baqarah: 233)

36. Historical facts: Pharaoh of Exodus: Allah says: ﴿ فَالْيَوْمَ نُنَجِّيكَ بِبَدَنِكَ لِتَكُونَ لِمَنْ خَلْفَكَ آيَةً وإِنَّ كَثِيراً مِّنَ النَّاسِ عَنْ آيَاتِنَا لَغَافِلُونَ ﴾ [يونس : 92]

37. This means: “So this day We shall deliver your (dead) body (out from the sea) that you may be a sign to those who come after you! And verily, many among mankind are heedless of Our Ayat (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.)” (Surah Yunus: 92)

38. Corrupting the Tawrah and Injil: See the proofs in lesson 16

39. Natural history: Allah says: ﴿ قُلْ سِيرُوا فِي الأَرْضِ فَانظُرُوا كَيْفَ بَدَأَ الْخَلْقَ ﴾ [العنكبوت : 20]

40. This means: “Say: Travel in the land and see how (Allah) originated creation.” (Surah Al-`Ankabut: 20)

41. The prophecies: Preserving the Holy Qur’an: The verse says: ﴿ إِنَّا نَحْنُ نَزَّلْنَا الذِّكْرَ وإِنَّا لَهُ لَحَافِظُونَ ﴾ [الحجر : 9]

42. It means: “Surely We, even We, have been sending down the Remembrance and surely We are indeed preservers of it.” (Surah Al-Hijr: 9)

43. The Qur’an cannot be rivaled: (See the proofs at: the first part of elocutionary inimitability, lesson 4)

44. Inimitability of the Qur’an being manifest: Allah says: ﴿ سَنُرِيهِمْ آيَاتِنَا فِي الآفَاقِ وَفِي أَنفُسِهِمْ حَتَّى يَتَبَيَّنَ لَهُمْ أَنَّهُ الْحَقُّ أَوَ لَمْ يَكْفِ بِربِّكَ أَنَّهُ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ شَهِيدٌ ﴾ [فصلت : 53]

45. This means: “We will show them Our Signs in the universe, and in their ownselves, until it becomes manifest to them that this (the Qur'an) is the truth. Is it not sufficient in regard to your Lord that He is a Witness over all things? (Surah Fussilat: 53)