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Dear brothers and sisters Aslamoalikum,
"Are we made of clay ? what is ment by clay ... this is just one way that people could understand. If it was to tell us the names of all the elements that we were created by what names would the Holy Qur'aan have used when those elements were discovered long after and had not been even named.. for us clay is enough... "
Clay meaning Earth which includes all the minerals that we are created from.
"We should only accept the Holy Qur'aan and the Ahadeeth on this matter. Our knowledge is not enough to understand everything. "
This is addressed to Muslims who accept these books to be Devine Guidance.
"Science is not the the answer to understanding all subjects. History has shown the masters of science have been proven wrong in time."
Yes we have plenty of proofs scientists have been repeatedly wrong throughout history!. It's not the first time this is said.
"We must increase our knowledge to be able to understand as to what is ment by those words in context of the subject in the surah. "
Again this is for the Muslims to increase their knowledge so that they can understand the Devine book in more depth.
"The Torah has words that at that time applied to people so as to make it simple for them to understand. Had the Holy Qur'aan stated that the Earth was moving then there would have been many who would have not believed it as they would have been able prove just as Ahla Hazhrat (ra) that the Earth is at a stand still.."
Ahla Hazhrat(ra) a scientist mathematician philospher religious scholar astronomer a mystic a poet a writer but could not expain from science of that time that the Earth was rotating. So he accepted it as still but the Qur'aan says,
THE QUR'AAN SAYS THE EARTH IS ROTATING
Qur'aan, 21:33
"It is He Who created the Night and the Day, and the sun and the moon: all (the celestial bodies) rotate (falak), each in their celestial spheres." Yusaf Ali, M.H. Shakir
The Arabic word "falak" used for planets and planets' movements in Verse 21:33 means rotation or movement. The Quran states that all celestial bodies including the earth rotate.
People of the time thought that the Earth was flat and still!
THE QURAN SAYS THE EARTH IS ROUND!
Quran, 79:30: God created heaven, and after that he round shaped the earth. -Translation M.H. Shakir
The Arabic word being translated here Dahaha is translated as "expand;" however, it has another meaning in the Arabic language and that is round shaped or egg shaped.
COMPARE THIS TO THE BIBLE WHICH SAYS THE SUN IS MOVING AROUND THE EARTH AND THE EARTH IS STILL AND FLAT!.
"He set the earth on its foundations; it can never be moved. (From the NIV Bible, Psalm 104:5)
"The sun rises and the sun sets, and hurries back to where it rises. (From the NIV Bible, Ecclesiastes 1:5)
THE BIBLE SAYS THE EARTH IS FLAT!
Isaiah 11:12
And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel , and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the FOUR CORNERS OF THE EARTH. (KJV)
Revelation 7:1
And after these things I saw four angels standing on FOUR CORNERS OF THE EARTH, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree. (RSV)
Luke 4:5 The devil led him up to a high mountain and showed him in an instant all the kingdoms of the world. (NIV) Jesus is said to be capable of seeing all the Kingdoms of Earth from the top of a really tall place. Of course, this would be impossible if the Earth was spherical. Christopher Columbus almost suffered a mutiny in the 15th century because his crew feared falling over the edge of the Earth
"When the Holy Qur'aan talks about other things that cannot be proven by people to be incorrect, in time they become acceptable just as the verse which states that the male determins the gender of a child at the time of its conception. Until they became advanced in the science of genetics they did not accept the Qur'aan. "
That is true until modern science proved though electronic microscopes and embryo research. Now it's accepted that the Qur'aanic verses of 1400yrs ago proved right. Those who mock, they will mock all religious books even when what they say is proven to be correct and remarkable for its time.
"Likewise time will prove that the Holy Qur'aan is correct in saying that the Earth is stationary as you would say that the the Earth is still and everything around it moves."
This is incorrect as the Holy Qur'aan does state that the Earth does rotate. Being still idea was taken form Ahla Hazhrat(ra) not from the Holy Qur'aan!.
"Where does movement time and space originate from ? A person could be standing but still the blood inside him is moving ! The universe is in a constant motion even the sun is moving... But it behaves as though it is stationary...!"
This idea of the earth is moving was not discovered until a few centuries ago the Holy Qur'aan stated that the planets are in a orbit and are rotating the Earth is not exempt from this but those who it addressed could never conceive the idea that they were standing on a moving ground hence they thought that the earth was flat.
"As one of the signs of Kiyamat would be that the Sun would come closer to the Earth...!"
Yes science accepts this that as the Sun is depleted of its oxygen and it's solar flares increase eventually this earth will be swallowed up by the Sun and this is now one of the most accepted theory that is will happen.
"We accept all that is in the Holy Qur'aan even if we cannot understand it now due to lack of Knowledge."
Like all Devine books that were sent to the Prophets the Prophets showed them the meanings that they could understand and showed them how to follow the laws by their own practical examples. Knowledge was shared with the people of their time so that they could teach others. Today the Holy Qur'aan is the most read and practically followed book in the World that in itself proves it's miraculous revelation to a Prophet(sawaw) who was not taught by any man how to read or write!. The Prophet(sawaw) who taught mankind that women could inherit and could equally visit the most Holiest Mosque while the West, women could not inherit or visit the church until past Middle Ages. Islam is the religion that taught mankind to pursue knowledge even if one had to travel to China!. It was the Muslim scientists who opened the way towards modern science when in the west the science of medicine was frowned upon as witchcraft and banned by the Church. While the Qur'aan stated all cures are there you must find them which encouraged research in all sciences. Had it not been for the Holy Qur'aan we would still living in the Iron Age!.
May Allah (swt) guide all mankind to unity and Peace. Aa'meen