Biology in the Quran - Dr Zakir Naik

Biology in the Quran - Dr Zakir Naik

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In the subject of Biology the Qur'an says in Surah Ambiya, Chapter.No. 21, Verse.No.30, “Wa Ja`alna Minal Maa'i Kulla Shay'in Hayyin Afala Yu’minoon” “We made from water every living thing. Will they not then believe?” Imagine in the deserts of Arabia, the Qur’an says “We made from water every living thing”. Who could have believed in it? Today after science has advanced we have come to know that every living creature has got cells and the basic substance of cell is Cytoplasm which contains over 80% water. And today science tells us that every living creature contains about 50 to 90 % water. Qur’an mentions in Surah Noor, Chapter.No.24, Verse.No.45, “We’ve created every living animal from water” The Qur'an says in Surah Furqaan, Chapter.No.25, Verse.No.54, “We have created every human being from water” In the field of ‘Botany’, previously we did not know that even the plants have got sexes- male and female. We have come to know about this recently. Recently means 100 years back, 200 years back, 300 years back. The Qur'an says in Surah Ta Ha, Chapter No.20, Verse.No.53, “It is Allah (swt) who sends down water from the sky and with it brings various pairs of plants, each separate from the other”. The Arabic word used ‘each separate from the other’ meaning male and female. The Arabic word used in the verse of the Qur’an is ‘Azwaaj’ meaning spouses, sexes, male or female. So Qur’an says that every kind of plant has been made into sexes: male and female. And today science tells us that all the plants they have got male and female sexes. Even the Unisexual plant, they have distinct characteristics of male and female. The Qur'an says in Surah Ra’d, Chapter.No.13, Verse.No.3, “We have created every kind of fruit in pairs, two and two” Even the fruits are created in - Male and Female. And today we know that the superior plants, their end stage is the fruit, before that stage is a flower. Which has got stamens and ovules, male and female and pollen comes and fertilizes and then we have the fruit having distinct characteristic of male and female. Even the Parthenocarpic fruits, even they, like banana, figs, certain types of pineapple, oranges, they have distinct characteristics, these are unfertilized fruits. Flowers from unfertilized, the fruits obtained even they have distinct characteristics of male and female. The Qur’an says further in Surah Yasin, Chapter.No.36, Verse.No.36, “It is Allah (swt) who has created every animal in pairs and human being in pairs and even things which you know and don’t know.” Allah says, he has created every thing in pairs. So besides human beings, animal, plants, even things which we don’t know. Today we know that things like electricity also have got positive and negative. The electrons and protons and many things which we don’t know. So Allah says he has created every thing in pairs. Things we know as well as things we don’t know.