Quran 103 (Al-‘Asr) — Part 1
Series: Surah Al-‘Asr (1 of 2). Time as witness, humanity in loss, and the four-part escape clause.
Quran on science topics from the Big Bang to Evolution.
Series: Surah Al-‘Asr (1 of 2). Time as witness, humanity in loss, and the four-part escape clause.
Series: Surah Al-‘Asr (2 of 2). How faith, good works, truth, and patience reinforce each other in practice.
DNA’s “right-handed” molecular code (homochirality) and the Quran’s imagery of the Book of Deeds returned in the right hand.
How wudu’s handwashing, mouth rinse, and nasal rinse align with modern respiratory hygiene and saline irrigation research.
A thought experiment connecting Al-Buraq’s description to relativity, geodesics, and the physics of light.
How the Quran links the alternation of night and day, water as the origin of life, and vision, in harmony with modern science.
Paleontology overview and five Quranic verse groupings about dinosaurs.
Early life evolution in oceans, with a connection to the Moses and al Khidr story.
How clay helped form the organic chemicals need for life, plus a Jesus story.
How the Quran's chapter of the Believers lists 7 stages of evolution, from microbes to mammals.
Were the first words of the Quran about DNA? Reimagining “alaq.”
Cosmic beginning according to science and the Quran.
How Earth’s atmosphere shields life and is adorned with lights.
How the Quran accurately forecasts both the ages of the Earth and Universe.
From accretion and differentiation to a stable crust and mountains; Quran on Earth formation.
How the Earth and seven planets emerged from a nebula reminscient of the Quran's sky of smoke.
Common misconceptions about the 6 days of creation in the Quran addressed.
Origins of water and the hydrologic cycle, with verses on life and mercy.