Rezwan
Mr.
Ali Sina,
Hope you are going on well with your business. Recently I have read
one of the articles from the site, titled The
Miracles of Allah. After reading that I would like to share my
differentiated opinion with you and hopefully I wish you to ponder over
my
idea.
I
agree with you that the news of supernatural events that we find in
electronic or printing media may be natural fluke or man made
so we
should not count that into consideration unless we
scrutinize or present on the spur of the moment at
the very spot.. Consequently I think we must not run only after
supernatural occurence. Our faith demands both akl (ration) and yaakin
(belief of the unseen).
But I
suppose the way of approach or presentation in the article has not been
something that soothes. Regarding the article I have found many an
awkward things .By way of example I am citing here two cases:
Cats
eye nebula,a galactic explosion which is 3000light years away from us. The
article says that this has nothing to do with splitting asunder of the
heavens.Though it may apparently seem that there had been a long lapse of
time beetwen the two events but this can very well be explained by the
relativity of time and I think you are very much aware of Albert einsteins
theory of relativity
that certifies
the constriction of apparently seemed wide spectrum of time.
In this context you also added the expansile nature of stars
which is responsible for the red colour of the nebula. Yea thats
true, and even this phenomenom of expansion is also mentioned in the
Quran(chapter 51,verse47).It might have been a co-incident if the quraan
had mentioned only one phenomena but we find the quraan mentioning about
big bang, galactic explosion,expansion phenomena e.t.c ultramodern
established facts in all together .
Now
regarding the praying tree found in Sydney, I was not shocked for a dog
and a pig being in the close vicinity of the tree but of the fact that how
the scene had been created. You said that your friend dismayed as those
creatures had gathered around but I think those had not by
themselves rather those had been taken to gather around. In
Australian jungles hounds are not available .The usual
hunter animals are Dingo ( an animal of canine family). But suppose
somehow a hound dog managed to reach there then was not it over smart for
a pig to join there at the same time? My suspicion
further grew to find the combination of specially two animals that
excites muslim sentiment( as because pork is haram and taming dog is
discouraged unless extreme necessity). Thats why I think those animals
were used intentionally for fabrication or they were introduced into the
picture by some other techniques. I agree with you that we should not
confide upon supernatural events without scrutiny but at the sametime we
must not support any forgery.
Before
I conclude Mr sina I would like to ask you to keep my following proposal
that is just to go through a book and an article of my favourite.For that
you have to download the both and download is absolutely free.
The
book is titled Allah is known through reason
http://www.hyahya.org
the
article ,, ,, Quran and modern science conflict or
conciliation? http://www.emuslim.com
With regards ;
Rezwan
e-mail: [email protected]
N.B You need not mail me but if you wish you can. In fact it would
be a pleasure for me if you manage few time from your busy everyday life
and mindfully go through the aforementioned book and article.
Dear
Rezwan,
Thank you for
your polite email. The Einstein's theory of relativity does not reduce the
amount of time that light takes to reach the Earth. As far as we are
concerned, that explosion happened 3000 years ago. Time is relative to the
object that is traveling. Furthermore the speed of light is constant and
the theory of relativity does not apply to it. Our relative time on Earth is the same as we
know it. Cat’s eye nebula is not the only stellar explosion. All stars
will explode when they burn out their nuclear fuel. This will happen even
to our sun. The birth and death of stars is as natural as the birth and
death of humans. There is nothing extraordinary in that. Furthermore,
these explosions (or implosions depending on the size of the star) are out of our skies. Our sky is what
surrounds our Earth. What is happening in other solar systems are not our
skies. So our heaven is not cleft asunder when stars in other parts of our
galaxy explode.
As I explained
Muhammad was a prophet of doom and gloom. He was fond of scaring people
into submission. When he said “And when the heaven
splitteth asunder and becometh rosy like red hide”, he was talking
about our own sky. He is
talking of the dooms day. Look at the whole Surah. Have any of these
things Muhammad is scaring people of happened yet?
Surah 51
26 All
that is on earth will perish:
027 But
will abide (for ever) the Face of thy Lord,- full of Majesty, Bounty and
Honour.
28 Then
which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
29 Of
Him seeks (its need) every creature in the heavens and on earth: every day
in (new) Splendour doth He (shine)!
30 Then
which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
31 Soon
shall We settle your affairs, O both ye worlds!
32 Then
which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
33 O
ye assembly of Jinns and men! If it be ye can pass beyond the zones of the
heavens and the earth, pass ye! not without authority shall ye be able to
pass!
34 Then
which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
35 On
you will be sent (O ye evil ones twain!) a flame of fire (to burn) and a
smoke (to choke): no defence will ye have:
36 Then
which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
37 When
the sky is rent asunder, and it becomes red like ointment:
38 Then
which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
39 On
that Day no question will be asked of man or Jinn as to his sin.
40 Then
which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
41 (For)
the sinners will be known by their marks: and they will be seized by their
forelocks and their feet.
42 Then
which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
43 This
is the Hell which the Sinners deny:
44 In
its midst and in the midst of boiling hot water will they wander round!
45 Then
which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?
46 But
for such as fear the time when they will stand before (the Judgment Seat
of) their Lord, there will be two Gardens-
47 Then
which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?-
As you can see here
Muhammad is practicing his scare mongering tactics. He is talking about
the perishing of the Earth. He is talking about punishment of Jinns and
men with “flame of fire (to burn) and a smoke (to choke)”.
And then he says that “sky is rent asunder, and it becomes red
like ointment”. He is
talking of the Day of Judgment when the men and Jinn will be brought to
justice and “the sinners will be known by their marks: and they will be
seized by their forelocks and their feet.” and "In its midst
and in the midst of boiling hot water will they wander round!" Muhammad
here is talking about his favorite subject, the Hell and the day of
Judgment. Everything he says
here, including that drill “then which of the favours of your Lord will ye deny?”
is intended to induce fear in his followers and scare them so they dare not
doubt or
question his ridiculous claims. These tales of doom and gloom and the Day
of Judgment have nothing to do with a star exploding 3000 years ago
somewhere in our galaxy. It is just pathetic that Muslims’ brains have
shrunk so much that they need to resort to such ridiculous explanations to
fool themselves into believing that the Quran, which is full of
absurdities contains scientific facts.
As for the verse 51:47 it reads:
”With power and skill did We construct the
Firmament: for it is We Who create the vastness of pace.”
Waalssamaa banaynaha
bi-aydin wa-inna lamoosiAAoona
The word used here is moosiAAoona which drives from
word vaseun. It means vast. It has nothing to do with expanding. When you
say al rezwano vaseun (the garden is vast). It does not mean that the
garden is expanding. Any Arab
standing in the clear nights of the desert could lookup at the sky and see
that it is vast. Muhammad is stating the obvious. There is nothing
scientific in this.
However the verse 5 of the chapter we discussed above
is unscientific.
55.5 The
sun and the moon follow courses (exactly) computed;
This is again based on the observation of the
primitive people who could see the Sun and the Moon rotating around the
Earth in a fixed course. This is obviously not so. As far as the Earth is
concerned the Sun is fixed and the moon is rotating.
Also Jinns do not exist. These are all childish
tales.
As far as the praying tree and the pilgrimage of a
dog and a pig, that is a caricature.
The intent is to make fun of the childish beliefs of
the Muslims. These things are fluke of the nature. They are not messages
for the believers. Look at the following picture. What message do you
think Allah is trying to convey here?
Is it yet another secret message from
Allah to make Muslims go and kiss this?
What about this natural stone
formation at Thailand's Samui beaches? What message Allah is delivering
here?
Dear Rezwan, these are fluke of the
nature. Nobody is sending any messages. Only Muslims are so intellectually
bankrupt that see messages in clouds, in trees, in tomatoes, etc.
As for Mr. Haroun Yahya, we invited him to debate
with us. He did not respond. A Muslim pleaded with him and he sent him an
email telling him he will but this is now several months since and we have
not heard of him. Would you be kind enough to contact this gentleman and
tell him we are waiting?
We have a series of articles refuting the claim that
Quran is scientific. Here they are if you care to read them. http://main.faithfreedom.org/Articles/articles.htm#science
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