The first verses revealed to prophet Muhammad SAW

The first verses revealed to prophet Muhammad SAW

The verse is begun with the word to read. This word is an order to all Moslem to read in the sense of to think of the creation of the creator. Quran with its verses contain hints and a lot of scientific facts, but it is not scientific theories. Tears streaming on prophet Muhammad’s cheek, because he knew there would be very little number of muslims who industriously think of the nature.

 Natural phenomena and the life of organisms are the facts to be studied and mastered for the sake of our properity as in verse 80 chapter Yasin. Substances which are produced in photosynthesis are glucose and oxygen as the by product. Digestive process in human nutrition is the process to produce sugar to maintain body warm, growth and development.

 Caliph Harun AI-Rashid and his successors appreciated and gave rewards to those who translate into Arabic the books of Greek philosophers, no restriction were imposed to ban, they were initiated and encouraged and fully welcome as the spirit of Islam is in fact a scientific one. Through the scientific observations and the natural evidences revealed, now we believe in the Qur’an that it is true all times.
In this way people may come to conclusion for having firmer belief in its creator. Key words : Order, facts, cheek, photosynthesis, verse 80, encourage.

1. Scientific Encouragement Someone still has the opinion that Islam discourages the development of science. This accusation is absolutely not true. The process of conclusion making in the science and the religion is something different. Religion is based on faith and science is based on human investigation or rational and logical facts. . Reading in the meaning of studying the nature is the first order from the Almighty God to prophet Muhammad. Nature and all creatures are created in balance. Creatures are all in pairs.

Nature is prepared and maintained in systematic mechanism. Photosynthesis is considered to be the first chain of living mechanism of creatures which depend on food and on the supply of fire (energy) as stated in verse 80 chapter Ya Sin. The photosynthesis proses is the process of synthesis of carbon dioxide and the water. Water has unique physical and chemical properties. We can heat it, evaporate it, freeze it and use it for solving or combining other things. All living creatures require water, and almost the processing happening need water.

Through the scientific observations and the natural evidences revealed, now we believe in the Qur’an that it is true all the times. Man is ordered to utilize their all capacities of mind and intellect lo reveal the secret of the nature and the whole universe. In this way people may come to conclusion to have firmer belief in God, the Creator.

Studying the verses guiding or enlightening the development of science may commence from any verses saying about the creation. Such the verse is verse number 2 of al-'Ala chapter :

Alladzi khalaqa fasawwa (Who has created (everything) and proportioned it) . It is very interesting subject. We are all aware of this verse is applied to plant and animal and also to inanimate things. From micro subject point of view,

we got the understanding that all maters are composed of extremely small particles called atoms consisting of charged particles and uncharged particles called neutrons. While the charged particles are of two kinds, negative called electrons and positive called protons. There are always in pairs and in equalibrium.

 In the world of vegetation, plants are propagated with two ways of propagation generatively (by generative cells : seeds) and vegetatively (somatic cells). There are male and famale flowers to generate new individual plant. It is very clear in animal world, there will be no ancestor without the matching of the different sexes meaning male and female. There are a lot of references to the pursuit of knowledge in the Qur’an. Allah orders us to travel through the earth even to the outer space (if we afford) to see how Allah originated creation. In the sight of Allah people are equal. However, Allah describes they are not equal between a knowledgeable person and an ignorant person, they are in opposite positions, they are different. 

Prophet Muhammad (saas) cried on the eve of receiving revelation of verses 190 and 191 of surah al-Imron.: “Verily in the creation of the heavens and the earth and (in) the alternation of night and day –there are indeed signs for men of understanding; Men who remember Allah, standing, sitting, and lying down on their sides, and contemplate the creation of the heavens and the earth (with the thought) “Our Lord! Not for nothing have You created (all) this. Glory to You! Give us salvation from the suffering of the Fire.”