We refer to many branches of science and scientific facts today and use them to analyze various things and events — even religious matters. We refer to them, either one at a time or in groups, to provide evidence of Allah's existence and oneness to those who need such evidence.


Similarly, when looking at science in the light of the Qur'an, we point out that it contains information about the nature of things that agrees with modern scientific findings. Consider medicine. I once read a book called Medicine Is the Niche of the Faith. It is really so, and we must acknowledge God when studying our bodily existence and development.

Your Lord says, "Call on Me and I will answer you. Those who are too proud to worship Me will enter Hell abject." (Qur'an, 40:60)

According to the Qur'an, prayer, meaning "calling, giving expression, requesting, seeking help," is a person's turning sincerely to Allah, and seeking help from Him, the Almighty, the Compassionate and Merciful, in the knowledge that he is a dependent being. Illness is one of those instances when a person feels this dependence most and draws closer to Allah. Furthermore, sickness is a test, devised in His Wisdom, that takes place by His Will, and is a warning to remind people of the transience and imperfection of this life, and is also a source of recompense in the Hereafter for the patient and submissive.

Those without faith, on the other hand, imagine that the way to recovery is through doctors, medicines or the advanced technological capabilities of modern science. They never pause to think that it is Allah Who causes their physical system to function when they are in good health, or Who creates the healing medicines and doctors when they are ill. Many turn only to Allah when they arrive at the opinion that doctors and medicines are inadequate. People in such situations seek help only from Allah, realising that only He can free them from their difficulty. Allah has revealed this mindset in a verse:

The fact is, however, that even in good health, or without tribulations or other difficulties, a person must pray and give thanks to Allah for the comforts, good health and all the other blessings He has imparted.

One very important aspect of prayer is this: In addition to praying out loud, it is also important for a person to make every effort to pray through his or her deeds. Prayer by action means doing everything possible to attain a certain wish. For example, in addition to praying, a sick person may also have to visit an expert doctor, use medicines that will be of benefit, and receive hospital treatment if necessary, or some other form of special care. Because, Allah has linked everything that happens in this world to specific causes. Everything in the world and in the universe happens in accordance with these causes. Therefore, the individual must take the requisite measures in accordance with these causes, and yet await the outcome from Allah, with humility, submission and patience, in the knowledge that it is He Who brings about their results.

The positive effect of faith and prayer on the sick and the way these accelerate treatment is a matter that has attracted the attention of and is recommended by doctors.Under the heading "God and Health: Is Religion Good Medicine? Why Science Is Starting to Believe," the 10 November, 2003, edition of the famous magazine Newsweek took the curative effect of religion as its cover story. It reported that faith in God raised people's morale and helped them recover more easily, and that science had also begun to believe that people with religious faith recover more easily and quickly. According to a Newsweek survey, 72% of Americans say they believe that praying can cure someone and that prayer facilitates recovery.

Research in Great Britain and the USA has also concluded that prayer reduces patients' symptoms and accelerates the recovery process.

According to research conducted at Michigan University, depression and stress are observed to lesser extent in the devout. And, according to findings at Rush University in Chicago, the early death rate among people who worship and pray regularly is some 25% lower than in those with no religious convictions. Another study conducted on 750 people, who underwent angiocardiography, proved scientifically the "curative power of prayer." It was established that the death rate among heart patients who prayed decreased by 30% within a year after their operations.

Examples of the prayers mentioned in the Qur'an are:

As has already been stated, prayer must not only be for alleviation of sickness, or other mundane problems. A sincere believer must always pray to Allah and accept whatever comes from Him. The fact that the benefits of prayer revealed in many verses of the Qur'an are now being recognised scientifically, once again reveals the miraculous nature of the Qur'an.

Al-Quran berulang-ulang kali menyebut sesuatu yang menuntut para pembacanya untuk percaya. Adakalanya ia menceritakan tentang syurga, binatang dan tumbuhan dimana ia menjadi bukti kewujudan pencipta yang Agung. Pernahkah kita terfikir tentang bagaimana wujudnya manusia yang dianggap sebagai khalifah di muka bumi Allah. Ataupun adakah lahirnya kita semata-mata kerana percantuman air mani dari ayah dan ibu??

Kami telah menciptakan kamu,maka mengapa kamu tidak membenarkan (hari kebangkitan)Maka kamu perhatikan tentang (benih manusia )yang kamu pancarkan.Kami telah menentukan kematian masing-masing kamu dan kami tidak lemah.

[Al-Waqi'ah:57-59]

Keagungan penciptaan manusia berkali-kali disebut di dalam AL-Quran. Penceritaan yang dikisahkan di dalam ayat-ayat tersebut begitu halus dan terperinci, mustahil bagi seseorang yang hidup pada abad ke-7 untuk mempunyai pengetahuan tentangnya.Contoh-contohnya adalah seperti berikut:

1. Manusia tidak dilahirkan daripada keseluruhan air mani tetapi hanyalah sebahagian yang amat kecil daripadanya(sperma)
2. Lelakilah yang menentukan jantina bayi yg dilahirkan
3. Embrio melekat di rahim ibu seperti lintah
4. Pertumbuhan embrio berlaku di 3 kawasan gelap di dalam rahim ibu

Perkara-perkara yang diceritakan adalah jauh melangkaui tahap pengetahuan yang dipelajari oleh manusia pada zaman tersebut.

Fakta-fakta ini hanya mampu dibuktikan melalui teknologi yang diperolehi pada abad ke-20.

Sekarang mari kita mengkaji perkara-perkara ini satu-persatu:

SETITIK AIR MANI

Sperma melalui perjalanan di dalam badan ibu sampai mereka menjumpai ovum.Hanya seribu daripada 250 juta yang berjaya menjumpai ovum.Di akhir perjalanan yg hanya lima minit ini,ovum yg hanya sebesar separuh dari sebiji garam hanya membenarkan satu daripada seribu sperma untuk disenyawakan.

perkara ini berpatutan lah dengan apa yang dikatakan di dalam Al-Quran dimana hanya sebahagian yang amat kecil daripadanya.Ini juga dijelaskan lagi dalam Surah al-Qiyama

Apakah manusia mengira, dia akan dibiarkn begitu sahaja (tanpa pertanggungjawaban)?. Bukankah dia mulanya hanya setetes mani yg ditumpahkan (ke dalam rahim)[al-Qiyama:36-37]

Komponen-komponen Air Mani..

Cecair atau lebih dikenali sebagai air mani mengandungi sperma tidak merangkumi hanya sperma sahaja.Sebaliknya ia merangkumi percampuran pelbagai cecair yang lain.Air mani adalah percampuran cecair yang dihasilkan daripada beberapa organ persetubuhan lelaki seperti testis,salur prostat,seminal vesicles dan juga saluran air kencing lelaki.

Kajian yang lebih terperinci juga menunjukkan air mani lelaki mengandungi komponen-komponen lain seperti citric acid, prostaglandin, flavin, ascorbic acid, ergothioneine, cholesterol, phospholipids, fibrinolysin, zinc, phosphatase acid, phosphase, hyaluronidase and sperma.Cecair yang terkandung dalam air mani mempunyai banyak fungsi antara untuk memberi tenaga kepada sperma, mengneutralkan acid di dalam rahim perempuan dan juga untuk melicinkan pergerakan sperma.

Perkara ini telah di sebut di dalam al-Quran dan telah dibuktikan oleh sains pada masa kini:

Jantina Bagi Bayi Yang Baru lahir

Pada pandangan sesetengah golongan, jantina bayi ditentukan oleh sel ibu, malah ada juga yang menyatakan jantina ditentukan oleh kedua-dua sel ibu dan ayah.Tetapi di dalam Al-quran ada menyatakan samada lelaki atau perempuan bayi yang akan dilahirkan adalah bergantung kepada setitik air mani daripada ayah.

Kajian yang terperinci telah dilakukan bagi membuktikan apa yang dinyatakan didalam al-quran dan terbukti apa yang dinyatakan adalah benar .JAntina bayi ditentukan oleh sperma daripada ayah dan bukan telur daripada ibu.

Chromosomes adalah elemen utama bagi mentukan jantina seseorang.Badan manusia mempunyai 46 chromosomes dan 2 daripadanya dikenali sebagai "sex chromosomes" atau chromosomes jantina.Sex chromosomes akan berbeza dari lelaki dan perempuan,lelaki mempunyai chromosomes "XY" manakala perempuan "XX".Y chromosomes adalah untuk jantina lelaki manakala X adalah untuk perempuan.

Penentuan jantina bagi seorang bayi itu ditentukan daripada penggabungan 2 chromosomes ini.Perempuan mempunyai 2 sex chromosomes iaitu "XX",berbeza bagi lelaki yang mempunyai satu X dan satu Y.Jika X chromosomes daripada perempuan bercantum dengan X chromosomes daripada lelaki maka akan menghasilkan bayi perempuan.Tetapi jika bercantum dengan Y chromosomes dariapada lelaki maka akan menghasilkan bayi lelaki.

Dalam erti kata yang lain,jantina bagi bayi ditentukan oleh chromosomes yang datang dari lelaki bukan daripada perempuan.

Coretan penulis:

Pada masyarakat zaman sekarang ini,perempuan selalu dipersalahkan jika bayi yang dilahirkan adalah lelaki.Seperti mana yang kita ketahui,pada zaman jahiliah bayi perempuan dianggap membawa bala dan dibunuh dengan serta-merta malah ada yang ditanam hidup-hidup.