Dr Gary Miller,Math and Quran

He was a very active missionary and was very knowledgeable about the Bible. This man likes mathematics so much, that's why he likes logic. One day, he decided to read the Qur'an to try to find any mistakes that he might take advantage of while inviting Muslims to convert to Christianity. He expected the Qur'an to be an old book written 14 centuries ago, a book that talks about the desert and so on. He was amazed from what he found.


He discovered that this Book had what no other book in the world has. He expected to find some stories about the hard time that the Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) had, like the death of his wife Khadijah (may Allah be pleased with her) or the death of his sons and daughters. However, he did not find anything like that. And what made him even more confused is that he found a full "Sura" (chapter) in the Qur'an named "Mary" that contains a lot of respect to Mary (peace be upon her) which is not the case even in the books written by Christians nor in their Bibles. He did not find a Sura named after "Fatimah"(the prophet's daughter) nor "Aishah" (the Prophet's wife), may Allah (God) be pleased with both of them. He also found that the name of Jesus (Peace Be Upon Him) was mentioned in the Qur'an 25 times while the name of "Muhammad" (Peace Be Upon Him) was mentioned only 4 times, so he became more confused. He started reading the Qur'an more thoroughly hoping to find a mistake but he was shocked when he read a great verse which is verse number 82 in Surat Al-Nisa'a (Women) that says:
“Do they not consider the Qur'an (with care)? Had it been from other than Allah, they would surely have found therein much discrepancy”.

Dr Miller says about this verse: “One of the well known scientific principles is the principle of finding mistakes or looking for mistakes in a theory until it’s proved to be right (Falsification Test). What’s amazing is that the Holy Qur'an asks Muslims and non-muslims to try to find mistakes in this book and it tells them that they will never find any”. He also says about this verse: "No writer in the world has the courage to write a book and say that it’s empty of mistakes, but the Qur'an, on the contrary, tells you that it has no mistakes and asks you to try to find one and you won’t find any."
Another verse that Dr Miller reflected on for a long time is the verse number 30 in Surat “Al-Anbiya” (The Prophets):

“ Do not the Unbelievers see that the heavens and the earth were joined together (as one unit of Creation), before We clove them asunder? We made from water every living thing. Will they not then believe?"

He says: ”This verse is exactly the subject of the scientific research that won the Noble Prize in 1973 and was about the theory of the “Great Explosion”. According to this theory, the universe was the result of a great explosion that lead to the formation of the universe with its skies and planets.

Dr Miller says: “Now we come to what’s amazing about the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) and what’s pretended about the devils helping him, God says:

“No evil ones have brought down this (Revelation), it would neither suit them nor would they be able (to produce it). Indeed they have been removed far from even (a chance of) hearing it.” The Holy Qur'an, Chapter 26, Verses 210-212.

“When thou does read the Qur'an, seek Allah's protection from Satan the Rejected One” The Holy Qur'an, Chapter 16, Verse 98.

You see? Can this be the devil’s way to write a book? how can he write a book then tells you to ask God for protection from this devil before reading that book? Those are miraculous verses in this miraculous book! and has a logical answer to those who pretend that it’s from the devil”.

And among the stories that amazed Dr Miller is the story of the Prophet(PBUH) with Abu-Lahab. Dr Miller says: “This man (Abu Lahab) used to hate Islam so much that he would go after the Prophet wherever he goes to humiliate him. If he saw the prophet talking to strangers, he used to wait till he finishes and then ask them: What did Muhammad tell you? If he said it’s white then it’s in reality black and if he said it’s night then it’s day. He meant to falsify all what the prophet says and to make people suspicious about it. And 10 years before the death of Abu Lahab, a Sura was inspired to the prophet, named “Al-Masad”. This sura tells that Abu Lahab will go to hell, in other words, it says that Abu Lahab will not convert to Islam. During 10 years, Abu Lahab could have said: “Muhammad is saying that I will not become a Muslim and that I will go to the hell fire, but I’m telling you now that I want to convert to Islam and become a Muslim. What do you think about Muhammad now? Is he saying the truth or no? Does his inspiration come from God?”. But Abu Lahab did not do that at all although he was disobeying the prophet in all matters, but not in this one. In other words, it was as if the prophet(PBUH) was giving Abu Lahab a chance to prove him wrong! But he did not do that during 10 whole years! he did not convert to Islam and did not even pretend to be a Muslim!! Throughout 10 years, he had the chance to destroy Islam in one minute! But this did not happen because those are not the words of Muhammad (PBUH) but the words of God Who knows what’s hidden and knows that Abu Lahab will not become a Muslim.

How can the prophet (PBUH) know that Abu Lahab will prove what is said in that Sura if this was not inspiration from Allah? How can he be sure throughout 10 whole years that what he has (the Qur'an) is true if he did not know that it’s inspiration from Allah?? For a person to take such a risky challenge, this has only one meaning: that this is inspiration from God.

“Perish the hands of the Father of Flame (Abu Lahab)! perish he! No profit to him from all his wealth, and all his gains! Burnt soon will he be in a Fire of blazing Flame! His wife shall carry the (crackling) wood; As fuel! A twisted rope of palm-leaf fibre round her (own) neck!” The Holy Qur'an, Chapter 111.

Dr Miller says about a verse that amazed him: One of the miracles in the Qur'an is challenging the future with things that humans cannot predict and to which the “Falsification Test” applies, this test consists of looking for mistakes until the thing that is being tested is proved to be right. For example, let’s see what the Qur'an said about the relation between Muslims and Jews. Qur'an says that Jews are the major enemies for Muslims and this is true until now as the main enemy for Muslims are the Jews.

Dr Miller continues: This is considered a great challenge since the Jews have the chance to ruin Islam simply by treating Muslims in a friendly way for few years and then say: here we are treating you as friends and the Qur'an says that we are your enemies, the Qur'an must be wrong then! But this did not happen during 1400 years!! and it will never happen because those are the words of The One who knows the unseen (God) and not the words of humans.

Dr Miller continues: Can you see how the verse that talks about the enmity between Muslims and Jews constitutes a challenge to the human mind?

“Strongest among men in enmity to the Believers wilt thou find the Jews and Pagans; and nearest among them in love to the Believers wilt thou find those who say, "We are Christians": because amongst these are men devoted to learning and men who have renounced the world, and they are not arrogant. And when they listen to the revelation received by the Messenger, thou wilt see their eyes overflowing with tears, for they recognize the truth: they pray: "Our Lord! We believe; write us down among the witnesses” The Holy Qur'an, Chapter 5, Verses 82-83.

This verse applies to Dr Miller as he was a Christian but when he knew the truth, he believed and converted to Islam and became a herald. May Allah support him.

Dr Miller says about the unique style of the Qur'an that he finds wonderful: No doubt there is something unique and amazing in Qur'an that is not present anywhere else, as the Qur'an gives you a specific information and tells you that you did not know this before. For example:

"This is part of the tidings of the things unseen, which We reveal unto thee (O Prophet!) by inspiration: thou was not with them when they cast lots with arrows, as to which of them should be charged with the care of Maryam: nor was thou with them when they disputed (the point)” The Holy Qur'an, Chapter 3, Verse 44.

“Such are some of the stories of the Unseen, which We have revealed unto thee: before this, neither thou nor thy People knew them. So persevere patiently: for the End is for those who are righteous” The Holy Qur'an, Chapter 11, Verse 49.

“Such is one of the stories of what happened unseen, which We reveal by inspiration unto thee: nor was thou (present) with them when they concerted their plans together in the process of weaving their plots” The Holy Qur'an, Chapter 12, Verse 102.

Dr Miller continues: “No other holy book uses this style, all the other books consist of information that tells you where this information came from. For example, when the Holy Bible talks about the stories of the ancient nations, it tells you that a this King lived in a this place and a that leader fought in that battle, and that a certain person had a number of kids and their names are. But this book (Bible) always tells you that if you want to know more, you can read a certain book since that information came from that book”.

Dr Garry Miller continues: “This is in contrary to the Qur'an which gives you the information and tells you that it’s new!! And what’s amazing is that the people of Mecca at that time (time of inspiration of those verses) used to hear those verses and the challenge that the information in those verses was new and was not known by Muhammad (PBUH) nor by his people at that time, and despite that, they never said: We know this and it is not new, and they did not say: We know where Muhammad came from with those verses. This never happened, but what happened is that nobody dared to say that he was lying to them because those was really new information, not coming from the human mind but from Allah who knows the unseen in the past, the present and the future”.

Jantung dan Memori

Apakah perkaitannya?

 Marilah kita bersama-sama merenungi kisah menarik yang akan disebut di sini, yang dipetik menerusi Daily Mail bertarikh 10 April 2008 yang lepas. Kisah ini ialah kisah pemindahan jantung yang dijalankan 12 tahun yang lalu di sebuah hospital di Amerika Syarikat. Pesakit jantung tersebut bernama Sonny Graham. Beliau seorang yang baik hati serta hidup dalam kehidupan penuh disiplin. Beliau mudah membantu jiran dan masyarakat apabila pertolongannya diperlukan.

Mr. Graham, pesakit tersebut menerima jantung seorang pemuda yang meninggal kerana membunuh diri. Pemindahan jantung tersebut berjaya dan kesihatan beliau semakin hari semakin baik sehingga beliau pulih seperti biasa. Apabila sembuh, beliau mencari keluarga penderma untuk memberi penghargaan dan ucapan terima kasih. Beliau bertemu dengan balu pemuda yang mati membunuh diri itu. Pertemuan itu membawa maksud yang tersendiri kerana Mr. Graham secara tiba-tiba telah jatuh cinta kepada balu tersebut. Beliau merasakan seolah-olah telah lama mengenalinya serta sangat berharap untuk tinggal bersama. Akhirnya kedua-duanya bersetuju untuk berkahwin. Mereka hidup mewah di sebuah banglo mewah.

Suatu perkara yang ganjil telah berlaku pada diri Mr. Graham. Daripada sifat lemah lembut sebelum pemindahan jantungnya, beliau mula bersikap kasar kepada masyarakat termasuk isterinya sendiri. Menurut isteri yang baru dikahwininya, perangai Mr. Graham sama seperti perangai bekas suaminya yang meninggal dunia itu. Kegemaran buruk bekas suaminya dulu diikuti oleh suami barunya itu. Beliau benar-benar berubah sifat daripada sifat penyantun kepada sifat pembengis dan tidak bertimbang rasa. Akhirnya, beliau mengambil pistol dan membunuh diri sendiri sama seperti yang dilakukan oleh pemuda penderma jantungnya itu. Lalu matilah Mr. Graham dalam keadaan yang sama dengan penderma jantungnya itu.

Para saintis psikoanalisis berasa takjub apabila mengkaji kes ini. Kes ini bukan kes terpencil kerana beberapa kes lain yang direkod mempunyai persamaan dengan kes ini. Satu persoalan yang timbul ialah: Adakah peristiwa ini berlaku secara kebetulan dengan peristiwa penderma jantungnya dahulu, atau, kedua-dua peristiwa tersebut ada kaitannya? Adakah jantung mempunyai sel memori yang masih merakamkan pita penderma asalnya lalu dipindahkan kepada penerima jantung baru.

Mengikut fahaman positifisme Barat, jantung hanyalah satu organ biasa yang tidak berfungsi untuk berfikir atau mempunyai sebarang peranan dengan ingatan. Adakah pandangan itu benar?

Sekarang marilah pula kita merenungi sepotong ayat al-Qur’an yang bermaksud:

“Apakah mereka tidak berjalan pada permukaan bumi lalu menjadikan jantung hati mereka berfikir dengannya, atau telinga mereka mendengar dengannya, Maka sesungguhnya bukanlah penglihatan mereka yang buta akan tetapi yang buta ialah jantung hati mereka yang berada di dada” (al-Hajj, 46).

Dalam ayat di atas disebut “Qulub la ya`qilun biha” yakni jantung hati yang tidak berfikir dengannya (yakni jantung). Indikasi bahawa jantung (atau kalbu) yang berfikir tidak pernah disebut dalam mana-mana pemikiran manusia, akan tetapi al-Qur’an menyatakan bahawa jantung hati yang berfikir. Para saintis sebelum ini berbendapat aktiviti berfikir hanya dilakukan oleh otak, bukan organ lain, khususnya jantung. Namun al-Qur’an menegaskan bahawa berfikir yang mendalam secara renungan dilakukan oleh hati.
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2) http://drmaza.com/home/?p=1136


Para pasikoanalisis berasa sungguh kagum dengan penemuan organ jantung yang menyimpan sel memori yang bersambung dengan sel memori otak, akan tetapi aktiviti berfikir hakikatnya berpusat di jantung. Dalam masyarakat Melayu, qalbu dalam bahasa Arab diterjemahkan sebagai hati tetapi penterjemahan yang sebenarnya ialah jantung.

Para saintis menemui sejenis sel dalam jantung manusia yang dikenali sebagai ganglia cells yang mempunyai memori lebih kuat daripada sel otak. Sel ini berfungsi seperti kapasiti memori sekuat komputer yang menyimpan maklumat yang lebih kekal berbanding otak. Rangkaian sel ganglia ini bersambung antara satu dengan yang lainnya membentuk apa yang disifatkan oleh para pengkajinya sebagai brain cell in the heart.

Rangkaian sel ini mengeluarkan gelombang elektrik yang disebarkan menerusi edaran darah. Penemuan ini merungkaikan pula bahawa darah manusia turut membawa memori dalam kapasiti tertentu yang dicetuskan oleh sel ganglia tersebut. Kajian juga turut memperlihatkan bahawa sel memori otak dan jantung saling bertukar maklumat menerusi mekanisme yang sangat kompleks tindakbalas kimia, asid amino dan gelombang elektrik.

Pendengar yang budiman boleh merujuk tulisan seorang pengkaji Amerika yang bernama Rolin MacCarty daripada Institut HeartMath untuk maklumat yang lebih lanjut tentang perkara ini.

Seorang professor University of Hawaii yang bernama Paul Peasall turut mengkaji aspek psikoanalisis berkaitan dengan pemindahan jantung untuk menguatkan lagi pemenuan sel memori dalam jantung manusia. Pendengar yang budiman boleh mendapat maklumat lanjut menerusi bukunya yang bertajuk The Heart’s Code terbitan Broadway.

Dalam kes lain yang dilaporkan professor tersebut, seorang pemuda penggubah lagu menerusi muzik telah terbunuh dalam satu kemalangan jalan raya lalu jantungnya didermakan kepada seorang pemudi yang sebaya. Secara tiba-tiba pemudi tersebut menjadi pandai dalam muzik dan gubahan lagu. Lebih menyayatkan hati, lagu yang terbengkalai oleh pemuda penderma jantung tersebut disiapkan secara berasingan oleh pemudi penerima jantung tersebut. Apabila ibu pemuda mendengar lagu yang dimainkan pemudi tersebut, tiba-tiba menangis sedih kesayuan apabila mendapati lagu itu pernah dimainkan oleh anaknya yang meninggal dunia itu.

Etika turut dikaji secara bersepadu dalam sains Islam. Sains bukan ilmu yang terpisah daripada paksi tauhid umat Islam tetapi merupakan satu cabang yang memperkuatkan paksi itu. Dalam etika perubatan Islam, persoalan seperti pemindahan anggota, kematian otak, pengguguran bayi, teknologi rawatan rapi dan seumpamanya bukan sahaja berkaitan dengan etika tetapi juga syariah dan hukum.

Dalam persidangan ulama di Jordan tahun 1986, kematian otak atau brain death diterima sebagai alamat kematian walaupun sebahagian ulama tidak sependapat. Dengan demikian, di Arab Saudi misalnya, pemindahan buah pinggang boleh dilakukan apabila kematian otak penderma telah disahkan doktor yang amanah.

Pengguguran kandungan selepas bayi bernyawa dilarang sama sekali dalam syariah. Hanya pengecualian dalam keadaan yang ketat sahaja diberikan apabila nyawa si ibu dalam keadaan terancam, iaitu apabila pilihan nyawa ibu atau nyawa bayi perlu dilakukan seperti dalam kes ibu yang mengalami rawatan kemoterapi. Rawatan ini berkemungkinan menyebabkan keguguran. Sesungguhnya, seseorang doktor Muslim memberikan khidmatnya kepada masyarakat dengan penuh amanah dan tanggungjawab sosial yang berupa ibadat umum, dalam kerjaya hariannya. Alangkah indahnya apabila umat Islam yang memerlukan perkhidmatan kesihatan dilihat oleh doktor Muslim yang bertakwa sebagai sumber kebajikan dan akan dibalas di Akhirat nanti.

Dipetik dengan sedikit ubahsuai dari : http://www.kesturi.net/archives/433

Sesungguhnya orang yang beriman itu ialah orang yang apabila disebutkan Allah akan gementar hati mereka, dan apabila dibacakan ayat-ayat-Nya (ayat-ayat Allah) akan bertambahlah iman mereka, dan kepada Rab (Tuhan) mereka bertawakal. ( Surah an-Anfal : Ayat 2 )