An Atheist Claims the Quran Fails!

Atheist: Muslims say Allah (=God) reveals scientific information of embryology in the Quran. Why Allah (=God) reveals useless embryological information in the Quran? Why doesn’t Allah (=God) reveal some useful scientific information in the Quran that can save millions of lives such as, how to make AIDS vaccine? Or, why doesn’t Allah (=God) reveal some useful scientific information in the Quran that can help us upgrade our quality of life such as, how to generate electricity?

Muslim: First, God reveals scientific information of embryology in the Quran which modern science says is 100% accurate. Dr. Keith Leon Moore, a professor of University of Toronto confirmed the embryology in the Quran. In addition, scientific information of embryology in the Quran is useful, not useless. Medical students do study embryology in school. Below is the link of a video on embryology in the Quran for you to watch:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gC2_IMz9qcY

Second, I think you are trying to imply that the Quran fails since it doesn’t cover all fields of science; instead it talks about some fields of science (e.g., embryology, physics, etc.) and doesn’t talk about some other fields of science (e.g., electrical engineering, sexual health, etc.). In reply to this argument, I want to let you know that the Quran never claims to be “a book of a single field of science”, let alone “a book of all fields of science”. Since the Quran is not “a book of all fields of science”, you cannot accuse the Quran of failure for not talking about all fields of science. Is this understood, son? The Quran doesn’t belong to on a single field of knowledge. The Quran belongs to various fields of knowledge. For example, the Quran talks about sociology, psychology, geology, biology, physics, history, medicine, law, and I can go on and on.

Atheist: I never said the Quran had to cover all brunches of science to prove its worth. But how the Quran can miss out two very important brunches of science - electrical engineering and sexual health and give us formulas of how to make AIDS vaccine and generate electricity? Didn’t Allah (=God) know that he could save millions of lives if he mentioned how to make AIDS vaccine in the Quran? Didn’t Allah (=God) know that he could help us profoundly upgrade our quality of life if he mentioned how to generate electricity in the Quran?

Muslim: It is clear from your question that you see the Quran as a science book which should teach people important scientific lessons. The Quran is not a book the way you see it. If a history book makes some scientific statements, that doesn’t become a science book. Do you know why this is? This is because a historian’s purpose of making some scientific statements in his/her history book is not to teach readers science. A historian may make some scientific statements in his/her history book because those scientific statements can help him/her to prove or solidify the historical statements he/she made in that book. Note that a history book’s purpose is always to teach history, even though it may make some scientific statements.

As I mentioned before, the Quran talks about sociology, psychology, geology, biology, physics, history, medicine, law, etc. But the purpose of the author of the Quran is not to teach people these brunches of knowledge. The author of the Quran is God. God’s purpose of revealing the Quran is to distinguish between truth and falsehood. God makes sociological, psychological, geological, biological, and historical statements whenever making these statements is reverent to distinguish between truth and falsehood.

Atheist: Okay, forget about the nature of the Quran. God loves us, doesn’t he? Isn’t God hurt by the death of millions of people due to AIDS? Wasn’t God hurt by seeing us living pathetic primitive life due to the absence of knowledge of how to generate electricity? Why didn’t God teach us or let us know by his books or prophets how to make AIDS vaccine and generate electricity?

Muslim: In Islam, one of God’s attribute is “the provider of food”. What does this mean? This doesn’t mean God will come down to earth to spoon-feed you. God gave you lands and intelligence. You need intelligence to produce food by using the land. No other earthly living beings have been given “intelligence” except human beings by God. God will give you raw materials but you have to produce your own products. 

God created human beings and gave them intelligence and earthly resources. Human beings are supposed to invent things that are necessary for them by using the knowledge and raw materials God gave them. For example, God gave us iron on earth. Also, he gave us intelligence too so that we can make things we need using iron. We use iron to invent things that we need.