THE MIRACLE OF THE QUR'AN
could not have been made without man's making use of Allah's already-created physical conditions which were created at the same time as the rest of the universe. These are namely; air, light, electro-magnetic waves and their corresponding laws. All this knowledge has not been discovered accidently by man, but rather by the will of Allah, and only when He deemed that mankind was ready to have access to this kind of knowledge. In fact Allah has released this knowledge to man to convince him that what is beyond his intellect, vision and hearing does indeed exist, so that when he is told about an unseen or hidden phenomenon he should not doubt it, but should accept as true what is being conveyed to him. What is beyond man's power and senses does exist, and on such an unimaginable scale that it can be understood only if we appreciate the limitless difference between the power of the Creator and that of man. But the issue of the Unseen 足 which is basically an issue of faith - should not be exploited by misleaders for beguiling mankind and alienating it from Him. He therefore allowed human knowledge to develop and progress gradually according to His will and design from one generation to the next, so that what was once difficult to perceive might become less obscure and easier to grasp. Thus, the eye was able to see, the ear to hear and the mind to comprehend what had once seemed to be beyond the reach of faculties. Certainly, Allah could have furnished man with all this knowledge and power on the first day of creation, but He withheld it until the time He deemed that mankind needed to be reminded of His infinite capacity, and as a confirmation of the existence of the unseen world, despite its invisibility and man's inability to perceive it.
Human Knowledge Human knowledge is acquired from two cardinal sources. The first source is through experimentation with concrete matter in specialised laboratories, wherein human influence is totally eliminated. This is the world of knowledge and
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