Q: Where did the water, that we drink, originally come from?
A: Do you see the water that you drink? Did you bring it down from the clouds or are We (Allah) who brought it down? If We want We can make it bitter (salty), so only if you can be thankful!
Translation of: Ayat 68 - 70, Surat AlWaqiah.
Words: Ra'aytum = You see, Ma' = Water, Tashrab = You Drink, Anzala = Brought Down, Muzn = clouds, Am = Or, Nahnu = we, Law = If, Nasha' = Want, Ujaj = Bitter - Salty water, Tashkur = Be Thankful.

Q: Is the sun moving from its place? (On The Day of Judgment will the sun be nearer to earth than now?)
A: And the sun moves on to a resting place for it; That is the calculation of The All-Mighty and The All-Knowledgeable. And the moon We (Allah) have made it into stages until it returns (its shape) like the withered date (fruit) seed. The sun does not have the authority to catch up with the moon and the night is not outrunning the day; And every one floats in an orbit.
Translation of: Ayat 38 - 40, Surat Yaseen.
Words: Shams = Sun, Tajri = moves on, mustaqar = Resting Place, Taqdeer = Calculation, AlAzeez = All-Mighty, AlAleem = All-Knowledgeable, Qamar = Moon, Urjoon = Date Seed, Kadeem = Withered - Old, Yanbaghi = Has the authority, Tudrik = Catch up, Qamar = Moon, Layl = Night, Sabiq = Outrunning, yasbah = Floats - Smoothly moves.

Q: The earth is a part of a galaxy. Can earth vanish?
A: Allah does hold the Heavens and the earth from vanishing; And if they (both) vanished, if there is someone who could have held them after Him! He has been The All-Tolerant, The Most-Forgiving.
Translation of: Ayah 41, Surat Fatir.
Words: Yumsik = Holds, Samawat = Heavens, Ardh = Earth, Tazoula = Vanish (both), Amsaka = Could have held - Held, Ahad = Someone, Min Ba'dihi = After Him, Haleem = All-Tolerant, Ghufour = All-Forgiving,

Q: Does Allah create things according to proportion (balance)?
A: Allah knows what every female bears (of pregnancy) and what the wombs lack (in time and number) and what they exceed; And everything with Him is according to proportion. The All-Knowing of The World of The Unseen and Witness, The All-Great, The Most-High (over others).
Translation of: Ayat 8 - 9, Surat AlRa'd.
Words: Ya'lem = Knows, Tahmil = Bears, Uns(th)a = Female, Tagheedh = Lacks, Arham = Wombs, Tazdad = Exceeds, Shaye' = Thing, Miqdar = Proportion, AlKabeer = The All-Great, AlMuta'l = The Most-High.

Q: What can replace the day light?
A: Say (order to Muhammad from Allah): See if Allah makes upon you the night eternal to the Day of Judgment, which god other than Allah can bring you a light so will you not listen?! Say: See if Allah makes upon you the day eternal to the Day of Judgment, which god other than Allah can bring you a night in which you rest, so will you not see! And it is out of His mercy He made for you the night and the day so that you rest in it and to seek from his favour, and hopefully you might be grateful!
Translation of: Ayat 71 - 73, Surat AlQasas.
Words: Layl = Night, Sarmad = Eternal, Dhiya' = Light, Tas'oun = Listen, Nahar = Day, Taskun = Rest, Tubsiroun = See, Rahmah = Peace, Fadhl = Favour, Tashkur = Be grateful.

Q: Inside the womb, is the new born created fully dead and then Allah gives him life by injecting the soul into him?
A: How can you disbelieve in Allah and you were dead (in wombs) then He made you alive then He will make you dead then He will bring you to life (on Day of Judgment); Then to Him you will return.
Translation of: Ayah 28, Surat AlBaqarah.
Words: Kayfa = How, Takfur = Disbelieve, Amwat = Dead, Ahya = Made you alive, Yumeet = Make you dead, Yuhyee = Make you alive, Turje' = Return.

Q: Why do we have thirthy months as a maximum for being pregnant with a baby until weaning him?
A: And We had directed man about kindness towards his parents; His mother carried him under compulsion (forcibly) and delivered him under compulsion, and his carrying (before delivery) and weaning thirty months*, until he reaches the peak of his strength as well as he reaches forty years he says: God! Allow me to be grateful to your favour that you bestowed upon me and my parents and to make righteous work that you accept and make my offspring righteous; I have repented to you and I am from the muslims (submitting to God). Those are the ones that We accept from them the best of what they do and We overlook (pardon) their bad deeds, among the companions of the Paradise; The truth promise that they were promised. And the one who said to his parents: I am bored of you (= Oof)! Do you promise me that I will be brought out (raised up) and the generations had passed before me (without being raised up), and they seek help from Allah: Woe to you! Have faith! The promise of Allah is truthful and he says: This isn't but mythologies of the ancients. Those are the ones against whom the Word has been uttered among generations that had passed before them from the Jinn and humans - Indeed they were losers. Any everyone will have grades according to what they did and He (Allah) will pay them for their deeds and they will not be dealth with injustice.
Translation of: Ayat 15 - 19, Surat AlAhqaf.
* 24 months at most for breastfeeding, and six months at least for gestation (for a living fetus).
Words: Was'sayna = Directed - Advised, Ihsan = Kindness, Hamalat = Carried, Umuhu = His Mother, Kurh = Under compulsion, Wada'athu = She delivered him, Humluhu = Carrying him, Fisaluhu = Weaning him - Stop breastfeeding him, Balagha Ashudahu = Reached the peak of his strength, Arba'een Sanah = Forty years, Awzi'ni = Allow me, Salih = Righteous work, Tardha = You accept, As'lih = Make good, Thuriyeh = Offspring, Tubtu = Repented, Muslimeen = Muslims - Submitting to Allah, Nataqabal = Accept, Ahsen = Best, Natajawaz = Overlook - Pardon, Say'et = Bad deeds, Wa'd = Promise, Ukhraj = brought out - Raised up, Khalat = Had passed, Quroun = Generations, Yastagheeth = Seeks help, Waylek = Woe to you - Destruction to you (parental swear), A'min = Have faith, Khasireen = Losers, Darajat = Grades, Yuwaf'fi = Pays, A'mal = Deeds.

Q: In how much time did Allah make the earth and the Heavens? And which was made first?
Note: Remember one year to Allah is a thousand years of human's time. Also remember that Allah's concepts such as of time and space are different than humans' so do not ponder on the question 'how'.
A: Say (command to Prophet Muhammad) you are disbelieving in Who created the earth in two days and you are making with Him equals; That is The God of all the worlds. And He made in it unshakable mountains from above it, and He blessed it and appraised in it its foodstuff in four days together (two days creation, two days foodstuff) for the seekers. Then He directed Himself towards the sky while it was smoke (Allah created it first as matter) and He said to it and to the earth: Come together (in proportion) willingly or by force. They said: We have come willingly. So He completed them into seven Heavens in two days and He assigned in each Heaven its business.
Translation of: Ayat 9 - 11, Surat Fusilat.
Words: Khalaqa = Created, Yawmain = Two days, Andad = Equals, Rawa'si = Unshakable mountains, Ba'raka = Blessed, Qaddara = Appraised - Measured, Sawa' = Together, Sa'il = Seeker - Who asks - Who looks for, Istawa = Directed Himself, Dukhan = Smoke, I'tiya = Come together, Tawan = Willingly, Karhan = By force, Atayna = We have come, Qadha = Completed, Sabe' = Seven, Samawat = Heavens, Awha = Assigned, Sama' = Heaven, Amr = Business.

Q: When we look up we see one sky. Where did Allah create the Seven Heavens?
A: And We built above you powerful seven (Heavens).
Translation of: Ayah 12, Surat AlNabe'.
Words: Banayna = We Built, Fawq = Above, Sab'an = Seven, Shidadan = Powerful - Firm.

Q: Does the term 'The Seven Heavens' and the term 'The Universe' mean the same thing?
Note: Allah in the Qur'an mentions the Seven Heavens. Humans know the Universe with its galaxies and components.
A: Haven't they looked into the kingdoms of the Heavens and the Earth and all the things that Allah created; And maybe their time has come near to end; So with what Word after that they will have faith?
Translation of: Ayah 185, Surat AlA'raf.
Words: Yanthur = Sees, Looks into - Thinks about, Malakout = Kingdoms, Khalaqa = Created; Min Shaye' = All the things, Asa' = Maybe, Iqtaraba = Has come near (to end), Hadeeth = Word - Talk - Speech, Ba'd = After, Yu'minoun = To have faith.

Q: Again if humans can not see the Heavens why does Allah want us to look into them? (So Are the Seven Heavens and what we know as the Universe with its galaxies the same)
A: Say (command to Prophet Muhammad) Look into what is in the Heavens and the Earth! And what use are the Signs (of Allah's existence) and the Warnings (from Allah) for the people who do not believe (in Allah).
Translation of: Ayah 101, Surat Yunus.
Words: Unthuru = Look into, AlSamawat = The Heavens (notice it is the plural of heaven), AlArdh = The Earth, Tughni = What use is, Ayat = Signs, Nuthur = Warnings, Qawm = People, La = not, Yu'min = Believe.

Q: How did Allah create the Heavens?
A: Have you not seen how Allah created seven Heavens (as) layers one above another; And He made the moon in them an illuminating light and He made the sun* a radiant light.
Translation of: Ayat 15 - 16. Surat Noah.
* Said to be in the fourth Heaven.
Words: Kayfa = How, Sabe' = Seven, Samawat = Heavens, Tibaqa = Layers one above another, Ja'ala = He made, Qamar = Moon, Noor = Illuminating Light, Siraj = Radiant Light - lamp.

Q: Do we have more than one place of sunset?
A: Does everyone of them (polytheists) hope to enter the Garden of Paradise. By No Means! We created them from what they know (clay, sperm, soul); And I (Allah) do not swear* by (Myself) the God of The places of sunrise and the places of sunset (Allah is their God) that We (Allah) are Capable to substitute better than them (disbelievers) and We will not be beat. So leave them to indulge in vain talk and to play about until they meet their Day that they were promised. The Day they will come out from the graves running as to idols they are rushing; Their eyesight is cast down, humiliation tires them out; That is the Day that they were promised.
* According to the late scholar "Muhammad Mutawali AlSha'rawi" if Allah was going to swear then He would have sworn by what Allah mentions.
Translation of: Ayat 38 - 44, Surat AlMa'arij.
Words: AYatma' = Does hope, Ya'lam = Knows, LaUksim = Do swear, Masha'riq = Places of sunrise, Maghaarib = Places of sunset, Nubaddil = Substitute, Khair = Better, Masbooq = To be beat - be overcome, Thar = Leave, Yakhoudh = Indulge in vain talk, Yalab = Plays about, Yu'ad = Is promised, Yakhruj = Come out, Ajdas(th) = Graves, Sira' = Running, Nusub = Idols, Yufadh = Rushes, Khashi'ah = Cast down Showing reverence, Tarhaq = Tires out, Thillah = Humiliation.

Q: Why does Allah choose the Universe and the human body as examples of His greatness?
A: We (Allah) will show them Our signs (miracles) in the remote parts and themsleves so that it becomes clear to them that it is the Truth; Isn't it enough for your God that He is upon everything a Witness! Yet they are in a doubt from meeting their God; Yet He is of everything aware!
Translation of: Ayat 53 - 54, Surat Fusilat.
Words: Nuri = We will show, A'yat = Signs - Miracles, A'faq = Remote Places - Horizons, Anfusihim = Themsleves, Yatabayen = Becomes clear, AlHaq = The Truth, Alam Yakfi = Isn't it enough, Ala = Yet, Miryah = Doubt, Liqa' = Meeting, Muheet = Aware.

Q: Did Allah bring the attention of any of the prophets towards the Heavens?
A: And this is how We show Abraham (Ibraheem) the vast kingdom of the Heavens and the earth and so that he becomes among the convinced; So when the night became upon him dark he saw a star- he said this is my god so when it set (went down ) he said I do not like the setters; Then when he saw the moon rising he said this is my god - so when it set he said if my God did not guide me I would have been from the straying people (away from The Right Path); So when he saw the sun rising he said this is my god - this is bigger so when it set he said O my people I am free from what you partner with (Allah); For I have directed my face towards Who created the Heavens and the earth - believing in One God and I am not from the polytheists; And his people disputed with him - he said do you dispute with me about Allah and He has guided me - and I do not fear what you partner with unless my God wills something; My god has embraced everything with knowledge so will you not remember.
Translation of: Ayat 75 - 80, Surat AlAn'am.
Words: Nuri = To show, Malakout = Mulk means kingdom. Malkout means the vast, excessive and seemingly limitless kingdom. Mu'qin = Convinced, Jan'na = Became dark, Layl = Night, Kawkab = Star, Afala = Set - Went down, Uhib = Like, Qamar = Moon, Shams = Sun, Bazigah = Rising, Wajh = Face, Baree' = Free from, Tushirk = Partner with - Become polytheists, Fatara = Created, Haneef = Believing in One God, Haajjahu = Disputed with him, Wasia' = Embraced, Ilm = Knowledge.

Q: When it does not rain how does the plant still get its water?
A: Haven't you seen how Allah sends down from the sky water and He passed it in streams in the earth; Then He brings out with it plants whose colours are different then it withers (dries) so you see it yellow; Then He makes it a ruin; Indeed in that is a reminder for those who have brains.
Translation of: Ayah 21, Surat AlZumar.
Words: Anzala = Sent down, Salakhu = Passed, Yanabee' = Streams - Springs, Yukhrij = Brings out, Zare' = Plants, Yaheej = Withers, Musfir = Yellow, Hutam = Ruin, Thikra = Reminder - Remembrance, Uli AlAlbab = who have alAlbab - Men of understanding.

Q: How is the reproduction in plants?
A: And it is He (Allah) Who spread out the earth; And made in it unshakeable mountains and rivers; And from all the produce* He made in it a couple: Two (male and female); He makes the night cover the day; Indeed in that some signs for the people who think!
Translation of: Ayah 3, Surat AlRa'd.
* S(th)amarat means types of produce, fruits or yield.
Words: Mad'da = Spread out, Ardh = Earth, S(th)amarat = Fruits - Produce - Yield, Zawjayn = A couple: Male and Female, Is(th)nayn = Two, Yughshi = Covers, Layl = Night, Nahar = Day, Ayat = Signs - Miracles, Tatafak'kar = Think - Contemplate.

Q: What type of clouds are there?
A: Allah is Who sends down the winds so they cause clouds; Then He spreads them in the sky however He wills and He makes them grow dark so you see the rain coming out from them; So when it (rain) reaches whoever He wills from His servants, suddenly they become happy with the good news; Although they were before it was sent down upon them before that they were dumb-struck with despair. So look into the consequences of Allah's mercy; How He brings the earth to life after its death; It is He Who will bring the dead to life and He is upon everything Capable. And if We (Allah) sent down a wind and they saw it (plant) yellow-coloured they would have remained after that disbelieving (in Allah). So you (Muhammad) do not make the dead listen and you do not make the deaf listen to the call on Allah when they turned running away. And you are not going to guide the blind away from their straying! But you make to listen only those who believe in Our signs so they have submitted to Allah (Muslimoun).
Translation of: Ayat 48 - 53, Surat AlRoum.
Words: Riyah = Winds, Yursil = Sends down, Tus(th)eer = Causes, Sahab = Clouds, Yubsit = Spreads out, Kisf = Dark, Wadq = Rain, Yastabshir = Bcomes happy with the good news, Mublis = Dumb-struck with despair, As(th)ar = Consequences, Yuh'yi = Brings to life, AlMawta = The dead, Reeh = Wind, Musfar = Yellow-coloured, AlSum = The deaf, AlDu'a = The call on Allah, Walla Mudbiran = He turned running away, AlUmye = The blind.

Q: How is the earth similar to the Seven Heavens?

A: Allah is Who created Seven Heavens and of the earth like them*; The Command (of Allah) is (constantly) sent down among them so that you may know that Allah is upon everything Capable and that Allah has surrounded everything with knowledge.
Translation of: Ayah 12, Surat AlTalaq.
* According to different classic books explaining the Qur'an the meaning is either that our earth is layered like the Seven Heavens. Or there are seven earths as there are Seven Heavens.
Words: Khalaqa = Created, Sabe' = Seven, Samawat = Heavens, AlArdh = The Earth, Misthla'huna = Like them, Yatanazal = Is (constantly) sent down, Ta'lam = Know, Qadeer = Capable, Ahata = Surrounded, Kuli Shaye' = Everything, Ilma = With knowledge.

Q: Why is water a basic part of life on earth?
A: And We brought down from the sky blessed water so We planted with it gardens and the seeds of the crops; And the palm trees tall with stacked spadix (before dates); Sustenance (food) for the servants (of Allah) and We brought to life with it a dead land; Such will be the resurrection (The dead will be raised).
Translation of: Ayat 9 - 11, Surat Qaf.
Words: Nazzala = Brought down, Ma' =Water, Mubarak = Blessed, Anbata = Planted, Jannat = Gardens, Habb = Seeds, Haseed = Crops, Palm Trees = Nakhl, Basiqat = Tall, Tal' = Spadix, Nadheed = Stacked - Arranged near each other, Rizk = Sustenance - Food, Baldah = Land, Mayt = Dead, AlKhurouj = Resurrection - Raising of the dead.

Q: Which part of the human body marks the physical strength of man?
A: It is We Who sent down the Qur'an: A sending down in stages; So (command to Prophet Muhammad) be patient and do not obey from them a sinner or a faith rejector. And mention the name of your God morning and evening; And of the night do prostrate to Him and glorify Him for a long (time during) night. Indeed these (disbelievers) like the Quick Life (This Life) and they leave behind them a Heavy Day (Judgment). We created them and We strengthened their captivity (muscles) and if We want We will change the like of them into a complete change (other people). This is a reminder so who wants let him take a path to his God (Straight Path).
Translation of: Ayat 23 - 29, Surat AlInsan.
Words: Naz'zala = Sent down, Tanzeel = Sent down in stages, Isbur = Be patient, Tute' = Obey, A's(th)im = Sinner, Kafour = Faith rejector, Uthkur = Remember, Ism = Name, Bukrah = Morning, Aseel = Evening, Usjud = Prostrate - put the forehead on the ground in submission to Allah - Bow down in worship, Sabbih = Glorify, Layl = Night, Taweel = Long, Yuhib = Likes, Ajilah = Quick Life - Life of Earth, Tathur = Leaves, Yawm = Day, S(th)aqeel = Heavy, Khalaqa = Created, S(th)aqeel = Heavy, Shadada = Strengthened, Asr = Captivity - tying, Bad'dalna = Changed, Tathkirah = Reminder, Sabeel = Path - Way.

Q: Which creature's house is the frailest (weakest)?
A: The example of those who took other than Allah protectors is like the spider; It took a house and the frailest of the houses is the house of the spider if they only knew. Indeed Allah knows whatever that they are calling upon other than Him and He is The All-Mighty, The All-Wise. And such are the examples that We make them for people and none understands them but those who have knowledge. Allah created the Heavens and the earth for a true purpose; Indeed in that is a sign for the believers.
Translation of: Ayat 41 - 44, Surat AlAnkaboot.
Words: Awliya' = Protectors - Supporters, Ankaboot = Spider, Itakhathat = Took, Bayt = House, Awhan = The frailest, Ya'lem = Knows, Am(s)thal = Examples, Nadrib = We make, Yaqil = Understands, Alim = who has knowledge, BilHaq = For a true purpose - in truth.

Q: Why does Allah say in the Qur'an that creating man was easy for Him, Glory to Him?
A: Your (plural) creation and your (plural) resurrection (on Day of Judgment) is not but as a single soul; Indeed Allah is All-Listening, All-Seeing.
Translation of: Ayah 28, Surat Luqman.
Words: Ma = Not, Khalq = Creation, Bas(th) = Resurrection - Being alive after death, Nafs = Soul, Wahidah = One, Samee' = All-Listening, Baseer = All-Hearing.

Q: Has science discovered all that Allah creates?
A: He created the human being from a sperm-drop and suddenly he (man) is an explicit opponent (to Allah). And the livestock He created them, for you in them warmth and benefits and from them you eat. And for you in them beauty when you leave them to rest and when you leave them to graze freely. And they carry your loads to lands that you would have reached it (walking) only with great difficulty; For your God is indeed Most Kind, Most Merciful. And the horses, the mules and the donkeys (He created) so that you ride them and a decoration; and He creats what you do not know.
Translation of: Ayat 4 - 8, Surat AlNahl.
Words: Khalaqa = Created, Nutfah = Sperm-drop, Khaseem = Opponent, Mubeen = Explicit - Fully developed - Unmistakable, An'am = Livestock - Cattle, Dife' = Warmth, Manafi' = Benefits, Takul = You eat, Jamal = Beauty, Tureeh = Leave to rest, Tasrah = Leave to graze freely, Tahmil = Carries, Asthqal = Loads, Balad = Land, Shaq AlAnfus = With great difficulty, Khayl = Horses, Bighal = Mules, Hameer = Donkeys, Tarkab = You ride, Zeenah = Decoration, Yakhluq = Creates, Ta'lam = Know.

Q: Did the Qur'an which was sent down in the seventh century refer to the shape of the earth?
Hint: Only when Christopher Columbus travelled west from Europe in the fifteenth century CE, it was clearly proved to the world that the earth is a sphere (round).
A: He created the Heavens and the earth appropriately (in proportion). He makes spherical (round) the night over the daytime; And He makes spherical (round) the daytime over the night; And He made the sun and the moon yield: Each one runs (its course) to an appointed time; Well He is The Almighty, the Most-Forgiving.
Translation of: Ayah 5, Surat AlZumar.
Words: Khalaqa = Created, BilHaq = Appropriately, Yukawwir = Makes spherical - Makes round, Layl = Night, Nahar = Daytime, Sakhkhara = Made yield, Shams = Sun, Qamar = Moon, Ajal = Time, Musamma = Appointed.

Q: Why are the mountains of different colours?
A: Haven't you seen that Allah has sent down from the sky water so We (Allah) brought out with it produce of different colours; And from the mountains paths white and red with different shades of colour and (also) black (paths) intense in black hue. And from the humans and the creatures and the cattle of differnt colours too. For indeed from His servants who have knowledge fear Allah; Indeed Allah is AlMighty, Most-Forgiving.
Translation of: Ayah 28, Surat Fatir.
Words: S(th)amarat = Produce, Mukhtalif = Different, Alwan = Colours, Jibal = Mountains, Judud = Paths - Tracts, Beedh = White (plural), Dawab = Creatures, An'am = Cattle - Livestock, Yakhsha = Fears, Ibad = Servants, Ulama' = Who have knowledge, Azeez = AlMighty, Ghafoor = Most-Forgiving.

Q: Will the earth have another shape on the Day of Judgment?
A: And they ask you (Prophet Muhammad) about the mountains. So Say: My God will blow them up completely; So He will leave them a leveled bottom; You will not see in it a bend (low) or a curve (high); That Day they will follow the Summoner (Angel); There is no twistedness (escape from him) to him; And the voices will be hushed to The Merciful so you will not hear but whispering; That Day there is no pleading (intercession) but to whom Allah has allowed and accepted that he speaks.
Translation of: Ayat 105 - 109, Surat Taha.
Note: In a summary of a saying of the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, the Prophet mentioned that the faithful from the muslims who says Allah's blessings and peace be upon him (Muhammad) he will receive The Prophet's pleading for him on the Day of Judgment.
Words: Yasal = Asks, Jibal = Mountains, Yathar = Leaves, Qa' = Bottom - Plain, Safsaf = Leveled, Tara = See, Iwaj = Bend, Amat = Curve - High Place, Tattabe' = Follows, AlDae' = The Summoner - The Caller, Iwaj = Twistedness, Khashat = Hushed - Silent showing reverence, Aswat = Voices, Tasme' = Hear, Hams = Whispering, Shafaah = Pleading, Athina = Allowed - Granted permission, Radhiya Lahu Qawla = Accepted that he speaks.

Q: What is the secret of sleepiness (drowsiness before sleep) and why do we feel sleepy?
A: When the sleepiness covers you as a peace of mind from Him (Allah) and He sends down upon you from the Heaven water so as to cleanse you with it; And He removes from you the punishment (whispering) of Satan (AlShaitan); And so as to strengthen your hearts (with patience) and to make with it the feet firm (brave).*
Translation of: Ayah 11, Surat AlAnfal.
* Reference is to the War of Badr: The first war the muslims fought against their enemies of Mecca.
Words: Yughshi = Covers, Nu'as = Sleepiness - Drowsiness before sleep, Aminah = Peace of mind, Yunazzil = Sends down, Ma' = Water, Yutahhir = Cleanse, Rijz = Punishment, Yurbit = Strengthen, Yus(th)abit = Makes firm, Aqdam = Feet.

Q: Why do some pregnant women deliver boys and the others deliver girls?
A: To Allah belongs the Kingdom of the Heavens and Earth; He creates whatever He pleases; He gives to whoever He wills females and He gives to whoever He wills the males.
Translation of: Ayah 49, Surat AlShoura.
Words: LiAllah = To Allah belongs, Mulk = Kingdom - Control, Yakhluq = Creates, Inas(th) = Females, Thukour = Males.

Q: Is our earth going to last after the Day of Judgment? (God knows Best!)
Note: On the Day of Judgment the Qur'an mentions that the earth will be pounded to be levelled completely in preparation for the coming down of Allah and the beginning of the Judgment. Also the Qur'an mentions that Paradise will be brought nearer to the righteous people.
A: And We (Allah) had written in The Psalm* after the Message (of remembering Allah = AlThikr) that the land** will be inherited by My (Allah's) righteous servants.
Translation of: Ayah 105, Surat AlAnbiya'.
* AlZabour = The Psalms (Book of Allah's Praises) sent down on David (= Dawood), a Messenger of Allah.
** In Life righteous people inherit the earth. In the other World righteous people inherit the land of Paradise.
Words: Kataba = Had written, AlZabour = The Psalm - The Scripture, AlThikr = Allah's Message Tablet - The Origion of Allah's Holy Books, Yaris(th) = Inherits, Ibad = Servants, Salih = righteous.
A: And those who feared Allah were led to Paradise in small groups until when they reached it its Gates were opened and their custodians (angels) said to them peace be upon you! Good for you! So enter it remaining for eternity (in it). And they (righteous) said praise to Allah Who fulfilled His Promise and appointed us inheritors of the land - We stay in Paradise wherever we want so how excellent is the reward of the (righteous) workers!
Translation of: Ayat 73 - 74, Surat AlZumar.
Words: Seeqa = Were led, Itaqou = Feared, Zumara = In small groups, Futihat = Were opened, Abwab = Gates, Khazantuha = Their custodians, Khalideen = Remaining for eternity, Natabawa' = We stay (plural), Ni'ma = Excellent, Ajr = Reward.

Q: Why can not humans control the clouds that carry the rain?
A: And We (Allah) sent the winds pollinating then We sent down from the sky water and We gave it to you to drink it and you are not going to be its guardians. And it is We Who make alive and Who make dead and We are the Inheritors. And We had known those from you who came before and We had known those who came after; And indeed your God is gathering them (on Day of Judgment); For He is All-Wise, All-Knowing.
Translation of: Ayat 22 - 25, Surat AlHijr.
Words: Riyah = Winds, Lawaqih = Pollinating, Asqa = Gave to drink, Khazin = Guardian, Waris(th) = Inheritor, Mustaqdim = Who came before, Musta'khir = who became after, Yahshur = Gathers.

Q: Do birds speak in a language that they understand? (Note the long speech of the bird!) Also do ants speak in sentences they understand?
Note 1: The Qur'an is not mythology, a fantasy or man-made. It is the powerful truth from The Ultimate Truth (Allah = The God).
On the other hand the human mind is of a limited capacity. Mythologies in man-made religions on in fiction might have somehow based their stories on what prophets were made to know from Allah's World of the Unseen.
Note 2: Allah granted Solomon the miracle of being able to talk to and control the Jinn, animals and birds.
A: And Solomon (Suleiman) inherited David (Prophet Dawood). And he said: O people we (I) have been taught (from Allah) the speech of the birds and we have been given (from Allah) from everything: Indeed this is the manifest favour (from Allah). And Solomon's (Suleiman) soldiers from the Jinn, men, and the birds were marshalled for him and they were restrained (stopped). When they reached the valley of the ants, an ant said:"O ants! Enter your dwellings to avoid being crushed by Solomon and his soldiers without their realizing that." So Solomon smiled laughingly from its saying and said:" God allow me to be grateful to your favour which you bestowed on me and my parents and to do good deeds that You accept and admit me in your mercy among Your righteous people".--- And he inspected the birds; Then he said: Why do I not see the hoopoe (bird) or was he from the absentees? For I will punish him a severe punishment or I will execute him or let him bring me a manifest supreme reason; So he (hoopoe) did not remain for long so he said: I have comprehensive knowledge about what you (Solomon) did not know and I have brought you from Saba'* (city in Yemen) trustworthy news: For I saw a woman who rules over them and she has been given (from Allah) of everything and she has a magnificent throne; I saw her and her people prostrating to the sun leaving Allah; And Satan had made their deeds look pleasing to them so he (Satan) prevented them from The Path (Allah's) so they are not guided (to the Path): Why they do not prostrate to Allah Who brings out the hidden (plants, rain etc) in the Heavens and the Earth and He knows what you are concealing and what you are revealing: Allah there is no god but He: The Owner of The Supreme Throne! (Muslims prostrate at this point). He (Solomon) said: We will see if you told the truth or you were from the liars. Go with this letter of mine then deliver it to them then leave them alone and see what they send back! She (Queen of Saba') said: O assembly! For it has been delivered to me a high-ranking letter; For it is from Solomon and it is: In the name of Allah the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate: Do not be arrogant against me and come to me as Muslims (submitting to Allah). She said: O assembly! Advise me in my matter; I was not going to decide in any matter until you utter your opinion. They said: We are people of strength and we are people of strong wars and the command is yours so see what you order. She said: Indeed when the kings enter a village they destroy it and they make its honourable people disgraced and that is what they do. And I am sending them a present so I am going to wait for what the messengers come back with. So when he (hoopoe) came to Solomon he (Solomon) said: Do you (people of Saba') provide me with wealth so what Allah had given me is better than what He had given you but you rejoice with your present! Go back to them so we will come to them with soldiers they will not be able to meet and we will cast them out of it disgraced and being humiliated. He (Solomon) said: O assembly! Who can bring me her throne before they come to me as Muslims. He said: O assembly! Who can bring me her throne before they come to me in submission to Allah (Muslimeen)? A demon of the Jinn said: I will bring it to you before you get up from your place and I am strong and honest upon it. The one who had knowledge of The Book (Holy Book) said: I will bring it to you before your look comes back to you (blink). So when he (Solomon) saw it placed before him he said: This is from the favour of my God to test me if I am grateful or I disbelieve; And who is grateful, he is in fact grateful to himself and who disbelieves, my God is in no need of, and is The Generous.
--- He (Solomon) said: Disguise for her her throne to see if she will know the truth or if she is from those who do not know the truth. So when she came it was said to her: Is your throne like this? She said: It looks like that. And we (Solomon and his people) have been given the Knowledge (of Straight Path) before her and we have been Muslims. And what she was worshipping other than Allah had prevented her from the Right Path for she was from the disbelieving people. It was said to her: Enter the High Palace! So when she saw it she thought it was the depth of the sea and she uncovered her legs (to guard her clothes). He (Solomon) said: It is a palace smoothened with bottles. She said: My God (Allah)! Indeed I have been unjust to myself and I submit with Solomon to Allah: The God of the Worlds.
Translation of: Ayat 16 - 44, Surat AlNaml.
* Saba' was named after its first king Saba' Bin Yashjab Bin Ya'rab Bin Qahtan Bin Hood. Saba' was ruled by the Queen Balqees (Sheba in the Bible).
Words: Waris(tha) = Inherited, Ulima = Was given the knowledge, Mantiq = Speech, Shay' = Thing, Hushira = Were marshalled (military arrangement); Youzaoun = Restrained by high ranking officers, Jonoud = Soldiers, AlTayr = The Birds, Atau = They reached, Wadi = The Valley, AlNaml = The ants, Yuhattim = Crush, Tabassama = Smiled, Da'hikan = Laughingly, Ni'ma = Favour, Waliday = My Parents, AlSaliheen = Righteous people, Tafaqada = Inspected, Tayr = Birds, Hudhud = Hoopoe, Gha'ib = Absentee, Uthabih =Execute, Makas(th) = Remained, Gayr Ba'eed = Not for long, Naba' = News, Imra'ah = Woman, Tamlik = Rules, Arsh = Throne, Sadda = Prevented, Khaba' = The hidden, Tukhfi = conceal, Tu'lin = Reveal, Kareem = High-Ranking, Honourable, Kitab = Letter, Alqi = Deliver, A'izzah = Honourable, Athillah = Humiliated, Ta'mur = Command, Afsada = Destroyed, Mursilah = Sending, Tumid = You provide, Tafrah = Rejoice - Be happy, Saghir = Humiliated, Ifreet = giant, cunning and strong one of the jinn - Demon, AlMala' = The assembly, Kabla = Before, Takoum = Get up, Makam = Place, Yartad = Comes back, Taraf = Look - Eye, Ilm = Knowledge, Mustaqar'an = Placed, Fadhl = Favour, Rab'bi = My God, Yab'lou = Test, Shakara = Be Grateful, Kafara = Disbelieves, Ghani = in no need of, Kareem = Generous.Mumarad = Smoothened, Qawareer = bottles.

Q: Why don't we have excess of rain, fruits ,other produce...etc. overfilling earth?
A: And the earth We (Allah) had spread it out and We set in it fixed mountains and We produced plants in it from everything measured; And We made for you in it means of living and for those which you are not going to provide sustenance for (free creatures as birds); And there is nothing except that We have its treasures and We do not send it down except with a determined amount.
Translation of: Ayat 19 - 21, Surat AlHijr.
Words: Madada = Spread out, Alqa = Set, Rawasi = fixed mountains, Anbata = Produced plants, Mawzoon = Measured, Ma'ayesh = Means of living, Raziq = Providing sustenance for, Khaza'in = Treasures, Qadar = Measurement, Ma'loum = Determined - Known.

Q: Does earth experience death and life?
A: So look at the imprints of Allah's mercy: How He brings the earth to life (with the rain) after its death; Indeed He is Who will bring the dead to life and He is upon everything Capable. And if We (Allah) send a (destructive) wind and they saw it (the plant) turned yellow they will still remain after it in their disbelief.
Translation of: Ayat 50 - 51, Surat AlRoum.
Words: Unthur = Look, As(th)ar = Imprints - Results, Rahmat = Mercy, Yuhye = Brings to life, Mawt = Death, Reeh = Wind, Musfar = Turned yellow, Dhalla = Remained, Yakfur = Be in disbelief.

Q: Why does the calendar have twelve months?
A: For the number of months with Allah are twelve months in the Record of Allah (written) the day He created the Heavens and the earth: From them four are sacred*. That is the Valuable Religion (Islam started by Abraham) so do not transgress upon yourselves in them (sacred months); And (in a fight any month) do fight all together the disbelievers as they all together fight you and let it be known to you that Allah is with those who fear Him.
Translation of: Ayah 36, Surat AlTawbah.
* Before Islam Arabs did not fight in the sacred months.
Words: iddat = Number, Shahr = Month, Es(th)na Ashar = Twelve, Hurum = Sacred, Khalaqa = Created, Mutaqeen = Who fear Allah.

Q: Why does Allah want us to contemplate into how He brings the dead land to life (rain and plants)?
A: Let it be known to you all that Allah brings the land to life after its death: We (Allah) had explained to you the Signs (of Allah) so that you might use your brains. ---. Let it be known to you that the life of this world is nothing but play and a pastime and fashion and boasting among you and increasing in types of wealth and children just like rain whose plant pleased the disbelievers then it becomes irritated and you see it yellow-coloured then it becomes dry and withers away; And in the Other Life there is a severe punishmentm (for disbelievers); And forgiveness from Allah and satisfaction (for believers); And the life of this world is nothing but the temporary enjoyment of the illusion (temporary life).
Translation of: Ayat 17, 20. Surat AlHadeed.
Words: E'lem = Let it be know, Laaibeen = Playing, Lahu = Pastime, Zeenah = Fashion - Decoration, Tafakhur = Boasting, Takas(th)ur = Increasing, Amwal = Types of wealth, Awlad = Children, Ghays(th) = Rain, A'jaba = Pleased, Yaheej = Becomes irritated, Tara = You see, Musfar = Yellow-coloured, Hutama = Dry and withers away, Mata' AlGhorour = Temporary enjoyment of the illusion - deception.

Q: What do the orbits of the celectial bodies (stars, planets, comets...etc) suggest about Allah?
Note: The ojects that Allah swears by should be the focus of contemplation.
A: (Allah does not swear*) By the scatterers (winds) of a proper scattering (of clouds); Then by the carriers (clouds) of heavy loads (of rain); Then by the sailers (ships) with ease; Then by the distributors (angels) of affairs (to people according to Allah's Commands): Indeed what you are being promised is true for certain; And indeed the Judgment is going to happen; (Allah swears) And by the sky with the geniously made orbits: You (disbelievers) are in inconsistent talk (about Allah and Faith)! Deluded from it (Allah's Path) who wants to be deluded. Condemned to ruin are the untruth tellers; Those who are in a flood of ignorance unaware (of Allah): They ask when is the Day of Judgment?! The Day they will be punished over the Fire: Taste your punishment that you used to ask to be hastened (Day of Judgment).
Translation of: Ayat 1 - 14, Surat AlThariyat.
* According to the late scholar "Muhammad Mutawali AlSha'rawi" if Allah was going to swear then He would have sworn by what is mentioned in the oath which should be the focus of contemplation because of its major impact on human life.
Words: Thariyat = Scatterers - The ones that scatter, Hamil = Carrier, Wiqr = Heavy load, Jariah = Sailer - Ship, Yusra = With ease, Muqassim = Distributor, Amr = Affair, AlDeen = The Judgment, Sama' = Sky, Hubuk = Geniously done orbits, Qawl = Talk, Mukhtalif = Inconsistent, Yu'fak = Is deluded, Qutila = Condemned to ruin, Kharras = Untruth teller, Ghamrah = Flood of ignorance, Sahi = Unaware, Yuftan = Is punished, Tasta'ji = Ask to be hastened.

Q: Man visited the Moon. Are there any signs that indicate that the moon was split into two parts 14 centuries ago?
Note: According to Hassanain Mohammad Makhlouf, Egypt's ex scholar (mufti): The disbelievers in Mecca were continuously asking the Prophet to bring about a miracle. The Prophet Mohammad, his companions and many Arab travellers once noticed two parts of the moon with the Mount Hira (in Mecca) between them.
A: The Hour (Day of Judgment) has come near and the moon was split (into two parts). And if they see a Sign (Miracle) they refuse to recognize and they say: Continuous magic! And they rejected (it) as lies and they followed their desires and every case (of acceptance or rejection) is going to be settled (on Day of Judgment). And it reached them from the news (of punished nations that perished) that contains a deterrent: (The news are) Far-reaching wisdom so the warnings are of no use (to the disblievers)?! So (order to Mohammad) turn away from them! The Day (of Judgment) when the Caller (Angel Israphil) will call (blow the Trumpet) for something terrible: Their eyes will be downcast. They will come out from their graves like scattered grasshopper (insects); Hastening with necks extended forward to the caller; The disbelievers will say: This is a hard Day!
Translation of: Ayat 1 - 8, Surat AlQamar.
Words: Iktarabat = Has come near, Inshakka = Was split, Yara = Sees, Ayah = Sign - Miracle, Yu'ridh = Refuses to recognize or to follow, Khathabba = Rejected as lies, Amr = Case - Affair, Mustaqir = Is going to be settled, Muzdajar = Detterent - Restraint that prevents from acting, Anba' = News, Hikmah = Wisdom, Balighah = Far-Reaching - Strong, Tughni = Be of use, Nuthur = Warnings, Nukur = Terrible, Khusha' = Downcast, Ajdas(th) = Graves, Jarad = Grasshopper, Muntashir = Scattered, Muhte' = Hastening with neck extended forward, Asir = Hard.

Q: Why should man think beyond the surface when studying the existence of objects??
A: They know what is apparent from the Life of this World and they from the Other World are unaware (heedless). Haven't they thought in themselves that Allah did not create the Heavens and the earth and what is between them except for a True Reason* and a Limited Period and indeed a lot of people are rejecting as lies the Meeting with their God.
Translation of: Ayat 7 - 8, Surat AlRoum.
* To worship Allah.
Words: Ya'lam = Knows, Dhahir = Apparent - Superficial, Ghafil = Unaware, BilHaq = For a true reason, Ajal = Period, Musamma = Limited, Kafir = Rejecting as lies - Disbelieving.

Q: Which is more difficult to create: The human being or the Sky? And what shows that the earth is a sphere? Note: The Qur'an came down in the sixth century Common Era. Note also the sequence of Allah's creation.
A: Are you a more difficult creation or the Heaven - He (Allah) built it! He (Allah) lifted its roof and staightened it; And He darkened its night and brought out its day light; And the earth after that He unrolled it; He brought out from it its water and its pasture; And the mountains He fastened them; (All creation) As a provision for you and your cattle.
Translation of: Ayat 27 - 33, Surat AlNazi'at.
Words: Ashad = More difficult, Khalq = Creation, Sama' = Heaven - Sky, Bana = He built, Rafa' = He lifted, Samk = Roof - Ceiling, Sawa' = Straightened, Agtasha = Darkened, Dhuha = Day light, Daha = Unrolled - Flattened, Akhraja = Brought out, Mara' = Pasture, Mata' = Provision, Anaam = Cattle.

Q:Why do scientists keep on discovering many new species?
A: The sending down of the Scripture (Qur'an) is from Allah - The AlMighty, The All-Wise. For in the Heavens and the earth there are certainly Signs for the believers; And in your (man's) creation and in what He (Allah) sends out* (in the present tense) from creatures there are Signs for the people who are certain about their faith; And the alternation of the night and the day and what sustenance Allah sent down from the Heaven so He brought with it to life the earth after its death and the directing of the winds are signs for a people who understand; Those are the lines (verses) of Allah We (Allah) recite them to you (Prophet Muhammad) in truth so with which word after Allah and His Lines (Qur'an) will they have faith.
Translation of: Ayat 2 - 6, Surat AlJasthiyah.
* Remember: "And your God creates what He pleases" translation of Line 68 in Chapter AlQasas in the Qur'an.
Words: Tanzeel = Sending down, Ayat = Signs - Miracles - lines of the Qur'an, Khalq = Creation, Yabusth = Sends out - Lets - Unfolds, Min Dabbah = From creatures, Yuqinoun = Are certain about their Faith, Ikhtilaf = Alternation, Layl = Night, Nahar = Day, Rizq = Provision - Sustenance, Tasreef = Directing - Change, Riyah = Winds, Yaqiloun = Understand - Use their brains, Hadeesth = Word - Speech, Yu'minoun = Have faith.

Q: In what stage of his creation is a human being not worth mentioning because he is nothing?
A: Has not a period of time come upon a human being when he was nothing to be mentioned. For We (Allah) created a human being from germ cells* (mingled fluid) of a sperm drop to put him to the trial so We made him a hearer and a seer. Indeed We have guided him to The Path (of Allah) either a grateful or ungrateful. For We had prepared for the ungrateful chains and iron collars and Blazing Fire. Indeed the righteous will be drinking from a glass its blend is of camphor - a spring from which the servants of Allah drink: They make it flow an abundant flowing (at their wish).
Translation of: Ayat 1 - 6, Surat AlInsan.
* gamete.or germ cell is a cell which fuses with another gamete during fertilization in organisms that reproduce sexually. (Source: Wikipidia.com). For example: sperm/ovum.
Words: Ata = Has come, Heen mina Aldahr = Period of time, Mathkour = To be mentioned, Nutfah = Sperm-drop, Amshaj = (plural of masheej) Germ cells, gametes, Samee' = Hearer , Baseer = Seer, Shakir = Grateful, Kafour = Ungrateful - Disbeliever, Salasil = Chains, Aghlal = Iron collars, Saeer = Blazing Fire, Yashrab = Drinks, Ka's = Glass, Ayn = Spring, Kafoor = Camphur - Aromatic compound, Yufajjir = Makes flow, Tafjeer = Abundant flowing.

Q: Is the sky supported by some type of pillars or another type of force that humans cannot see? Allah knows better.
A: Allah is Who raised the Heavens without pillars that you can see! Then He Settled on the Throne (on the Seventh Heaven); And He made the sun and the moon yield (through their submission and obedience): Each runs (its course) for an appointed period; He regulates all affairs, details the Signs (of Allah) perhaps you become certain about meeting with Your God!
Translation of: Ayah 2, Surat AlRa'd.
Note: Remember Allah's standards are higher than humans' so do not waste your energy pondering Allah's attributes.
Words: Rafa' = Raised - Lifted, Ghayr = Without, Tarawn = You see (plural), Arsh = Throne, Sakh'ara = Made yield, Shams = Sun, Qamar = Moon, Kulun = Each one, Ajal = Period - Time, Musamma = Appointed - Timed, Yudabbir = Regulates - Manages, AlAmr = All affairs, Yufassir = Explains in detail, Ayat = Signs of Allah - Lines of the Qur'an, Laala = Perhaps, Liqa' = Meeting, Tuqin = Become certain.

Q: What is behind the frightening sound of the wind during the severe weather which causes wide-spread damage?
Note: Remember the Qur'an is not mythology, a fantasy or man-made. It is the powerful truth from The Ultimate Truth (Allah = The God).
A: (Allah does not swear*) By those (angels) who line up in rows; And then the screamers with a sharp reprimand (reproof); And then the loud readers of the Warning: For your God is certainly One: The God of the Heavens and the earth and whatever is between them and the God of the points from where the sun rises**.
Translation of: Ayat 1 - 5, Surat AlSaffat.
* According to the late scholar "Muhammad Mutawali AlSha'rawi" if Allah was going to swear then He would have sworn by what is mentioned in the oath which should be the focus of contemplation because of its major impact on human life.
** The sun rises everyday from a different point until it completes a year.
Words: Saffat = Those who line up, Saffa = In rows, Zajir = Screamer, Tali = Loud reader, AlThikr = The Warning - The Message - From the Qur'an, Ilah = God, Mashariqh = Points from where the sun rises.

Q: What is the base in the following Lines: The Night or the Day?
A: And a Sign* for them is the Night - We (Allah) skin from it the Day and suddenly they are in darkness.
Translation of: Ayah 37, Surat YaSeen.
* Mircaculous evidence of Allah's existence.
Words: Layl = Night, Nahar = Day - Opposite of night, Naslakh = Skin - Strip off, Idha = Suddenly, Mudhlim = Be in darkness.

Q: Can birds perform extraordinary jobs?
Note: Remember that the Quran is not mythology, a fantasy or man-made. It is the powerful truth from The Ultimate Truth (Allah = The God).
A: Have you (Prophet Muhammad) not considered what your God did to the companions of the Elephant*. Did He not make their plot in a misdirection! And He sent upon them ranks of birds shooting them with pebbles of baked clay**; So He made them like edible stalks of grain.
Translation of: Ayat 1 - 5, Surat AlFeel.
* According to Hassanain Mohammad Makhlouf, chief scholar (ex-Mufti) of Egypt: In the year 570 C.E. the Ethiopian Prince of AlYemen Abraha Al-Ashram, Christian, came with an army on a war elephant to destroy AlKa'bah in Mecca - Allah's Holy House that the Prophet Abraham (Ibraheem) and his son Ishmael (Ismaeel) built in the past. He wanted to divert the polytheists of Arabia to the church he built in AlYemen. The birds were coming from Arafa to Mecca in ranks from every direction. It is said that where the stones hit boils (pimples) developed. In that year Arabia witnessed the diseases of Smallpox and Measles for the first time. It is reported that the Prophet Muhammad was born after this incident by 50 days. So the incident was a miracle that foretold about the birth of the last prophet - Muhammad peace be upon him.
** Called Sijjeel in Arabic: Allah's special pebbles of punishment from the Heaven. The ancient of nation of the Prophet Lut, near the land of Jordan, was punished with Sijjeel for leading a dissolute (lacking restraints) life.
Words: Tara = Think - See, Kayfa = What, Fa'ala = Did, Ashab = Companions, Feel = Elephants, Yajal = Makes, Tadhleel = Misdirection, Tayr = Birds, Ababeel = Ranks, Asf = stalks of grain, Ma'koul = Edible - Eatable.

Q: Towards what does Allah repeatedly attract our attention to?
A: And We made the sky a secure ceiling and they from its Signs (miraculous evidences of Allah's existence) are turning away!
Translation of: Ayah 32, Surat AlAnbeya'.
Words: Ja'ala = Made, AlSama' = The sky, Saqaf = Ceiling, Hum = They, Ayat = Signs, Mu'ridh = Turning away.

Q: Which was created first: The Day or the Night? Allah knows better!
Note: The Qur'an is sublime in its style. Even the sequence of objects can convey meaning.
A: And it is He (Allah) Who created the Night and the Day and the sun and the moon: Each in an orbit floats.
Translation of: Ayah 33, Surat AlAnbeya'.
Words: Howa = He, Khalaqa = Created, Layl = Night, Nahar = Day - Daylight, Shams = Sun, Qamar = Moon, Kulun = Each, Falak = Orbit, Yasbah = Floats.

Q: In what situation cannot a person shout even if he desperately wanted to?
A: And a Sign for them is that We (Allah) carried their human race in the loaded Ark (Noah's Ark). And We created for them from its similar what they board; And if We please We will drown them so there will be no shouting from them neither will they be rescued - Except as a Mercy from us and temporary enjoyment for some time.
Translation of: Ayat 41 - 44, Surat YaSeen.
Words: Ayah = Sign, Hammala = Carried, Thurriyah = Human race, Fulk = Ark - Ship, Mashhoon = Loaded, Mis(th)l = Similar, Yarkab = Boards - Gets on a ship, Nughriqh = We drown, Sareekh = Shouting, Mata' = Temporary enjoyment, Heen = Some time.

Q: What is developed first in the fetus inside the womb: Hearing or seeing? Allah knows better!
Note: The Qur'an is a miracle from Allah. Pay attention to the sequence of words in the Qur'anic verses because they can convey important messages for human research.
A: And Allah brought you out from the wombs of your mothers knowing nothing and He made for you hearing and eye-sight and hearts so that you may be thankful.
Translation of: Ayah 78, Surat AlNahl.
Words: Akhraja = Brought out, Butoun = Wombs, Ummahat = Mothers, Ta'lam = Know, Shaye' = Thing, Same' = Hearing, Absar = Eye-sight - Vision, Af'idah = Hearts, La'al = Maybe, Tashkur = Be thankful.

Q: What is created the last in the human body and then at death it is the first to leave the human body?
Note: According to the late scholar of Islam 'Muhammad Mutawalli AlSharawi' in the journey back to the Creator the human soul is the first thing to leave the human body before the body starts decaying because it is the last thing that entered the body. Just like a train that goes to a point then it has to go back to where it started from. AlSharawi further illustrates that according to the Qur'an the human body is created from soil that became mud then stinky sludge (like riverbed) then argil (potter's clay) like pottery. Then the soul was added. At death the same steps are reversed. (In the Qur'an = Turab - Tteen - Hama' Masnoun - Salsaal KalFakhkhar).
A: That is The All-Knowing of The (World of the ) Unseen and The Witness - The All-Powerful, The Merciful; Who perfected the creation of everything and He started the creation of man from clay; Then He made his offspring from a race from despised fluid (sperm). Then He (Allah) straightened him and He blew in him from His Spirit* and He made for you hearing and sight and hearts - a little is that you become thankful.
Translation of: Ayat 6 - 9, Surat AlSijdah.
* Line 17 from Chapter 'Maryam' in the Qur'an reads: So she (Mary = Maryam) withdrew from her people to an eastern place (in the temple); Then she took a partition from them so We (Allah) sent to her Our Spirit (Angel Gabriel) so he appeared before her as a human being of regular build;
Words: Aalim = All-Knowing, AlGhayb = The Unseen, Ahsana = Perfected, Khalq = Creation, Bada' = Started, Tteen = Clay, Nasl = Offspring, Sulalah = Race, Ma' = Water, Maheen = Despised, Sawwa = Straightened - Shaped, Nafakha = Blew, Feehi = In him, Rooh = Spirit, Same' = Hearing, Absar = Sight, Af'idah = Hearts, Qaleelan = A little, Tashkuroun = You become thankful (plural).

Q: Why does Allah separate an olive tree from the rest of the produce?
Hint: The original (virgin) olive oil has healing properties.
A: And We (Allah) brought down from the sky water in due measure so We made it settle in the earth and certainly We are Capable of making it disappear. Then We produced for you with it gardens of palm trees and grapes - for you in them a lot of fruits and of them you eat; And a tree that grows out of Mount Sinai (Jabal Seena') sprouting with the oil (olive oil for oiling) and seasoning (food) for the eaters.
Translation of: Ayat 18 - 20, Surat AlMo'minoun.
Note: In a summary of a saying by the Prophet Muhammad: Eat the oil (olive oil) and and use it for rubbing (oiling) because it is from a blessed tree.
Words: Anzala = Brought down, Ma' = Water, Biqadar = In due measure, Ala Dhahab = To make it disappear, Askana = Made settle, Nakheel = Palm trees, A'nab = Grapes, Fawakih = Fruits, Kas(th)eerah = A lot, Ta'kul = You eat, Shajarah = Tree, Takhruj = Grows out, Toor = Mount, Tanbut = Sprouts - Grows, Duhn = Oil, Sibgh = Seasoning - Food that colours, Aakil = Eater.

Q: Why do some women amd some men remain barren (cannot have children) even after seeking medical help?
A: Or He unites them in marriage - males and females and He makes whoever He wills barren for He is All-Knowing, All-Capable.
Translation of: Ayah 50, Surat AlShoura.
Words: Yuzawwij = Unites in marriage, Aqeem = Barren - Sterile.

Q: What actually happens to the land before it produces its yield?
A: --- And you see the land lifeless so when We (Allah) made the water fall on it, it moved slightly and grew up and produced from every delightful pair. That is because Allah is The Truth and He is Who brings to life the dead and He is upon everying Capable; And certainly The Hour (Day of Judgment) is nearing without any doubt in it and certainly Allah will raise up those in the graves.
Translation of: Ayat 5 - 7, Surat AlHajj.
Words: Tara = You see, Khamidah = Lifeless - Barren, Ehtazzat = It moves slightly - stirs, Rabat = Grows up, Raises - Swells, Anbatat = Produces, Zawj = Pair, Baheej = Delightful, AlSa'ah = The Hour, Aatiyah = Nearing - Coming soon, La Rayb = No doubt, Yabas(th) = Raises up, Qubour = Graves.

Q: What is the major noticeable physical difference between humans and animals?
A: O people of the Book (Jews and Christians)! Have faith in what We (Allah) sent down (Quran) confirming to what you have with you (Torah and Bible).before We (Allah) make indistinct faces so We turn them down to (the level of) their lower backs or We curse them as We cursed the companions of Sabbath* and the Command of Allah has to be done. For Allah does not forgive to be partnered with Him and He forgives other than that to whoever He pleases and whoever makes partners with Allah so then he has fabricated with lies a grave sin.
Translation of: Ayat 47 - 48, Surat AlNisa'.
* The question on this page of Science: Is a certain type of apes ..? answers how the companions of Sabbath angered Allah.
Words: Musaddiq = Confirming, Natmis = We make distinct - Efface - Obliterate, Narud = Turn down, Adbar = Lower backs, Nalan = We curse, Ashab AlSabt = Companions of Sabbath, Amr = Command, Mafoula = Has to be done, Yushrik = Makes partners, Iftara = Fabricates with lies - Makes up with lies, Is(th) = Sin, Adeem = Grave.

Q: In cloud physics, what is the difference between good rain clouds and devastating storm clouds?
A: And mention the brother (a national) of Aad* (ancient Arab nation) when he warned his people among the sand dunes and there were warners (prophets) before him and (also) after him: Do not worship except Allah for I fear for you the punishment of a severe day. They said: Have you come to us to tell us lies about our gods so bring us what you are promising us if you were telling the truth! He said: Really the knowledge is with Allah and I inform you about what I have been sent with but I do see you as people who are ignorant; So when they saw it (cloud) wide-spread facing their valleys they said this wide-spread cloud is bringing us rain - no but it is what you asked to be hastened - wind in it a painful punishment; Destroying everything according to the Command of its God so by the morning nothing was to be seen except their houses in this way We (Allah) repay the sinful people.
Translation of: Ayat 21 - 25, Surat AlAhqaf.
* According to the late Hassanain Mohammad Makhlouf, Egypt's ex-mufti (a top scholar of Islam): The ancient nation of Aad first had their homes in north of Hadramout (in Yemen) bordered from the north with AlRube' AlKhali (vast desert region in Saudi Arabia). They were from the most powerful people.
Also according to Hassanain Mohammad Makhlouf: At the time of the Prophet Moses the giant people in the Sacred Land were the remnants of the people of Aad (ancient Arabs). The Giants in the Holy Land?
Note: In a summary of a saying of the Prophet Muhammad: The wind is from the Mercy of Allah. It brings the mercy (wanted rain) and it brings the punishment. So when you see it do not curse it. And call on Allah for the best in it and ask refuge from Allah of its worst.
Words: Akh = Brother, Ahqaf = Sand dunes, Nuthur = Warners, Bay Yadayhi Before him, Min Khalfihi = After him, Ta'fik = Tells lies, Taaid = Promise, Tajhal = Be ignorant, Aaridh = Wide-spread cloud, Mustaqbil = Facing, Mumtir = Bringing rain, Ista'jala = Asked to be hastened, Reeh = Wind, Tudammir = Destroys, Masakin = Houses, Mujrim = Sinful - Criminal.

Q: What is the difference between he light of the sun and the light of the moon?
A: Raised Far Above is He (Allah) Who made in the sky constellations of stars and made in it a radiant light (with heat - the Sun) and an illuminating moon (light without heat); And He is Who made the night and the day followers of each other for whoever wants to mention God's name or wants to be grateful.
Translation of: Ayat 61 - 62, Surat AlFurqan.
Words: Burouj = Constellations of stars (such as Zodiac), Siraj = Radiant light - Lamp, Qamar = Moon, Muneer = Illuminating - Shining, Layl = Night, Nahar = Day, Yath'akkar = Mention God's name - Remember God, Shukour = Grateful.

Q: How is water important to the composition of the human body?
Note: Research what percentage of the human body is water!
A: And He (Allah) is Who created from water a human being so He made him related by blood and related by marriage and your God is The Most-Capable.
Translation of: Ayah 54, Surat AlFurqan.
Words: Khalaqa = Created, Ma' = Water, Bashar = Human being, Nasaban = Related by blood, Sihran = Related by marriage, Qadeer = Most Capable.

Q: Why is the creation of humans from earth compared to the creation of plants?
A: And Allah produced you like plants from the earth in a proper growing; Then He returns you in it (at death) and will bring you out (on Day of Judgment) in a complete formation.
Translation of: Ayat 17 - 18, Surat Noah.
Note: In a summary of a saying of he Prophet Muhammad: Reported by Abdulla Bin Amr Bin AlAs may Allah be pleased with him that the Prophet said: The imposter christ (AntiChrist) will be among my people so he will stay 40 I don't know 40 days or 40 months or 40 years, then Allah will send Jesus (Issa) bin Maryam so he will seek him and kill him then people will live 7 years in peace then a cold wind will come from towards AlSham (Syria and its near countries) and will take away anyone with faith in his heart and only evil doing people will remain and will follow Satan in everything. Then it will be blown in the Trumpet and people will be thunderstruck (die) then Allah will send rain like drizzle or shading so people's corpses will grow up with it (one cell remains in every human corpse in the tailbone area after death) then it will be blown again so they will be standing looking... Source: Riyadh AlSaliheen Min Kalam Sayed AlMursaleen. (In Arabic), Page 495.

Words: Anbata = Produced liked plants, Ardh = earth, Nabata = In a proper growing, Yueed = Returns, Yukhrij = Brings out, Ikhraja = In a complete formation.

Q: Why does the taste of milk change when left in a warm place for a long time?
A: The comparison of the Paradise that the righteous were promised in it rivers of water that does not become stagnant (stale) and rivers of milk* whose taste does not change and rivers of wine that is a pleasure for the drinkers and rivers of honey purified and for them in it from all the fruits and forgiveness from their God or (answer of comparison) like the one who is everlasting in Hell and they were given to drink hot water so it cut their intestines.
Translation of: Ayah 15, Surat Muhammad.
Pure milk not mixed with bacteria or anything else.
Words: Anhar = Rivers, Ma' = Water, Ghayr Aasin = Not stagnant, Laban = Milk, Khamr = Wine, Laththah = Pleasure, Shaarib = Drinker, Asal = Honey, S(th)amarat = Fruits, Maghfirah = Forgiveness, Khalid = Everlasting, Hameem = Hot, Qatta' = Cut, Ama' = Intestines.

Q: Was man created from the soil of the earth that humans live on (our earth)?
A: And to Sthamud (ancient nation) their brother (national) Saleh - he said: O my people! Worship Allah - you do not have any god other than Him - He Made you from the earth and made you settle on it so ask Him for forgiveness then turn to Him in repentance for my God is Near, Answering (prayers).
Translation of: Ayah 61, Surat Hood.
Note: Map of Prophets
Words: Ilaah = god, Ansha' = Made, AlArdh = The earth, Est'mara = Made you settle, Estaghfar = Ask for forgiveness, Toub = Turn in repentance, Qareeb =Near, Mujeeb = Answering.

Q: How did the plants first come into being?
A: So let the human being look into his food: For We (Allah) poured down water an abundant pouring; Then We made the land split a proper splitting; So We produced therein grains; And grapes and fresh edible herbs; And olives and palm trees; And superior gardens; And fruits and grass; As temporary enjoyment for you and your cattle.
Translation of: Ayat 24 - 32, Surat Abasa.
Words: Yanzur = Looks into, Ta'am = Food, Sababna = We poured down, Shaqaqna = Made to split, Ardh = Land, Habba = Grains - Seeds, Inaba = Grapes, Qadhba = Fresh edible herbs, Zaitoun = Olives, Nakhl = Palm trees, Ghulba = Superior - Great, Fakiha = Fruits, Abba = Grass, Mata' = Temporary enjoyment, An'am = Cattle.

Q: What keeps the earth in its place in the universe?
A: Did not We (Allah) make the earth as a resting place; And the mountains as pegs.
Translation of: Ayat 6 - 7, Surat AlNaba'.
Note: According to the late scholar of Islam Muhammad Mutawali AlSharawi: The mountains are created as pegs to fasten the atmosphere (the earth's air envelope) around the earth. Otherwise the earth will be lost in the Universe. He further clarifies that the pegs of a tent do not fasten the earth but the tent.
Words: Alam = Didn't, Naj'al = We made, Mihadan = Resting place, Jibal = Mountains, Awtadan = Pegs.

Q: What will force the ocean water to severely flood the land and cause huge damage?
A: When the sky is rendered split; And when the stars in constellations are scattered; And when the bodies of water are exploded (overflowed); And when the graves are scattered; Each soul will know what it has sent forward (deeds) and what it kept back.
Translation of: Ayat 1 - 5, Surat AlInfitar.
Hint: "O people! Fear your God for the Earthquake of the Day of Judgment is a terrible thing." Translation of Line 1 in Chapter AlHajj in the Qur'an.
Hint: Underwater explosions because of an earthquake can cause a Tsunami.
Words: Sama' = Sky, Inftarat = Rendered split, Kawaakib = Stars - Stars in constellations, Entastharat = Scattered, Bihar =Bodies of water - Seas, Fujjirat = Are exploded, Qubour = Graves, Nafas = Soul, Qaddama = Sent forward, Akhkhara = Kept back.

Q: Why are there explicit flames flying in the universe?
A: And We (Allah) made in the sky constellations of stars and We decorated them for the seers; And We safeguarded it (sky) from every stoned Satan; Except who eaves-drop (secretly listen) so an explicit flame follows him.
Translation of: Ayat 16 - 18, Surat AlHijr.
Note: Why do the Jinn listen secretly?
Words: Ja'ala = Made, Borouj = Constellations of stars, Zayyana = Decorated, Naathir = Seer, Rajeem = Stoned, Men Estaraqa Alsame' = Who eaves-drops, Atba' = Follows, Shihab = Flame.

Q: What happens in an aged person's worst part of life?
A: And Allah created you then He makes you dead and from you who is driven back to the worst part of life (feeble) so that he knows nothing after his (vast ex) knowledge for Allah is All-Knowing, All-Capable.
Translation of: Ayah 70, Surat AlNahl.
Words: Khalaqa = Created, Yatawafa = Makes dead - takes away, Yurad = Is driven back, Arthal AlUmr = Worst part of life - Feeble age, Ya'lam = Knows. Ilm = Knowledge.

Q: Why will the sun be winded around itself (like a turban) on the Day of Judgment? Has science discovered that the sun is losing its energy?

A: When the sun is encircled (winded); and when the stars become dimmed; ---; a soul will come to know (by seeing) what it has brought forward (deeds).
Translation of: Ayat 1 - 2, 14, Surat AlTakweer.
Note: In a summary of a saying of the Prophet Muhammad: On the Day of Judgment the sun will be very near to the earth and people will be immersed in perspiration according to the level of their sins. People will feel that they cannot take it any longer so they will look around for who can mediate with Allah. They will decide on Adam - the father of humans to mediate with Allah. Adam will say: Allah was never angry like today (Day of Judgment). Allah prevented me from the tree but I disobeyed him. Myself today! Myself! Myself! Go to someone else. Go to Noah from the first prophets to humanity. Noah will say: Allah was never angry like today. I called on Allah with a (wrong) call against my people ( to judge openly between him and his people so the disbelieving people were drowned) Myself! Myself! Myself! Go to Abraham. People will say: You are called a friend of Allah. Mediate for us! Abraham will say: Allah was never angry like today. I lied three lies (One lie is that Abraham broke the idols and blamed it on the top idol). Myself! Myself! Myself! Go to someone else! Go to Moses. The people will say: Allah favoured you among the prophets by talking directly to you. Mediate for us with Allah! Moses will say: Allah was never angry like today. I killed a soul I was not commanded to kill. Myself! Myself! Myself! Go to someone else! Go to Jesus (= Issa). The people will say: You are the word of Allah (Be and is made) mediate for us with Allah. Jesus will say: Allah was never angry like today but he does not mention any sin. Myself! Myself! Myself! Go to someone else! Go to Muhammad. People will go to Muhammad and they say: O Muhammad! You are a prophet of Allah and the seal of the prophets. And Allah had forgiven you your former and later sins. Mediate for us with Allah. So I (Muhammad is saying) will go and reach under The Throne so I will fall down prostrating to my God. And I will praise Allah like I did not do before so Allah will let me as long as Allah wills. Then it will be said: O Muhammad! Raise up your head! Ask and you will be given and mediate (plead or intercede) and your mediation will be answered. So I (Muhammad) will raise my head and say: My nation (of Muslims), O God! So it will be said: O Muhammad! Admit from your nation (in another speech 70 thousand) those who will be admitted without account from the Right Gate of The Garden of Paradise. And the rest will share the other gates with the other (faithful) people. And then the prophet said: By (oath) in Whose Hand is my soul! The distance between two Gates of The Garden is like the distance between Mecca (in Saudi Arabia) and Basrah (in Iraq). (Paradise has Seven Gates). Sources: "Riyadh AlSaliheen Min Kalam Sayed AlMursaleen" and Tafseer Ibn Kastheer,volume 3 page 242.
Words: Itha = When, Shams = Sun, Nujoum = Stars, Inkadarat = become dimmed, Alimat = Comes to know by seeing, Ma = What , Ahdharat = Brought forward.

Q: Is the universe going to end?
Note: Scientists know that the universe was created billions of years ago.
A: The sending down of the Scripture (Qur'an) is from Allah - The Omnipotent, the All-Wise. We (Allah) did not create the Heavens and the earth and what is between them except with the truth (as deemed appropriate) for a limited period and those who disbelieved from what they were warned against are turning away (not following it).
Translation of: Ayat 2 - 3, Surat AlAhqaf.
Words: Tanzeel = Sending down, BilHaq = With the truth, Unthira = Is warned, Mu'ridh = Turning away.

Q: Why does Allah want us to contemplate in our surroundings?
Hint: To reach the truth about the creation of Allah and to understand the true purpose of human life (To be grateful to Allah, The Creator and simultaneously work to advance human life).
Note: Remember the Qur'an was revealed to the Prophet Muhammad who was living in a desert environment.
A: So why they do not look into how the camels are formed*; And into the sky how it is raised up**; And into the mountains how they are pitched (firm)***; And into the earth how it is spread out****. So do (order to Muhammad) remind! For you are only a reminder; You are not over them a dominant (having control).
Translation of: Ayat 17 - 22, Surat AlGhashiyah.
* To hold water and remain without drinking water for many days.
** According to the Qur'an "without pillars that humans can see".
*** (Like the pillars of a tent) To prevent the earth atmosphere from getting blown away in the universe.
**** To allow human life.
Words: Yanthur = Look into - Study, Ibil = Camels, Khuliqa = Were Formed - created, Sam' = Sky, Rufiat = Raised up high, Jibal = Mountains, Nusibat = Pitched - fixed, Ardh = Earth, Sutihat = Spread out, Thakkir = Remind, Lasta You are not, Musayter = Dominant.

Q: Mountains are of different types. What are the steps of demolishing the mountains on the Day of Judgment?
Note: Remember on the Day of Judgment what happens to the earth: "When the earth is shaken by its (Major) Earthquake:" Translation of Line 1 in Chapter 'AlZalzalah' in the Qur'an.
A: And when the sky is opened asunder and when the mountains are blown up.
Translation of: Ayat 9 - 10, Surat AlMursalat.
Words: AlSama' = The sky - Heaven, Furijat = Opened asunder, AlJibal = Mountains, Nusifat = Blown up.

A: The Day the earth will shake so do the mountains; and the mountains will become loose sand hills.
Translation of: Line 14, Surat AlMuzzammil.
Words: Tarjuf = Shake, Kas(th)eeban = Sand hills, Maheelan = Loose.

A: When the earth is shaken its Proper Shaking; And the mountains are crushed its proper crushing so they become scattered tiny dust particles.
Translation of: Ayat 4 - 6, Surat AlWaqiah.
Words: Rujjat = Is shaken, AlArdh = The earth, Rajja = Proper shaking - Complete shaking, Bussat = Crushed, Haba'an = Tiny dust particles, Munbas(th)a = Scattered.

A: And the mountains will be like the puffed up wool.
Translation of: Line 5, Surat AlQariah.
Words: Kal Ihn = Like the wool, AlManfoush = The puffed up - Swollen out.

A: And the Heaven (sky) will be opened into gates; And the mountains will be moved away so they look like a mirage.*
* Mountains will no longer exist. But from far away their dust will give the illusion of a mountain.
Translation of: Lines 19 - 20, Surat AlNaba'.
Words: AlSama' = The Heaven - Sky, Futihat = Is opened, Abwab = Gates, AlJibal = The mountains, Suyyerat = Are moved away, Saraba = A Mirage.

A: And the Day (of Judgment) We (Allah) make the mountains move away (blown up) and you will see the land prominent (in sight) and We gathered them (people) so We did not leave from them anyone behind (in the grave).
Translation of: Line 47, Surat AlKahf.
Words: Yawm = The Day, Barizah = Prominent, Hashara = Gathered, Nugadir = We leave behind, Lem = Did not, Ahada = Anyone.

Q: 'Burouj" in Arabic means towers. Are the stars grouped in towers?
A: By the sky with its towering constellations (burouj); And the Promised Day (of Judgment) and a witness* and a witnessed (on that Day).
Translation of: Ayat 1 - 3, Surat AlBurouj.
* Angels, prophets from humans and who are in their ranks.
Note: The continuing lines in this Surah (AlBurouj) are translated in the section Islam.
Words: Sama' = Sky, Burouj = Towers - Towering constellations, Shahid = Witness, Mashhood = Witnessed.

Q: Were the mountains formed over years?
A: And the earth We (Allah) spread it out and We threw in it unshakable mountains and We made to grow in it from every kind in due balance.
Translation of: Ayah 19, Surat AlHijr.
Words: Ardh = Earth, Madada = Spread out, Alqa = Threw, Rawasi = Unshakable mountains, Anbata = Made to grow, Shaye' = Kind - Thing, Mawzoon = In due balance.

Q: Will our earth still exist after the Day of Judgment?
A: And We (Allah) do not delay it (Day of Judgment) except for some time; The Day it comes no soul will be allowed to talk except with His permission - so from them will be wretched and some happy; As for those who became wretched so they will be in The Fire - for them in it exhaling and inhaling (of The Fire); Remaining forever in it with the remaining of the Heavens and the earth except if your God wills* (something else) for your God is The Doer of what He wants. But those who became happy so they will be in The Paradise - remaining in it with the remaining of the Heavens and the earth except if your God wills - An unceasing gift.
Translation of: Ayat 104 - 108, Surat Hood.
* Everything exists according to Allah's will.
Words: Nu'akhir = We delay, Ajal = Time, Ma'doud = Some - Numerable, Takallam = Will be allowed to talk, Shaqi = Wretched - Miserable, Saeed = Happy, Zafeer = Exhaling, Shaheeq = Inhaling, Ma damat = With the remaining - as long as, Ataan = Gift, Ghayr Majthouth = Unceasing.

Q: What is the biggest organ in the human body? Will it be able to talk?
A: And the Day (of Judgment) when the enemies of Allah are pushed towards the Fire and they are restrained (to catch up); Until when they reached it their ears, eyes and skins bore witness of what they were doing. And they said to their skins: Why did you bear witness against us? They said: Allah Who gave speech to everything has given us speech and He created you (all) the first time and to Him you have returned; Yet you were not covering up so that your ears or eyes or skins do not bear witness against you but you thought that Allah does not know a lot of what you were doing; And that was your negative supposition that you supposed about your God that brought your ruin so you became from the losers.
Translation of: Ayat 19 - 23, Surat Fusilat.
Words: Yuhshar Ila = Pushed towards, Yuze' = Restrained, Ja'a = Reached, Shahada = Bore witness, Antaqa = gave speech, Yastatir = Covers up - Hides, Dhan = Negative supposition, Dhanntum Bi = You supposed about, Ardakum = Brought your ruin, Khasir = Loser.

Q: How were the water bodies created?
Note: Please embrace yourself to the great rhetorical examples in the translation of the Qur'anic verse down.
A: He (Allah) sent down from the sky water so valleys flew with their due measurement then the torrent (unwillingly) bore up increasing foam (bubbles) and from what they (people) set on fire for the purpose of an ornament or object froth (bubbles) similar to it - that is how Allah speaks in parables about Truth and Falsehood, so as for the foam it passes away with no use (Falsehood) and as for what benefits people so it remains on earth (Truth) - that is how Allah sets the examples.
Translation of: Ayah 17, Surat AlRa'd (= The Thunder).
Note: The example of the difference between Truth and Falsehood is like natural water and its foam, and what people set on fire to make ornaments or other objects and the foam that rises then.
Words: Anzala = Sent down, Salat = Flew, Awdiyah = Valleys, Ehtamala = Bore up, BiQadariha = With their due measurement, Sayl = Torrent - Flowing stream, Zabad = Foam - Scum, Raabiya = Increasing, Youqad = Sets on fire, Ebtigha' = For the purpose of, Hilyah = Ornament, Mata' = Object, Yadhrib AlHaq WaAlBatil = Speaks in parables (examples) about Truth and Falsehood, Zabad = Foam - Froth - Scum - Bubbles formed on a liquid, Yathhab Jufa' = Passes away with no use, Yanfe' = Benefits, Yamkasth = Remains, Yadhrib AlAmsthal = Sets the examples.

Q: What was before the creation of the Heavens and the earth?
A: And He (Allah) is Who created the Heavens and the earth in six days and His Throne was (before their creation) over the water, (why they were created) in order to test you (people) which one of you is better in deeds and if you (Muhammad) say that you are going to be raised up after death those who disbelieved would certainly say: This (raising up) is (nothing) but manifest magic.
Translation of: Ayah 7, Surat Hood.
Note: Here the Heavens and the earth are mentioned as Allah's Creation. What about what we call the Universe with all its galaxies and celestial objects. Is the Universe and the Heavens one thing? More research is needed.
Note: Remember "and a day according to your God is similar to one thousand years from what you count!" Translation of Line 47 in Chapter AlHajj in the Qur'an.
Words: Khalaqa = Created, Sitah = Six, Arsh = Throne, Ma' = Water, LiYablou = In order to test, Mabousth = Raised up, Mawt = Death, Sihr = Magic.

Q: Why does Allah compare a human life to a plant? Why is human life so volatile, fragile and not secure?
A: And do set (order to Prophet Muhammad) for them the example of life of this world is like water that We (Allah) sent down from the sky so the earth's plants absorbed it so they became dry stalks (fragile) - moved by the winds and Allah upon everything possesses Power.
Translation of: Ayah 45, Surat AlKahf.
Note: the creation of man is similar to the creation of a plant.
Words: Edhrib = Set, Masthat = Example, Anzala = Sent down, Ekhtalata = Absorbed, Nabat = Plants - Vegetation, Hasheeman= Dry stalks - Fragile, Tathr = Moves - Scatters, Riyah = Winds, Muqtadara = Possesses power.

Q: What are the two known signs of old age?
A: K H Y Ain SAd*. Mentioning of your God's Mercy upon His servant Zachariah (Zakaria); When he called his God with a call in secret; He said: My God! For the bones of me became frail and the hair turned grey and I was never by calling You miserable (in vain); And I have indeed feared my kinsmen (from Bani Israel) after me (my death) and my wife is barren so do grant me from you an heir; To inherit me and inherit from the Family of Jacob (Ya'quob) and my God make him favorable (to Allah); O Zachariah! For We (Allah) do give you the good news of a boy - his name is Yahya (John the Baptist) - We (Allah) did not make to him a similar from before; He said: My God! How can I have a boy and my wife is barren and I reached an awful old age; He (Allah) said: That is what Your God has said - He (new creation) for Me is easy and I created you from before and you were nothing.
Translation of: Ayat 1 - 9, Surat Maryam.
* These five letters make a word not known in the Arabic Language. It is from Allah's World of the Unseen.
Words: Thikr = Mentioning, Nida' = Call, Khafeya = In secret, Khiftu = I Have feared, Mawali = Kinsmen - Heads of relatives, Aqir = Barren, Yaristh = Inherits, Wali = Heir, Radheya = Favourable, Sameya = Similar, Min AlKibar Ateya = Awful old age - Decrepit, Hayen = Easy, Shaya = Thing.

Q: Which one is created first in the womb: The flesh or the bones?
A: Or (example) like the person* who passed by a town which was completely devastated. He said: How is Allah going to bring to life this (town) after its death so Allah made him dead for a hundred years then He (Allah) raised him up. He said: How many years did you stay (dead)? He said: I stayed a day or part of a day. He said: No! You stayed a hundred years so do look at your food and drink - not affected by years and look at your donkey (bones) and to make you a Sign (Miracle) for people - and look at the bones how We (Allah) revive them then We cover them with flesh so when it became clear to him (man) he said: I know that Allah upon everything is Capable.
Translation of: Ayat 259, Surat AlBaqarah.
Note: The creation of man.
* Hassanain Mohammad Makhlouf, the Ex-Mufti (ex-top religious scholar of Egypt) and Abdullah Yusuf Ali, the famous Qur'an translator mention that commentators refer it most probably to Ezra (Esdras, = Uzair - a famous priest sent by the Persian King after the captivity of Jerusalem).
Words: Marra = Passed, Qaryah = Town, Khawiyah Ala Oroushiha = Completely devastated - Ruined to its roots, Yuhye = Brings to life, Miata Am = A hundred years, Labistha = Stayed, Ba'dh = Part, Ta'am = Food, Sharab = Drink, Lem Yatasannah = Did not get affected by years, Himar = Donkey, Idham = Bones, Nunshiz = Revive - Bring to life - Elevate, Naksou = We cover, Lahm = Flesh, Tabayyana = Became clear.

Q: Why do scientists continue to discover many new species?
A: Glory is to Who (Allah) created the mates (males-female) - all of them from what the earth produces and from themselves (humans) and from what they do not have knowledge of.
Translation of: Ayah 36, Surat YaSeen.
Words: Subhana = Glory, Allathi = Who, Khalaqa = Created, Azwaj = Mates - Couples, Kulaha = All of them, Tunbit = Produces, Anfusihim = Themselves, La = Not, Ya'lamoun = Have knowledge of - Know.

Q: Why can not man have control on the kind of the newborn: Boy or girl?
A: And your (Muhammad's) God creates what He wills and chooses - for them (people) there is no choice (in Allah's Creation), Glory to Him and Sublime is He above what they partner with (Him).
Translation of: Ayah 68, Surat AlQasas.
Note: Among the five questions to test his prophethood some Jews asked the Prophet Muhammad this question: When does a woman have a female newborn or a male newborn? The Prophet said: The two waters (= AlMaa'an "sperm and egg") meet and if the man's water (sperm) becomes on the top (= ma' alrajul) the woman has a male if the woman's water (egg) becomes on the top (= ma' alunstha) the woman has a female. Cited in "The Abridged version of the Explanation (of the Qur'an) of Ibn Kastheer = Mukhtasir Tafseer Ibn Kastheer.who died in 774 Hijri (12th century B.C.), page 91 (in Arabic).
Words: Yakhluq = Creates, Yasha' = Wills - Wants, Yakhtar = Chooses, Kheerah = Choice, Ta'ala = Sublime - High, Yushrik = Partners with.

Q: What happens to the human body after one dies?
A: That is the Day of Truth (Day of Judgment) so whoever wishes let him take towards his God a returning Path. For We (Allah) had warned you (humanity) of a Punishment coming soon - the day when man will see what (deeds) his hands had sent forward and the disbeliever will say: I wish I were soil*.
Translation of: Ayat 39 - 40, Surat AlNaba'.
* dead.
Words: AlYawm AlHaq = Day of Truth, Men Sha' = Whoever wills, Etakhatha = Let him take, Ma'aba = Returning Path, Anthara = Warned, Qareeban = Coming soon, Yathur = Sees, Mare' = Man - Human being, Qadamat Yadaah = His hands sent forward, YaLaytani = I wish, Turaba = Soil - Earth.

Q: Why did the Prophet Muhammad cry when a Qur'anic line about Allah's huge creation came down?
A: For in the creation of the Heavens and the earth and the alternation of night and day there are certainly miraculous signs (= Ayat) for those who understand; Those who remember Allah standing and sitting and when on their sides (lying) and they contemplate in the creation of the Heavens and the earth - (they say) Our God! You did not create this without purpose. Glory to You! So protect us against the punishment of the Fire (Hell).
Translation of: Ayat 190 - 191, Surat AlImran.
Note: 'Aishah' the Prophet's wife was asked about an matter of the Prophet Muhammad that filled her with admiration (= Ajaban). In a summary of her narration, she said: All the Prophet's matter (life) was 'Ajaban'. One night before going to bed the Prophet asked Aisha if she gives him permission to pray to Allah. In the long prayer the Prophet cried a lot when standing, bowing and prostrating to the extent that his beard became very wet. At dawn when Bilal came to ask the Prophet to call for the dawn prayer he asked the Prophet what makes him cry and Allah has already forgiven him his sins (mentioned in the Qur'an). The Prophet said: What prevents me from crying and Allah has sent down the (Ayah 190 in Chapter AlImran) . Then the Prophet added: Woe to whoever reads it and does not contemplate about it.
Words: Khalq = Creation, Samawat = Heavens (7), Ekhtilaf = Alternation, Layl = Night, Nahar = Day, Uli AlAlbab = Those who understand - Men of understanding, Yathkur = Remembers - Mentions Allah's lines, Qiyaman Standing, Quoudan = Sitting, Ala Junoubihim = On their sides, Yatafakkar = Contemplates - Thinks about, Batilan = Without purpose - In vain, Qina = Protect us, Athab = Punishment, Nar = Fire.

Q: When is the shape of each human being decided?
A: He is Who shapes you in the womb however He pleases - there is no god but He - the AlMighty, the All-Wise.
Translation of: Ayah 6, Surat AlImran.
Note: In a summary of a saying of the Prophet Muhammad: The creation of each of you is gathered in the womb: Forty days as a drop (nutfah), then forty days as blood clot (alaqah) and forty other days as foetus lump (mudhghah) then the angel (Gabriel according to another saying of the Prophet) is called. So he blows (fayanfukh fihi) the soul (= AlRouh) in him and he is commanded (by Allah) with four commands: To write his sustenance, his death time, his work, and whether fortunate (saeed) or unfortunate (shaqi). Source: Riyadh AlSaliheen min Kalam Sayed AlMursaleen, p. 145.
Words: Yusawwir = Shapes - Forms, Arham = Womb (plural), Kayfa = However, Yasha' = Pleases.

Q: Allah created Seven Heavens as layers one above another (Line 15 Chapter Nooh). Which one is the Lowest Heaven?
Hint: Wherever the stars and the lights are located.
A: And We decorated the lowest Heaven with lamps (sources of light) and safeguarding (by guardian angels); That is the proportion of The AlMighty, The All-Knowing.
Translation of: Ayah 12, Surat Fusilat.
Words: Zayyanna = We Decorated, AlDunya = The Lowest, Masabeeh = Lamps - Sources of Light, Hifdh = Safeguarding - Protection, Taqdeer = Proportion - Measurement - Judgment.
A: For We decorated the Lowest Heaven (sky) with the decoration of stars.
Translation of: Ayah 6, Surat AlSaffat.
Note: Lines 6 - 10 in Chapter AlSaffat.
Words: Zayanna = Decorated, AlSama' AlDunya = The Lowest Heaven (sky), AlKawaakib = Stars - Stars in Constellations.
A: And We (Allah) decorated the Lowest Heaven (sky) with lights and We made it a place of stoning the Satans (evil Jinn) and We had prepared for them the Punishment of the Blazing Fire (Hell).
Translation of: Ayah 5, Surat AlMulk.
Words: Masabeeh = Lights - Sources of Lights - Lamps, Ja'ala = Made, Rujouman = Place of stoning, E'tadna = We had prepared, AlSa'eer = Blazing FireDecorated, AlSama' AlDunya = The Lowest Heaven (sky), AlKawaakib = Stars - Stars in constellations.

Q: Why should not a human being argue with Allah?
A: Has man not yet seen that We (Allah) created him from a sperm-drop then suddenly he is a visible opponent (to Allah).
Translation of: Ayah 77, Surat Yaseen.
Words: Awa Lem = Has not yet seen, Insan = Man - Human being, Khalqa = Created, Nutfah = Sperm-drop, Khaseem = Opponent, Mubeen = Visible - Clear.

Q: Why is it easy for Allah to re-create man on the Day of Judgment?
A: Is not Who created the Heavens and the earth Capable of creating the like of them (man) - yes indeed! And He is the Originator, the All-Knowing.
Translation of: Ayah 81, Surat YaSeen.
Note: Which one is more difficult to create: Man or the sky?
Words: Awa Laysa = Is not, Allathi = Who, AlSamawat = The Heavens, Yakhluq = Creates, Misthlahum = Like them, AlKhallaq = The Originator - The Originative.

Q: Why do some people with a high Intelligence Quotient score (IQ Testing) still not believe in Allah?
Hint: They lack the discerning skill of the mind: To see and understand the difference. To grasp what is obscure. And Satan deludes them away from Allah's Path.
A: And they (disbelievers) will say: Only if we were listening or discerning ( = na'qil) we would not have been among the companions of the Blazing Fire! So they confessed their sin; So To Hell with the companions of the Blazing Fire.
Translation of: Ayat 10 - 11, Surat AlMulk.
Note: the people of the Prophet Salih "Sthamud" were discerning but Satan deluded them.
Words: Nasma' = Listening, Na'qil = Discerning - Understanding the difference, As'hab = Companions, E'tarafou = They confessed, Thanb = Sin, Suhqan = To Hell with, Sa'eer = Blazing Fire - Hell.

Q: What do many people not realize ahout the creation of man?
A: For the creation of the Heavens (7) and the earth is greater than the creation of humans but most of humans do not realize*.
Translation of: Ayah 57, Surat Ghafir.
* The creation of man is easy for Allah. So the recreation of man after death will be even easier.
Words: Khalq = Creation, Samawat = Heavens, Akbar = Greater, Aksthar = Greater, La = Not, Ya'amoun = Realize - Know.

Q: Why does Allah remind us that the creation of the Heavens and the earth is a great creation?
A: Have they not thought that Allah Who created the Heavens and the earth and did not become exhausted by their creation is Capable of bringing the dead to life - yes indeed! For certainly upon everything He is All-Powerful.
Translation of: Ayah 33, Surat AlAhqaf.
Words: Awa Lem = Have they not thought - considered, Khalaqa = Created, Lem Ya'i = Did not become exhausted, Qaadir = Capable, Ala an Yuhye = Of bringing to life, AlMawta = The dead, Qadeer = All-Powerful - Omnipotent.

Q: Is there an end to the movement of the sun and the moon?
A: Have you not seen that Allah makes the night penetrate into day and makes the day penetrate into night and He made the sun and moon yield* - each one (of them) moves for an appointed time** and Allah with what you (all) do is Well-Acquainted.
Translation of: Ayah 29, Surat Luqman.
* through their obedience and submission to Allah's Fate.
** The sun and moon will last until the Day of Judgement.
Words: Yulij = Makes penetrate, Layl = Night, Nahar = Day - Day time, Shams = Sun, Qamar = Moon, Ajal = Time, Musamma = Appointed - Known, Khabeer = Well-Acquainted - Expert.

Q: How could humans have saved some time if they had paid more attention to the Qur'an?
A: As We (Allah) sent among you a prophet (Muhammad) from your own to recite to you Our lines (Qur'an) and to purify you and to teach you the Scripture (of Allah) and wisdom and to teach you what you were not knowing.
Translation of: Ayah 151, Surat AlBaqarah.
Hint: Many scientific discoveries of the latest centuries for example are found in the Qur'an since it was revealed in the seventh century CE. Also remember that the Qur'an is a clear miracle of language and context so it needs proper attention to understand its treasures.
Note: Examples:
The Heavens and the earth were joined in the beginning.
Shape of the earth.
Words: Kama = As, Arsalna = We sent Yatlou = Recites, Yuzakkikum = Purifies you (plural), Yu'alimkum = To teach you (plural), AlHikmah = Wisdom, Ma Lem Takouno Ta'lamoun = What you were not knowing.

Q: Is it difficult for man to realize how Allah started various forms of life?
A: Say (command to Prophet Muhammad): Travel throughout the earth and contemplate about how the Creation began then Allah will bring into existence the other birth* (of man) for Allah upon everything is Capable.
Translation of: Ayah 20, Surat AlAnkaboot.
* In a summary of a saying of the Prophet Muhammad: The people of Paradise will enter Paradise with the height of our forefather Adam - sixty cubits (A cubit = Thira' = = 18 inches), with the beauty of Joseph, the age of Jesus - thirty three years and the tongue of Muhammad (Arabic) with no unwanted hair (= Jurd), beardless (= Murd), and with kohl (= Mukahaloun). Source: Tafseer Ibn Kastheer, volume 4, page 448.
Words: Seerou = Travel, Walk, Unthorou = Contemplate - See - Think about, Yunshe' = Bring into existence, AlNash'ah AlA'khirah = The other birth, Qadeer, Capable.

Q: Why are the Heavens lofty (very high)?
A: (Qur'an) Descending from Who (Allah) created the earth and the lofty Heavens (7).
Translation of: Ayah 4, Surat Taha.
Note: In a summary of a saying of the Prophet Muhammad: The thickness (= sumk) of each Heaven is the travel (= maseerat) of five hundred years and the distance (= bu'd) between one Heaven and the other is the travel of five hundred years. Source: Tafseer Ibn Kastheer, Tafseer Surat Taha line 4, volume 3 page 208.
Words: Tanzeelan = Descending - Sending down, Khalaqa = Created, Samawat = Heavens, Ula = Lofty - Very high.

Q: Where is our universe in Allah's Kingdom?
A: To Allah belongs the Kingdom of the Heavens (seven) and the earth and whatever is in them and He is upon everything Capable.
Translation of: Ayah 120, Surat AlMa'idah.
Note: Remember "For We decorated the lowest Heaven (sky) with the decoration of stars" Translation of Line 6 in Chapter "AlSaffat" in the Qur'an.
Words: Mulk = Kingdom, Samawat = Heavens, Ardh = Earth, Qadeer = Capable.

Q: Who is nearer to man than his neck's Jugular Vein?
A: And We already created man and We know what his self secretly ill whispers* and We are nearer to him than the Jugular Vein**.
Translation of: Ayah 16, Surat Qaf.
*The Prophet Muhammad mentioned that Satan flows (= yajri) (ill whispering) in the human body like the flowing of blood. Source: Tafseer Ibn Kastheer, volume 4, page 342.
** According to Abdullah Yusuf Ali's translation of the Holy Qur'an page 1600: "Two Jugular Veins on both sides of the neck bring blood back from the head to the heart. They correspond to the two carotid arteries which carry the blood from the heart to the head. Being "nearer than the Jugular Vein" implies that Allah knows more truly the innermost state of our feeling and consciousness as well as our desires and motives than does our own ego."
Also remember the two angels that stay with each of us.
Words: Laqad Khalqna = We already (it happened) created man, Tuwaswis = secretly ill whispers, Nafsuhu = His self - His soul, Aqrab = Nearer, Habl AlWareed = The Jugular Vein.

Q: Allah created seven Heavens one above the other. Which Heaven faces the earth?
A: He (Allah) is Who created the Heavens and the earth in six days then He established Himself on the Throne - He knows what enters into the earth (soil) and what comes out of it and what comes down from the sky (lowest Heaven)* (example angels, rain) and what rises into it and He is with you** wherever you are and Allah with what you do is All-Watchful. To Him (Allah) belongs the Kingdom of the Heavens and the earth and to Allah all affairs go back (for judgement).
Translation of: Ayat 4 - 5, Surat AlHadeed.
* Remember wherever there are stars that is called the lowest Heaven: "For We decorated the lowest Heaven (sky) with the decoration of stars;" translation of Line 6 in Chapter AlSaffat in the Qur'an.
** Allah is all time All-Watchful of each one of us. Allah has appointed angels physically to be with each of us continuously.
Note: In a summary of a saying of the Prophet Muhammad: Three things whoever does them will taste Faith: Whoever worships Allah alone, gives prescribed charity from the middle quality of his wealth (example the field harvest) and whoever purifies himself. A man asked: O Allah's Prophet: How can one purify himself? The Prophet said: He knows that Allah is with him (= watching him) wherever he is. Source: Tafseer Ibn Kastheer, volume 4, page 464.
Words: Yalij = Enters, Yakhruj = Comes out, Yanzil = Comes down, Ya'ruj Feeha = Rises into it, Ma'akum = With you, Mulk = Kingdom - Supreme Authority, Turje' = Goes back, Umour = Affairs.

Q: What is Allah's law that governs the creation of the universe including man and plants?
Hint: Repetition of the non-stoppable phenomenas. Check which one of the following man can stop: Stars from piercing the darkness. Ejaculation at the time of sex climax. Rain coming down from the sky or the earth when it cracks open. Source: Thoughts (= khawatir) ElSheikh AlSha'rawi on the verses of the Qur'an.
A: (Allah does not swear*) by the sky and the Nocturnal (night) Visitor; And what do you know about the Nocturnal Visitor; The star of piercing brightness; For every soul surely has a watcher (angel recording - one on the right and another on the left); So let man think from what he was created; He was created from gushing (cannot be stopped) fluid; That (sperm) comes out from between the lower backbone and (female egg) the lower chestbones; For on bringing him back He (Allah) is certainly Capable. (when) The Day the souls are tried; Then he will have no power (from inside) neither a supporter; And (Allah swears) by the sky of the repeated rain**; And the earth that repeatedy cracks open***; For it is (Qu'ran) surely a DECISIVE (unquestionable) Word; And it is not a joke; For they (disbelievers) plot a scheme (against Allah); And I (Allah) plot a scheme**** (against them); So (command to Prophet Muhammad) give the disbelievers time (do not ask punishment for them) - just give them some time (and see).
Translation of: Ayat 1 - 17, Surat AlTariq.
* According to the late scholar "Muhammad Mutawali AlSha'rawi" if Allah was going to swear then He would have sworn by what is mentioned in the oath which should be the focus of contemplation because of its major impact on human life.
* What Allah takes an oath on should be the focus of human contemplation and research.
** Water comes down, evaporates, goes up and becomes water again.
*** To take in water and bring out the vegetation.
**** Allah knows their plot, but they do not know what Allah has for them.
Words: AlSama' = The sky, Tareq = Nocturnal Visitor, Najm = Star - Stars, AlSthaaqib = Of piercing brightness, Kulu Nafs = Every soul - Everyone, Yanthur = Think, Mimma = From what, Khuliq = Was created, Ma' = Fluid, Daafiq = Gushing, Sulb = Lower backbone, Traa'ib = Lower chestbones, Raj'ihi = Returning him, Tubla = Are tried, Saraair = Souls - Secrets, Nasir = Supporter, That AlRaj' = Of the repeated rain, That AlSad' = Repeatedly cracks open, Qawl = Word - Statement - Saying, Fasl = Decisive, Hazl = Joke - For fun, Yakeedoun = Plot, Mahhil = Give time, Amhilhum Rowayda = Just give them some time.

Q: Which cells in the human body should the scientists pay attention to?
A: He (Allah) is Who created you (ancestry) from soil then (offspring) from a drop (of sperm) then from a blood clot then He brings you forth as a baby then (He leaves you) to reach your age of full strength then (He leaves you) to become aged and from you who dies from before (all mentioned stages) and to reach an appointed time (of life) and perhaps you understand*.
Translation of: Ayah 67, Surat Ghafir.
The steps of human creation.
* that you will be raised up after death.
Words: Khalaqakum = He created you, Turab = Soil - Dust, Yukhrijukum = Brings you forth, Tifl = Baby, Tablaghou = To reach, Ashudakum = Your age of full strength, Shuyoukh = Aged - Old, Yatawaffa = Dies, Ta'kiloun = You understand - You use your brains.

Q: Why was the first man's body different from the modern day man's body?

Note: Man was created for Paradise and not the earth. The Prophet Muhammad said people will enter Paradise with the height of our forefather Adam. The Prophet added: Ever since man's height is shrinking. Source: Tafseer Ibn Kastheer, (page will be added here later).
A: And We (Allah) said: dwell you (Adam) and your wife in the Garden (of Paradise) and eat from it with ease as you will but do not approach this tree (otherwise) you become then from the transgressors (against Allah); But Satan (head of the bad Jinn) made them slip from it so he removed them from what they were in and We (Allah) said get down (human race) some of you (humans) will be enemy of the others and for you on earth a staying place and a temporary enjoyment for some time.
Translation of: Ayat 35 - 36, Surat AlBaqarah.
Words: Uskun = Dwell, Zawj = Wife, Kula = Eat (for two), Raghada = With ease - Freely, La Taqraba = Do not approach, Azalahuma = Made them slip - Made them do wrong, Akhrajahuma = He removed them, Ehbitou = Get down (plural), Ba'dhumkum LiBa'dh = Some of you enemy to the others - Enemity among you, Mustaqar = Staying place, Mata' = Temporary enjoyment.

Q: How is the creation of female another miraculous sign of Allah?
A: And from His (Allah's) miraculous signs is that He created for you from yourselves* (human race) mates so that you feel at ease with them and He made between you love and mercy for in that are certainly miraculous signs for the people who contemplate.
Translation of: Ayah 21, Surat AlRoum.
* Eve the first female was created miraculously by Allah from Adam's shortest left rib. Because of Allah's mercy upon humans Allah did not create Eve from another race otherwise many types of misunderstanding could have risen. Source: Tafseer Ibn Kastheer, volume page 628.
Words: Anfusikum = Yourselves - Your race, Azwaj = Mates - Spouses, Litaskanou = So that you feel at ease - So that you calm down, Mawaddah = Love, Rahmah = Mercy - Kindness, Yatafakaroun = Contemplate (plural) - Think deeply.

Q: How can Allah's Punishment affect spring water?
A: Say (command to Prophet Muhammad) tell me (you all) if your water becomes deep-reaching then who will bring out for you spring water.
Translation of: Ayah 30, Surat AlMulk.
Words: Ara'aytum = Tell me (plural), Asbaha = Becomes, Ma'oukum = Your water, Ghawran = Deep-reaching - Penetrates deep, Ya'teekum = Bring out for you - Produce for you, Ma'een = Spring.

Q: Who do not waste their time contemplating about the true purpose of the creation of the big Signs in the Universe?

A: He (Allah) is Who made the sun a radiant light and the moon an illuminating light and He proportionally divided it into phases so that you (humans) learn the number of years and counting - Allah did not create that except for a true purpose* - He details the Miraculous Signs** for people who understand (the purpose of creation).
Translation of: Ayah 5, Surat Yunus.
* The true purpose behind the creation of the Heaven and the earth.
** (= Ayat) Signs of nature explained in the Lines of the Quran.
Words: Dhiya' = Radiant Light, Qamar = Moon, Noor = Illuminating Light, Qadarrahu = He proprtionally divided it, Manazil = Phases, Adad = Number, AlSineen = The years, AlHisab = Counting, Yufassil = He details, Ya'lamoun = Understand - Have profound knowledge.

Q: Why is Allah's Throne described as the Sublime (= AlAtheem)?
Hint: Note how the Throne is mentioned after the Seven Heavens.
A: Say (command to Prophet Muhammad) who is the God of the Seven Heavens and the God of the Sublime Throne; They will say (they) belong to Allah say so will you not protect yourselves by fearing Allah.
Translation of: Ayat 86 - 87, Surat AlMo'minoun.
Note: According to Merriam Webster's Deluxe Dictionary, SUBLIME means tending to inspire awe because of elevated quality or transcendent excellence. Also SUBLIME means supreme or lofty (high in place).
Note: In a summary of a saying of the Prophet Muhammad: The Seven Heavens and the Seven earths and what is in them and between them in comparison to the Chair of (Allah) but like a link of a chain thrown in a desert (ardh falat) and the Chair (of Allah) with what in it according to the Throne is like that link in that wilderness. Source: Tafseer Ibn Kastheer, Volume 3, Page 372.
Words: Rubb = God, AlSamawat = The Heavens, AlArsh = The Throne, AlAtheem = The Sublime.

Q: Why does not the sky fall on the earth?
A: Have you not (yet) considered that Allah made yield for you whatever is on the earth and the vessels sail across the sea with His Command and He holds the sky (lowest Heaven) from falling on the earth except by His Permission - for Allah to humans is Compassionate, Most Merciful.
Translation of: Ayah 65, Surat AlHajj.
Note: Is the sky (lowest Heaven) with pillars?
Ships sail across the sea.
Words: Sakhkharra = Made yield, AlFulk = The vessels - The ships, Tajri = Sails, An Taqa' = From falling.

Q: Is it a coincidence that the sun always rises from the East?
A: Have you not yet considered the one who debated Abraham (Prophet Ibraheem) about his God for Allah gave him kingdom* when Abraham (= Ibraheem) said my God is Who gives life and makes dead he (King Nimrod) said I give life and make dead (being in command) - Abraham said because Allah brings out the sun from the East so you bring it out from the West then the one who disbelieved was shocked (no answer) and Allah does not guide the people who are unjust (unfair to Allah).
Translation of: Ayah 258, Surat AlBaqarah.
* King Nimrod Ben Canaan was at war with the Prophet Abraham. Early Judaic sources also assert that the king Amraphel, who wars with Abraham later in Genesis, is none other than Nimrod himself. Source: Wikipdedia.org.
Note: As indicated by the Prophet Muhammad among the Signs that announce the immediate coming of the Day of Judgment is that the sun will rise from the West.
Words: Haajja = Debated, Aatahu = Gave, AlMulk = Kingdom, Yuhye = Makes Gives life, Yumeet = Makes dead, Ya'ti = Brings out, AlMashriq = The East, AlMaghrib = The West, FaBuhita = Was shocked - Became pale - Was dumbfounded, AlDhalimeen = Who are unjust (unfair) - transgress - The sinners.

Q: Why do some people who depend on their senses to perceive everything fail to understand the concept of creation and God as the Creator?
An Important Note: According to Abu Hamid Muhammad ibn Muhammad Ghazali (1058 - 1111 C.E.) (a famous Islamic theologian, jurist, philosopher, cosmologist, psychologist (ref. Wikipedia.com): "The deficiency in the perception of beasts (animals) lies in its being limited to the senses, and sensory perception is limited because it only perceives things by contact or proximity. Without contact or proximity, a sense faculty is cut off from perception. For taste and touch require contact, while hearing, sight and smell need proximity. The senses are instantly cut off from perceiving any existing thing which cannot be conceived to be in contact or proximity to them. Furthermore, their activity is limited to what is dictated by passion or anger, and cannot be triggered by anything else, for they lack reason to summon them to activities which differ from the demands of passion and anger. Source: Al-Ghazali the Ninety-Nine Beautiful names of God "Al-Maqsad Al-Asna fi Shrh Asma' Allah Al-Husna, page 33 (see the reference page).
A: And We (Allah) had prepared for Hell a lot of Jinn and humans - they have hearts with which they do not understand (about Allah) and they have eyes with which they do not see and they have ears with which they do not hear - they are like ---* yet they are more in straying away - they are the inattentive (unaware).
Translation of: Ayah 179, Surat AlA'raf.
* One word is missing. Please research it yourself.
Note: What type of knowledge one gets depending on senses alone?
Words: Thar'na = We had prepared, Kastheeran = A lot of, AlIns = Humans, Quloub = Hearts, Yafhaqhoun = Understand - Have insight, A'yun = Eyes, Y ubsiroun = See, Athan = Ears, Yasma'oun = Hear, Adhal = More in straying away, AlGhafiloun = The inattentive - The unaware - The fools.

Q: Across humanity why do people allow unverified information from top people to become part of their culture?
Hint: They do not follow the scientific method of verifying information.
A: And from his (Prophet Noah) religious followers is certainly Abraham (Ibraheem); When he approached his God with a healthy (free of prejudice) heart; Then he said to his father* and people what do you worship; Falsehood (untruth without evidence) - gods besides Allah you desire; So what is your opinion about the God of all people; Then he glanced a look at the stars**; So he said I feel sick; So they turned going away from him.
Translation of: Ayat 83 - 90, Surat AlSaffat.
* Azar whom Prophet Abraham called "father" was a famous sculptor who used to make idols out of stone and sell them. Source: http://www.al-adwaa.info/archive/index.php?t-5527.html
** In acknowledging Allah as the One and Only God, Prophet Abraham followed a scientific method of eliminating the wrong answers.
Note: For example unverified information (without genuine evidence) was the basis of how idol-worshipping started in man's history.
Words: Shia'tihi = His religious followers - His religious sect, Ja'a = Approached, BiQalb = With a heart, Saleem = Free of prejudice, Matha = What, Ta'bodoun = You worship, AIfkan = Falsehood - Untruth, Tureedoun = You desire, Dhannukum = Your opinion, FaNadhara = Then he glanced a look, AlNujoum = The stars, Inni Saqeem = I feel sick, Mudbireen = Going away.

Q: Who is the God of what humans call "the universe"?
A: And to Allah belongs the (whole) Praise - the God of the Heavens, the God of the earth, the God of the inhabitants of all worlds.
Translation of: Ayah 36, Surat AlJasthiyah.
Words: Lillah = To Allah, AlHamd = Praise, Rub = God - Lord. AlAlameen = Inhabitants of all worlds.

Q: In a challenge why does Allah call the disbelievers with their false gods to climb up towards Him if they were capable?
A: Or do they (disbelievers) possess the bounty treasures of your God the AlMighty, the Grantor; Or belongs to them the Kingdom of the Heavens and the earth and whatever is between them so let them climb up in the ways (of Heavens)*; An armed alliance of whatever are over there (disbelievers) are going to be defeated.
Translation of: Ayat 9 - 10, Surat Saad.
* Allah is the Owner of the Universe.
Note: Angels' place is the Heavens. Allah is on the top of the Seventh Heaven (understood from the Prophet Muhammad's speeches).
Words: Khaza'in = Treasures, Rahmat = Bounty - Mercy, Mulk = The Kingdom - The Absolute Authority, FelYartaqou = So let them climb up, AlAsbab = In the ways, Jundun Min AlAhzab = Armed alliance, Ma Hunalika = Of whatever are over there, Mahzoom = Are going to be defeated.

Q: Knowing the Power behind a natural phenomenon yet denying His Command to worship Him shows what type of mentality?
A: And if you ask them who sent down from the sky water and brought to life with it the land after its death they will say certainly Allah say Praise to Allah yet most of them do not grasp it.
Translation of: Ayah 63, Surat AlAnkaboot.
Words: Nazzala = Sent down, FaAhya = So He brought to Life, Min Ba;di = After, Akstharhum = Most of them, La Ya'qiloun = They do not grasp it - They do not understand it.

Q: What element of life symbolizes affluent living?
Note: The race of Jinn are divided into two: Believers and disbelievers. Lines 14 - 15 in Chapter AlJinn is translated: And from us (Jinn) there are the Muslims (submitting to Allah) and there are the ones who swerved from justice '= Qasitoun').
A: And if they (disbelievers among Jinn) remained righteous according to The Creed (Faith) We (Allah) would have certainly bestowed on them abundant water**; To test them with it and whoever turns away from the Message of his God (Qur'an) He (Allah) makes him undergo escalating punishment (suffering).
Translation of: Ayat 16 - 17, Surat AlJinn.
** Sustenance with water as its major component. Even the People of the Book would have been blessed by abundant sustenance.
Words: Alaw = And if, Estaqamou = They remained righteous, Ala AlTareeqah = According to The Creed (Faith), LaAsqaynahum = We would have certainly bestowed on them water, Ghadaqa = Abundant, Ma' = Water, LiNaftinahum = To test them, Yu'ridh = Turns away, Thikr = Message - Reminder, Yaslukhu = Mades him undergo, Athaban = Punishment - Suffering, Sa'ada = Escalating - Growing,

Q: What did the mountains do similar to the birds at the time of the Messenger David (Dawood)? (Geologists: Research if the mountains' yielding is still going on).
Note: The line translated here is a continuation of Allah's praising of the Messenger David (Dawood).
A: For We (Allah) made the mountains yield with him (Messenger David) - glorifying (echoing Allah's praise) at sunset* and sunrise*; And (We made yield) the birds* gathering - all back and forth to Him (Allah) returning (glorifying).
Translation of: Ayat 18 - 19, Surat Saad.
* The mountains glorify Allah. Those who are familiar with country life would have heard the flocks of birds chirping at sunset and sunrise.
Words: Sakhkharna = We made yield, Yusabihna = Glorifying, BilAshiyy = At sunset, AlIshraq = At sunrise, AlTayr = Birds, Mahshouratan = Gathering, Awwab = Back and forth returning.

Q: If Prophet Jonah (Yunus) was eaten by the whale how did he survive?
A: So (command to Prophet Muhammad) do have patience* and do not be like the companion of the whale when he called out** while being filled with distress; Was it not for favour from his God that set him right (became on Allah's Path) he would have been cast out on the barren land (shore) while being disgraced; So his God picked (towards Himself) him and He made him from the righteous***.
Translation of: Ayat 48 - 50, Surat AlQalam.
* The Prophet Jonah (Yunus) angrily prayed againt his people of Nineveh and left their preaching. (The Prophet Muhammad was about to pray against the tribe of AlSthaqeef in AlTaa'if near Mecca, Source: Ex-Mufti of Egypt "Hassanain Muhammad Makhlouf's' Safwat AlBayan liMa'ani AlQur'an, page 742). They made him suffer when he went for their help. But instead the Prophet prayed for them.
** Prophet Jonah (Yunus) was alive in the whale's belly.
*** Prophet Jonah (Yunus) went back to preach his people of Nineveh.
Note: Remember that the Qur'an is in the Arabic language which is a very elaborate language. So words in the Qur'an should be scrutinized carefully as to their exact meanings. The Prophet Jonah was not eaten by the whale he was swallowed. A swallowed object can come out.
Words: KaSahib = Like the companion, Nada = Called out, Makthoum = Filled with distress, Tadarakahu = Set right, Ni'mah = Favour - Grace, LaNubitha = He would have been cast, BilAra' = On the barren land, Mathmoum = Disgrased - Defamed, Fajtabahu Rabbuhu = So his God picked (towards Himself) him.

Q: For the evolutionists: On the Day of Judgement will man be raised up as an ape?
Note: Evolutionists believe in the theory of evolution (man evolved from an ape) which is known in science to be against the theory of creationism.
Note: Please note down how adaptation occured in human race.
Note: A true scene from the Day of Judgment.
A: Truly you (plural) have come back to us singly (no relationship) as We (Allah) created you the first time and you left what We (Allah) bestowed upon you behind and We do not see with you your intercessors* whom you claimed that they are in your affairs partners (with Allah) - truly it (communication) is cut off between you (and them) and what you were claiming went astray (wrong).
Translation of: Ayah 94, Surat AlAn'am.
* The disbelievers of Arabia during the time of the Prophet Muhammad were polytheists. They worshipped Allah but they joined with Him more than 300 idols. They used to make sacrificial offerings to Allah as well as to their selected idols thinking that the idols are their intercessors with Allah.
Note: Note how adaptation occurred in the human race. Adam, the first man created was very tall because he was created to live in Heaven. Since then the human body is shrinking according to an authenticated saying of the Prophet Muhammad.
We will be raised up tall again: (Fire is in towering columns). And chambers in Paradise are high. And more on the shape of man on the Day of Judgment.
Words: LaQad = Truly, Ji'tomouna = You came back to Us, Furaada = Singly - One by one, Awwal = First, Marrah = Time, Khawwalnakum = We bestowed upon you, Wara' Dhohourikim = Behind - Behind your backs, Nara = See, Shufa'aakum = Your intercessors, Feekum = In your affairs - Among yourselves - Shuraka' = Partners, Taqata'a = Cut off - Severed, Dhalla = Went astray - Went wrong, Tazamoun = Claiming - Alleging.