Revelation, Rationality, Knowledge & Truth — Page 624
UNVEILING OF THE ‘UNSEEN' BY THE QURAN. A HISTORIC PERSPECTIVE without the discovery of new minerals which the earth has thrown up as predicted. Count them out and the wheel of scientific advancement will turn back a full circle. No modern invention of any significance can be conceived without the discovery of coal, petroleum, uranium, plutonium etc. . The chronological order of the two prophecies mentioned above also has a message to deliver. The prophecy of the extension of the old world is followed immediately by the discovery of new minerals and this is exactly the sequence in which the prophecies were fulfilled. . The Prophecy About Archaeological Exploration. The وَإِذَا الْقُبُورُ بُغيرَتْ * 82:5. And when the graves will be laid open. 15. While the verse of Al-Zilzal clearly refers to the throwing up by the earth of its hidden treasures, this verse of Surah Al-Infiṭār is evidently speaking of archaeology. . But this is not the only verse which does that. We have selected this because of its prophetic nature, otherwise there are many other verses in the Quran which draw the attention of man repeatedly and directly to many a buried township and civilization of earlier people. They exhort man to dig up their remains and study the factors which brought about their ultimate ruin. . T. HE FOLLOWING TWO OPENING VERSES OF SURAH AL-TAKWĪR predict that Islam will already have gone into decline before the dawn of the new age: 586 وَإِذَا النُّجُومُ انْكَدَرَتْ * 3-81:2 إِذَا الشَّمْسُ كور