As we shall see later on, Pharaoh regards himself as a diety and responded with slanders and threats to Prophet Musa's (as) calls for him to believe in Allah. This arrogant attitude lasted until he was faced with the threat of death through drowning. The Qur'an relates that Pharaoh immediately turned to belief when faced with Allah's punishment:
We brought the tribe of Israel across the sea, and Pharaoh and his troops pursued them out of tyranny and enmity. Then, when he was on the point of drowning, he (Pharaoh) said: "I believe that there is no deity but Him in whom the tribe of Israel believes. I am one of the Muslims."
However, this last-minute conversion was not accepted, for it was not sincere. According to the Qur'an Allah exclaimed:
'What now! When previously you rebelled and were one of the corrupters? Today we will preserve your body so you can be a sign for people who come after you. Surely many people are heedless of Our signs." (Qur'an, 10:91-92)
The information that Pharaoh's corpse would serve as a sign for later generations may be regarded as an indication that his body would not decay. On display in Royal Mummies Chamber of 'The Egyptian Museum' in Cairo is a mummified body believed to be that of this tyrant. In all likelihood, Pharaoh's body floated to shore after being drowned, was found and mummified by the Egyptians, and then carried to a previously prepared burial chamber.
Monday, April 5, 2010
The ears are active during sleep.
So we sealed their ears (with sleep) in the cave for a number of years.
(Qur'an, 18:11)
The original Arabic of the phrase "We sealed their ears" in the Qur'an is the verb daraba. This bears the metaphorical meaning of "We have made them sleep. Used in reference to the ears, daraba means "preventing the ears from hearing." The fact that only the sense of hearing is mentioned here is very significant.
According to recent scientific discoveries, the ear is the only sensory organ active while a person is sleeping. This is why we need an alarm clock to wake up. The wisdom of the pharse "We sealed their ears" is,in all probability, that Allah closed the hearing of the young people in question, for which reason they remain asleep for many years.
(Qur'an, 18:11)
The original Arabic of the phrase "We sealed their ears" in the Qur'an is the verb daraba. This bears the metaphorical meaning of "We have made them sleep. Used in reference to the ears, daraba means "preventing the ears from hearing." The fact that only the sense of hearing is mentioned here is very significant.
According to recent scientific discoveries, the ear is the only sensory organ active while a person is sleeping. This is why we need an alarm clock to wake up. The wisdom of the pharse "We sealed their ears" is,in all probability, that Allah closed the hearing of the young people in question, for which reason they remain asleep for many years.
Friday, April 2, 2010
The Truth of Destiny
But you will not unless Allah wills. Allah is All-Knowning, All-Wise. (Qur'an, 76:30)
As a result of experiments he performed in 1973, Professor Benjamin Libet, a neurophysiologist at the university of California, revealed that all our decisions and choices are set out beforehand, and the consciousness only comes into play half a second after everything has been determined. This is interpreted by other neurophysiologists as meaning that we actually live in the past and that our consciousness is like a monitor which shows us everything half a second later.
Therefore, none of the experiences we perceive are in real time, but are delayed by up to half a second from the real events themselves. Libet carried out his research by making use of the fact that brain surgery can be performed without the use of narcosis, in other words while the subject is fully conscious. Libet stimulated the brains of his subjects with small electrical currents, and when they experienced a perception that their hads had been touched the subjects said that they felt that "touch" almost half a second before. As a result of this measurements, Libet arrived at the following conclusion:
All perceptions are normally transmitted to the brain. As these are subconsciously evaluated and interpreted, the ego is unaware of anything.The information that appear before our mind, in other words that we can be aware of, is transmitted to the cortex, the seat of consciousness, after a certain delay.
The conclusion from this may be summarised as follows: The decision to move a muscle takes place before that decision reaches the consciousness. There is always a delay between a neurological or perceptual process and our becoming aware of the thought, feeling, perception or movement it represents. To put it another way, we can only be aware of a decision after that decision has been taken.
In Professor Libet's experiments, this delay varies between 350 & 500 milliseconds, although the conclusion that emerges is in no way dependent upon those figures. Because according to Libet, whatever the lenght of that delay- it makes no difference whether it is great or small, whether it lasts an hour or a microsecond- ous physical life is always in the past. This demonstrates that every thought, emotion, perception or movement happens before reaching our consciousness, and that proves that the future is entirely outside our control.
In other experiments, Professor Libet left the choice of when the subjects would move their fingers up to them. The brains of the subjects were monitored at the momenttheir fingers moved, and it was observed that the relevant brain cells went into action before the subject actually took the decision. To put it another way, the command "do!" reaches the individual, and the brain is readied to perform the action; the individual only becomes aware of this half a second later. He or she does not take a decision to act and then performs that action, but rather performs an action predetermined for him or her. Yet, the brain makes an adjustment, removing any recognition that the individual is actually living in the past. For that reason, at the movement we refer to as "now", we are actually living something determined in the past. As already discussed, these studies manifest that fact that everything happens by the will of Allah, as revealed in Surat Al Insan 30.
(See Harun Yahya, Timelessness and the reality of Fate, Goodword Books, New Dehli, 2001)
There is also a Hadith based on it.
Narrated 'Ali رضى الله عنه: We were in the company of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم and he said, "There is none among you but has his place written for him either in Paradise or in Hell-fire." We said, "O Allah's Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم! Shall we depend (on this fact and give up work)?" He صلى الله عليه وسلم replied, "No! Carry on doing good deeds, for everybody will find easy (to do) such deeds as will lead him to his destined place." Then the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم recited: "As for him who gives (in charity) and keeps his duty to Allah and fear Him, and believes in Al-Husna. We will make smooth for him the path of ease..."
Source: Sahih Al-Bukhari, Vol 6, Hadith No.472).
Al-Husna means the Best (i.e either La ilaha illallah: none has the right to be worshipped but Allah) or a reward from Allah (i.e Allah will compensate him for what he will spend in Allah's way or bless him with Paradise).
As a result of experiments he performed in 1973, Professor Benjamin Libet, a neurophysiologist at the university of California, revealed that all our decisions and choices are set out beforehand, and the consciousness only comes into play half a second after everything has been determined. This is interpreted by other neurophysiologists as meaning that we actually live in the past and that our consciousness is like a monitor which shows us everything half a second later.
Therefore, none of the experiences we perceive are in real time, but are delayed by up to half a second from the real events themselves. Libet carried out his research by making use of the fact that brain surgery can be performed without the use of narcosis, in other words while the subject is fully conscious. Libet stimulated the brains of his subjects with small electrical currents, and when they experienced a perception that their hads had been touched the subjects said that they felt that "touch" almost half a second before. As a result of this measurements, Libet arrived at the following conclusion:
All perceptions are normally transmitted to the brain. As these are subconsciously evaluated and interpreted, the ego is unaware of anything.The information that appear before our mind, in other words that we can be aware of, is transmitted to the cortex, the seat of consciousness, after a certain delay.
The conclusion from this may be summarised as follows: The decision to move a muscle takes place before that decision reaches the consciousness. There is always a delay between a neurological or perceptual process and our becoming aware of the thought, feeling, perception or movement it represents. To put it another way, we can only be aware of a decision after that decision has been taken.
In Professor Libet's experiments, this delay varies between 350 & 500 milliseconds, although the conclusion that emerges is in no way dependent upon those figures. Because according to Libet, whatever the lenght of that delay- it makes no difference whether it is great or small, whether it lasts an hour or a microsecond- ous physical life is always in the past. This demonstrates that every thought, emotion, perception or movement happens before reaching our consciousness, and that proves that the future is entirely outside our control.
In other experiments, Professor Libet left the choice of when the subjects would move their fingers up to them. The brains of the subjects were monitored at the momenttheir fingers moved, and it was observed that the relevant brain cells went into action before the subject actually took the decision. To put it another way, the command "do!" reaches the individual, and the brain is readied to perform the action; the individual only becomes aware of this half a second later. He or she does not take a decision to act and then performs that action, but rather performs an action predetermined for him or her. Yet, the brain makes an adjustment, removing any recognition that the individual is actually living in the past. For that reason, at the movement we refer to as "now", we are actually living something determined in the past. As already discussed, these studies manifest that fact that everything happens by the will of Allah, as revealed in Surat Al Insan 30.
(See Harun Yahya, Timelessness and the reality of Fate, Goodword Books, New Dehli, 2001)
There is also a Hadith based on it.
Narrated 'Ali رضى الله عنه: We were in the company of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم and he said, "There is none among you but has his place written for him either in Paradise or in Hell-fire." We said, "O Allah's Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم! Shall we depend (on this fact and give up work)?" He صلى الله عليه وسلم replied, "No! Carry on doing good deeds, for everybody will find easy (to do) such deeds as will lead him to his destined place." Then the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم recited: "As for him who gives (in charity) and keeps his duty to Allah and fear Him, and believes in Al-Husna. We will make smooth for him the path of ease..."
Source: Sahih Al-Bukhari, Vol 6, Hadith No.472).
Al-Husna means the Best (i.e either La ilaha illallah: none has the right to be worshipped but Allah) or a reward from Allah (i.e Allah will compensate him for what he will spend in Allah's way or bless him with Paradise).
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