Atomic energy & fission
Allah splits the seed and kernel. He brings forth the living from the dead, and produces the dead out of the living. That is Allah, so how are you misguided? (Qur’an, 6:95)
006.095 إِنَّ اللَّهَ فَالِقُ الْحَبِّ وَالنَّوَى يُخْرِجُ الْحَيَّ مِنَ الْمَيِّتِ وَمُخْرِجُ الْمَيِّتِ مِنَ الْحَيِّ ذَلِكُمُ اللَّهُ فَأَنَّى تُؤْفَكُونَ
Al-Qur'an, 006.095 (Al-Anaam [Cattle, Livestock])
The terms “seed” (al-habb) and “ker(al-nawaa) in the above verse may indicate the splitting of the atom. Indeed, the dictionary meanings of al-nawaa include “nucleus, centre, atomic nucleus.” Furthermore, the description of bringing forth the living from the dead can be interpreted as Allah creating matter from dead energy. Producing the dead out of the living may refer to energy (dead) emerging from matter (living), since the atom is in motion. (Allah knows best.) That is because as well as “living,” al-hayy can also mean “active, energetic.” With its meaning of “non-living,” al-mayyit, translated above as “dead,” may very probably refer to energy.

Scientists can now split the atom by dividing its nucleus. Taking Einstein’s theories as their starting point, they obtained energy from matter in the 1940s by means of nuclear fission, the process of
splitting the atomic nucleus. The word faaliqu in Surat al-An`am 95, translated as “to split,” may be a
reference to fission’s dictionary meaning: the process of splitting (the atom’s nucleus). When this process takes place, enormous amounts of energy are released.
The words in Surat al-An`am 95 are very wise in terms of their meanings. The phenomena described in this verse bear a very close resemblance to the splitting of the atom’s nucleus in order to obtain atomic energy. The verse may therefore be a reference to nuclear fission, which was only made possible by twentieth-century technology. (Allah knows best.)
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