For although scientific truths and the laws governing all...

For although scientific truths and the laws governing all phenomena enjoy stability and immutability, and although they have always existed and always will exist, it is possible that scientific terminology might change from one age to the next and appear in a totally different form from before. Discussions in the Qur’an concerning the world of creation relate to a series of truths and principles that are not situated in the sensory realm.

The human being can grasp these matters only by recourse to particular scientific instruments. Dr. Bucaille, the French scientist, writes as follows: "A crucial fact is that the Qur’an, while inviting us to cultivate science, itself contains many observations on natural phenomena and includes explanatory details which are seen to be in total agreement with modern scientific data. There is no equal to…