“Ask me about the ways of the skies as I know them better...

“Ask me about the ways of the skies as I know them better than the ways of the earth.”24 I asked him whether this proclamation did not prove that he had detailed knowledge of astronomy, and what modern man has discovered today was already known to him fourteen centuries ago, whereas for five thousand years philosophers were of the opinion that flight of man to the skies was impossible. Every sentence of mine appeared to have deeply moved the doctor and struck like a lightning.

These words prevailed over his mind completely and the signs of awe and amazement were clearly seen in his face and his motions. Then I told him about a verse in the Holy Qur’an which referred to the conquest of the outer space and the oceans.…