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Allah's Miracles in the Qur'an

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)

The terms "seed" (al-habb) and "kernel" (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) emerg-
ing 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 define energy as the capacity for doing work. Matter, the
material that comprises all things on Earth and in the universe, consists
of atoms and molecules that can be seen to be in motion under an elec-
tron microscope. In the early twentieth century, Albert Einstein (d.

1955) theorised that matter could be converted into energy, suggesting
that the two were inter-related at the atomic level. 213 This may be the
bringing forth of the dead from the living, as described above, or, in
other words, obtaining energy from matter, which is in motion at the
atomic level. In addition, yukhriju, translated as "bringing forth," also
means "bringing out, emitting" (as in the case of electrical waves).
Therefore, the terms in this verse may be indicating the form of energy
obtained from the atom. (Allah knows best.)
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

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