In this book, Dr. Bucaille recounts his encounter with the Koran. “It is a faith in Islam,” says Dr. Bucaille, “who guided my first steps, but the simple pursuit of truth. This is how I see it today. It was an important fact that, by the time he had finished my studies, I was allowed to see a text in the Quran revealed to a prophet. ” What led to this conviction was the fact that it would be unthinkable for a man of the times of Muhammad have been the author of such statements due to the state of knowledge in his day. “
For the purpose of their study, Dr. Bucaille brought together the Koranic verses that contain scientific data on general subjects as the Creation, astronomy, earth, etc.
Regarding the creation, he refutes the old notion West (deliberately or through ignorance) that Muhammad copied only broad outlines of the Bible. He compares the version of the Bible and the Koran and concludes that the biblical version is scientifically unacceptable, while the Quranic version not only agrees well with the data discovered by modern science, but is also surprisingly free of the misconceptions time. Then, he asks, how can we imagine that a man who took his inspiration from the Bible may have been the author of the Quran and its logic has corrected the biblical text to reach a general concept concerning the formation of the universe, when that concept was not formed until centuries after his death?
This book contains a beautiful message for today’s scientists, in particular, and modern man in general. But remember, as the author himself says, that the Quran is a book of scientific interest but is a religious book par excellence. The purpose of the Quran to invite the man to think about natural phenomena and emphasize God’s omnipotence. In these reflections, we can find allusions to data connected with scientific knowledge, which is surely another Don Divino whose value must shine at this time of atheism material.
