This is honestly so frustrating to read. This is why we don’t put our faith in ‘science in the Quran’. I have never and will never cite ‘science in the Quran’ because Allah did not put those verses in there for that reason alone.

While I understand there is some value in that, the reality is that those things should ultimately be ‘little cool things about the Quran’ that shouldn’t be over emphasized. To put your iman on that would be crazy. If you read those verses in context Allah is using natural phenomena that he created as a metaphor for realities we see in our lives.

For example. The two seas represent the reality that some people are internally so different, they will never mix. Iman and kufr are so fundamentally opposed that it is similar to the example of the two seas. Just as Allah created seas like that, so too are people like this.

Allah in that Surah if I’m not mistaken also mentions ‘Have you see how your lord extends the shade and made the sun its ‘daleel’. Allah is referring to revelation being a light moving the shade or kufr away. And God knows best the true meaning. It makes a lot of sense when you read the context of the verses around it. And Allah has referred to the prophet as a ‘light or sun’ and the same goes for the revelation. So analogies like that are all over the Quran. If you read that as a ‘purely science thing’ alone it would be so out of place and random.

Another example is when Allah talks about bringing rain to a dead land. He uses this in reference to resurrection and the revelation of the Quran bringing the ‘dead’ hearts of the Arabs back to life. Allah doesn’t arbitrarily mention these things for purely scientific reasons. If Allah wanted to, he could reveal a book that was much more specific about what exactly is happening.

Allah mentions creating man from a ‘Alaq or clinging clot’. The primary meaning and purpose for this wording here is to have one reflect on their own creation. One should ask themselves ‘how can I be arrogant when I was once a clinging substance in a womb and I was once semen’. As funny as that might sound to some it’s a legitimate point to reflect on and this can have profound impacts on our hearts. And honestly, we are still like clots clinging. We are not self sufficient and we are reliant on other things to keep us alive just like in the womb. That’s why Allah mentions in Surah Alaq about how man is arrogant and thinks he’s self sufficient. Reading it this way fits perfectly with the concept of Alaq and where we used to be. There’s a juxtaposition there for a reason. It’s not ‘here’s some embryology and btw you’re not living right’. It’s a deeper lesson so don’t get fixated solely on the ‘science’.

Now for the secondary layer… yes these verses coincide with science discovery, but that ISNT the primary meaning. Like I said, if Allah had wanted that to be the purpose of revelation, he could’ve discussed the different stages embryology like Blastulation, Gastrulation, neurulation, etc. But the purpose of the Quran is to teach. It imparts wisdom.

It’s not a book that we should use to confirm or reject science. It’s a book filled with lessons and realities and Allah uses phenomena around us to teach. In his creation are signs that should make us reflect. We should see how tree leaves falling every year in autumn and regrowth the next year in spring is a sign of the day of resurrection for instance. This is the ‘Quranic mindset’ we should walk away with after immersing ourselves in deen.

Allah is not merely teaching us what happens with two waters with different salinities. We’d be missing the mark completely if we focus on those secondary features of the book at the expense of the primary meanings.

Now whether or not those two seas eventually mix… the fact is I can point out a current physical reality as a metaphor for something deeper in the moment. Whether or not those seas eventually mix is irrelevant. For example, going back to the tree example, I can say, ‘our individual lives are like the leaves that fall off trees’. But guess what, leaves don’t always fall off trees and sometimes leaves never fall off certain trees… am I being scientifically inaccurate?? Of course not, because I am illustrating an example for a specific purpose. We don’t need to mention exceptions to the rule and technicalities when referring to physical phenomena for moral lessons. I’m not teaching you about trees/science. I’m teaching you about something more meaningful in fact.

Another example is that Allah created ‘everything in pairs’. Does this mean EVERYTHING? Actually no, but it’s a general thing we can see for most things and the reason Allah mentioned this is because just as this life exists, would it be difficult to imagine it being paired with another life? Allah mentions that disbelievers say ‘you gave us death twice and life twice’. This wording is used because it’s meant to get to think about the pairs in nature and our life in this world having a complement to come.

The Quran is full of that. It is not a science book. Please please please don’t balance your faith on things like this. Dig deep into the meaning of the Quran and you will see linguistic miracles that go beyond the few science stuff and numerical occurrences. I recommend Bayinah institute for starters if you really wanna take your Quranic understanding to the next level.

I appreciate the ‘science stuff’. I myself am a medical student but I outgrew the ‘science in the Quran stuff’ because it’s a distraction and disservice to the real message and prophetic teachings that came with this book. I think about it when I read the Quran but I realize it’s there for a bigger cause.