Scientific Investigation of Revealed Knowledge

A Project with unlimited potential for peace and development

In 1996, a Science fiction, centered around Quran In 1996, a Science fiction, centered around Quran was presented, outlining a research on revealed was presented, outlining a research on revealed

knowledge knowledge

The book argued that revelations are extra-terrestrial in The book argued that revelations are extra-terrestrial in origin,origin, global in extent, periodic and have not ended in global in extent, periodic and have not ended in

the pastthe past

The research presented a Design that The research presented a Design that predicted the arrival of one last predicted the arrival of one last

transmission on earth, with certain transmission on earth, with certain logical characteristics, containing all logical characteristics, containing all the future guidance hidden within it, the future guidance hidden within it,

in layersin layersFrom the contents of this transmission, From the contents of this transmission,

humanity was expected to decode guidance for humanity was expected to decode guidance for its future with its increasing intelligence, at its future with its increasing intelligence, at

suitable time intervalssuitable time intervals

The book was released in India and UAE, and The book was released in India and UAE, and was critically reviewed by several major was critically reviewed by several major

newspapersnewspapers

The book ‘The Ultimate Revelations’ The book ‘The Ultimate Revelations’ argued that Quran is that last predicted argued that Quran is that last predicted

transmission of the Design and transmission of the Design and presented about 350 strong arguments presented about 350 strong arguments

to support this contentionto support this contention

Gulf News – Gulf News – Azza Sultan impressed by new bookAzza Sultan impressed by new book

Khaleej Times – Khaleej Times – Holy Quran in scientific lightHoly Quran in scientific light

Sunday Observer - Sunday Observer - Should the sun hiccupShould the sun hiccup.. ..

The Times of India – The Times of India – In Search of new meanings in In Search of new meanings in QuranQuran

The Hindu -The Hindu - Message from StarsMessage from Stars

Islamic Voice -Islamic Voice - Science fiction with a Science fiction with a differencedifference

Apart from Arabic and Urdu newspapers of India and Apart from Arabic and Urdu newspapers of India and UAE, following major newspapers covered the UAE, following major newspapers covered the

researchresearch

19 years later, the same researcher has 19 years later, the same researcher has presented a fresh perspective on our origins, presented a fresh perspective on our origins,

once again outlining hundreds of additional hints once again outlining hundreds of additional hints from Quran, to help and augment scientific from Quran, to help and augment scientific

research in this directionresearch in this direction

This new research discusses This new research discusses compelling evidences in the arrival compelling evidences in the arrival of revelations, and gives pointers of revelations, and gives pointers

on;on;How the historical How the historical evidences should evidences should be investigatedbe investigated

And how to extract And how to extract the information from the information from

revelations in an revelations in an objective and objective and

transparent manner transparent manner

The debate on terrestrial or extra-terrestrial origin of life

The mechanism through which the mysterious LUCA – ‘Last universal common ancestor’ appeared on

earthLocation on earth where it was

created Reason for the delay in the appearance of multicellular

life

The development of complex life forms

The possible presence of a non-organic intelligence on earth

The research attempts to resolve ..

How the first man and his mate were created

When were they created on earth

Where was the first pair nurtured initially

Where did they appear on earth

Was the first pair able to communicate

What was the basic structure of their language

Mystery of jinn and angels

The research also elaborates on the link of man with rest of the life on

planet

.. and describes a Last period, where progressive destruction of

oceans, hills, earth, moon, sun and stars become signs of an Ultimate

End of creation ..

The research outlines creation in six different periods

Correlating the information with standard models, several queries regarding our future can

be resolved

The data is detailed and specific and encompasses the intelligence factor

The research also outlines

The physics of Paradise and Hell

And explains a Creator, vastly different from the ‘man in His

image’ concept

Covering many more universes, spread over levels upon levels of existence and perception

Hints presented support a Super String based cyclic Universe, unfolding according to an ‘Ultimate Program’, and teeming with 'life and Intelligence' at different levels of

maturity

Governed by a dynamic mechanism of administration with a ‘Federation of

Intellects’ at its highest levels, this universe has a mysterious entity ‘Holy Spirit’ as part

of its Design

For authenticity, all the information is extracted

from the Arabic roots of the original text of Quran, as

identified in standard dictionaries

the hints also seem to resolve several difficulties of these models that are troubling

the scientists

The information not only points towards specific

models out of several that are being debated in the

scientific world, but

The problem The problem however is that however is that

almost all almost all communities in communities in the world the world claim the existence of

advanced scientific

information in their own scriptures

And for them, mere And for them, mere demonstration of demonstration of

this ‘information’ in this ‘information’ in revelations alone revelations alone

will never be will never be enough, however enough, however unambiguous the unambiguous the

hint may behint may be

Because, it can Because, it can always be always be

interpreted in a interpreted in a different way and different way and

then rejectedthen rejected

Therefore, a sound scientific approach is Therefore, a sound scientific approach is also required to objectively investigate this also required to objectively investigate this

information information

Applying Applying Dembiski’s Dembiski’s information information

theoretic work theoretic work on Intelligent on Intelligent

Design towards Design towards this problem, an this problem, an

objective objective method can be method can be

outlined to outlined to verify theverify the

information in information in revelationsrevelations

This method would entail This method would entail investigation and investigation and verification of four verification of four factors related to factors related to

information in information in revelations, by a panel revelations, by a panel

of expertsof experts

First is clear evidence of First is clear evidence of ‘actualization of information’ or ‘actualization of information’ or

demonstration of the fact that the demonstration of the fact that the claimed information truly existed claimed information truly existed

in the scripturein the scripture

Which means showing the Which means showing the presence of specific words in the presence of specific words in the

ancient manuscripts of the ancient manuscripts of the scripturescripture

Mohamed Seif el-Shazli, his son Ahmed and Hassan el-Zeneiny, caretaker of the Al-Hussein Mosque, display the Uthman Quran, in the relics room of the mosque

Original ancient copies of Quran, still Original ancient copies of Quran, still existing in the world, can help in this existing in the world, can help in this

exerciseexercise

Apart from the Apart from the evidence of its evidence of its

presence in presence in scripture, the scripture, the establishment establishment

of exact of exact meaning of meaning of

Arabic words Arabic words from its verb from its verb root is also root is also important important

An example

DونGع IوسGمD ل Nا Iن وDإ RدT يD Iأ ب DاهDا Tن Dي Dن ب DاءDم NالسDو

And the heaven We have constructed it with strength, and indeed We are

expanding it

[Al-Quran 51:47]

Standard Lexicons such as Lane explains its verb root through acts of widening, broadening, enlarging and

amplifying etc.

The crucial word here is Musiana

The modern science confirms the phenomenon and calls it Hubble

expansion, where all gravitationally unbound objects have been found to be

moving apart in the universevia the stretching of space itself

Using Musiana with heaven, obviously points towards it being enlarged or

expanded

However, another usage of this word is in Al-Quran 2:236, where God directs a man to be

generous because He has enlarged his resources

Among numerous commentators of Qur'an, Qurtubi, a scholar from 10th century had explained its meaning

through aghnaynaakum, "we enriched you“

Citing this particular explanation, critics assert that as ‘enrichment’ is

different from ‘expansion’, correlating this statement with Hubble expansion

is unacceptable

Resolution of this problem lies in the investigation of words by a panel of

linguists

Linguists, collectively and authoritatively, can inform us how the root of words were understood

by Bedouins of the area

And how the Quran has utilized this root throughout

its text

Linguists have reviewed the research and have attested the credibility of original Arabic

sources cited

Another problem with complex advanced information in ancient

texts is that statements with similar contents are often found in different

sources, leading to the charge of plagiarism from older sources

Thus Quran, the last well known scripture, is also vulnerable to

charge of plagiarism as it claims continuity with earlier scriptures

and emphasizes a common Source of all

Charge of plagiarism

Critics who level the charge of plagiarism, gloss over the background

of information in older sources and the fact that some superfluous

information often exists along with the truth at the core

Resolution of this problem is possible through ‘Exclusion’ - the second

factor

Demonstration of the deliberate exclusion of this superfluous

information from the revelations under study, can resolve the issue

of plagiarism

For example, stars are part of many myths and legends, and have been believed to

be gods, souls, eyes of the dead, and even flowers etc.

Isolated group of stars, known as constellations specially have given rise to

many mythical tales among ancients

And We adorned the heaven of the world with lamps, and protection [Al-

Quran 41:12]

The Quran, arriving in 7th century, had mentioned the word masabeeh for

stars

Masabeeh is the plural of sabeeh, meaning

lamp – a source of light and heat

The Bible also mentions lamps in the heaven, in Daniel 8:10; Matthew 24:29; Mark 13:25;

and Revelation 6:13, 8:10, 9:1, 12:4

but with some additional content

Then another sign appeared in heaven: an enormous red dragon with seven

heads and ten horns and seven crowns on his heads.

His tail swept a third of the stars out of the sky and flung them to the earth

[Revelation 12:3,4]

Transmission of a basic truth in both the scriptures which was unknown at the time,

such as ..

.. suggests the possibility of a common Source behind the information that

knew about the reality of stars

stars are sources of ‘heat and light’ (‘lamps’)

.. while exclusion of information in the newer scripture, about ‘one third of

these stars falling on earth because of the tail of dragon’, without any means

to differentiate it from myth in the seventh century ..

.. hints that the information in the new scripture is exclusive and has not been

plagiarised from the existing source

With all such information packets, it is essential to know the similarities and dissimilarities both with the existing

sources of the time

A panel of science historians can also help in this exercise by establishing the exact status of available information in

the seventh century

What really has been mentioned in the older source and what exactly has been

excluded from the newer source

It implies specifying or

identifying the information in an ancient text and corroborating it

with independently available and

accepted information in the

world now

‘Specification’ - third factor

Three issues are important related to specification

Specific for some and Unspecific for others - First issue

It is obvious that futuristic guidance for humanity would not

come to earth in the form of a tough research paper,

addressed to a well-known scientific publication

Rather, a technology independent bio-receptor, a human channel on earth is expected to be a better receptor for

such a transmission

This Transmission is expected to cover broad

range of ethical and scientific guidance

.. embedded in a language that would appeal equally to a

nomad in the desert of a bygone era or to a physicist of

the new millennium

The combination of multiple receivers ..

.. and complex content ..

.. inevitably brings the role of perspective in the interpretation

Intellectuals with a positive perspective

would be able to dwell deeper and be able to specify information from

such a composition and derive benefit

from it

but ..

And dismiss all such attempts as pseudo-scientific efforts or

‘retrofitting of scientific meanings to some vague

words in the scripture’

critics with a negative perspective would simply reject the

information as unspecific

Therefore, along with good knowledge base, a positive perspective is essential for specifying

the information

Second issue - Genuine vs post hoc patterns

An archer shoots at a blank wall and hits it randomly

The archer shoots at a specific target and hits it squarely

The arrow strikes a wall anywhere ..

Obviously out of all the three scenarios, only the second one demonstrates the ability of the

archer

Dembiski has explained this issue through three scenarios

and then target gets painted around it

Specifying information in revelations with intelligent information now available in the world, is akin to

hitting a target with an arrow, shot 1400 years ago

The target however should not appear to have been painted around the arrow after it had struck the wall, as then the exercise would resemble the

third scenario more

‘And those who disbelieved not consider that the heavens and the earth were joined entity, and We

separated them

An example of a delayed claim from Al-Quran [21:30]

The word used here for the beginning of creation is fatq, which implies an action of separating or

tearing

Modern science agrees with this scenario and calls it the Big-Bang of Creation

but this was not always so ..

For long, scientists had believed that the universe was eternal and static. It was only

from 1930 onwards that a debate started about ‘static universe’ vs ‘expanding universe,

created out of a Big Bang’

Gradually new evidences began to emerge that favoured the expanding universe

model

With the discovery of residual radiation in space in 1962, the static model of universe was discredited and ‘Big Bang’ became the

model of consensus

If commentators of Quran had pointed out the meaning of fatq unambiguously during the

intervening centuries, irrespective of the scientific opinion of the time, the Muslim scientists guided by

this verse may have strongly supported the Big Bang model while the debate was still on

But since Muslims have put in their claim after the establishment of Big Bang, the credibility of claim has

suffered

and later, the confirmation of their claim would have created unprecedented interest in the

Quran ..

The exercise now seems to represent Dembiski’s third scenario more than the second scenario

In Quran, verifiable and

as yet un-verifiable

components of information

exist together as part of a

complex structure …

Third issue - Peculiar structure of information

‘And those who disbelieve not consider that the heavens and the earth were joined

entity, and

The verse seems to have two major components. First reveals information regarding creation of

universe, while the second informs us about birth of all life from water

A purpose of this structure can be deduced from a verse of Al-Quran [21:30] quoted

earlier

We separated them and made from water every living thing, - then will they

not believe?’

The action of fatq has been verified already, however, through ratq, God is revealing

information about an action that had occurred before the fatq – the Big Bang

In the first component, two words have been used. Fatq describes an action of creating a

slit, a rent, while Ratq has been translated as an act of joining, but in reality means the

‘closing of a breach’

4. The unverifiable information, the act of closing before the Big-Bang, seems to favour a cyclic

model of creation, which is neither a traditionally accepted religious view nor an officially accepted

scientific consensus

2. We do not have the experimental ability to verify

this information3. Its credibility lies in the fact that this

information is part of a statement where one component, fatq, has been verified

already

1. The information is specific and targeted towards those who are studying the creation of universe, such as

theoretical physicists

Regarding this information, four points are important

‘And those who disbelieve not consider that the heavens and the earth were joined entity, and We

separated them

Second component of this verse is also interesting

the mention of creation of universe, and the birth of all life from water, within a single verse

In a desert where life existed in vast stretches of land without water, a 7th century statement about

birth of all life out of water is quite unusual by itself, but more than that

.. suggests that the phenomenon of ‘life out of water’ could be universal, and not limited to

our planet only

and made from water every living thing, - then will they not believe?’ Al-Quran [21:30]

However, on Dec. 5, 1998, Submillimeter-Wave

Astronomy Satellite (SWAS) was sent into orbit, and

rising above the atmospheric shield, it has detected vast amounts of water vapour

hidden in the dark pockets of our galaxy

Till recently, because of our atmospheric shield, there was

no way to know whether water was unique to our

planet or existed in rest of the universe also

The discovery thus seems to corroborate the revealed hint that the organic life is present all over

the universe and not just on earth

The verifiable component of information is meant to increase the credibility of revelations once

humanity achieves a certain knowledge base to verify it with

the passage of time

The Quran seems to contain numerous such packets of

information

Whereas the information, un-verified till that time, is meant to guide the human race subtly

Since both the information

components are linked through a

structure, verification of

one part is expected to establish the

credibility of the other

Muslim scholars however

concentrate only on the part of

information that has already

been verified, without

demonstrating the guiding

potential of the still unverified

information

Western scholars, predictably reject this information,

arguing the use of such ‘revealed’ information that

can only be identified after the

West gets it verified through their own

rational efforts

Both sides do not realize that for guiding the human race,

the true component of the revealed

knowledge is in fact the un-

verified part of the verse

and its advantage can only be gained if the information is studied through a symbiotic

effort between revealed and the

rational knowledge

A monkey playing with a typewriter

for days, may come up with a

coherent word or two, through

chance

Fourth factor - Complexity

Another evidence of intelligence is the higher Complexity of information

But to write a higher complexity composition, such as a book, a mail or

even a sentence, it requires human intelligence

Dembiski had sought to establish the existence of an intelligent cause behind

‘evolution’ of life through higher complexity of information

The complexity of information thus, has to be demonstrated to be beyond the human ability of the time, so as to exclude the human origin

of revelations

With revelations however, the involvement of intelligence has never been disputed. What we

have to determine is which intelligence is responsible for this information, a human

intellect, or some supra Intellect, far beyond the level of humanity

But again, demonstration of higher complexity alone is not enough. Any

complex occurrence can also be explained as accidental in origin

the only way available for us is to demonstrate the presence of futuristic

information in such large numbers that the probability of their occurrence through

chance, becomes statistically unacceptable

Therefore to delink chance from these occurrences ..

If a maze is simple with few turns, a rat may get lucky

and escape from it

Case of a rat in a maze is an example

But if a maze is complex with numerous turns, the

rat will not be able to escape accidentally

reducing the factor of chance

the complexity of information in revelations beyond any human

capability of the time, demonstrating a supra human

source

and presence of these pointers in such large number that would rule

out the factor of ‘chance’ from this exercise

We thus have to establish..

Hundreds of pointers from Hundreds of pointers from revelations are now available that revelations are now available that

require investigation and debate by require investigation and debate by a panel of scientists, linguists and a panel of scientists, linguists and

science historianscience historians

And dissemination of arguments globally through

webinars for arriving at scientific consensus

Communicating scientific consensus to the world is essential, as from the remotest corners of Chechnya and

Xingjian..to the bustling mainland of

New York and Florida

a massive confrontation is taking place all across the globe

A phenomenon of guidance from a universe far more complex than the fictional worlds of star-trek, is being

misunderstood by all, believers as well as non-believers

Overlooking the immense size of universe and our own insignificant

position in itWe are busy fighting, killing, hating, and destroying each

otherIronically, the phenomenon tells us that the universe is watching us and waiting for our

maturityThe only thing required of us is a

positive global perspective towards revelations

We intend to create a working group to oversee the investigation of

research

Involve experts (linguists, scientists, science historians and others) and decide their terms of reference, procedure and the remuneration (if

any)Decide the methodology of interaction with experts (tele-conferencing

/forums/webinars)Asses the budget for this investigation

To establish and bring the information before the world

Involve science journalists to introduce the research through print and

electronic media

Identify original Arabic words used in the research

Contact relevant experts and obtain their consent for participation

Review of research in the light of consensus of experts, if needed

Obtain collective consensus of experts about presence and accuracy of the terms used in the

research

Ask philologists to verify the presence of words in the ancient manuscript

To establish the existence of information

linguists to verify its meanings

and science historians to outline exact status of information at the time

Identify topics of research and related pointers for investigation

Contact scientists of relevant fields and obtain their consent for participation

Presenting the information before scientists

Divide the information into verifiable and unverifiable categories

Later, consensus will be obtained about the accuracy of information

presented

Presenting the verifiable information

After establishing the existence of information in the ancient document via collective testimony of relevant

experts

the relevance of Arabic term with the modern understanding of the time will

be demonstrated to scientists

Presenting the unverifiable information

After establishing the existence of information in the ancient document via collective testimony of relevant

experts

and guiding potential of the Arabic term will be demonstrated

with reference to a specific scientific approach under

discussion at the time

all topical ongoing research models will be discussed

Identify media forums related to the subject to convey the scientific

consensus

Contact / shortlist science journalists of relevant fields and inform them about the scientific

consensus

Presentation of scientific consensus before the

worldCommunication of scientific consensus through print and

electronic media

A Project of Scientific Investigation of

Revealed Knowledge

Jamshed Akhtar

Institute of Revealed knowledge URL: irk.co.in

Email: info@irk.co.in