Dinosaurs
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I have a question ... is there no mention of dinosaurs in the Holy
QUran or Hadith of the prophet? DId they not exist?
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Dinosaurs
In the
name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask for His forgiveness.
Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever He allows to fall astray,
none can guide them aright. We bear witness that there is no one (no idol, no
person, no grave, no prophet, no imam,
no dai, nobody!) worthy of
worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that Muhammad(saws) is His
slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 57 Surah Hadid verses 1-5:
1 Whatever is in the heavens and on earth, let it declare the Praises
and Glory of Allah: for He is the Exalted in Might the Wise.
2 To Him belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth; it is He
Who gives life and death; and He has Power over all things.
3 He is the First and the Last, the Evident and the immanent: and He
has full knowledge of all things.
4 He it is Who created the heavens and the earth in six Days and is moreover
firmly established on the Throne (of authority). He knows what enters within the earth and
what comes forth out of it; what comes down from heaven and what mounts up to
it. And He is with you wheresoever ye
may be (with His Knowledge). And Allah
sees well all that ye do.
5 To Him belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth: and all
affairs are referred back to Allah.
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 2 Surah Baqarah verse 117: To Him is due the primal origin of the heavens and the earth; when
He decreeth a matter He saith to it: "Be"; and it is.
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 42 Surah Ash-Shura verse 29: And among His Signs is the creation of the heavens and the earth and
the living creatures that He has scattered through them: and He has power to
gather them together when He Wills.
Your
Question:... is there no mention of dinosaurs in the Holy QUran or Hadith of
the prophet? DId they not exist?
Whatever
was, is, and will be in the Heavens and the earth is created by the One and
Only Creator of everything in existence, Allah Subhanah The Lord of the
Worlds. There is no other Creator than
Him!
Science
and archeology have indeed discovered remains of the animate creatures called
dinosaurs; thus there is absolutely no doubt they existed and survived until
the time the Creator had Decreed for them.
It is
indeed true that there is no mention of the dinosaurs in the Holy Quran, which
was revealed as a Book of Guidance for all mankind. Had the dinosaurs been essential for the
guidance of mankind, it would have been mentioned in this Glorious Book of
Guidance!
Allah
does not send His Messengers nor reveals His Books to educate man on the
science of archeology; or to list down the names and features of the creatures
which He has created in time! He sends
His Messengers and reveals His Books to guide mankind to the Straight Path
approved by Him. It suffices for Him to
declare that whatever is, was, and will be in creation is created by none other
than Him Alone, for there is no other Creator than Allah Subhanah, The Creator
of the Heavens and the earth and everything that existed, exists, and will
exist in between.
Whatever
written of Truth and benefit is only due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance,
and whatever of error is of me. Allah
Alone Knows Best and He is the Only Source of Strength.
Your Brother in Islam,
Burhan