appearance of new diseases due to the spreading of lewdness
professor t.v.n.persaud: i have no difficulty in my mind in concerning that this is a divine inspiration or revelation which led him to relay the statement.
we present to you professor t.v.n. persuad who is the head of the department
of anatomy at the medical school of the university of manitoba in canada.
professor keith moore introduced him to us and he thinks that there are
free-minded scholars and scientists whose main preoccupation is searching for
the truth. professor persaud is one of those. he is well known in his field and
has authored several books on obstetrics. he also includes in these books some
qur’aanic verses and prophetic ahadeeth and he also presented these verses and
ahadeeth at several conferences which he attended. following is one of the
ahadeeth which professor persuad studied:
when forty-two nights have passed over the conceptus, allah sends an angel to shape it and create its hearing, vision, skin, muscles and bones. then the angel asks: o lord, male will it be or female? and allah decides what he wills and the angel records it. [saheeh muslim, kitaab al-qadar]
the prophetic hadeeth in this respect says:
when forty two nights have passed over the conceptus, allah sends an angel to shape it and create its hearing, vision, skin, muscle and bones.
dr. persaud presented many researches concerning the relationship between both the qur’aan and the sunnah and modern science. the following is another hadeeth which professor persuad studied and made it the subject of one of his presentations:
if lewdness exists among people and then appears as a common and open practice, plagues and new diseases which did not exist before will spread among them. [ibn maajah, al-hakim]
let us listen to professor persaud’s explanation of this hadeeth:
it is widely accepted that these malignant changes in the uterus cervix are related to the age of the woman, frequency of intercourse, and the number of partners. several epidemiological studies have clearly indicated a significant correlation between exposure to multiple sexual partners and the high incidents of cervical carcinoma. the consequences and dangers of promiscuous sexual relationships and deviant sexual practices have been expressed in this hadeeth some 1400 years ago. the word ‘lewdness’ encompasses adultery, fornication, i am told: homosexuality, bestiality, and all other sexual perversions, and it is not wide stretching of an imagination that we should consider herpes and aids as clear examples of new diseases, and indeed at the present time new diseases for which we have no cure.
today we can understand the significance of this hadeeth because homosexuality, prostitution and lewdness have become widespread and even legalized in many western countries. it was not many years after sexual revolution that these diseases which professor persaud spoke of have become widespread and some of them, such as aids, are constituting a serious health problem today. the words of the prophet (sallallahu ‘alaihi wa sallam) are very exact. aids is a very good example of the kind of disease which did not exist in the previous generations, but which is now increasing at an alarming rate and many people are now too afraid that they might catch it.
to professor persaud, we must express our gratitude for his effort. when we asked him his opinion about this phenomenon which to himself is well known and which he has researched, he stated the following:
it seems to me that muhammad was very ordinary man. he could not read or write. in fact, he was illiterate. we are talking about 1400 years ago, you have someone who was illiterate making profound pronouncements and statements which are amazingly accurate about scientific nature. i personally csee how this could be a mere chance, there are two many accuracies and, like dr. moore, i have no difficulty in my mind in concerning that this is a divine inspiration or revelation which led him to these statements. these revelations have come to prophet muhammad, (sallallahu ‘alaihi wa sallam), from allah. allah sent it from his knowledge, as allah himself states:
but allah bears witness that what he has sent unto thee he sent with his (own) knowledge. [qur'aan 4:66]
this book, the qur’aan, is the guide, the proof, the proven, and ever-lasting truth among us until the last hour.
this is no less than a reminder to (all) the worlds. and you shall certainly know the truth of it (all) after a while.(38:87-88).