ATOMIC ENERGY AND FISSION

Allah splits the seed and kernel. He brings forth the living from the dead,“
and produces the dead out of the living. That is Allah, so how are you
(misguided? “(Qur'an, 6:95

The terms "seed" (al-habb) and "kernel" (an-nawa) in the above verse
may indicate the splitting of the atom. Indeed, the dictionary meanings of an-
nawa include "nucleus, centre, and atomic nucleus." Furthermore, the
description of bringing forth the living from the dead can be interpreted as
Allah creating matter from dead energy. Producing the dead out of the living
may refer to energy (dead) emerging from matter (living), since the atom is
in motion. (Allah knows best.) That is because as well as "living," al-hayy“ can
also mean "active, energetic." With its meaning of "non-living," al-mayyit“,
.translated above as "dead," may very probably refer to energy

Scientists define energy as the capacity for doing work. Matter, the
material that comprises all things on Earth and in the universe, consists of
atoms and molecules that can be seen to be in motion under an electron
microscope. In the early twentieth century, Albert Einstein (d. 1955) theorized
that matter could be converted into energy, suggesting that the two were
inter-related at the atomic level.199 This may be the bringing forth of the
dead from the living, as described above, or, in other words, obtaining energy
from matter, which is in motion at the atomic level. In addition, yukhriju,
translated as "bringing forth," also means "bringing out, emitting" (as in the
case of electrical waves). Therefore, the terms in this verse may be indicating
the form of energy obtained from the atom. (Allah knows best.) Today, atomic
.nucleus can be split into smaller nuclei by means of nuclear fission

Scientists can now split the atom by dividing its nucleus. Taking
Einstein's theories as their starting point; they obtained energy from matter
in the 1940s by means of nuclear fission, the process of splitting the atomic
nucleus. The verb faliqu in Surat al-An`am 95, translated as "to split," may be
a reference to fission's dictionary meaning: the process of splitting (the
atom's nucleus). When this process takes place, enormous amounts of energy
.are released

The words in Surat al-An`am 95 are very wise in terms of their

meanings. The phenomena described in this verse bear a very close
resemblance to the splitting of the atom's nucleus in order to obtain atomic
energy. The verse may therefore be a reference to nuclear fission, which was
(.only made possible by twentieth-century technology. (Allah knows best