Millar Burrows

He is an American Orientalist, head of the Department of Near East Languages and Literature and professor of Anglican theology at the University of Bale. He was a professor at Brown University, a visiting professor at the American University in Beirut and a director of the American Oriental Research School of Jerusalem (Bayt al-Maqdis).

The Qur’an’s scientific references

There is in the Qur’an a verse telling that one of the aims of creating the galaxy is to draw attention to studying astronomy and utilizing it in life: {It is He who made the sun a shining light and the moon a derived light and determined for it phases – that you may know the number of years and account [of time].} [Yûnus 5].

The Qur’an often refers to man’s subjection of nature as a sign which should lead to gratitude and faith: {And who created the species, all of them, and has made for you of ships and animals those which you mount. That you may settle yourselves upon their backs and then remember the favor of your Lord when you have settled upon them and say. "Exalted is He who has subjected this to us, and we could not have [otherwise] subdued it.} [Az-Zukhruf 12-13].

In the Qur’an, not only animals but also ships are subjected and utilized. If the ship and the camel are among the great favors of Allâh, would this not be true of the railway, the car and aircraft? The greatest scientific findings could be constructive or destructive. Such is intended by the utilization of iron in the Qur’an: {And We sent down iron, wherein is great military might and benefits for the people.} [Al-Hadîd 25]. The most evident example of this nowadays is the atomic activity whose research is conducted for military purposes.[1]

https://en.islamstory.com/index.php/en/artical/25660