Quran and modern science compatible or incompatible
8. BOTANY PLANTS HAVE MALE AND FEMALE Previously, humans did not know that plants too have male and female gender distinctions. Botany states that every plant has a male and female gender. Even the plants that are unisexual have distinct elements of both male and female. “‘And has sent down water from the sky.’ With it have We produced diverse pairs of plants each separate from the others.” [Al-Qur’an 20:53] FRUITS HAVE MALE AND FEMALE “And fruit of every kind He made in pairs, two and two.” [Al-Qur’an 13:3] Fruit is the end product of reproduction of the superior plants. The stage preceding fruit is the flower, which has male and female organs (stamens and ovules). Once pollen has been carried to the flower, they bear fruit, which in turn matures and frees its seed. All fruits therefore imply the existence of male and female organs; a fact that is mentioned in the Qur’an.
In certain species, fruit can come from non-fertilized flowers (parthenocarpic fruit) e.g. bananas, certain types of pineapple, fig, orange, vine, etc. They also have definite sexual characteristics. EVERYTHING MADE IN PAIRS “And of everything We have created pairs.” [Al-Qur’an 51:49] This verse lays emphasis on everything. Besides humans, animals, plants and fruits, it may also be referring to electricity in which the atoms consist of negatively – and positively – charged electrons and protons. And many more things! “Glory to Allah, Who created in pairs all things that the earth produces, as well as their own (human) kind and (other) things of which they have no knowledge.” [Al-Qur’an 36:36] The Qur’an here says that everything is created in pairs, including things that the humans do not know at present and may discover later.
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8. BOTANY<br />
PLANTS HAVE MALE AND FEMALE<br />
Previously, humans did not know that plants too<br />
have male <strong>and</strong> female gender distinctions. Botany<br />
states that every plant has a male <strong>and</strong> female<br />
gender. Even the plants that are unisexual have<br />
distinct elements of both male <strong>and</strong> female.<br />
“‘And has sent down<br />
water from the sky.’<br />
With it have We produced<br />
diverse pairs of plants<br />
each separate from the others.”<br />
[Al-Qur’an 20:53]<br />
FRUITS HAVE MALE AND FEMALE<br />
“And fruit of every kind<br />
He made<br />
in pairs, two <strong>and</strong> two.”<br />
[Al-Qur’an 13:3]<br />
Fruit is the end product of reproduction of the<br />
superi<strong>or</strong> plants. The stage preceding fruit is the<br />
flower, which has male <strong>and</strong> female <strong>or</strong>gans (stamens<br />
<strong>and</strong> ovules). Once pollen has been carried to the<br />
flower, they bear fruit, which in turn matures <strong>and</strong><br />
frees its seed. All fruits theref<strong>or</strong>e imply the<br />
existence of male <strong>and</strong> female <strong>or</strong>gans; a fact that is<br />
mentioned in the Qur’an.