Quran instructs us to reveal the study of life:

In many places in Holy Quran Allah hints about the origin and characteristics of living organisms. In the same verses, human beings have been instructed on the unknown aspects of life, after getting the hints. Here are a few examples of such guidelines.

 

 ۖ وَجَعَلْنَا مِنَ ٱلْمَآءِ كُلَّ شَىْءٍ حَىٍّ ۖ

"We made every living thing from water."

(Surah: Ambia, Verse: 30)

 

We know that water makes 80-90% of the composition of the protoplasm of all living things. The above Verse hints at the common origin of all living things in the water. As Allah has ordered human beings to think about the hints given by Him, we should study living things so that the mysteries of their origin can be revealed.

 

خَلَقَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ مِن صَلْصَـٰلٍۢ كَٱلْفَخَّارِ 

"He made man from clay like the potter."

(Sura. Rehman, Verse: 14)

 

When we think about the hints given in both these Verses, we find the events that occurred in the creation of human beings. Allah also hints at the method of the development of animals including human beings.

 

ثُمَّ خَلَقْنَا ٱلنُّطْفَةَ عَلَقَةًۭ فَخَلَقْنَا ٱلْعَلَقَةَ مُضْغَةًۭ فَخَلَقْنَا ٱلْمُضْغَةَ عِظَـٰمًۭا فَكَسَوْنَا ٱلْعِظَـٰمَ لَحْمًۭا ثُمَّ أَنشَأْنَـٰهُ خَلْقًا ءَاخَرَ ۚ فَتَبَارَكَ ٱللَّهُ أَحْسَنُ ٱلْخَـٰلِقِينَ 

“Then fashioned We the drop a clot, then fashioned We the clot a little lump, then fashioned We the little lump bones, then clotted the bones with flesh”

(Surah: Al-Mominoon, Verse: 14)

 

Now here is a Verse that describes the common origin and modification of organisms. This Verse also supports the modern concepts of classification,

 

وَٱللَّهُ خَلَقَ كُلَّ دَآبَّةٍۢ مِّن مَّآءٍۢ ۖ فَمِنْهُم مَّن يَمْشِى عَلَىٰ بَطْنِهِۦ وَمِنْهُم مَّن يَمْشِى عَلَىٰ رِجْلَيْنِ وَمِنْهُم مَّن يَمْشِى عَلَىٰٓ أَرْبَعٍۢ ۚ يَخْلُقُ ٱللَّهُ مَا يَشَآءُ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍۢ قَدِيرٌۭ

"Allah hath created every animal from water. Then some of them creep up over their bellies, others walk on two legs, and others on four. Allah creates what He pleases."

(Surah: Al-Nur, Verse: 45)

 

Quran hints not only at the origin and development of life but also at many characteristics of living organisms. Scientists reveal such mechanisms.