I came across an article over the internet, and since it said it is free to
distribute, I thought I'd share it with all of you.
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Muslim Scientist Profiles: Dr. Ahmad Khan
by Sameer Chouwadhary

�Upon arriving at Dr. Ahmad Khan's laboratory, I can tell from the
boisterous way he says salaam that it is not going to be a typical
interview.� Dr. Khan, to say the least, is glowingly euphoric, and he seems
to be consciously trying to lower the level of excitement in his voice.

�By all accounts this is the same Dr. Khan known to his geneticist
colleagues as soft-spoken and shy- given to a calm, straight-faced demeanor.
As he offers me some piping hot chai, and bades me strenuously with his
hands to sit within his office chambers, I begin to wonder if in fact I had
heard correctly what he, to my utter consternation, had thought brought me
to see him. Dr. Khan begins to tell me that he had not only found evidence
of the Holy Qur'an's authorship, but, in fact, the authorship of mankind.

�Little did I know before walking into the sleek mirrored-face "GenLab" on
the campus of the University of New Mexico, that on the fifth floor I would
find a scientist, who by the sheer scope of his findings may very well end
up as familiar a name as a Galileo, Newton, or Einstein.� I thought quite
simply that I was going to be interviewing Dr. Khan about his book in
development, which I was told previously was to be a synthesis of genetics
and Islam.� I figure, hey, a little about the morality of cloning here,
another little bit about genetic engineering there, and badaboom badabang- a
simple little volume which puts genetics in its proper perspective.� My
expectations exponentially surpassed, I ask my first question with my mouth
agape - "You're kidding?� Right?"

�"Nehi!� Subhan Allah!� Nehi!"� He laughs, the largest conceivable grin on
his face, as he brushes aside a few of the sundry piles of papers clogging
his pigsty of a desk.� I cast a glance at the wall behind his desk, bare
save for a framed ayat-ul-kursi and a family portrait of his former
beardless self along with his wife Nur, and their two small children.� I don
't find any evidence of the ostentation one might expect from some one who
graduated summa cum laude from Duke University.� I distinctly get the
impression that despite his status as a young (31 years of age) and up and
coming geneticist, that his love remains solely for Allah and his research.
Diplomas and awards are nothing more than clumps of paper to him.

�My list of questions made irrelevant by Dr. Khan's revelation, I begin to
try to ascertain what exactly he had discovered and how, asking him just to
divulge a little of his research and how he had come about it.

�� "For a few years now I have mused during my Ph.D. training that there was
the possibility for information other than that for the construction of
polypeptides to be encoded by individual codons or nucleotides of DNA.� But
it was only after a Jum'ah khutbah where I heard the Imam mention a verse in
the Holy Qur'an where I put two and two together."

�Ahmad, as� I now call him, rises up from his seat and reaches to the top of
the massive bookshelf to the left of his desk, grasping hold of the Qur'an,
by its looks very worn.� An interesting combination I think to myself- a lab
coat and a white kufi.� But I have little more time for such musings on the
fashions of the day, as he kisses the Qur'an and opens it to his selected
verses.

�"Audhu billahi min ash-shaytan ir-rajeem. Bismillah Ir-Rahman Ir-Raheem.
Sanureehim ayatinaa filafaaqi wafi anfusihim Hatta yatabayyana lahum annahu
ul-Haqq, awalam yakfi birabbika annahu 'ala kulli shayiin shaheedoon."� He
pauses for a breath, and his index finger moves over to the English text:
"Soon will We show them Our Signs in the furthest regions of the earth, and
in their own souls, until it becomes manifest to them that this is the
Truth.� Is it not enough that your Lord witnesses all things?"

�"Which Sura is that?"� "It is from the forty-first Sura, Fussilat, the
fifty-third ayat."� "Shukriyya, go on..."

�"You may have heard of a study by a non-Muslim scientist by the name of
Keith Moore?"� "Yes, but if you could refresh my memory..."

�"Quite simply Keith Moore is the world authority on embryology, and after
having read the Holy Qur'an he came to see that there was a remarkable
correspondence of the Qur'an's description of embryos with the descriptions
of modern science.� So we can see from this that indeed the Holy Qur'an has
shown us a sign in our own souls, our own selves, by relating information
that due to its microscopic nature could not have been known fourteen
hundred years ago."

�"What I've come to realize is that the Holy Qur'an has many levels of
meaning, some of which are known only to Allah subhana wa t'ala himself.
But what I recognized is that if we look at the Arabic, the ayat in question
uses the same word for Qur'anic verses- 'ayaat.'� And it says as you read
along, that those same verses are 'fi anfusihim'- are in themselves- in the
human beings.� Coming as I do from the specialty of genetics, I realized
that the verses of the Qur'an could indeed be within each human being- coded
within our DNA."

�"But aren't you just speculating that the meaning of the ayat is that ayaat
from the Qur'an appear in some form or another within the genome?"

�"Yes, at first....At first it was speculation, but then I began to piece
together more indications that there was a possibility that verses of the
Holy Qur'an could be a part of the genome.� What you must realize is that
much of the DNA in our genome doesn't code for the production of proteins at
all.� The non-coding regions- introns- are often called junk DNA.� Mashaa
Allah.� As it turns out, it is the farthest possible thing from junk, it is
the words of our Creator, a great sign that it was Allah who gave us the
breath of life."

�"So how did you test your hypothesis, and who else have you consulted?"

�"GenLab had a government grant to study the genetic roots of intelligence,
and at the time this idea struck me, we were focusing on mapping the central
region of chromosome 19.� I talked with my younger brother, 'Imran, who is a
systems analyst, and consulted with him about developing a way to see if any
Qur'anic ayat could be found within the intron regions of chromosome 19 that
had been mapped."

�"It was quite a project, because we had to figure out what Arabic letter
each different possible codon stood for, by iterating each possible coding
system through the introns and seeing if any of those combinations resulted
in ayaat from the Holy Qur'an."

�"January 2nd, 1999.� Two o'clock in the morning we found our first ayaat.
Alhamdullilah!� Audhu billahi min ash-shaytan ir-rajeem.� Bismillah Ir
Rahman Ir Raheem.� Iqra bismi rabbika ladhi khalaq.� Read in the name of
your Lord who created!� Region p38q!"

�"The first ayat revealed to the Prophet Muhammad, Sal Allahu Alaihi wa
Salaam!?"

�"Yes, I was just as astonished as you are now.� But the thing is, with each
ayat we found, finding the next ayat came faster and faster, as we began to
compile the full coding system.� After that it has been a breeze.� Our only
trouble with finding more ayat has been that not enough of the genome has
been mapped by geneticists to be searched.� So far we only have found 1/10
of the Qur'an."

�"Although we obviously want to make our findings known to the greater
Muslim- greater world in general, we are taking precautions to make sure our
heads are screwed on right...you can never be too careful.� In the past few
weeks I've been talking with individual Muslim scientists, just so I could
get some feedback, and make sure that our findings are ready to be published
come next fall."

�"But I am confident that we've found a phenomenon of great interest, such
that I am willing to put my entire career on the line.� I've revealed my
findings to my fellow geneticists here at GenLab, and believe me- this has
been the first time I've found Martin or Clive [two of his co-workers] even
willing to discuss religion or Islam.� I've also written to two non-Muslim
skeptics inviting them to analyze my findings: Dan Larhammar of Uppsala
University in Sweden, and Aris Dreismann at the Technical University of
Berlin.� I doubt they'll remain skeptical for long..."

�"There is such a tremendous amount of data that we're going to have to be
analyzing it over the next few months, but I hope to create both a book for
popular consumption as well as submit an abstract to Science very shortly."

�"I'm speechless!� Subhan Allah!� But can you show me some of the verses you
've found?"

�Just then I find out what some of the sheets of paper are on his desk.� He
hands two sheets to me, one covered with four roman letters, T, C, G, and A,
sprawling across the sheet, separated in columns of three letters.� The
other in Arabic script is clear as day- after many 'lam's, and a couple of
random 'ayn's and 'qafs' I see what looks like a sentence.� I ask him the
meaning.

�"From Sura al baqarah, the sixth ayat.� In English it says: 'As to those
who reject faith, it is the same to them whether you warn them or do not
warn them; they will not believe.'"

�"The other page is a listing of the actual sequence of nucleotides, of
which there are four types.� Every three code for an Arabic letter."� He
pulls out a laminated table, with Thymine, Adenine, Cytosine, and Guanine
written vertically for the first nucleotide, then horizontally across the
top for the second, and horizontally again for the third."

�"Instead of amino acids, as you can see from this table there are two
codons for every Arabic letter, as well as for the ta' marbuta and hamza.
There is also a code for the end of each ayat, just like there would be
codons which would stop gene transcription."

�"Subhan Allah.� I just feel so blessed to find such a miracle at such a
young age- I can only marvel at what else we might find inshaa Allah, you
know..� I can only hope that within our lifetimes other Muslim scientists
find out the meaning of the other 'ayaat' in nature that Allah makes
reference to."

�"Would you happen to have any last words for our readers?"

�"I just hope that after the publication of my book 'The Holy Qur'an and
Genetics' that Muslims begin to better understand how Allah has made Islam a
complete way of life.� We cannot compartmentalize our religion, keeping
Islam out of our politics, education, arts, and sciences without grave
detriment to ourselves, and loss of the true meaning of the Final Revelation
to the Prophet Muhammad, upon whom be peace."

�"I also hope that non-Muslims see that there is no need for the
controversies between religion and science, although no doubt some of them
will ignore the evidence even if it is right before their very eyes."

�I take one last sip of my chai, looking intently at Dr. Khan's dark brown
eyes and olive complexion, knowing full well, that inshaa Allah I am looking
at the face of the Ummah's future.
�

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From: Michael Alexander ([email protected])
Subject: Re: The Holy Qur'an and Genetics
Newsgroups: alt.atheism, talk.origins, alt.religion.christian
Date: 1999/07/09
�
Mustapha Kareem wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Salaam,
>
> I came across an article over the internet, and since it said it is free to
> distribute, I thought I'd share it with all of you.
> ========================================
> Muslim Scientist Profiles: Dr. Ahmad Khan
> by Sameer Chouwadhary
>
> (snip)
>
>� "Although we obviously want to make our findings known to the greater
> Muslim- greater world in general, we are taking precautions to make sure our
> heads are screwed on right...you can never be too careful.� In the past few
> weeks I've been talking with individual Muslim scientists, just so I could
> get some feedback, and make sure that our findings are ready to be published
> come next fall."

Come back when it is published.� It needs to be verified by independent
researchers and that can only be done after it is published.� Could you be a
bit less long-winded next time.� Most people won't bother to read this far
in your post.

From: Sarcen ([email protected])
Subject: Re: The Holy Qur'an and Genetics
Newsgroups: alt.atheism, talk.origins, alt.religion.christian
Date: 1999/07/10
�
�� Sounds like another bible-code scam to me. After all, you can find
anything you want in a text long enough, and there are fewer texts longer
than DNA sequences. I'll bet you can find the Bible, the Wiccan Rede, and
the SubGenius pamphlets in there, too.

~|SarceN|~
Atheist #1174
BAAWA Knight
EAC Big Red Button

From: Steven Carr ([email protected])
Subject: Re: The Holy Qur'an and Genetics
Newsgroups: alt.atheism, talk.origins, alt.religion.christian
Date: 1999/07/10
�
On 9 Jul 1999 20:35:28 -0400, "Mustapha Kareem"
wrote:

> "You may have heard of a study by a non-Muslim scientist by the name of
>Keith Moore?"� "Yes, but if you could refresh my memory..."

In what sense is Keith Moore a non-Muslim?

Steven Carr
[email protected]
http://www.bowness.demon.co.uk/

From: Matt Silberstein ([email protected])
Subject: Re: The Holy Qur'an and Genetics
Newsgroups: alt.atheism, talk.origins, alt.religion.christian
Date: 1999/07/10
�
In alt.religion.christian� I read this message from "Mustapha Kareem"
:

>Salaam,
>
>I came across an article over the internet, and since it said it is free to
>distribute, I thought I'd share it with all of you.
>========================================
>Muslim Scientist Profiles: Dr. Ahmad Khan
>by Sameer Chouwadhary

[snip]

I can understand how you would find pride at the accomplishments of a
co-religionists.

> "Yes, at first....At first it was speculation, but then I began to piece
>together more indications that there was a possibility that verses of the
>Holy Qur'an could be a part of the genome.� What you must realize is that
>much of the DNA in our genome doesn't code for the production of proteins at
>all.� The non-coding regions- introns- are often called junk DNA.� Mashaa
>Allah.� As it turns out, it is the farthest possible thing from junk, it is
>the words of our Creator, a great sign that it was Allah who gave us the
>breath of life."
>
> "So how did you test your hypothesis, and who else have you consulted?"
>
> "GenLab had a government grant to study the genetic roots of intelligence,
>and at the time this idea struck me, we were focusing on mapping the central
>region of chromosome 19.� I talked with my younger brother, 'Imran, who is a
>systems analyst, and consulted with him about developing a way to see if any
>Qur'anic ayat could be found within the intron regions of chromosome 19 that
>had been mapped."
>
> "It was quite a project, because we had to figure out what Arabic letter
>each different possible codon stood for, by iterating each possible coding
>system through the introns and seeing if any of those combinations resulted
>in ayaat from the Holy Qur'an."

IOW, he kept on looking until he found some coding system that worked.
Along the way he skimped the coding system that showed the Bible in
Hebrew and the collected works of Alexander Dumas in Uzbeki.

[snip]

> "There is such a tremendous amount of data that we're going to have to be
>analyzing it over the next few months, but I hope to create both a book for
>popular consumption as well as submit an abstract to Science very shortly."

Do let us know when it gets published. And if it does not, please let
us know what Science said.

[snip]

Matt Silberstein
-------------------------------------------------------
I would sooner believe a yankee professor would lie
than stones would fall from the heavens.

Thomas Jefferson

From: Goyra ([email protected])
Subject: Re: The Holy Qur'an and Genetics
Newsgroups: alt.atheism, talk.origins, alt.religion.christian
Date: 1999/07/11
�
>� "It was quite a project, because we had to figure out what Arabic letter
> each different possible codon stood for, by iterating each possible
> coding system through the introns and seeing if any of those combinations
> resulted in ayaat from the Holy Qur'an."

�Oh, this is REALLY funny. Hre we have a
man who shoots an arrow into a wall, then paints a
ring around the arrow, then claims he struck the
target!
�

���� Goyra

From: Will Pratt ([email protected])
Subject: Re: The Holy Qur'an and Genetics
Newsgroups: alt.atheism, talk.origins, alt.religion.christian
Date: 1999/07/11
�
Goyra wrote in message <01becb79$8723bc20$e7dc7dc2@goyra>...

>>� "It was quite a project, because we had to figure out what Arabic letter
>>� each different possible codon stood for, by iterating each possible
>> coding system through the introns and seeing if any of those combinations
>> resulted in ayaat from the Holy Qur'an."

> Oh, this is REALLY funny. Hre we have a
>man who shoots an arrow into a wall, then paints a
>ring around the arrow, then claims he struck the
>target!
�

Is it just possible that we're overlooking the bulge in his cheek where his
tongue is pressing?

Will

William L. Pratt, Ph.D., Curator of Invertebrates, Barrick Museum
Mail stop 4012, Univ.Nevada,Las Vegas,NV 89122-4012
(702)895-1403; [email protected]

From: Jeff ([email protected])
Subject: Re: The Holy Qur'an and Genetics
Newsgroups: alt.atheism, talk.origins, alt.religion.christian
Date: 1999/07/11
�
Yes, Yes, there must be a message.� I think the intron part is very
important.� It means that we can delete the entire Qur'ran without any
detrimental effects to life!