Pulsar

By : Magdy Abd Al-Shafy

What does Holy Quran says about the pulsar

The Holy Quran , the last revealed authenticated

book , is replete with scientific facts that have been
discovered already and have become scientifically
established ,and there are still many to be discovered
in the course of time . One might ask why ? the
answer is : besides the many other miracle of the
prophet that are the same as Jesus and Moses and even Abraham , the Holy Quran
is the immortal miracle which is considered the true miracle of prophet
Mohummmed . People in every age can see its miracle . We are now at the age of
science . People , to believe in God , needs miracles that match the miracle of this age
, The time of Moses was the age of magic , so Moses' were some thing that
overpowered magic and even excelled this magic ,people in the time of Jesus were
clever in medicine , So most of Jesus miracles were something medical , he cured
many incurable diseases. Though I truly believe in them , some people are
scrupulous about these as they did not see them themselves.

So , now , what is best way to convince those atheists of the existence of God and
what is the best way to prove the divinity of any book that its adherents claim its
divinity – It should be something suitable to the age –the age of science.

The Holy Quran gives the answer and even stands in the face of all the claims of
atheism

Among the many scientific facts that are mentioned is the Pulsar

God says in the Holy Quran what could be translated " 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 thy Lord doth witness
all things?"

The universe , as Islam , considers the open Book that proves the existence of
God;many scientific facts were mentioned in the Holy Quran to strengthen the belief
of the believers and to take people back to God.

The Holy Quran mentions the pulsar by one of its most outstanding features ; Read
the following verse from the Holy Quran :

‫والسماء والطارق وما أدراك ما الطارق النجم الثاقب ان كل نفس لما عليها حافظ‬
God says in the Holy
Quran " I swear] by Heaven and the Tariq ( The Knocker ) ! And what will convey
to you what the Tariq is? The Star Piercing [the darkness]! (Qur'an, 86:1-3) "

The word ( Tarek and the word Al-thakeb ) are two different Arabic words that are
used in the above-mentioned verse to describe the Pulsar , the word Altarek means
in English " the Knocker or that beats quickly and the word " Al-thakeb" means "
piercing ", these two characteristics ( knocker and piercing ) are one of the most
specific features of pulsar .

Let's first read the following information about the pulsar and we will be back again
to the holy verse.

Pulsars originate when an old, massive

star explodes as a supernova. In this
process, the core of the star implodes.
The core collapses through the white
dwarf stage until its constituent protons
and electrons combine to form neutrons.
If it is not too massive (less than 1.4
times the mass of the Sun) it can
stabilize at this point as a very hot,
incredibly dense ball of neutrons with a
thin crust of ordinary matter on its
surface. Neutron stars are spinning
rapidly when they form - up to about
800 and even one thousand rotations per
second - and slow down as they age.
These pulses of the pulsar are
reminiscent of heart-beats or someone's
knocking quickly at door.

pulsar is a highly magnetized neutron star, with a radius of 10-15 km, having
somewhat greater mass than the Sun which has a radius of approximately 1 million
km. Radiation is beamed out along the magnetic poles and pulses of radiation are
received as the beam crosses the Earth, in the same manner as the beam from a
lighthouse causes flashes. Being enormous cosmic flywheels with a tick attached,
they make some of the best clocks known to mankind.