REVELATION AND HUMAN BRAIN

Abstract

Allah says in the Holy Qur`an that He communicates to humans in three ways: And it is not for a man that Allah should speak to him except by revelation or from behind a veil or by sending a messenger to reveal by His command what He pleases. Surely, He is High, Wise. [42:52] The Promised Messiahas writes that human brain is wired in such a way that it can communicate with the Divine: “The Wise Creator has so fashioned the human brain and has so invested it with the spiritual faculties that it can see some true dreams and can receive some true revelations. But these dreams and revelations are not an indication of any spiritual rank or greatness, but are only a sample of the way through which progress could be made.” (Haqiqatul Wahi RK Vol-22 P-10) Hazrat Kalifatul Masih-IVrh writes: “If we widen the scope of our study, we observe that many authentic cases of revelation are also reported outside the domain of religion. For instance, there are many interesting cases of highly complex information conveyed through revelation to some scientists” [RRKT- P:23 Three scientists have come to the same conclusion that human brain is wired to receive Divine communications: (1) The God Gene – How Faith is Hardwired into our Genes – by Dean H. Hamer; (2) Why God Won’t Go Away: Brain Science and the Biology of Belief – by Andrew Newberg; and (3) The “God” part of the Brain: A Scientific Interpretation of Human Spirituality and God – by Matthew Alper