JAKARTA – Akal man since birth continues to develop. However, according to the Qur’an and science there is a point where they both reach a perfect point.
Excerpted from the book Science in the Qur’an, Dr. Nadiah Thayyarah, the human skull is known to consist of bones that are connected to each other.
These bones are closely related to each other. There is also soft cartilage that strengthens the bones in the human head. That soft cartilage, will gradually get stronger over time.
When humans reach the age of 40 years, the cartilage becomes more perfect the level of hardness.
Bones will grow and perfect the structure of the skull, thereby affecting the core of reason located in the brain.
It is stated that long before modern science discovered this fact, the perfection of the human head and mind had been explained in the holy book of the Qur’an.
Allah Subhanahu wa ta’ala says in the holy book of the Qur’an:
وَوَصَّيْنَا الْإِنْسَانَ بِوَالِدَيْهِ إِحْسَانًا ۖ حَمَلَتْهُ أُمُّهُ كُرْهًا وَوَضَعَتْهُ كُرْهًا ۖ وَحَمْلُهُ وَفِصَالُهُ ثَلَاثُونَ شَهْرًا ۚ حَتَّىٰ إِذَا بَلَغَ أَشُدَّهُ وَبَلَغَ أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً قَالَ رَبِّ أَوْزِعْنِي أَنْ أَشْكُرَ نِعْمَتَكَ الَّتِي أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيَّ وَعَلَىٰ وَالِدَيَّ وَأَنْ أَعْمَلَ صَالِحًا تَرْضَاهُ وَأَصْلِحْ لِي فِي ذُرِّيَّتِي ۖ إِنِّي تُبْتُ إِلَيْكَ وَإِنِّي مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ
Meaning: “And We commanded man to do good to his parents. His mother conceived him with difficulty, and gave birth to him with difficulty (also). The pregnancy until weaning him for 30 months, until when he (the child) has grown up and his age reaching the age of 40, he prayed, ‘My Lord, give me guidance so that I may be grateful for Your favors which You have bestowed on me and on my parents, and so that I may do the good that You are pleased with; and give me the good that will flow to My grandchildren. Truly, I repent to You, and truly, I am a Muslim. ” (QS Al-Ahqaf: 15).
Explained, the verse states the importance of the age of 40 years in human life. Therefore, prophethood came to the prophets when they were 40 years old.
This verse is also considered to reveal the maturity and maturity of a person when he has reached the maturity of the mind, namely when the head has reached a certain shape and is no longer enlarged or reduced.
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