What is the validity of some people’s statement regarding a modern technology: that scholars can create new materials that did not exist before?
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The questioner:
The Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, says: Some people, in describing a modern technology, said that through it scholars can create new materials that did not exist before. Is this statement correct?
The Shaykh:
That is, they discover new inventions and metals in the earth that the predecessors did not find. Yes. And this is at the Hour. Everything Allah has assigned a time in which it appears.[Al-An'am 6:67]. And Allah concealed them from those before us to bring them out at the Hour, at the signs of the Hour and the end of the world. Yes.
The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
As for them creating something from themselves, no, they are not creating it; rather, they are Allah’s creations. Allah taught them how to use them, made them discover them, and enabled them to do so. They are from His creation; they are Allah’s creation. Yes.[As-Saffat 37:96] What are you doing? Yes.
The Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, says: Some people, in describing a modern technology, said that through it scholars can create new materials that did not exist before. Is this statement correct?
The Shaykh:
That is, they discover new inventions and metals in the earth that the predecessors did not find. Yes. And this is at the Hour. Everything Allah has assigned a time in which it appears.
For every happening is a finality; and you are going to know.
لِّكُلِّ نَبَإٍ مُّسْتَقَرٌّ وَسَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَThe questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
As for them creating something from themselves, no, they are not creating it; rather, they are Allah’s creations. Allah taught them how to use them, made them discover them, and enabled them to do so. They are from His creation; they are Allah’s creation. Yes.
While Allah created you and
وَاللَّهُ خَلَقَكُمْ وَمَا
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [2350- 4717] ما صحة قول بعضهم عن تقنية حديثة: يستطيع العلماء خلق مواد جديدة لم تكن موجودة من قبل؟ — youtube.com
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