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الآية رقم (56) - إِنَّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ بِآيَاتِنَا سَوْفَ نُصْلِيهِمْ نَارًا كُلَّمَا نَضِجَتْ جُلُودُهُمْ بَدَّلْنَاهُمْ جُلُودًا غَيْرَهَا لِيَذُوقُواْ الْعَذَابَ إِنَّ اللّهَ كَانَ عَزِيزًا حَكِيمًا

(56) - (Indeed, those who disbelieve in Our verses - We will drive them into a Fire. Every time their skins are roasted through We will replace them with other skins so they may taste the punishment. Indeed, Allah is ever Exalted in Might and Wise.)

We must consider this verse and analyze it scientifically. The natural, physical and chemical sciences were not known at the time of the revelation of the Qur’an. The Noble Qur’an is a miracle in every time and place. It is a book of guidance for all mankind and it contains scientific references, as well, that do not clash with human minds at the time of its revelation, additionally, absorb knowledge when it develops. There is absolutely no conflict with science in the Holy Quran, and this verse proves that:

(… كُلَّمَا نَضِجَتْ جُلُودُهُم بَدَّلْنَاهُمْ جُلُودًا غَيْرَهَا لِيَذُوقُوا الْعَذَابَ …) (…Every time their skins are roasted through We will replace them with other skins so they may taste the punishment…): This is a Quranic indication that pain comes to the conscious soul from the skin and not from the brain. When the patient is anesthetized, the surgical operation is performed on the affected organ without feeling pain because the anesthesia is done for the conscious soul. The feeling of pain is due to capillaries present in the skin. This is proven by science, with evidence that when the first injection of the anesthetic, you feel the prick of the needle because of those capillaries. The organs are machines that deliver pain to the conscious soul, and this was not known scientifically until the modern era. Accordingly, they are replaced with other skins so they may taste the punishment because when the skin is burned, the capillaries are burnt, this is a very early scientific fact which was not known at time of revelation.

( إِنَّ اللَّهَ كَانَ عَزِيزًا حَكِيمًا … ) (…Indeed, Allah is ever Exalted in Might and Wise): Allah (swt) is Ever Most Powerful, and the Wise as well, He (swt) sets things right, and only punishes those who are unjust and unbelief, and He (swt) does not punish except in accordance with a just reckoning:

 وَنَضَعُ الْمَوَازِينَ الْقِسْطَ لِيَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ فَلَا تُظْلَمُ نَفْسٌ شَيْئًا ۖ وَإِن كَانَ مِثْقَالَ حَبَّةٍ مِّنْ خَرْدَلٍ أَتَيْنَا بِهَا ۗ وَكَفَىٰ بِنَا حَاسِبِينَ

(And We place the scales of justice for the Day of Resurrection, so no soul will be treated unjustly at all. And if there is [even] the weight of a mustard seed, We will bring it forth. And sufficient are We as accountant.) (Al-Anbiyaa: 47)

On the other side, there is the bright image: