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God has said in
the Quran about one of the evil unbelievers who forbade the
Prophet Muhammad from praying at the Kabah:
Chapter 96 (Al-Alaq)
15 No! If he does not stop, We will take him by the naseyah (front
of the head)
16 A lying, sinful naseyah (front of the head)!
Why did the Quran describe the front of the
head as being lying and sinful? Why didn’t the Quran say that the
person was lying and sinful? What is the relationship between the
front of the head and lying and sinfulness?
If we look into the skull at the front of the
head, we will find the prefrontal area of the cerebrum (see figure 1).
What does physiology tell us about the function of this area? A
book entitled Essentials of Anatomy & Physiology says about this
area, “The motivation and the foresight to plan and initiate movements
occur in the anterior portion of the frontal lobes, the prefrontal area.
This is a region of association cortex...”1 Also the
book says, “In relation to its involvement in motivation, the prefrontal
area is also thought to be the functional center for aggression....”2
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Fig1: Functional regions of the left hemisphere of
the cerebral cortex The prefrontal area is located at the front of the
cerebral cortex Essentials of Anatomy & Physiology
Seeley and others, p 210 |
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So, this area of the cerebrum is responsible for planning,
motivating, and initiating good and sinful behavior and is responsible
for the telling of lies and the speaking of truth. Thus, it is
proper to describe the front of the head as lying and sinful when
someone lies or commits a sin, as the Qur'an has said, “...A lying,
sinful naseyah (front of the head)!” Scientists have only
discovered these functions of the prefrontal area in the last sixty
years, according to Professor Keith L. Moore.3
Footnotes:
(1)
Essentials of Anatomy & Physiology, Seeley and others, p. 211.
Also see
The Human Nervous System, Noback and others, pp. 410-411.
(2)
Essentials of Anatomy & Physiology, Seeley and others, p. 211.
(3) Al-E’jaz
al-Elmy fee al-Naseyah (The Scientific Miracles in the Front of the
Head), Moore and others, p. 41.
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