(xi) Presence of sub-atomic particles
Recent discoveries in Physics have shown that an atom can be broken into smaller units. According to the Holy Quran:
“The unbelievers say: Never to us will come the Hour (the day of Judgment); Say: Nay! By my Lord! It will surely come upon you by Him, who knows the unseen, not an atom’s weight, or less than or greater (than atom), escapes Him in the heavens and/or in the earth, but it is in a clear record.” (34:3)
The Arabic word used in this verse is “Zarrah”. Abdullah Yousef Ali, Mohsin Khan, and Marmaduke Pickthal have translated Zarrah as an atom. At the time this verse was revealed, a Zarrah was the smallest known particle to mankind. The Quran testifies to the presence of particles smaller than Zarrah or an atom. The discovery of splitting of an atom into smaller units does not relate to a very distant past while the Quran had acknowledged this fact 1400 years ago.