The Human Bone in the Holy Quran: Its Descriptions, Secrets and Connotations

-, Hassan Ali Abd Al-Faraji

doi:10.34278/aujis.2025.189032

	The Human Bone in the Holy Quran: Its Descriptions, Secrets and Connotations
Anbar University Journal of Islamic Sciences
Article 10, Volume 16, Issue 3, September 2025, Pages 1858-1909 PDF (9.13 M)
DOI: 10.34278/aujis.2025.189032
Author
Hassan Ali Abd Al-Faraji -
University of Anbar - College of Arts
Abstract
This study explores the connotations of the human bone through the Quran. It sheds light on its descriptions, secrets, and connotations according to a general objective methodology. It is worth noting that these descriptions are inferred from the objections of those who deny resurrection, as well as from what is mentioned in the Quran. However, the study is fused mainly on the human bone. There is also a third description of the human bone found in the supplication of Prophet Zechariah (PBUH). This study is unique in its kind, differing from what other researchers (old and modern) have written about human body parts, as they have written from purely medical aspects. In contrast, this study aims to highlight the descriptions, secrets, and connotations of the human bone as perceived by the author through the guidance of the noble Quranic verses and the interpretations of the exegests.
Keywords
bone; human; the Quran; descriptions; secrets; and indications

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