The effect of music vs. the Quran on an apple | Imagine what it does to your heart
When I started turning towards Islam in university, I was faced with the question of abstaining for music. It was a hard decision but I eventually took the plunge and gave it up. It wasn’t an easy journey for me and I moved back to listening to music, then gave it up only to once again start it again. I finally gave it up completely Alhamdulillah over five years ago (May Allah help me stay on this path).
There are many who would argue that there is nothing wrong with music, it is just another gift of God, etc. The below just serves to confirm to me that my decision was indeed a wise one, an attempt to raise my level of Taqwa, an attribute that needs constant work from our part. As we enter the last ten days of Ramadan, we will need to start the struggle to continue the momentum of Ramadan. For indeed if we were to walk away from Ramadan without a positive change it would be a big travesty on our part. Your positive change could be giving up music. Insha’Allah I hope the below will help you towards this change.
Ramadan Kareem and may Allah (SWT) accept our deeds and have this month serve as time for our forgiveness and for the shower of His mercy.
DiscoMaulvi
A few months back, the following email sent to the list serve of Al-Huda Canada was forwarded to another list I am on. The content of the email (reproduced below) was amazing.
Bismillah
Assalamoalaikum wrwb
Few weeks ago my daughter, who is in first grade had a science fair at her school. We decided to do an interesting experiment. Our Hypothesis was that listening to Qur’an has physical effects just like listening to music has physically visible effects. To prove our point we took an apple which also has 60-70 percent water content like human bodies. We cut the apple into half, put each half in a zip lock bag and then for seven days played Qur’an for one half of the apple and music to another half of the apple .. Both apples were kept on room temperature. The results were amazing and so our hypothesis was accepted.
In Quran Surah Luqman Allah(s.a.w) says:
And of mankind is he who purchases idle talks (i.e.music, singing, etc.) to mislead (men) from the Path of Allah without knowledge, and takes it (the Path of Allah, or the Verses of the Qur’an) by way of mockery. For such there will be a humiliating torment (in the Hell-fire).(6)
In surah Yunus Allah SWT says about Quran:
O mankind! There hath come to you a admonition from your Lord and a healing for the (diseases) in your hearts and for those who believe, a Guidance and a Mercy. (57)
Please look at the attached pictures. The first picture is of the apple when it was freshly cut. Second picture is after 3 weeks of the experiment.
JazakAllah Khiaran
Shared By: Quanita Rizvi
Wassalam,
Al Huda Institute, Canada
The above account was amazing. Thus, the staff at Reflections, a school in Karachi repeated the experiment to verify it. Below is the email sent by Asim Ismail, the Islamic curriculum head of the school.
For two weeks the teacher played music in front of half of an apple for 10 mins daily. While qirat was played in front of the other half for the same duration…the pictures speak for themselves (original pictures)…the rotten half is the one which heard music, and the comparatively fresh one was made to listen to Quran’s recitation… SUBHANALLAH! one more amazing thing is the Quran apple has a good smell and the other one u can imagine.
“Verily, in the remembrance of Allah do hearts find rest”(Surah ar’Ra’d 13:28)
Subhan’Allah. May Allah help us to protect our hearts from corruption and to heal it with the remembrance of Allah (SWT) and the recitation of the Quran. Aameen.
Posted on 2011/08/20, in Islam and tagged Heart, Islam, Music, Quran, Ramadan, Reflections, Taqwa, Tazkiya. Bookmark the permalink. 127 Comments.
So the music played at the apple is hard rock with abusive language. What about beethoven’s music? Pachelbel’s canon in D? soft music? music without harsh language?
Dear “papa kedana”
I suggest you repeat the experiment with the different types of music and let us know.
Regards
-Aly
It has already been done by Cleve Backster in the 60′s. Plants thrive when played harmonious, melodious classical music, and become stunted or die when exposed to hard rock, metal or discordant sounds. (Or placed near electrical items that emit electromagnetic radiation, like the tv.) http://www.ehow.com/list_7439388_type-plant-grow-tall-healthy.html
Another scientist, Masaru Emoto, has proven the same thing with water. Chants and prayers of any religion are rhythmical and soothing, it is not something exclusive to Islam.
http://www.unitedearth.com.au/watercrystals.html
Salam
Correction: please refer to first email above, phrase “In Quran Surah Luqman Allah(s.a.w) says:” supposed to be write” In Quran Surah Luqman Allah(SWT) says:”.
Thank you.
so amazing !
thanks for the sharing 
I would say, any words of humilation, degrading, unlawful and inmoral are surely morbidity to anything of God’s creation.
subhanallah..
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Really interesting n eye opening!
Thanks for the valueble info may we come closer to the quran because the quran is also “shifa”or healer
The experiment is missing a key control… an apple slice that was listening to nothing.
this is because water has memory…..
Great delivery. Solid arguments. Keep up the
amazing effort.
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