Pain Receptors in the Quran: Amazing Scientific Insights
Nociceptors (aka pain receptors 😖) were only discovered by Charles Scott Sherrington in 1906… but guess what? 👀 The Quran mentioned the pain receptors in the skin over 1500 years ago! 📜✨ Science catching up, huh? 🤯🔥 – Pain Receptors in the Quran
Blog Summary:
- Deciphering Chapter 4 (Surah An-Nisa’) Verse 56
- The Quran, Pain Receptors, and a Scientist Who Said: Mind Blown!
- Pain Receptors and its types
- Allah gave us a Perfect Body – free nerve endings and pain receptors
- If Allah Loves Us, Why Is There Pain?
Let’s decipher this today.
Pain receptors in the Quran, and a Scientist Who Said: Mind Blown!
We now know that pain receptors exist in our skin thanks to modern science 🔬. But here’s the kicker: Allah already told us 1,400+ years ago! 😲 That’s why the Quran says that when the skins of wrongdoers are burned, Allah will replace them with new skins so they can keep feeling the pain 🔥 (ouch, no escape!).
“Surely those who reject Our signs, We will cast them into the Fire. Whenever their skin is burnt completely, We will replace it so they will ˹constantly˺ taste the punishment. Indeed, Allah is Almighty, All-Wise.”1
Importance of Pain in your body – Pain receptors in the Quran
Pain is actually a super important defense mechanism — it’s your body’s way of yelling “HEY, STOP THAT!” when something’s wrong 🚨. Basically, bad signals (noxious stimuli) send an urgent singnal to the spinal cord, which forwards it to the brain 🧠, and the brain’s like: “Pain detected! DO SOMETHING!” 🏃💨.
Pain sensation is crucial because it acts as the body’s early warning system 🚨. Without it, we wouldn’t notice injuries, burns, or infections that could seriously harm us. Pain tells the brain that something is wrong, helping us react quickly — like pulling our hand away from a hot surface 🔥 or resting a sprained ankle.
Without pain, people could unknowingly cause severe damage to their bodies, so even though it’s unpleasant, pain is actually one of our best protectors.
Pain Receptors and its types
Pain receptors (aka nociceptors 😖) live in your skin, superficial tissues, and basically all organs except the brain (so yes, technically your brain feels no pain… which explains a lot for some people, right? 😜).
They come in two types:
⚡ Myelinated A fibers — super speedy, delivering that sharp “ouch!” at 12–30 m/s 🚀.
🐌 Non-myelinated C fibers — slooow and steady, causing the dull, throbbing pain that lingers like a bad breakup 💔.
Allah gave us a Perfect Body – free nerve endings and pain receptors
But the story doesn’t end there! When Allah says He made you perfect, He means everything about you is top-notch 👌. Think about pain — it needs to get to your brain fast, right? No time for fancy processing or slow mail delivery 🚀.
So what did God do? He gave pain receptors free nerve endings — basically, these are tiny, bare nerve tips just hanging out in your skin, ready to shout “Ouch!” the instant something’s wrong 😱. No helmets, no filters, just raw, direct pain alerts!
Thanks to this perfect design, your body knows when to say “Hey, that’s hot!” or “Oof, that hurts!” before you even blink. Now that’s what I call divine engineering! ⚡✨
“We have certainly created man in the best of stature” 2
I know what you are thinking. If Allah Loves Us, Why Is There Pain?. Click it. I have tried to answer it.
Enter: Prof. Tagatat Tejasen 🎓- Pain receptors in the Quran
Prof. Tagatat Tejasen, the Chairman of Anatomy at Chiang Mai University, spent years studying pain receptors. At first, he was like: “No way the Quran mentioned this centuries ago!” 😅
But after diving deep into the science and the scriptures, he had a mind-blown moment 🤯. At the 8th Saudi Medical Conference in Riyadh, standing in front of everyone, he declared:
“From my study and what I’ve learned, I believe everything recorded in the Quran 1,400 years ago must be the truth — proven by science. Since Muhammad couldn’t read or write, he must have been a messenger, relaying this enlightenment from the Creator.”3
And then… BOOM 💥 — he accepted Islam on the spot! 🙌
Prof. Tagatat Tejasen — probably the only guy who became Muslim because of pain receptors 😂✋
He even said:
“The most precious thing I’ve gained from this conference is… La ilaha illa Allah.”
Moral of the story? Sometimes, all it takes is a little nerve… or, well, a lot of nerves 🧪⚡ to find the truth! 😄✨Allah, Muhammadur rasoolu Allah, and to have become a Muslim.”
So, isn’t the Holy Quran the word of God?
The Quran isn’t just a book—it’s a miracle in words
In just one sentence, Allah can reveal layers of wisdom that scholars spend lifetimes exploring. 🧠💡
Long before science caught up, the Quran spoke of embryos, the expanding universe, mountains as pegs, and the water cycle.
It’s like Allah said, “I created the universe… of course I can explain it better than anyone!” 🌌👑
So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?
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My final words
The glorious Quran says:
“We will show them Our signs in the universe and within themselves until it becomes clear to them that this ˹Quran˺ is the truth. Is it not enough that your Lord is a Witness over all things?”4
Some people require only one sign, while others require numerous signs to embrace the truth. On the other side, there are others who, even after receiving thousands of indications, refuse to embrace the reality. The Quran describes these persons as:
“They are ˹wilfully˺ deaf, dumb, and blind, so they will never return ˹to the Right Path˺.”5
The Bible says the same thing:
“Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand.”6
- Chapter 4 (Surah An-Nisa) verse 56 ↩︎
- (Surah At-Tin, 95:4) ↩︎
- The story is frequently mentioned in Dr. Zakir Naik’s talks, Ahmed Deedat’s lectures, and publications like “The Qur’an and Modern Science”. ↩︎
- Chapter 41 (Surah Fussilat ) verse 53 ↩︎
- Chapter 2 (Surah Al-Baqarah) verse 18 ↩︎
- Gospel of Matthew verse 13 of chapter 13 ↩︎