CHIRALITY AND THE HOLY QUR’AN

2015-05-10 2015-05-15 2015-05-20 11/21/2024 10:38:59 AM Advanced Humanities and Social Sciences 2 2015 Conference abstract 3 4 2015 http://dx.doi.org/10.21065/25205986.C2015.3 English Hameed A. Mirza Chirality, Holy Qur’an In 1848 Louis Pasteur discovered first time evidence of chirality in the salt of tartaric acid. He was able to isolate two set of crystals each mirror image.of the other. Since then thousands of chiral molecules have been discovered or synthesized in the laboratories around the globe. The extra ordinary properties of these optical isomers that have identical chemical composition, deeply impact on our life. Many medicines heal or exhibit adverse effect due to the presence of chiral molecules. This presentation will discuss the basic nature of chiral molecules, its impact on our life in the light of Quranic references regarding the concept of Chirality.