Written in the Cosmos: When the Qur’an Meets Quantum Memory

Updated: Sep 26

The human brain records every experience, even those we don’t consciously recall.
Neural pathways store memories, emotions, and even traumas — like a biological register.
Some studies suggest that under certain conditions (e.g., hypnosis, trauma recall), people access memories believed to be forgotten.

This parallels the Qur’anic idea that our own limbs and skin will "testify" one day: "That Day, We will seal their mouths, and their hands will speak to Us, and their feet will testify..."(Surah Yasin 36:65)

In quantum mechanics, the principle of information conservation suggests that no information is ever truly lost, even if particles are destroyed.
Black holes, once thought to erase information, are now believed (via Hawking radiation theory) to preserve it at the edge (event horizon) — a theory called the Holographic Principle.
This means the entire universe functions like a vast data system, retaining every interaction.
Just like the Qur'an says: "Not a leaf falls but that He knows it. And no grain is there within the darknesses of the earth..."(Surah Al-An’am 6:59)

Today, every online action — a click, a message, a photo — is logged and stored in servers, often indefinitely.
Even in the material world, CCTV, biometrics, AI — all suggest we live in a time when being “recorded” is literal.
The Qur’an mentioned the concept of angels writing our deeds centuries ago: "When the two receivers receive, seated on the right and on the left — man does not utter any word except that with him is an observer ready [to record]."(Surah Qaf 50:17–18)

The Moral Implication
Science may describe how things are recorded. But the Qur’an tells us why:
For accountability, justice, and ultimately mercy.
In both worldviews — Qur’anic and scientific — nothing truly disappears. It either transforms, leaves a trace, or testifies to a greater reality.

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