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God
has said in the Quran about one of the evil unbelievers
who forbade the Prophet Muhammad  from praying at the Kaaba:
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No!
If he does not stop, We will take him by the naseyah
(front of the head), a lying, sinful naseyah (front
of the head)! (Quran,
96:15-16)
Why
did the Quran describe the front of the head as being lying
and sinful? Why didn’t the Quran say that the person
was lying and sinful? What is the relationship between
the front of the head and lying and sinfulness?
If
we look into the skull at the front of the head, we will
find the prefrontal area of the cerebrum (see figure 12).
What does physiology tell us about the function of this
area? A book entitled Essentials of Anatomy &
Physiology says about this area, “The motivation and the
foresight to plan and initiate movements occur in the anterior
portion of the frontal lobes, the prefrontal area. This
is a region of association cortex...” Also the book
says, “In relation to its involvement in motivation, the
prefrontal area is also thought to be the functional center
for aggression....”
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Figure
12:
Functional regions of the left hemisphere of the
cerebral cortex. The prefrontal area is located
at the front of the cerebral cortex. (Essentials
of Anatomy & Physiology, Seeley and others,
p. 210.)
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So,
this area of the cerebrum is responsible for planning, motivating,
and initiating good and sinful behavior and is responsible
for the telling of lies and the speaking of truth.
Thus, it is proper to describe the front of the head as
lying and sinful when someone lies or commits a sin, as
the Quran has said, “...A lying, sinful naseyah
(front of the head)!”
Scientists
have only discovered these functions of the prefrontal area
in the last sixty years, according to Professor Keith L.
Moore.
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