The Knowledge of Imam Jafar ibn Mohammad as-Sadiq (as)

The Holy Imam openly criticized Ptolemic Theory at age eleven, which
was the theory of the sun moving around the earth. He also firmly
stated that the Earth rotates on its own axis.
Great scholars such as Galileo, Brache, & Kepler, who discovered the
Laws of Planetary Motion failed to discover the theory of the earth
rotating on its own axis. Poincare a great French mathematician who
lived in the 20th century mocked this theory, he died in 1912. Today,
it is common knowledge.

Imam proved that water, air and fire were not elements and that air is
a mixture of many elements.
In the 18th century this was a revolutionary idea to say that air is
not an element because scientists during the golden age of science"
believed air was an element. Only after Lavoisier separated oxygen
from the air and illustrated its role in breathing and combustion only
then scientists accepted that air is not an element.

Imam said whatever is in the earth is also in the human body, but all
the elements are not in the same proportion. Four elements are in very
large quantities, eight elements in small quantities and eight
elements in very minute quantities.
Twelve and a half centuries after his death and thousands of
experiments made during a period of 150 years, his theory is confirmed
today by science and there is no doubt in his accuracy. There are 102
elements in the earth and all of them are present in the body.

Imam said amid clusters of stars seen at night, some are so bight that
our sun in comparison is trivial.
About 12 and half centuries after Imam's death his words were proved
true. There are stars in the universe, which are billion times
brighter than the sun called quasars. Their light is quadrillion times
(10 thousand billion times) the light of the sun. First quasar was
discovered in 1927. About 200 has been discovered so far.

Imam said that patients suffering from certain diseases emit special
types of rays. If these rays fall on a healthy person they are sure to
make him sick.
In Novosibirsk, Russia, the center of research for medicine,
chemistry, and biology, conducted many experiments, they found that
the cells of a sick person emit many kinds of rays and a healthy
person can contract some diseases by it.

Imam said that humans were born to live long lives, but they shorten
their lives themselves
It is found that most longevity depends on good hygiene and balanced
diet (abstaining from excess eating & drinking).

Imam said old age is a chronic disease, incurable. Everyone suffers
from it, some at an early age others at an advanced age. Those who
obey the commands of Allah (swt) and abstain from things prescribed
under Islamic code take a long time to age, but others get old soon.

Imam advised mothers they should put their newborns to sleep on their left side.
It is due to the waves produced by the heart.

Imam said we should not pollute the environment else it would become
impossible to live on the planet.
Pollution was not a problem in his time. No factories existed until
18th century when England, France, & Germany started making iron and
steel. Then chimneys of factory furnaces began emitting smoke 24 hrs a
day.

The Imam said that light reflected from different objects comes to us,
but only a part of the rays enter our eyes and He said light travels
very fast.
The Theory of Light.

Imam was the first scholar in the world who separated Science and Philosophy.

Imam said everything except Allah has its opposite, but this does not
result in a conflict, otherwise whole universe would be destroyed.
This is the theory of matter and anti-matter.

Imam said time is the distance between two known events. It has no
independent existence. It is only we who feel it exist.

Imam said everything in the universe, even inanimate objects is always
in moti on, though it is not seen.
This theory which was unacceptable in his time, is an absolute
scientific fact today.

Imam said that there are living beings in other worlds.

Imam started free discussion of religious matter. He blended science
and religion together, and proved the principals of Shi'ism.
1000 years after the death of the Imam, European countries
scientifically still remained ignorant a nd intolerant of free
discussion in religion or science. In 1600 AD Bruno, an Italian
priest, was burned alive for saying something, which had nothing to do
with the doctrines of Catholicism, but was only a personal thought.

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{Invite (mankind, O Muhammad ) to the Way of your Lord (i.e. Islam)
with wisdom (i.e. with the Divine Inspiration and the Qur'an) and fair
preaching, and argue with them in a way that is better. Truly, your
Lord knows best who has gone astray from His Path, and He is the Best
Aware of those who are guided.}
(Holy Quran-16:125)

{And who is better in speech than he who [says: "My Lord is Allah
(believes in His Oneness)," and then stands straight (acts upon His
Order), and] invites (men) to Allah's (Islamic Monothei sm), and does
righteous deeds, and says: "I am one of the Muslims."} (Holy
Quran-41:33)