Learning Industrial Engineering from The Quran

Dr. Zaid Kasim Mohammad Ghazzawi

Website: www.quran-miracle.com

Introduction:

Industrial engineering focuses mainly on the design and management of

factories, and there is a continuing research to find the optimal specifications

for the design of factories and their management. This topic shows how to

find these optimal specifications from the guidance of the last revelation of

Allah (God) to people (i.e. The Quran) instead of Muslims running to strangers

to get knowledge.

Learning the design and management of factories from the Quran:

The key to understand industrial engineering from the Quran is found in verse

88 of chapter 27 of the Quran which states: (And you see the mountains and

think them solid but they pass by as the passing of the clouds, the

manufacturing of Allah (God) who perfected everything. Verily, He is well

acquainted with what you do), Such that Allah (God) describes His creation in

this verse by a process of manufacturing (the manufacturing of Allah (God))

and any manufacturing process needs a manufacturer who is Allah (God) and

any manufacturing process also needs a factory.

Thus the question now is: what are the factories in the creation of Allah

(God)? The answer can be known by pondering upon verse 21 of chapter 51

which states: (And in your ownselves will you not then see?), thus if we

ponder upon how Allah (God) created our bodies we find that there are

objects in our bodies that raw materials (Amino acids) enter and products

(proteins) exist and this is the function of a factory. Thus the cells are the

factories in the creation of Allah (God) as shown in figures 1 and 2.

Figure 1: The factory of the human body.

Figure 2: The cell.

Since Allah (God) created humans in an optimal form thus if we ponder upon

the design and management of the cell then we learn the optimal

specification for the design and function of any factory.

Pondering upon the design and management of the cell:

If we ponder upon how Allah (God) created the cell we find that it is a

complete factory which contains management department, assembly line,

quality control, power stations, etc. and if we ponder upon the design of Allah

(God) for these departments and their management we discover the

following points:

1. Management and assembly line in the cell: We find that Allah

(God) placed the management department of the cell (which is found

in the nucleus which contains the DNA molecule that in turns contains

the engineering specifications for any product in the cell) near to the

assembly line as shown in figure 3.

Figure 3: Management and assembly line locations in the cell.

We can learn from the proximity of these two departments that it

ensures fast communication between the management and production

departments, such that if an error occurs in the assembly line then the

management department can evaluate and fix the problem quickly.

Also if it is needed to increase or decrease the speed of production

then this can be accomplished quickly and efficiently.

2. Copying of main specifications: We find that when any production

order is started in the cell then a messenger copies the engineering

specifications for the product from the main location in the nucleus

(DNA molecule), whereas this copy is used in production operations

and not the main file as shown in figure 4. Among the numerous

advantages of this is that if there is damage to the copy during

production then there would be a main file in the factory which can be

referred to.

Figure 4: The process of copying the original information in the cell.

3. Quality control of the cell: We find that any product in the cell must

pass through certain conduits before existing the cell’s walls and these

conduits has a shape identical to the final product, and thus this

represents a quality control system for the cell such that products

must meet optimal specifications to exist.

4. Power stations: We find that Allah (God) placed objects in the cell

which generate energy to activate the assembly line, and we also

notice that Allah (God) placed more than one power station in the cell

as shown in figure 5. Thus we learn that in any factory we need to

place more than one power station such that if one of these stations is

turned off then there would be back up stations that ensure the

continuation of production. Also having more than one station reduces

the load on each one which reduces the fatigue on these stations and

increases the lifetime of the factory.

Figure 5: Power stations within the cell.

5. Recycling: If a certain disease occurs and the assembled protein on

the assembly line is not according to optimal specifications then it

would not exit the wall of the cell and in this case it goes to a certain

place in the cell to be disassembled and then the resulting raw

materials are used once more in production. Thus there is a recycling

department in the cell, so we learn that we need to have recycling

department in the cell to increase the efficiency of production.

Thus we see that when a believer thinks more and more about the cell he

discovers information and design concepts to be used in the design and

management of factories. Thus Allah (God) wants for the believer to be the

teacher of others and to show the superiority of the Quran to the main theme

of the people of this age which is knowledge to draw people closer to the

Quran and that this kind of knowledge would be a reason for people to be

guided to the path of Allah (God).

Zaid Kasim Mohammad

Ghazzawi

Website: www.quran-

miracle.com