Fourth driblet

This is to explain the virtue of the Qur'an's not mentioning certain issues of relevance to science and referring to some others implicitly and succinctly. The explanation contains six points:

First point

If you ask why the Qur'an does not treat of the universe in the manner of modern philosophy and science, I will tell you that modern philosophy and science approach the universe in reference to itself and for its own sake. As for the Qur'an, which was revealed in truth and guides to truth, it treats the universe not in reference to itself, but in reference to its Creator and for the sake of knowing and understanding Him.
Contrary to modern philosophy and science, the Qur'an does not mention explicitly or mentions only succinctly and ambiguously the heavenly objects and the earth and their shape and movements. If you ask why, I will tell you that the Qur'an's ambiguous or implicit reference is very significant and its succinct mention of them is really beautiful.

For, first of all, the Qur'an mentions the universe by way of digression or parenthetically in arguing for the Essence and Attributes of the Creator. An argument should be explicit and understandable to everybody in leading to the purpose. The purpose is to enable everybody to have sufficient knowledge of the Essence of God and His Attributes and Names. If it had said as scientists desire, "O people! Look at the sun in its motionless-ness and the earth in its movements and see how their Creator is powerful," the argument would have been more obscure and secret than the purpose and remained incomprehensible for most people in almost all epochs. Whereas the absolute majority should be given precedence in guidance. Considering the level of knowledge and understanding of the majority does not exclude scientists, philosophers and intellectuals, who form only a small minority in any society. By contrast, giving precedence to this minority would deprive the majority [from benefiting from the guidance of the Qur'an].

Second, the rules of good speech in texts for guidance require that the minds of all those for whom the guidance is intended should not be confused by it. Rather, their views, feelings and level should be taken into consideration and they should be addressed plainly and without going into detail, so that they feel familiarity with the subject and can understand it easily. [The guidance of the Qur'an is intended for the whole of mankind in all epochs and its form of expression is universally accessible according to the degree of the individual attempting to benefit by it.]