Proofs for Islam: DMT

 

DMT in the Qur’an

The Qur’an correctly describes the experience of death, also mentioning DMT.

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DMT was researched extensively in the 20th Century, the Quran’s knowledge of it in the 7th Century, proves it is authored by a deity no less than God.

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DMT (dimethyltryptamine) is the most power hallucinogenic substance known to man. It’s endogenous (naturally produced in the body), and is suggested to be mass synthesized by the body during death.

According to Timmermann et al., a significant amount of user reports on the experience of DMT include feelings of entering a different realm, encountering mystical beings, and “ego death” (feeling detached from the self and the material world).

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What does this have to do with the Quran? Well, there’s a peculiar verse in Surah Qaf about dying:

Note the word intoxication.

Islamically, this refers to mind-alteration, and the most notable effect of DMT is its extreme mind-alteration.

If DMT is truly released in the body at death, it’s another sign of the Quran’s divinity, as this knowledge could not have been accessible in the 7th century.

Note the description of this idea in the Tafsirs:

the vision of the Unseen Realm

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transition from one state of being to another

Both refer to mind-alteration.

Tthe verse is saying that the absence of (mind/ marks of sentience) that is the result of death or the hard death will come with truth.

Absence of mind, slipping away into a stupor, that is what I said.

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https://quran.ksu.edu.sa/tafseer/qortobi/sura50-aya19.html#qortobi

The drunkenness of the truth came with death.

"Drunkennes" causes you to slip out of reality; "of the truth" meaning deviation from reality, from the truth~

The tafsirs affirm my case.

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Tabari says the same.

( And the stupor of death will come in truth: "This is what you have been avoiding!" ) Allah the Exalted and Most Honored says, `O mankind! This is the stupor of death that has come in truth; now, I have brought forth to you the certainty that you were disputing,' ذَلِكَ مَا كُنتَ مِنْهُ تَحِيدُ ( This is what you have been avoiding! )

Note stupor, same as "daze" or "a state of poor consciousness"

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So, could the intoxicant mentioned in the Quran really be DMT, and if so, what’re the implications?

Firstly, the most popular view on DMT is that it does indeed play a biological role in death

To be clear, there is currently no direct clinical observation of DMT being released during death due to the ethically challenging nature of such a study.

However, there are many indirect reasonings that suggest it is the case. Here’s a quick rundown of some reasons:

Most notably is the stark similarities between the reports of near death experiences (NDE) and the reports of DMT experiences

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In this study, the similarities in their experiences were concluded to be statistically significant, suggesting that DMT may be the biological cause of NDEs and released by the body when its in a state of dying 👇

Physiologically, DMT readily binds to the sigma-1 receptor, which plays a key role in protecting cells when oxygen levels are low

High levels of DMT may be endogenously released during death as an attempt to keep cells alive, with the side product of mind-alteration. Moreover, there is a known mechanism in the body for producing DMT (and its found in trace amounts)

The enzyme INMT has been shown to form DMT in vivo from the essential amino acid tryptophan. This suggests there is a ready mechanism to mass produce DMT if the need ever arises There’s a lot of speculation on the matter, but the brute fact is that the mind enters an extremely altered state of reality when dying

Now, back to Islam.

What’s interesting is there is a large amount of reports claiming that one passes through a ‘veil’ when on DMT

In the same surah as above, it’s mentioned that at death, a veil is removed from our perception and we enter the greater reality

My opinion is that DMT is the biological primer that begins the transition from a world of physical materials to a world of pure consciousness

If so, this has great implications on who exactly the entities are on the other side of the veil, and the nature of the unseen world as a whole

Terrence McKenna, who has been using DMT for over 25 years, explains his personal experiences with these entities when past the veil

Note how he mentions they’re able to flow through his body, they’re not material, they can speak in his language and another, they tell him to dismiss the idea of God, they make offerings with objects, etc.

I argue these beings are amongst jinn and shayateen, and that a person, when using DMT, but not dying, has a portion of this veil lifted enough to experience part of the unseen world

It then makes sense that the world they perceive is reported to be “unexplainable,” “non-newtonian,” “impossible to imagine,” etc., as it’s also reported by the Standing Committee for Issuing Fatwas that the true nature of the unseen world is not knowable and of a completely different paradigm

It’s not simply the same as our world but just “invisible,” it’s expected to be inherently different

https://twitter.com/i/status/1144021948038602759

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It’s not likely imo that what a person experiences on DMT is simply their mind playing tricks on them. This is because the things experienced are not explainable by waking or dreaming states of mind, and the consistently similar experiences of people suggests that what is happening is outside the scope of a mere subjective experience. Passing a veil into a new reality, encountering beings, detachment from the material world, etc. are all quantified experiences by the majority of DMT users. This suggests it’s not merely subjective

At the end of the day though, Allahu alam I understand this view is on the fringe of the traditional interpretation of that verse, but I do believe it’s something to consider and provides yet another insight into the wonders of the Quran and it’s everlasting relevance

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The fact it mentions an intoxicant that brings truth, passing a veil at death, exposing an unseen world, etc. while there exists a natural human intoxicant with the same effects during death, is not a coincidence to me. With that being said, don’t do drugs. Instead, ponder the Quran , and realize the kingdom of Allah swt is far more vast than we know, and that this worldly life is not worth settling for. There is more to come, and we want to be on the blessed side of it

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New study (June 27) brings even more support that DMT is released during death

TL;DR: The Qur’an accurately mentions two major features of DMT, which science came to know of very recently. Early accounts by Islamic sources also back it up. The fact that the Qur’an possessed this knowledge in the 7th Century proves its divinity.