Quran 22:46, which describes hearts in chests going blind, implies that the Quran attributes cognition and reasoning to the heart rather than the brain, contradicting modern neuroscience.
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MOSTLY BS — Verdict: Mostly False
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The Short Version
Quran 22:46 does associate "hearts in chests" with understanding, but the claim strips away the dominant scholarly interpretation of the verse. Classical and contemporary Islamic tafsirs overwhelmingly treat "qalb" (heart) as a metaphor for moral insight and spiritual perception, not a literal claim about the cardiac organ performing cognition. Presenting a minority literalist reading as the Quran's definitive position, and then contrasting it with neuroscience, creates a misleading framing that overstates the conflict.
Caveats
The dominant classical Islamic scholarly interpretation treats 'qalb' (heart) in Quran 22:46 as a literary/metaphorical term for understanding and moral insight, not a literal anatomical claim — a critical context the claim omits.
The claim commits an equivocation fallacy by treating the metaphorical 'heart' as the physical cardiac organ, then contrasting it with neuroscience as though the verse makes a testable biological assertion.
The cardiocentric literary convention was widespread across ancient cultures and scriptures (including the Bible), making it anachronistic to single out this Quranic verse as uniquely contradicting modern neuroscience.