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==Transfer of Information== | ==Transfer of Information== | ||
Humans have | Humans have many means by which information transfer is possible including: | ||
* | *Auditory (sound) | ||
* | *Visual (sight) | ||
* | *Mechanical (touch) | ||
* | *Chemical (taste) | ||
* | *Olfactory (smell) | ||
Verbal communication, historically, was the main mode of information sharing. Many civilizations, their histories, mythologies, and stories have been kept alive as they are passed down orally from one generation to the next. | |||
During Muhammad's time, his critics called him "an ear" (أذن, ''udhun''), which is confirmed in the Quran: | During Muhammad's time, his critics called him "an ear" (أذن, ''udhun''), which is confirmed in the Quran: | ||