Imam Ali (a.s) says, “Oh’! Man, strange are you,
You see with fat, hear with bone, talks with flesh (lahm) and breathes through a hole.” Nahjul balagha: saying: 7
Hears with bone:
Scientific Explanation:
Imam Ali (a.s) says that we humans hear through bone. This saying of Imam Ali (a.s) is perfectly in consonance with the latest anatomy and physiology of hearing.
Our hearing apparatus consist of external ear (the fleshy ear), middle ear and the internal ear. The external ear is the fleshy pinna while the middle ear consist of the ear drum and three bones. The middle ear bones (malleus, incus and stapes) connect ear drum with the internal ear, whereas the internal ear consist of cochlea or labyrinth which contains liquid.
The sound falls on the eardrum and vibrates it, these vibration are transmitted to the fluid filled labyrinth through the three bones of the middle ear.
If the bones of middle ear are damaged the human hearing is permanently impaired.
This saying of Imam Ali (a.s) is definitely a shock to the ENT specialist of this century.
Aal-e-Qutub Aal-e-Syed Abdullah Shah Ghazi 