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Ahmad Dallal, Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies at Georgetown University, writes that many modern Muslims believe that the Qur'an does make scientific statements, however many classical Muslim commentators and scientists, notably [[al-Biruni]], assigned to the Qur'an a separate and autonomous realm of its own and held that the Qur'an "does not interfere in the business of science nor does it infringe on the realm of science."<ref name="EoQ"> Ahmad Dallal, [[Encyclopedia of the Qur'an]], ''Quran and science'' </ref> These medieval scholars argued for the possibility of multiple scientific explanation of the natural phenomena, and refused to subordinate the Qur'an to an ever-changing science.<ref name="EoQ"/> The alleged miracles in the [[Qur’an]] are usually classified into areas such as scientific or literary.
Ahmad Dallal, Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies at Georgetown University, writes that many modern Muslims believe that the Qur'an does make scientific statements, however many classical Muslim commentators and scientists, notably [[al-Biruni]], assigned to the Qur'an a separate and autonomous realm of its own and held that the Qur'an "does not interfere in the business of science nor does it infringe on the realm of science."<ref name="EoQ"> Ahmad Dallal, [[Encyclopedia of the Qur'an]], ''Quran and science'' </ref> These medieval scholars argued for the possibility of multiple scientific explanation of the natural phenomena, and refused to subordinate the Qur'an to an ever-changing science.<ref name="EoQ"/> The alleged miracles in the [[Qur’an]] are usually classified into areas such as scientific or literary.


==Some of the scientific miracles believed to be in the Quran==


Quran states some scientific facts that were discovered only in the modern science, and that was impossible to be recognized by the human knowledge at the time the Quran was developed, some of those facts are:

=== Big Bang theory ===
"Do not the Unbelievers see that the heavens and the earth were joined together (as one unit of creation), before we clove them asunder"

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The verse is compatible with the commonly accepted [[big bang]] theory. The big Bang theory states that the universe was a join mass until the great explosion occurred.

=== Obscured moon ===
"We have made the Night and the Day as two (of Our) Signs: the Sign of the Night have We obscured, while the Sign of the Day We have made to enlighten you..."
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The verse states that Allah has obscured the [[Moon]], it is commonly believed now that a large portion of the Moon was once initially molten. The molten outer portion of the Moon at this time is referred to as a [[magma ocean]], eventually the magma ocean has cooled, like the verse states.


==Opinions==
==Opinions==

Revision as of 17:06, 18 November 2007

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This is a sub-article to Qur'an and Islamic view of miracles.

Muslims consider the Qur'an, the holy book of Islam, as the word of God and a miracle.[1] There are many miracles claimed in connection with Qur'an, either recorded in the Qur'an itself or believed by some Muslims about the book.

Qur'an as a miracle

The Qur'an claims that it has been created in miraculous way as a revelation from Allah (God), as a perfect copy of what was written in heaven and existed there from all eternity.[2] Therefore the verses of the book are referred to as ayat, which also means "a miracle" in the Arabic language.[3]

The Quran claims that Muhammad was illiterate and neither read a book nor wrote a book ([Quran 7:157], [Quran 29:48]) and that he did not know about past events nor could he have possibly known the scientific facts that are mentioned in the Quran.([Quran 3:44], [Quran 11:49], [Quran 28:44]).[4] This is used as an argument in favor of the divine origin of the book. On the other side, some scholars have stated that the claim about Muhammad's illiteracy is based on weak traditions and that it is not convincing. [5][6]

Claimed miracles in Qur'an

Qur'an records many miraculous events which happened or are about to happen, most notably the divine judgement of souls of dead people and their heavenly rewards or suffering in hell.[7] Muhammad, as believed by critics, was influenced by older Jewish and Christian traditions, and therefore included many of the wonders known from the Bible into the Quran.[8]

Ahmad Dallal, Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies at Georgetown University, writes that many modern Muslims believe that the Qur'an does make scientific statements, however many classical Muslim commentators and scientists, notably al-Biruni, assigned to the Qur'an a separate and autonomous realm of its own and held that the Qur'an "does not interfere in the business of science nor does it infringe on the realm of science."[9] These medieval scholars argued for the possibility of multiple scientific explanation of the natural phenomena, and refused to subordinate the Qur'an to an ever-changing science.[9] The alleged miracles in the Qur’an are usually classified into areas such as scientific or literary.


Opinions

Maurice Bucaille, in regard to writing his book “The Bible, The Quran and Science”, said, “My reason for doing this was that our knowledge of these disciplines is such, that it is impossible to explain how a text produced at the time of the Qur'an could have contained ideas that have only been discovered in modern times” and “There is indeed no human work prior to modern times that contains statements which were equally in advance of the state of knowledge at the time of they appeared and which might be compared to the Qur'an.”[10][11] William Campbell criticizes Maurice saying he finds his own translations of the qur'an using meanings not found in dictionaries.[12]

Notes

  1. ^ F. Tuncer, "International Conferences on Islam in the Contemporary World", March 4-5, 2006, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, U.S.A., p. 95-96
  2. ^ Wilson, Christy: "The Qur'an" in A Lion Handbook The World's Religion, p. 315
  3. ^ Wilson, ibid.
  4. ^ F. Tuncer, ibid
  5. ^ William Montgomery Watt, "Muhammad's Mecca", Chapter 3: "Religion In Pre-Islamic Arabia", p. 26-52
  6. ^ Maxime Rodinson, "Mohammed", translated by Anne Carter, p. 38-49, 1971
  7. ^ Wilson, ibid.
  8. ^ Wilson, p. 316
  9. ^ a b Ahmad Dallal, Encyclopedia of the Qur'an, Quran and science
  10. ^ The Quran and Modern Science
  11. ^ The Quran and Modern Science
  12. ^ Campbell, page 184.

References

  • A Lion Handbook The World's Religion. Lion Publishing plc. 1993. ISBN 0-85648-187-4.
  • Ibrahim, I.A (1997). A Brief Illustrated Guide to Understanding Islam. Darussalam. ISBN 9960-34-011-2.

See also

External links

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