We live in an age of materialism. People believe that matter, energy and the laws of nature are all that exist. They see no place for God when they examine the discoveries of science. They tell us that God is an outdated belief, only there to serve ancient superstitions.
The Quran presents a different outlook. It tells us that the Author of the Quran is the Author of the universe. The same God who reveals Himself through His Work also reveals Himself through His Word.
This is not a mere claim. The Quran itself demonstrates its divine origin. One of the ways it does this is through its description of scientific phenomena.
God, knowing that atheist scientists in this age would lead people astray, revealed verses that detail major scientific phenomena. From the tongue of the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, an illiterate man in the Arabian wilderness, came descriptions of natural phenomena that have only now been confirmed.
Ancient Muslims either accepted these verses literally, or being unable to understand their physical reality, interpreted them metaphorically. However, in today’s age, we have seen their truth confirmed.
In this way, God has made the scientific discoveries of the modern age a way of finding Him, rather than a way of losing Him.
In this article, we will explore the miraculous nature of seven such prophecies of scientific discovery. As a bonus, we will discuss two others that have yet to be fulfilled.
Please note that all Quranic references are given with a system that enumerates the first verse of every chapter. You may need to subtract 1 from the verse reference to find the verse in your Quran.
Cosmology
1. The Big Bang
100 years ago, the world’s best scientific minds thought that the universe had always existed. Since it always existed, it didn’t need a Creator.
Einstein changed all that.
His ‘field equations’ suggested that the universe was expanding like a balloon. The mathematician and Belgian Priest, George Lemaître, realised that this expansion had to have started from somewhere. It must have come from an initial, dense point. This idea became known as the Big Bang. Today, it is the basis for understanding the origin of the universe.
What few people know however is that the Holy Quran described the Big Bang perfectly, 1400 years earlier.
اَوَ لَمۡ یَرَ الَّذِیۡنَ کَفَرُوۡۤا اَنَّ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَ الۡاَرۡضَ کَانَتَا رَتۡقًا فَفَتَقۡنٰہُمَا ؕ وَ جَعَلۡنَا مِنَ الۡمَآءِ کُلَّ شَیۡءٍ حَیٍّ ؕ اَفَلَا یُؤۡمِنُوۡنَ
Do not the disbelievers see that the heavens and the earth were a closed-up mass (ratqan), then We opened them out? And We made from water every living thing. Will they not then believe?
Holy Quran, 21:31
The arabic word ratqan means a closed-up mass. It also means darkness. A dark, closed-up mass is a perfect description of what we know the universe looked like in its earliest moments. The heavens and the Earth were indeed opened out from this mass to produce the universe we see today.
The verse further says that water is the basis of life. This is now an accepted scientific fact. When NASA look for planets that can bear life, they look for water.
The shocking power of this verse is a grand sign for our disbelieving age.
2. The Expansion of the Universe
Einstein’s equations tell us that the universe is expanding. This discovery surprised everyone.
For decades thereafter, scientists thought the universe exploded out of the Big Bang, and has been slowing down ever since. But they were wrong. The universe’s expansion has recently been speeding up. This mysterious re-expansion is driven by what we call dark energy. About 5 billion years ago, this mysterious anti-gravity began pushing the universe outwards once more.
The Holy Quran describes this perfectly:
وَالسَّمَاءَ بَنَيْنَاهَا بِأَيْدٍ وَإِنَّا لَمُوسِعُونَ
And We have built the heaven with might and We continue to expand it indeed.Holy Quran 51:48
This astonishing verse does not just tell us that the universe has expanded. The arabic ‘la-mūsiʿūna’ tells us that the universe is continuing to expand.
Such a statement is a sure sign of the Prophet Muhammad’s truth, peace be upon him.
To read more about Big Bang cosmology in the Quran, see this in-depth article.
3. The End of the Universe
The Quran does not only tell us about things that have already been discovered. Rather, it tells us about scientific phenomena still debated today. These next two are not yet confirmed but their mere discussion is worthy of note.
One such topic is the end of the universe. Will it continue to expand forever, or collapse back in on itself? The Holy Quran sheds light on this enigmatic matter:
یَوۡمَ نَطۡوِی السَّمَآءَ کَطَیِّ السِّجِلِّ لِلۡکُتُبِ ؕ کَمَا بَدَاۡنَاۤ اَوَّلَ خَلۡقٍ نُّعِیۡدُہٗ ؕ وَعۡدًا عَلَیۡنَا ؕ اِنَّا کُنَّا فٰعِلِیۡنَ
“Remember the day when We shall roll up the heavens like the rolling up of written scrolls by a scribe. As We began the first creation, so shall We repeat it — a promise binding upon Us; We shall certainly perform it.”
Holy Quran 21:105
This vivid description of the Quran completely fits the picture of the universe collapsing into a black hole. Angular momentum would cause the fabric of space to enter into it like the rolls of parchment. Then, a new universe would emerge.
It is only a matter of time until this shocking fate of the universe is confirmed to be the most likely by physicists.
4. Extraterrestrial Life
Next we come to Extraterrestrial life. In 1960, Frank Drake performed the first modern SETI experiment, in the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence. Yet God’s pronouncements outpaced man’s imagination by more than a millennium.
وَمِنْ آيَاتِهِ خَلْقُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَثَّ فِيهِمَا مِن دَابَّةٍ ۚ وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ جَمْعِهِمْ إِذَا يَشَاءُ قَدِيرٌ
“And among His Signs is the creation of the heavens and the earth, and of whatever living creatures (dābbah) He has spread forth in both. And He has the power to gather them together (jam-‘i-him) when He will so please.”
Holy Qur’an 42:30
In this verse, the Quran speaks of living creatures which inhabit space — the ‘heavens’ — and which move on land, this being the meaning of the word ‘dābbah.’
The verse goes on to declare that mankind will one day come into contact with these creatures in some way (jam-’i-him). In other verses the Quran proclaims that they receive revelation as we do.
These declarations of the Quran constitute evidence for its divine origin, for which man of that age could not only envisage the existence of aliens on far away planets, but proclaim future contact with them?
One hopes the day will come soon when this extraordinary prophecy finds its fulfilment.
Read more about extra-terrestrial life in the Quran here.
Biology
5. Evolution in the Quran
While most people today believe that evolution was first described by Darwin, nothing could be further from the truth.
The first descriptions of biological evolution are found in the writings of Muslim scholars, over a millennium ago. John William Draper, author of The History of the Conflict Between Science and Religion (1874) wrote that:
“Theological authorities were therefore constrained to look with disfavor… on the Mohammedan theory of the evolution of man from lower forms, or his gradual development to his present condition in the long lapse of time.”
Draper was right. Scholars such as the Brethren of Purity, Al-Jāḥiẓ, Ibn Khaldūn, and Rumirhfreely discussed evolution. They found the idea described in the Holy Quran:
مَا لَکُمۡ لَا تَرۡجُوۡنَ لِلّٰہِ وَقَارًا
وَ قَدۡ خَلَقَکُمۡ اَطۡوَارًا
…
وَ اللّٰہُ اَنۡۢبَتَکُمۡ مِّنَ الۡاَرۡضِ نَبَاتًا
“What is the matter with you that you do not ascribe dignity to Allah? And certainly he has created you in stages… And Allah has raised you from the Earth like the raising of vegetation.” Holy Quran 71; 15-16, 18
The Quran proposes that man underwent development through different stages, adopting different forms and conditions (atwāran) before culminating in his current condition. It implicates plant life as part of human development — an area for further research.
Evolution discussed by the Quran does not take the Darwinian form, which is guided by chance. Rather, the Quran tells us that God Himself guides biological evolution:
وَ رَبُّکَ یَخۡلُقُ مَا یَشَآءُ وَ یَخۡتَارُ ؕ مَا کَانَ لَہُمُ الۡخِیَرَۃُ ؕ سُبۡحٰنَ اللّٰہِ وَ تَعٰلٰی عَمَّا یُشۡرِکُوۡنَ
“And thy Lord creates whatever He pleases and selects. It is not for them to select. Glorified be Allah, and far is He above all that they associate with Him.” Holy Qur’an 28:69
You can find all our material on this topic under the ‘evolution’ sub-tab on our Topic Index.
6. Embryology
In the 7th Century, like most branches of medicine, embryology was in its infancy.
The most advanced embryological knowledge of the day belonged to the Greek Doctor Galen, who held incorrect notions about the origin of semen and the development of the embryo. In contrast, the Quranic account is more accurate and verified by our modern observations.
وَ لَقَدۡ خَلَقۡنَا الۡاِنۡسَانَ مِنۡ سُلٰلَةٍ مِّنۡ طِیۡنٍ ﴿ۚ۱۳﴾ ثُمَّ جَعَلۡنٰهُ نُطۡفَةً فِیۡ قَرَارٍ مَّکِیۡنٍ ﴿۪۱۴﴾ ثُمَّ خَلَقۡنَا النُّطۡفَةَ عَلَقَةً فَخَلَقۡنَا الۡعَلَقَةَ مُضۡغَةً فَخَلَقۡنَا الۡمُضۡغَةَ عِظٰمًا فَکَسَوۡنَا الۡعِظٰمَ لَحۡمًا ٭ ثُمَّ اَنۡشَاۡنٰهُ خَلۡقًا اٰخَرَ ؕ فَتَبٰرَکَ اللهُ اَحۡسَنُ الۡخٰلِقِیۡنَ ﴿ؕ۱۵
“Verily, We created man from an extract of clay; Then We placed him as a drop of sperm in a safe depository. Then we fashioned the sperm into a clot; then We fashioned the clot into a shapeless lump; then We fashioned bones out of this shapeless lump; then We clothed the bones with flesh; then We developed it into another creation. So blessed be Allah, the Best of creators.”
Holy Qur’an, 23:13-15
The Arabic used in this verse accurately depicts the detail and sequence of how we develop in the womb. The Quran describes how the conceptus is produced from a mixture of elements, how the early embryo clings onto the uterine wall, how it then develops into a differentially formed lump, before developing bony structures clothed with flesh. Finally, it describes the birth of the soul within the physical framework of the body.
The sequence and depth of this description cannot be rivalled by any understanding available at the time of the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him. Given the verse’s startling accuracy, Maurice Bucaille, a French doctor who studied this verse, remarked:
“More than a thousand years before our time, at a period when whimsical doctrines still prevailed, men had… the Qur’an. The statements it contains express in simple terms truths of primordial importance which man has taken centuries to discover.”
The Bible, the Qur’an and Science, pg. 220
Geology
7. What Lies Beneath Mountains
Mountains are among the grandest features of Earth’s landscapes. What lies beneath their surface has been an impenetrable mystery until the invention of modern technology. The Quran however gave us guidance on this over a millennium ago:
اَلَمۡ نَجۡعَلِ الۡاَرۡضَ مِهدًا ۙ﴿۷﴾ وَّ الۡجِبَالَ اَوۡتَادًا ﴿۪ۙ۸﴾
“Have We not made the earth a bed, And the mountains as pegs?”
Holy Qur’an 78:7-8
Here mountains, Al-Jibāl, are described as pegs. The word awtādan means roots, or pegs. Astoundingly, modern geology has discovered that mountains project deep roots into the Earth’s crust. One geology textbook tells us:
“Beneath a mountain range, where the crust is thickest, a deep root projects into the mantle and provides buoyancy.” Understanding Earth, Grotzinger & Jordan, pg. 630 (2014).
Not only this, but an even more astounding declaration is made in the Quran:
وَ تَرَی الۡجِبَالَ تَحۡسَبُهَا جَامِدَۃً وَّ هِیَ تَمُرُّ مَرَّ السَّحَابِ ؕ صُنۡعَ اللهِ الَّذِیۡۤ أَتۡقَنَ کُلَّ شَیۡءٍ ؕ اِنَّهُ خَبِیۡرٌۢ بِمَا تَفۡعَلُوۡنَ ﴿۸۹﴾
“The mountains that you see, you think they are stationary while they are constantly floating like the floating of clouds. Such is the work of Allah Who made everything firm and strong. ” Holy Quran 27:89
Here, the Quran tells us that visible mountains appear stationary while in reality they float like clouds. There are only two ways in which this can be true: either the entire Earth is rotating, causing the mountains to float in space, or mountain ranges are somehow floating on top of the Earth.
Incredibly, both are true! The Earth is indeed rotating. Not only this, but mountain ranges float on top of the Earth’s crust:
“… as a mountain range forms, it slowly sinks under the force of gravity, and the continental crust bends downward. When enough of a root bulges into the mantle to provide buoyancy, the mountain range floats.” Understanding Earth, Grotzinger & Jordan, pg. 630 (2014).
This is clear evidence for the truth of the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him.
You can read a more in-depth analysis on this topic here.
8. Mountains & Earthquakes
For many decades, atheists have claimed that the Quran makes a clear scientific mistake when it discusses mountains and earthquakes:
…وَ أَلۡقٰی فِی الۡاَرۡضِ رَوَاسِیَ اَنۡ تَمِیۡدَ بِکُمۡ …
“…He has placed in the earth firm mountains (rawāsiya) that it may not quake with you…”Holy Quran 31:11
Critics alleged that the production of mountains occur at areas where earthquake activity is increased. Therefore, they argued, the verse is wrong.
But new scientific evidence about subduction has transformed our understanding of mountains and earthquakes. Subduction occurs when oceanic crust goes under continental crust, before being recycled in the Earth’s mantle. If the oceanic crust was entirely smooth, the two plates would get stuck against each other, build tension, then suddenly slip. This slip would produce massive ‘megathrust’ earthquakes.
Remarkably, the oceanic crust is not smooth. It is made uneven by huge undersea mountains, seamounts. Over the last decade, powerful evidence has shown that seamounts break up the plates at the subduction zone, leading to a slow but steady creep. This greatly reduces the chance of massive ‘megathrust’ earthquakes.
The Quran gives us further proof that these verses refer to seamounts. When discussing mountains reducing earthquake activity, the Quran only refers to mountains that are rāwasiya rather than jibāl. The arabic root r-s-w has the connotation of effecting harmony, and an anchor at the bottom of the sea. These meanings clearly apply to seamounts.
Thus, these stunning verses give an answer to all those who doubt the truth of the Holy Quran.
You can read more about this topic and find references to scientific papers in our article here.
9. Tectonic Plates
One of the greatest scientific revolutions of the modern day was the discovery that the Earth’s continents are not fixed. The Quran itself sheds light on this topic.
وَ الۡاَرۡضَ مَدَدۡنٰہَا وَ اَلۡقَیۡنَا فِیۡہَا رَوَاسِیَ وَ اَنۡۢبَتۡنَا فِیۡہَا مِنۡ کُلِّ زَوۡجٍۭ بَہِیۡجٍ
“And the earth — We have spread it out, and placed therein firm mountains (rāwasiya); and We have made to grow therein every kind of beautiful species.” Holy Quran, 50:8
In verses such as this, the Holy Quran tells us that the Earth has been spread out. This verse is difficult to understand except in the context of modern science.
We now know that tectonic plates are produced in a process literally called seafloor spreading. This occurs at mid-ocean ridges, where magma bursts out of the Earth to produce oceanic crust. This process also produces volcanoes on the ocean floor, which become seamounts, or rāwasiya, as explained earlier.
But there is more. Not only is the crust of the Earth literally produced in seafloor spreading, but tectonic plates have themselves been spread across the surface of the globe. While they were once the super-continent Pangaea, they are now distributed across the globe to produce the Earth we inhabit today.
By discussing the shifting ground on which we walk, and linking it to seamounts, the Quran has once again demonstrated its truth for our scientific age.
You can read more about this topic here.
It is indeed extraordinary that so many of the remarkable scientific discoveries of the last 100 years, from discovering the intricate biological processes in embryological development, to unravelling the Big Bang and the expansion of the universe, were foretold fourteen-hundred years ago in the Holy Quran. Without the help of God, is it possible that an illiterate man living in the Arabian wilderness could even have dreamt such things, let alone predicted them with such startling accuracy? We say no, and hold this as evidence that the Quran was not the word of man, but the Word of God.
What an article that is. Absolutely remarkable.
Hello,
About the universe being rolled up like a scroll verse. The most accepted hypothesis for how the universe is going to end is the Big Freeze, which doesn’t really square up with the Islamic account about how it will end. How will it affect this view and these verses if it is established that this will be how the universe ends? Is there any evidence to the contrary from modern cosmology?
Kind Regards,
Sana.
Wasalaam. People don’t really know how it will end. There are still far too many questions to be certain, and what the nature of dark energy is will have a huge impact on this debate. We still don’t know much about it, though in the next few decades there will be further big attempts to empirically measure it. If there are extremely good reasons to believe in the Big Freeze (which there aren’t currently) and we have a ‘complete physics’ then presumably one could say that the Quran’s credibility will be affected. Naturally, we expect the opposite to happen over the coming decades.
That’s interesting. Have you heard about Roger Penrose’s hypothesis that the collision of the andromeda Galaxy And our Milky Way Galaxy could result in the creation of a new universe, via a black hole? And his universal Orch OR model for consciousness (the soul)? You should definitely look at his and Stuart Hameroff’s work. It would be great to hear your opinion on it, or even interview one or both of them in the future.
I’ve seen some of Penrose’s work but not a lot. Wasn’t convinced by what I read re: consciousness from him but haven’t given it a full look. Will keep an eye out!
Umar
RR
The Qur’an and Bible both tells us that of that day, know one knows. Only God knows how and when this will happen. Everything else is conjecture and opinions.
They can both be true… the big Freeze first and then the roll up of the heavens and the earth (my 2 cents)
I’m sorry to come off as a bit knackered, but the sections on Geology, specifically, are completely misrepresenting of the field. Firstly, megathrusts are only one kind of earthquake, literally thousands of earthquakes occur every month, and many of them *in mountains*, so that contradicts the point made about mountains somehow making stability. Don’t believe me? Look it up, even though I’m a Geoscience major. Also, Pangaea was merely one convergent event in the history of the Earth, not the first. If you’re making the point that the “original” tectonic plates were somehow pangaean, you’re completely mistaken, as no part of geological history indicates that Pangaea was somehow the first crust.
The Quran does not say that mountains stop all earthquakes – obviously. It says a particular type of mountain (al-rawasiyya) have a role in reducing the human experience of earthquakes. This is obviously born out through seamounts & megathrusts. Please have a look at our main article discussing this in detail: https://rationalreligion.co.uk/1400-year-old-quranic-claim-on-mountains-earthquakes-proven-true-by-new-scientific-research
Re: Pangaea, that’s not what we’ve said at all. We were making the poin that tectonic plates have indeed spread across the globe. More than that, the verse finds fulfillment in seafloor spreading.
Kind regards,
Umar Nasser
I think the verse about heavens being rolled up like a scroll could also mean stars, planets, entire star clusters being sucked into black holes, as they roll up around the black holes like a scroll when they get sucked in. I don’t think it must necessarily mean the entire universe, “heavens” could also refer to solar systems or star clusters. Forming a new creation could also mean that new planets continue to form in the universe and that new life is created there.
if dark matter gets stronger than dark energy then the universe will roll up on it self but it doesnt look like there is enough dark matter right now dark energy(the thing that makes the expansion) is much stronger so it will freeze but you never know dark matter could become the dominant again
Salam
Is there any truth to the claim that the Holy Quran correctly identifies worker bees as female?
Wasalam
Yes there is a clear truth to that in Quran 16:69
What the words bellies, follow a path and eat was all used in feminine words when talking about bees work process in other words talking about the worker bees
Check it out for your self in the Quran and here
https://www.miracles-of-quran.com/honey_bees.htm
One question regarding Quranic embryology. Why does not the Quran mention eggs(ova)? You can not talk about embryology without talking about eggs as the embryo does not develop from sperm alone, but from zygote, the fusion of a sperm and an egg. That makes Quranic embryology sound more similar to Greek embryology.
Salaam! One interpretation of qarar makeen is the ovum – that was the interpretation of the 2nd Khalifa of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. The term could also encompass the womb as a whole. We have an article on embryology in the works that covers these issues in depth.
Salams!
This is just to leave a note about a mistake I noticed on this post.
https://rationalreligion.co.uk/9-scientific-miracles-of-the-quran
Under the GEOLOGY: What Lies Beneath Mountains
You quoted the Quran:
وَ تَرَی الۡجِبَالَ تَحۡسَبُهَا جَامِدَۃً وَّ هِیَ تَمُرُّ مَرَّ السَّحَابِ ؕ صُنۡعَ اللهِ الَّذِیۡۤ أَتۡقَنَ کُلَّ شَیۡءٍ ؕ اِنَّهُ خَبِیۡرٌۢ بِمَا تَفۡعَلُوۡنَ ﴿۸۹﴾
“The mountains that you see, you think they are stationary while they are constantly floating like the floating of clouds. Such is the work of Allah Who made everything firm and strong. ” Holy Quran 27:89
The verse here is incorrect. It should be corrected to Quran 27:88
JazakAllah.
Wasalaam! Please see the note in the introduction re: numbering of verses.
Salaam there is also another ayat of the quran which is related to science ayat 21 surah baqarah in which allah addresses the mankind as a whole and says that it is he who created them and those before them.Does this relate to dinosaurs that lived before human beings.
Salam brother,
Before Allah granted humanity to settle on earth, there was other kind/species on earth. They caused a lot of corruption and mischief on the face of the earth. They were known as Binn kind.
So, Allah the almighty send the Jinns with Iblis as their commander and they wiped them out completely. Allah knows best.
Hope that answers your questions
Salam brother.please write an article on the light of moon and the sun.Many critics argue on that Quran mention moon light as (Nur) and one of the Allah’s name is also (Nur).
So why muslims interpret moon light (Nur) as reflected light and Allah’s name as only (Nur).
I have you have understood my concern
Salam brother,
Before Allah granted humanity to settle on earth, there was other kind/species on earth. They caused a lot of corruption and mischief on the face of the earth. They were known as Binn kind.
So, Allah the almighty send the Jinns with Iblis as their commander and they wiped them out completely.
Hope that answers your questions
I commented on the wrong topic but it was actually meant for Sajid Amin, my bad brother.
Thank you very much. May Allah alway guide us close to the truth.
Hi There, hope you are well. I just wanted to ask what the Qu’ran says about reincarnation.
Thanks in advance for your time
Assalaamu alaikum. The Quran refutes the idea of reincarnation. It says that the only ‘reincarnation’ is our soul transiting through to the afterlife. There, we will have a new spiritual body that will be reflective of our spiritual state. See ‘The Philosophy of the Teachings of Islam’ by Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad.
JazakAllah.
Mirza Ghulam Ahmed Qadiani? Isn’t he that person who claimed to be the last prophet?
Discover the truth about Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad here: https://trueislam.co.uk/ahmadiyya.html#item-1
Here is a big problem: The Islamic teachings cannot explain what we were before birth, and this means accordingly that our soul was inexistent before birth, but will be immortal after that, and even after death. then the question which arises is What is the Soul. You say we will get a spiritual body. then who is We? Who is Me, who gets this spiritual body? Who is Me who dies (drops this physical body). that means the I or Me is not the body, but Soul. If is it so, then according to the Bible and Quran God blew over the piece of mud and gave it life (Adam). By blowing and giving life to Adam we can understand God gave something, a part of Himself, which is Life. Because God is Life, and God is the Universal Soul, means He is also eternal. Even the blow is a part of that soul, a part of God, which lives eternally, knowing no death or birth. then this is not really refuting the idea of reincarnation, but confirming it. A God which manifests in everything, in millions of forms and phenomena. That also means there is nothing but God, the only reality. If God is the only reality, then this physical world is only an illusion. Being an illusion or appearance is proved even by Quantum Physics today, as it was shown by yogis in ancient times and in Hindu scriptures. Your job is no doubt great, but is a loss of time, while no one can find a proper Truth this way, I mean studying Quran or even Bible one can find only superficial information, which happens to be similar to other scientifical ideas only on the surface. A scientific book is much thicker than the Quran, and the information in it is really detailed, giving a complete image. A doctor reads 50 books to become a doctor. How can one read only a book (Quran or Bible or whatever) and become wise or knowledgeable? This is not possible. People in Pakistan, Iran, Afghanistan studying only at religious schools, when coming to Europe seem really dumb, having no idea of basic knowledge on Mathematics, Geography, History, and at the professional level are not prepared at all. The Quran was not able to prepare them for life. Therefore they are facing big troubles trying to adapt to the new conditions.
This is a fantastic article. I’ve only just discovered this website and very much appreciate the founders’ ingenuity in crafting it. Jazak’Allah for informing the world.
JazakAllah for your kind words!
You got Surah Al Naml Ayat 89 completely wrong???
No we didn’t.
Order of suras you give as examples wrong.Nahl sura is 16 not 31
The same phrase is in Chapter 31. Please check things before you start criticising. We haven’t hyperlinked to the Quranic verse.
May Allah bless you. We Muslims are reluctant to study the Quran.
I’m a Muslim I am learning sura a Naba’
Brother, please come to India and debate these ideas with Hindus. You’ll understand that Quran is nowhere close to science, with all due respect for your faith. It was just a constitution book created for suppression and self benefits. On the other hand, if you want to know about science, then study Hinduism. That is, if you are a true scholar, otherwise you can misinterpret Quran as you like to mislead people.
And Hinduism doesn’t mislead people? The Quran has predicted miracles and you are just jealous.
I’d like to say that I left a very civil comment criticizing this article, and now a few weeks later my comment is gone. Care to explain?
Can’t see anything on our end but feel free to repost.
The Quran is not “perfectly describing” but only refers with ambiguity to some scientific ideas which preexisted in other traditions. There are no details in the so-called scientific proofs. The Quran follows the Geocentrism of the times, and the solar model described by Galillei comes to crack down many of the quranic and biblical ideas. There is no heaven or hell, no 72 virgins neither kalmans. None of the Abrahamic religions can pretend to be universal messages. Why these religions continue to spill innocent blood today? They have something stupid in common which favour the conflict. Where is happiness and hope for humanity? Should we die first to get them? Can one be happy in this life before dies? What is spiritual in Islam? How can Shariah exist with happiness, love, women rights and respect in the same society? How can a badawy to be the last messenger? Then where is the evolution of human society? If some genuine questions are raised, all the scriptures collapse. Only then a peaceful world will arise.
We gave many details here and the linked articles provide more.
It doesn’t describe geocentrism.
72 virgins thing is made up and isn’t in the Quran.
Islam condemns terrorism and extremism.
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Peace
Quran never mentions 72 virgins. All religions are based on messages and revelations that the one god has sent to different people and cultures, this is why they were so successfull. Religion is a part of human nature, which is why all cultures had religion independently from each other. This is also why every attempt to remove religion has failed.
Without religion there would be just as much conflict or more, people would use other things like politics, nationalism, economy, ressources etc. as a reason for wars.
We should spread happiness and hope to other people in this world, everything that benefits others is a form of serving creation which is a core part of Islam. If people understand this that god wants people to spread peace and treat others with love and empathy, the world will become more peaceful.
There are many different Sharias. Just as there are many different interpretations of Islam. There are interpretations that do not understand Sharia as a political law, but as private rules that are separated from politics.
Yes, in Sura ar Rahman 70-78 doesn,t say the number, but this doesn,t change the idea. Even a single virgin (Houri) cannot provide you sexual pleasure, for you left the body in the grave or fire. Patadise could be something inimaginable, but not about sex, rivers of honey and good food. Sex, food and fighting are for survival only. They have no meaning after death.
The cause of almost all wars are based on religious ideas. Islam began with wars and invasions, and building of Abbasid and Umayyad empires.
Muhammad was a simple man searching for worldly pleasure, therefore he imagined a wannabe paradise for his lust. He has nothing spiritual in his so called teachings. The world after Muhammad is even worse than before. I believe in freedom and democracy, which Islam and Christianity cannot provide. I am against Sharyah and Dawah. Without these two, the world could have peace and harmony. If one have reasoning cannot accept religion, so you better change the name of your work. Reason or belief. Cannot be together.
Considering that the verse was directed at a group of men, it probably meant men who died unmarried would find a partner in paradise, and these “virgins” are probably just women from this world who died unmarried.
But this is not even the important part of paradise in Islam and this is not the reason why someone should want to go there. Paradise is not about food, sex or whatever. These things might exist there but I don’t think they play any bigger role than in this life (if they even exist there).
Paradise in Islam is about experiencing closeness to god, inner peace, harmony, purity, love, justice and true inner happiness. Many descriptions of paradise in the Quran are metaphorical.
Most wars were caused by greed for resources, land, money, control etc. Without religion there would have been just as many or probably more wars, just under different names.
True Islam did not have any invasions or attacks ! The first muslims only defended against the polytheistic Meccans who attacked them. The polytheistic Meccans were the ones who started attacks, wars and invasions against muslims.
Muhammad turned the violent, immoral and aggressive people of Mecca into good, moral and peaceful people with his teachings.
If you would have actually studied the life of Muhammad you would know that he did absolutely not seek for worldly pleasure. Most of the time he lived in humbleness and poverty, he sacrificed everything for the well-being of others, and taught to not seek for worldly pleasures.
Freedom and democracy do not contradict Islam. I am for freedom and democracy as a muslim.
There are many different Sharias. Liberal islamic groups do not interprete Sharia as a political law, but as private religious rules.
Dear Felix! I agree with you that the real cause of wars was the interest in resources of any kind, but the pretext was a religious one. Islam was indeed imposed by the sword, with very few exceptions. In India was introduced for the first time in Kerala by force. Then from Afghanistan the Muslims invaded, destroying more than 10.000 Hindu temples. many people were forced to accept Islam, and under the Mughal Empire, many atrocities happened. Today Islam is a major inspiration for modern terrorism (backed for sure by Christians) because there is a gate opened for that. If we want to change that we must identify the destructive ideas and prevent people to use them. If we want a safer future we must accept and include all, not to sell them our ideology. The idea of good and bad, the right path or wrong path, the superiority of any religion or any human race, with me or against me, etc, must disappear. therefore dawah and any kind of missionary action must stop. Religion should be like the sexual organ: we should keep it for ourselves, not make it public. Islam is not better neither worse than other religions, containing in the same proportion of truth and falsehood as any other religions do. There is no one perfect, so there is no reason to sell it to others. the future is not owned by religions, but by people with acceptance and compassion in their hearts.
There is also this one thing that felix is that there this Hadith that states we where souls before coming to this realm, and that we had friends and “soulmates” back there. And I think that you will be reunited with them if you didn’t get to meet them in this life
“And of His signs is that He created for you from yourselves mates that you may find tranquillity in them; and He placed between you affection and mercy. Indeed in that are signs for a people who give thought”. [30:21]
in cosmology, about the theory of big bang, the quran verse quoted was 21:31 which is not correct, the ayat mentioned in article is
from verse 21:30
21:31 according to different Quranic numbering systems. See note in italics near the beginning of the article.
Here is a big problem: The Islamic teachings cannot explain what we were before birth, and this means accordingly that our soul was inexistent before birth, but will be immortal after that, and even after death. then the question which arises is What is the Soul. You say we will get a spiritual body. then who is We? Who is Me, who gets this spiritual body? Who is Me who dies (drops this physical body). that means the I or Me is not the body, but Soul. If is it so, then according to the Bible and Quran God blew over the piece of mud and gave it life (Adam). By blowing and giving life to Adam we can understand God gave something, a part of Himself, which is Life. Because God is Life, and God is the Universal Soul, means He is also eternal. Even the blow is a part of that soul, a part of God, which lives eternally, knowing no death or birth. then this is not really refuting the idea of reincarnation, but confirming it. A God which manifests in everything, in millions of forms and phenomena. That also means there is nothing but God, the only reality. If God is the only reality, then this physical world is only an illusion. Being an illusion or appearance is proved even by Quantum Physics today, as it was shown by yogis in ancient times and in Hindu scriptures. Your job is no doubt great, but is a loss of time, while no one can find a proper Truth this way, I mean studying Quran or even Bible one can find only superficial information, which happens to be similar to other scientifical ideas only on the surface. A scientific book is much thicker than the Quran, and the information in it is really detailed, giving a complete image. A doctor reads 50 books to become a doctor. How can one read only a book (Quran or Bible or whatever) and become wise or knowledgeable? This is not possible. People in Pakistan, Iran, Afghanistan studying only at religious schools, when coming to Europe seem really dumb, having no idea of basic knowledge on Mathematics, Geography, History, and at the professional level are not prepared at all. The Quran was not able to prepare them for life. Therefore they are facing big troubles trying to adapt to the new conditions.
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