is the quran the word of god?? Scientific miracles The expansion of the universe The size of the universe has long been in question, but it was not until 1929 when Edwin Hubble, an astronomer at the California Institute of Technology, proposed that the universe was expanding. But the text of the Quran acknowledges this idea in the following verse: “And it is We who have constructed the heaven with might, and verily, it is We who are steadily expanding it” (Quran 51:47) Orbits German mathematician, astronomer and astrologer Johannes Kepler (1571-1630) is attributed with correctly identifying planetary motion. His laws of planetary motion concluded that planets move in almost-circular shaped orbits called ellipses. He published these laws in 1609 and 1619.[13] However, the Quran mentions orbits in the following verses:It is He Who created the night and the day, and the sun and the moon. They swim along, each in an orbit. (Quran, 21:33).[12] By the sky full of paths and orbits (Quran 51:7) The Sky The sky serves very important functions for life on Earth. The greenhouse effect idea was popularized in the 1800s. It claims that energy radiated by the sun reaches Earth in the form of heat. Some of the heat is trapped due to gases in the atmosphere like carbon dioxide, water vapor, and methane. The atmosphere keeps the Earth at a temperature that sustains life. Without this protection, the Earth would be exposed to the below freezing temperatures of outer space.[15] In addition, the ozone layer of the atmosphere protects the Earth and its living inhabitants from harmful radiation rays and meteors.[16] The protective capabilities of the sky were only discovered in the 19th century, yet the Quran states the following:[17] We made the sky a preserved and protected roof yet still they turn away from Our Signs.. (Quran, 21:32). Mountains The theory of continental drift was proposed by Alfred Wegener, a meteorologist, in 1915. He suggested that the world was originally composed of a single land mass or continent, and that the continents then separated and moved very slowly apart, forming the 7 continents today, and still in motion.[18] The theory of plate tectonics which was developed from continental drift supports this idea and provides evidence of how the plates of the Earth move.[18] The Quran says:[19] You will see the mountains you reckoned to be solid going past like clouds (Quran, 27:88) Time German-born physicist Albert Einstein formulated the general theory of relativity in 1915. This theory is a highly successful model of gravitation and cosmology, which has so far passed many unambiguous observational and experimental tests. According to general relativity processes close to a massive body run more slowly than those farther away, an effect known as gravitational time dilation.[20] Gravity has a direct effect on time. Although this theory was not formulated until the early 1900s, the Quran says the following: They ask you to hasten the punishment. God will not break His promise. A day with your Lord is equivalent to a thousand years in the way you count (Quran, 22:47).[12] He directs the whole affair from heaven to earth. Then it will again ascend to Him on a Day whose length is a thousand years by the way you measure (Quran, 32:5).[12] The Quran, which is believed to be the word of God, demonstrates perfect knowledge of the relativity of time long before Einstein’s theories were created One such claim is based on an interpretation of the passage in the Quran which states: Have not those who disbelieve known that the heavens and the earth were of one piece, then We parted them and we made every living thing of water? Will they not then believe?[Quran 21:30] Muslims claim that the first part of the verse is referring to the Big Bang and the second part of the verse refers to the fact that all living things are made of water since and water being a necessary component for life. Prophecies One of the more general prophecies is that the Quran predicts its own preservation and endurance. The Quran states that the book itself will survive as a valid source and that the religion of Islam will last, even dominate, because of this.[24][26] Muslim scholars argue that todays Quran is the same Quran originally compiled by Prophet Muhammad.[28][29] The following passages from the Quran state these prophecies: “We have, without doubt, Sent down the Message; And We will assuredly Guard it (from corruption)” (15:9).[30] “It is He Who has sent His Apostle with Guidance And the Religion of Truth, That he may proclaim it Over all religion, Even though the Pagans May detest (it)” (61:9). Another interpretation of the Quran is that it predicted the defeat of the Persians by the Romans. Before the prophecy, at the Battle of Antioch, in 613 C.E., the Persians defeated the Romans. Muslims were upset by this defeat because they felt more connected to Rome, a Christian empire, than to Persia, a Zoroastrian one. A few years afterwards, the following verse was revealed in the Quran: The Roman Empire Has been defeated – In a land close by; But they, (even) after (This) defeat of theirs, Will soon be victorious – Within a few years. With God is the Decision, In the Past And in the Future: On that Day shall The Believers rejoice” (30:2-4).[30] By 627 C.E., the Romans had successfully defeated the Persians, resulting in much celebration by Muslims and fulfilling the prophecy of the Quran. Another prophecy, according to the Quran, may have predicted the preservation of the Pharaoh of the Exoduss body. In the Quran, God says to the Pharaoh: This day shall We save thee In thy body, that thou Mayest be a Sign to those Who come after thee! But verily, many among mankind Are heedless of Our Signs! [30] The body of the Pharaoh, who was argued to be either Ramesses II or his son Merneptah, was thought to be lost at sea until the mummies of both were discovered in the 19th century. They are on display today in Cairos Egyptian Museum; thus, it is argued that the prophecy was fulfilled The development of using fingerprints for identification of criminals: At length, when they reach The (Fire), their hearing, Their sight, and their skins Will bear witness against them, As to (all) their deeds. (41:20) The problem of environmental pollution as caused by human inventions: Mischief has appeared On land and sea because Of (the meed) that the hands Of men have earned, That (God) may give them A taste of some of their Deeds: in order that they May turn back (from Evil) (30:41); Then watch thou For the Day That the sky will Bring forth a kind Of smoke (or mist) plainly visible, Enveloping the people: This will be a Penalty Grievous (44:10-11) New modes of transportation created by humans: And (He has created) horses, Mules, and donkeys, for you To ride and use for show; And He has created (other) things Of which ye have no knowledge (16:8)
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