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The Scientific Miracles of the Qur'an
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I NTRODUCTI ON
Four t een cent uries ago, God sent dow n t he Qur'an t o m ankind as a book of guidance.
He called upon people t o be guided t o t he t rut h by adher ing t o t his book. Fr om t he day
of it s r evelat ion t o t he day of j udgem ent , t his last divine book will rem ain t he sole
guide for hum anit y.
The m at chless st yle of t he Qur 'an and t he super ior w isdom in it are definit e evidence
t hat it is t he w ord of God. I n addit ion, t he Qur'an has m any m iraculous at t ribut es
pr oving t hat it is a r evelat ion fr om God. One of t hese at t r ibut es is t he fact t hat a
num ber of scient ific t r ut hs t hat w e have only been able t o uncover by t he t echnology
of t he 20t h cent ur y w ere st at ed in t he Qur 'an 1,400 years ago.
Of course t he Qur'an is not a book of science. How ever , m any scient ific fact s t hat are
expr essed in an ext r em ely concise and profound m anner in it s verses have only been
discover ed w it h t he t echnology of t he 20t h cent ur y. These fact s could not have been
known at t he t im e of t he Qur 'an's r evelat ion, and t his is st ill m or e pr oof t hat t he
Qur 'an is t he wor d of God.
I n or der t o under st and t he scient ific m ir acle of t he Qur'an, we m ust first t ake a look at
t he level of science at t he t im e when t his holy book was r evealed.
I n t he 7t h cent ury, when t he Qur 'an was r evealed, Arab societ y had m any
super st it ious and groundless beliefs w here scient ific issues w ere concerned. Lacking
t he t echnology t o exam ine t he univer se and nat ur e, t hese ear ly Ar abs believed in
legends inher it ed from past gener at ions. They supposed, for exam ple, t hat m ount ains
support ed t he sky above. They believed t hat t he eart h was flat and t hat t here wer e
high m ount ains at it s bot h ends. I t was t hought t hat t hese m ount ains wer e pillars t hat
kept t he vault of heaven high above.
However all t hese super st it ious beliefs of Ar ab societ y w ere elim inat ed w it h t he Qur'an.
I n Sur a Sad, verse 2, it w as said: "God is He w ho raised up t he heavens wit hout any
support ..." ( The Qur 'an, 38: 2) . This ver se invalidat ed t he belief t hat t he sky rem ains
above because of t he m ount ains. I n m any ot her subj ect s, im port ant fact s were
revealed at a t im e when no one could have know n t hem . The Qur'an, which w as
revealed at a t im e when people knew very lit t le about ast r onom y, physics, or biology,
cont ains key fact s on a variet y of subj ect s such as t he cr eat ion of t he univer se, t he
creat ion of t he hum an being, t he st r uct ure of t he at m osphere, and t he delicat e
balances t hat m ake life on ear t h possible.
Now, let us look at som e of t hese scient ific m iracles r evealed in t he Qur 'an t oget her .
TH E COM I N G OF TH E UN I V ERSE I N TO EX I STEN CE
The origin of t he univer se is described in t he Qur'an in t he follow ing verse:
" H e is t he Or igina t or of t he he a ve ns a nd t he e a r t h." ( The Qur 'an, 6: 101)
This inform at ion given in t he Qur 'an is in full agr eem ent wit h t he findings of
cont em por ar y science. The conclusion t hat ast r ophysics has r eached t oday is t hat t he
ent ir e universe, t oget her w it h t he dim ensions of m at t er and t im e, cam e int o exist ence
as a result of a gr eat explosion t hat occurr ed in no t im e. This event , know n as " The Big
Bang" proved t hat t he univer se w as creat ed from not hingness as t he r esult of t he
explosion of a single point . Modern scient ific cir cles are in agr eem ent t hat t he Big Bang
is t he only rat ional and pr ovable explanat ion of t he beginning of t he universe and of
how t he universe cam e int o being.
Before t he Big Bang, t here was no such t hing as m at t er . Fr om a condit ion of non e x ist e n ce in which neit her m at t er , nor ener gy, nor even t im e exist ed, and which can
only be described m et aphysically, m at t er , ener gy, and t im e were all cr eat ed. This fact ,
only recent ly discover ed by m oder n physics, was announced t o us in t he Qur'an 1,400
years ago.
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The sensit ive sensor s on board t he COBE space sat ellit e w hich was launched by NASA
in 1992, capt ured evident iary rem nant s of t he Big Bang. This discover y ser ved as
evidence for t he Big Bang, w hich is t he scient ific explanat ion of t he fact t hat t he
universe was cr eat ed fr om not hing.
The Ex pa nsion of t he Unive r se
I n t he Qur'an, which w as revealed 14 cent uries ago at a

t im e w hen t he science of ast ronom y was st ill prim it ive,
t he expansion of t he universe was descr ibed like t his:
" And it is W e w ho h a ve con st r uct e d t he h e a ve n
w it h m ight , a n d ver ily, it is W e w ho a r e st e a dily
e x pa nding it ."
( The Qur 'a n, 5 1 :4 7 )
The wor d " heaven" , as st at ed in t his ver se, is used in
var ious places in t he Qur'an w it h t he m eaning of space
and univer se. Here again, t he w or d is used wit h t his
m eaning. I n ot her w ords, in t he Qur'an it is r evealed t hat
t he univer se " expands" . And t his is t he ver y conclusion
t hat science has r eached t oday.
Unt il t he daw n of t he 20t h
cent ury, t he only view
pr evailing in t he wor ld of
science w as t hat " t he universe
has a const ant nat ure and it
has exist ed since infinit e t im e" .
The resear ch, obser vat ions, and
calculat ions carr ied out by
m eans of m oder n t echnology,
however, have r evealed t hat
t he univer se in fact had a
beginning, and t hat it
const ant ly " e x pa nds" .
Edw in Hubble w it h his giant

t elescope
Georges Lem ait re

At t he beginning of t he 20t h cent ury, t he Russian physicist Alexander Fr iedm ann and
t he Belgian cosm ologist Geor ges Lem ait r e t heor et ically calculat ed t hat t he universe is
in const a nt m ot ion a n d t h a t it is e x pa nding .
This fact w as proved also by observat ional dat a in 1929. While obser ving t he sky wit h
a t elescope, Edw in Hubble, t he Am er ican ast r onom er, discover ed t hat t he st ar s and
galaxies w er e const ant ly m oving away fr om each ot her . A universe wher e everyt hing
const ant ly m oves away from everyt hing else im plied a const ant ly ex pa n ding
universe. The observat ions carr ied out in t he follow ing years verified t hat t he univer se
is const ant ly expanding. This fact was explained in t he Qur 'an when t hat w as st ill
unknow n t o anyone. This is because t he Qur'an is t he w ord of God, t he Cr eat or, and
t he Ruler of t he ent ire univer se.
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From t he m om ent of t he big bang, t he universe

has been const ant ly expanding at a gr eat speed.
Scient ist s com pare t he expanding univer se t o t he
surface of a balloon t hat is inflat ed.
The Split t in g Asu nde r of " Th e H e a ve ns a nd The Ea r t h"
Anot her ver se about t he creat ion of t he heavens is as follow s:
" Do not t he Unbelievers see t hat t he heavens and t he eart h w er e j oined t oget her ( as
one unit of creat ion) , befor e We clove t hem asunder, and We m ade fr om w at er every
living t hing. Will t hey not t hen believe?"
( The Qur 'an, 21: 30)
The wor d rat q t r anslat ed as " se w n t o" m eans "m ixed in each, blended" in Arabic
dict ionar ies. I t is used t o refer t o t w o differ ent subst ances t hat m ake up a w hole. The
phrase " w e u nst it ch ed " is t he verb fat aqa in Arabic and im plies t hat som et hing
com es int o being by t earing apar t or dest roying t he st r uct ur e of rat q . The sprout ing of
a seed from t he soil is one of t he act ions t o which t his verb is applied.
Let us t ake a look at t he ver se again w it h t his know ledge in m ind. I n t he verse, sky
and ear t h are at fir st subj ect t o t he st at us of rat q . They ar e separ at ed ( fat aqa ) w it h
one com ing out of t he ot her . I nt r iguingly, when w e rem em ber t he first m om ent s of t he
Big Bang, w e see t hat a single point included all t he m at t er in t he univer se. I n ot her
w ords, everyt hing, including " t he heavens and eart h" w hich wer e not creat ed yet , wer e
included in t his point in a condit ion of rat q . This point exploded violent ly, causing it s
m at t er t o fat aqa and in t he process creat ed t he st r uct ure of t he whole univer se.
When w e com par e t he expr essions in t he ver se w it h scient ific findings, we see t hat
t hey are in per fect agr eem ent w it h each ot her. I nt er est ingly enough, t hese findings
w ere not arr ived at unt il t he 20t h cent ury.
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The pict ure repr esent s t he Big Bang, w hich revealed once
again t hat God creat ed t he universe fr om not hingness. The
Big Bang is a t heory t hat has been proven w it h scient ific
evidence. Alt hough som e scient ist s t r ied t o advance
alt er nat ive t heor ies against t he Big Bang, scient ific
evidence caused t he t heory t o be com plet ely accept ed by
t he scient ific com m unit y.
Or bit s
While referr ing t o t he Sun and t he Moon in t he Qur 'an, it is em phasized t hat each
m oves in a definit e orbit .
" I t is He Who creat ed t he night and t he day, and t he sun and t he m oon. They sw im
along, each in an or bit . "
( The Qur 'an, 21: 33)
I t is m ent ioned in anot her ver se, t oo, t hat t he Sun is not st at ic but m oves in a definit e
orbit :
" And t he sun r uns t o it s rest ing place. That is t he decree of t he Alm ight y, t he AllKnowing. "
( The Qur 'an, 37: 38)
These fact s com m unicat ed in t he Qur'an have been discovered by ast ronom ical
obser vat ions in our age. According t o t he calculat ions of exper t s on ast r onom y, t he
Sun is t raveling at t he enor m ous speed of 720,000 kilom et ers an hour in t he direct ion
of t he st ar Vega in a part icular or bit called t he Solar Apex. This m eans t hat t he sun
t r avels roughly 17,280,000 kilom et ers a day. Along w it h t he Sun, and all planet s and
sat ellit es wit hin t he gravit at ional syst em of t he Sun also t r avel t he sam e dist ance. I n
addit ion, all t he st ar s in t he univer se are in a sim ilar planned m ot ion.
That t he ent ir e universe is full of pat hs and orbit s such as t his one, is w r it t en in t he
Qur 'an as follow s:
" By t he sky full of pat hs and orbit s."
( The Qur 'an, 51: 7)
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There ar e about 200 billion galaxies in t he universe, consist ing of near ly 200 billion
st ars in each. Most of t hese st ars have planet s, and m ost of t hose planet s have
sat ellit es. All of t hese heavenly bodies m ove in very pr ecisely com put ed or bit s. For
m illions of year s, each has been " sw im m ing" along in it s ow n orbit in per fect har m ony
and order w it h all t he ot hers. Moreover, m any com et s also m ove along in t he orbit s
det erm ined for t hem .
The orbit s in t he univer se do not only belong t o celest ial bodies.
The galaxies also t r avel at enorm ous speeds in com put ed, planned
orbit s. Dur ing t hese m ovem ent s, none of t hese celest ial bodies
cut s across anot her 's pat h, or collides w it h anot her .
Surely at t he t im e t he Qur 'an was r evealed, m ankind did not
possess t oday's t elescopes or advanced observat ion t echnologies
t o observe m illions of kilom et r es of space, nor t he m odern
knowledge of physics or ast r onom y. Therefore, at t hat t im e, it
w as not possible t o det er m ine scient ifically t hat space is " full of
pat hs and orbit s" as st at ed in t he ver se. However, t his was openly
declared t o us in t he Qur 'an t hat w as r evealed at t hat t im e: - because t he Qur'an is t he
w ord of God.
Like m any ot her
com et s in t he
universe, Halley's
com et , seen above,
also m oves in a
planned orbit . I t
has a specific or bit
and it m oves in
t his or bit in a
per fect har m ony
w it h ot her celest ial
bodies.
All celest ial bodies
including planet s,
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sat ellit es of t hese

planet s, st ar s, and
even galaxies have
t heir ow n orbit s
t hat have been det er m ined w it h ver y delicat e com put at ions. The One Who est ablished
t his perfect or der and m aint ains it is God, Who cr eat ed t he ent ir e universe.
The Roundn e ss of t he Ea r t h
" He has creat ed t he Heavens and t he Eart h for Tr ut h. He w r aps t he night up in t he

day, and wr aps t he day up in t he night ."
( The Qur 'an, 39: 5)
I n t he Qur'an, t he w ords used for describing t he univer se are quit e r em arkable. The
Ar abic wor d t hat is t ranslat ed as "t o w rap" in t he above ver se is "t akw ir" . I n English, it
m eans " t o m ake one t hing lap over anot her , folded up as a gar m ent t hat is laid aw ay" .
( For inst ance, in Ar abic dict ionar ies t his w ord is used for t he act ion of wr apping one
t hing around anot her , in t he w ay t hat a t ur ban is put on.)
The inform at ion given in t he ver se about t he day and t he night wr apping each ot her up
includes accur at e infor m at ion about t he shape of t he w orld. This can be t rue only if t he
eart h is round. This m eans t hat in t he Qur'an, which w as revealed in t he 7t h cent ur y,
t he r oundness of t he w orld w as hint ed at .
I t should be r em em bered, however, t hat t he under st anding of ast ronom y of t he t im e
per ceived t he wor ld differ ent ly. I t w as t hen t hought t hat t he w orld was a flat plane and
all scient ific calculat ions and explanat ions w er e based on t his belief. The verses of t he
Qur 'an, however, include inform at ion t hat w e have learned only in t he past cent ur y.
Since t he Qur 'an is God's wor d, t he m ost corr ect w or ds w ere used in it when it com es
t o describing t he universe.
The Pr ot e ct e d Roof
I n t he Qur'an, God calls our at t ent ion t o a very
int er est ing at t r ibut e of t he sky:
" We m ade t he sky a pr eser ved and pr ot ect ed roof yet
st ill t hey t urn aw ay from Our Signs.."
( The Qur 'an, 21: 32)
This at t ribut e of t he sky has been pr oved by scient ific
resear ch carr ied out in t he 20t h cent ur y.
The at m osphere surr ounding t he eart h serves crucial
funct ions for t he cont inuit y of life. While dest r oying
m any m et eors big and sm all as t hey approach t he
eart h, it pr event s t hem fr om falling t o eart h and
har m ing living t hings.
I n addit ion, t he at m osphere filt er s t he light r ays
com ing from space t hat ar e harm ful t o living t hings.
The at m osphere only let s r ays
I nt er est ingly, t he at m osphere let s only harm less and
requir ed for life r each t he
useful r ays- visible light , near ult r aviolet light , and
Eart h. Ult raviolet r ays, for
radio w aves pass t hrough. All of t his radiat ion is vit al
exam ple, m ake it t o t he w orld
for life. Near ult r aviolet rays, w hich ar e only part ially
only par t ially. This is t he m ost
let in by t he at m osphere, ar e ver y im por t ant for t he
appr opriat e range t o allow
phot osynt hesis of plant s and for t he survival of all
plant s t o m ake phot osynt hesis
living beings. The m aj orit y of t he int ense ult r aviolet
and event ually for all living
rays em it t ed fr om t he sun are filt ered out by t he ozone
t hings t o sur vive.
layer of t he at m osphere and only a lim it ed- and
essent ial- part of t he ult raviolet spect r um reaches t he Ear t h.
The prot ect ive funct ion of t he at m osphere does not end here. The at m ospher e also
pr ot ect s t he eart h from t he freezing cold of t he space, which is about m inus 270 C.
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This illust r at ion

show s m et eor s t hat
ar e about t o crash
int o t he ear t h. The
celest ial bodies
wandering in space
could pose a serious
t hr eat t o t he Ear t h.
Yet , God, He Who
cr eat es m ost
per fect ly, has m ade
t he at m ospher e a
prot ect ive r oof.
Thanks t o t his special
pr ot ect ion, m ost m et eor oids do not har m t he Eart h, as t hey fall t o pieces in t he
at m ospher e.
Most people looking

at t he sky do not
t hink about t he
pr ot ect ive aspect of
t he at m osphere. They
alm ost never t hink
what kind of a place
t he w orld would be
like if t his st ruct ur e
did not exist . The
above phot o belongs
t o a giant cr at er
caused by a m et eor
t hat fell in Arizona, in
t he USA. I f t he
at m ospher e did not
exist , m illions of m et eoroids would fall t o t he Eart h and t he Eart h would becom e an
inhabit able place. Yet , t he pr ot ect ive aspect of t he at m osphere allow s living t hings t o
sur vive in safet y. This is cer t ainly God's prot ect ion of people, and a m ir acle
pr oclaim ed in t he Qur'an.
The ener gy released in a Sun burst is so

As w e m ove fr om t he Ear t h, w hich is
powerful t hat t he hum an m ind would
perfect ly fit t ed for hum an life, beyond t he
har dly com pr ehend it : A single burst is at m osphere int o t he space, we com e acr oss
equivalent t o 100 billion at om ic bom bs a fr eezing cold. The w orld is pr ot ect ed fr om
sim ilar t o t he one dropped on
t he fr eezing cold of space, which is around
Hir oshim a. The wor ld is prot ect ed from
- 270 degr ees, by t he help of t he
t he dest r uct ive effect s of t his energy by
at m ospher e.
t he at m ospher e and t he Van Allen Belt s.
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The m agnet osphere layer, form ed by t he m agnet ic field of t he Eart h, serves as a

shield pr ot ect ing t he eart h fr om celest ial bodies, harm ful cosm ic r ays and part icles. I n
t he above pict ur e, t his m agnet osphere layer , w hich is also nam ed Van Allen Belt s, is
seen. These belt s at t housands of kilom et r es above t he ear t h pr ot ect t he living t hings
on t he Ear t h fr om t he fat al ener gy t hat w ould ot herw ise r each it from space.
All t hese scient ific findings prove t hat t he w orld is prot ect ed in a very part icular way.
The im por t ant t hing is t hat t his prot ect ion w as m ade know n in t he Qur'an in t he ver se
" We m ade t he sky a preserved and prot ect ed r oof" 1,400 year s ago.
I t is not only t he at m osphere t hat prot ect s t he Ear t h fr om harm ful effect s. I n addit ion
t o t he at m ospher e, t he Van Allen Belt , a layer caused by t he m agnet ic field of t he
Ear t h, also ser ves as a shield against t he har m ful radiat ion t hat t hr eat ens our planet .
This radiat ion, which is const ant ly em it t ed by t he Sun and ot her st ars, is deadly t o
living t hings. I f t he Van Allen belt did not exist , t he m assive out burst s of energy called
solar flar es t hat fr equent ly occur in t he Sun would dest roy all life on Ear t h.
Dr . Hugh Ross has t his t o say on t he im port ance of Van Allen Belt s t o our lives:
I n fact , t he Ear t h has t he highest densit y of any of t he planet s in our Solar Syst em .
This lar ge nickel- ir on core is r esponsible for our large m agnet ic field. This m agnet ic
field produces t he Van- Allen radiat ion shield, w hich pr ot ect s t he Eart h from radiat ion
bom bardm ent . I f t his shield were not present , life w ould not be possible on t he Ear t h.
The only ot her rocky planet t o have any m agnet ic field is Mer cur y - but it s field
st r engt h is 100 t im es less t han t he Ear t h's. Even Venus, our sist er planet , has no
m agnet ic field. The Van- Allen radiat ion shield is a design unique t o t he Ear t h.( 1)
The energy t r ansm it t ed in j ust one of t hese burst s
det ect ed in recent year s w as calculat ed t o be
equivalent t o 100 billion at om ic bom bs sim ilar t o t he
one dr opped on Hir oshim a. Fift y- eight hours aft er t he
burst , it was obser ved t hat t he m agnet ic needles of
com passes displayed unusual m ovem ent and 250
kilom et ers above t he eart h's at m ospher e, t he
t em perat ure suddenly increased t o 2,500 C.
I n short , a per fect syst em is at w ork high above t he
Ear t h. I t surr ounds our w orld and pr ot ect s it against
ext er nal t hreat s. Scient ist s only lear ned about it r ecent ly, yet cent ur ies ago, God
inform ed us in t he Qur 'an of t he w orld's at m ospher e funct ioning as a prot ect ive shield.
The Re t u r ning Sk y
The verse 11 of Sura Tar ik in t he Qur'an, refers t o t he "r et ur ning" funct ion of t he sky.
" By Heaven w it h it s cyclical syst em s."
( The Qur 'an, 86: 11)
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This wor d int er pret ed as " cyclical" in Qur'an t ranslat ions also has m eanings of " sending
back" or " r et urning" .
As know n, t he at m osphere sur rounding t he Eart h consist s of m any layer s. Each layer
ser ves an im por t ant pur pose for t he benefit of life. Research has revealed t hat t hese
layers have t he funct ion of t ur ning t he m at er ials or rays t hey are exposed t o back int o
space or back down t o t he Eart h. Now let us exam ine w it h a few exam ples of t his
" recycling" funct ion of t he layer s encircling t he Ear t h.
The t r oposphere, 13 t o 15 kilom et er s above t he Ear t h, enables w at er vapor rising from
t he sur face of t he Ear t h t o be condensed and t ur n ba ck as r ain.
The ozone layer, at an alt it ude of 25 kilom et er s, r eflect s har m ful radiat ion and
ult raviolet light com ing from space and t ur ns bot h ba ck int o space.
The ionosphere, r e fle ct s r adio waves br oadcast from t he Eart h ba ck down t o different
part s of t he wor ld, j ust like a passive com m unicat ions sat ellit e, and t hus m akes
w ireless com m unicat ion, radio, and t elevision br oadcast ing possible over long
dist ances.
The m agnet osphere layer t ur n s t he harm ful r adioact ive part icles em it t ed by t he Sun
and ot her st ar s ba ck int o space befor e t hey reach t he Eart h.
The fact t hat t his proper t y of t he at m osphere's layers, t hat was onlt dem onst r at ed in
t he r ecent past was announced cent ur ies ago in t he Qur 'an, once again dem onst rat es
t hat t he Qur'an is t he w ord of God.
The pr esence of w at er is essent ial for life on

Eart h. One of t he fact ors act ing in t he
form at ion of w at er is t he Tropospher e, one
of t he layer s of t he at m ospher e. The
t ropospher e layer enables wat er vapour
rising fr om t he surface of t he Ear t h t o be
condensed and t urn back dow n t o t he Ear t h
as r ain.
The at m ospher e layer t hat blocks t he rays

t hat m ight be fat al t o life on Ear t h is t he
Ozonospher e. The Ozonosphere t urns
harm ful cosm ic rays like ult r aviolet back t o
space, hence pr event ing t hem fr om
reaching t he Ear t h and har m ing life.
Each layer of t he at m ospher e has beneficial

at t ribut es for hum an beings. The
I onospher e layer , one of t he upper layers of
t he at m ospher e, for exam ple, reflect s radio
waves br oadcast from a cert ain cent r e back
down t o t he Eart h, t hus enabling br oadcast s
t o be received fr om long dist ances.
The La ye r s of t he At m osphe r e
One fact about t he univer se r evealed in t he verses of t he Qur 'an is t hat t he sky is
m ade up of seven layer s.
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" I t is He Who creat ed everyt hing on t he eart h for you and t hen direct ed His at t ent ion
up t o heaven and ar r anged it int o seven regular heavens. He has know ledge of all
t hings."
( The Qur 'an, 2: 29)
" Then He t urned t o heaven when it w as sm oke. I n t wo days He det erm ined t hem as
seven heavens and revealed, in ever y heaven, it s ow n m andat e."
( The Qur 'an, 41: 12)
The wor d " heavens" , which appear s in m any ver ses in t he Qur 'an, is used t o r efer t o
t he sky above t he Ear t h, as w ell as t he ent ire univer se. Given t his m eaning of t he
w ord, it is seen t hat t he Eart h's sky, or t he at m osphere, is m ade up of seven layer s.
The Ear t h has all t he
at t ribut es t hat are
needed for life. One of
t hem is t he at m osphere,
w hich serves as a shield
pr ot ect ing living t hings.
Today, it is an
est ablished fact t hat t he
at m osphere is m ade up
of differ ent layer s lying
on t op of one anot her.
Just as it is described in
t he Qur'an, t he
at m osphere is m ade up
of exact ly seven layers.
This is cer t ainly one of
t he m iracles of t he
Qur 'an.
I ndeed, t oday it is know n t hat t he wor ld's at m osphere consist s of differ ent layer s t hat
lie on t op of each ot her. Fur t herm ore, it consist s, j ust as is descr ibed in t he Qur 'an, of
exact ly seven layer s. I n a scient ific source, t he subj ect is descr ibed as follow s:
Scient ist s have found t hat t he at m ospher e
consist s of several layers. The layer s
differ in such physical propert ies as
pressur e and t he t ypes of gasses. The
layer of t he at m ospher e closest t o Eart h is
called t he TROPOSPH ERE. I t cont ains
about 90% of t he t ot al m ass of t he
at m osphere. The layer above t he
t ropospher e is called t he
STRATOSPH ERE. The OZON E LAYER is
t he part of t he st r at ospher e w here
absor pt ion of ult raviolet r ays occur s. The
layer above t he st rat osphere is called t he
M ESOSPH ERE. The TH ERM OSPH ERE
lies above t he m esosphere. The ionized
gases form a layer w it hin t he
t herm osphere called t he I ON OSPH ERE.
The out erm ost part of Ear t h's at m osphere
ext ends from about 480 km out t o 960
km . This par t is called t he EXOSPH ERE.
( 2)
I f w e count t he num ber of layer s cit ed in
t his source, we see t hat t he at m ospher e
consist s of exact ly seven layers, j ust as
st at ed in t he verse.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Tropospher e
St r at osphere
Ozonospher e
Mesospher e
Therm ospher e
I onosphere
Exosphere
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Anot her im port ant m iracle on t his subj ect

is m ent ioned in t he st at em ent " ( H e )
r e ve a led, in e ve r y he a ve n, it s ow n
m a nda t e ." , in ver se 12 of Sur a Fussilet .
I n ot her wor ds, in t he ver se, God st at es
t hat He assigned each heaven it s ow n
dut y. Truly, as seen in previous chapt er s,
each one of t hese layer s has vit al dut ies
for t he benefit of hum an kind and all
ot her living t hings on t he Ear t h. Each
layer has a par t icular funct ion, r anging
from for m ing r ain t o prevent ing har m ful
rays, fr om r eflect ing radio w aves, t o
aver t ing t he harm ful effect s of m et eor s.
One of t hese funct ions, for exam ple, is
st at ed in a scient ific source as follows:
Eart h's at m ospher e has 7 layers. The
low est layer is called t ropospher e. Rain,
snow and wind only t ake place in t he
t ropospher e.( 3)
I t is a gr eat m ir acle t hat t hese fact s,
which could not possibly be discover ed
wit hout t he t echnology of t he 20t h
cent ury, w er e explicit ly st at ed by t he
Qur'an 1,400 year s ago.
The Funct ion of M ount a ins
The Qur'an dr aw s at t ent ion t o a ver y

im port ant geological funct ion of
m ount ains.
14 cent uries ago, when t he sky was

believed t o be one unified body, t he Qur 'an
m iraculously st at ed t hat it consist ed of
layers, and what is m ore, "seven" layer s.
Modern science, on t he ot her hand,
discover ed t he fact t hat t he at m ospher e
sur rounding t he Eart h is m ade up of
" seven" basic layers only very r ecent ly.
"We placed firm ly em bedded m ount ains

on t he eart h, so it would not m ove under
t hem "
( The Qur 'an, 21: 31)
Mount ains have root s deep

under t he sur face of t he
ground. ( Eart h , Press and
Siever , p. 413)
Schem at ic sect ion.

Mount ains, like pegs, have
deep r oot s em bedded in
t he gr ound. ( Anat om y of
t he Eart h , Cailleux, p.220)
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Anot her illust r at ion shows

how m ount ains ar e peglike in shape, due t o t heir
deep r oot s. ( Eart h
Science , Tarbuck and
Lut gens, p.158)
31
As we have not iced, it is st at ed in t he ver se t hat m ount ains have t he funct ion of
pr event ing shocks in t he Eart h.
This fact w as not know n by anyone at t he t im e t he Qur 'an was
revealed. I t was in fact brought t o light only r ecent ly as a result
of t he findings of m oder n geology.
Accor ding t o t hese findings, m ount ains em erge as a result of
t he m ovem ent s and collisions of m assive plat es form ing t he
Ear t h's crust . When t w o plat es collide, t he st ronger one slides
under t he ot her , t he one on t he t op bends and form s height s
and m ount ains. The layer beneat h proceeds under t he gr ound
and m akes a deep ext ension downw ar d. That m eans t hat
m ount ains have a por t ion st r et ching dow nw ards, as large as
t heir visible part s on t he Eart h.
Wit h ext ensions t hat
m ount ains ext end out
t ow ar ds under t he
gr ound as w ell as over
t he ground, t hey
clench differ ent plat es
of t he eart h t oget her
like a peg. The Ear t h's
cr ust consist s of
plat es t hat ar e in
const ant m ot ion. This
clenching pr opert y of
m ount ains prevent s
shocks t o a great
ext ent , by fixing t he
Wher e cont inent s ar e t hicker , as in m ount ain ranges, t he crust eart h's cr ust , w hich
sinks deeper int o t he m ant le.( 4)
has a very m ovable
st r uct ure.
I n a ver se, t his role of t he m ount ains is point ed out by a
com parison w it h " pegs" :
I n a scient ific t ext , t he st ruct ure of m ount ains is described as
follow s:
" Have We not m ade t he ear t h as a bed and t he m ount ains it s pegs?"
( The Qur 'an, 78: 6- 7)
Mount ains, in ot her wor ds, clench t he plat es in t he Ear t h's crust t oget her by ext ending
above and beneat h t he Ear t h's surface at t he conj unct ion point s of t hese plat es. I n t his
w ay, t hey fix t he Ear t h's crust , and pr event it fr om dr ift ing over t he m agm a st r at um or
am ong it s plat es. Br iefly, we m ay liken m ount ains t o nails t hat keep pieces of wood
t oget her.
This fixing funct ion of t he m ount ains is descr ibed in scient ific lit erat ure by t he t er m
" isost asy" . I sost asy m eans t he follow ing:
I sost asy: general equilibr ium in t he Eart h's cr ust m aint ained by a yielding flow of rock
m at er ial beneat h t he surface under gr avit at ional st r ess.( 5)
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This vit al role of m ount ains, t hat w as discovered by m oder n geology and seism ic
resear ch, w as revealed in t he Qur 'an cent uries ago as an exam ple of t he suprem e
w isdom in God's creat ion.
" We placed firm ly em bedded m ount ains on t he ear t h, so it w ould not m ove under
t hem ..."
( The Qur 'an, 21: 31)
The M ove m e nt of M ount a ins
I n one verse, we ar e infor m ed t hat m ount ains are not m ot ionless as t hey seem , but
ar e in const ant m ot ion.
" You w ill see t he m ount ains you reckoned t o be solid going past like clouds."
( The Qur 'an, 27: 88)
This m ot ion of t he m ount ains is caused by t he m ovem ent of t he Ear t h's crust t hat t hey
ar e locat ed on. The Ear t h's crust 'float s' over t he m ant le layer , w hich is denser . I t was
at t he beginning of t he 20t h cent ury when, for t he fir st t im e in hist or y, a Germ an
scient ist by t he nam e of Alfred Wegener pr oposed t hat t he cont inent s of t he ear t h had
been at t ached t oget her when it fir st form ed, but t hen drift ed in differ ent dir ect ions,
and t hus separat ed as t hey m oved away from each ot her.
Geologist s under st ood t hat t hat Wegener w as r ight only in t he 1980s, 50 years aft er
his deat h. As Wegener point ed out in an art icle published in 1915, t he land m asses on
t he ear t h w ere j oined t oget her about 500 m illion year s ago. As Wegener point ed out in
a 1915 ar t icle, t he land m asses of t he ear t h w ere j oined t oget her som e 500 m illion
years ago, and t his large m ass, called Pangaea , w as locat ed in t he Sout h Pole.
Appr oxim at ely 180 m illion year s ago, Pangaea divided int o t wo par t s, w hich drift ed in
different direct ions. One of t hese giant cont inent s w as Gondwana , w hich included
Africa, Aust r alia, Ant ar ct ica and I ndia. The second one was Laurasia , w hich included
Eur ope, Nor t h Am erica and Asia, except for I ndia. Over t he next 150 m illion year s
follow ing t his separat ion, Gondwana and Laurasia divided int o sm aller par t s.
These cont inent s t hat em er ged aft er t he split of Pangaea have been const ant ly m oving
on t he Eart h's sur face at sever al cent im et r es per year , in t he m eant im e changing t he
sea and land r at ios of t he Ear t h.
Discover ed as a r esult of t he geological r esearch carr ied out at t he beginning of t he
20t h cent ur y, t his m ovem ent of t he Eart h's cr ust is explained by scient ist s as follows:
The crust and t he upper m ost part of t he m ant le, wit h a t hickness of about 100 km s.,
ar e divided int o segm ent s called plat es. Ther e ar e six m aj or plat es, and sever al sm all
ones. According t o t he t heory called plat e t ect onics, t hese plat es m ove about on Ear t h,
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car r ying cont inent s and ocean floor w it h t hem . Cont inent al m ot ion has been m easured
at fr om 1- 5 cm per year . As t he plat es cont inue t o m ove about , t his w ill pr oduce a
slow change in Eart h's geography. Each year, for inst ance, t he At lant ic Ocean becom es
slight ly w ider .( 6)
There is a very im port ant point t o be st at ed her e: God has r eferr ed t o t he m ot ion of
m ount ains as a dr ift ing act ion in t he verse. Today, m oder n scient ist s also use t he t erm
" Cont ine nt a l D r if t " for t his m ot ion. ( 7)
Unquest ionably, it is one of t he m iracles of t he Qur'an t hat t his scient ific fact , w hich
has recent ly been discover ed by science, w as announced in t he Qur'an.
The M ir a cle in t he I r on
I r on is one of t he elem ent s highlight ed in t he Qur 'an. I n Sur a Hadid, m eaning I ron, we
ar e inform ed:
" And We sent dow n iron in w hich t her e lies great force and w hich has m any uses for
m ankind...."
( The Qur 'an, 57: 25)
The wor d " sent down," part icularly used for iron in t he ver se, could be t hought of
having a m et aphor ical m eaning t o explain t hat iron has been given t o benefit people.
But when w e t ake int o considerat ion t he lit er al m eaning of t he w ord, w hich is, " being
physically sent dow n from t he sky" , we realize t hat t his ver se im plies a very significant
scient ific m iracle.
This is because m odern ast ronom ical findings
have disclosed t hat t he iron found in our w orld
has com e from t he giant st ars in out er space.
The heavy m et als in t he univer se are produced in
t he nuclei of big st ar s. Our solar syst em ,
however, does not possess a suit able st r uct ure for
pr oducing ir on on it s own. I ron can only be
pr oduced in m uch bigger st ar s t han t he Sun,
w here t he t em perat ur e r eaches a few hundr ed
m illion degr ees. When t he am ount of ir on exceeds
I r on ingot
a cer t ain level in a st ar, t he st ar can no longer
accom m odat e it , and event ually it explodes in what is called a " nova" or a
" supernova" . As a r esult of t his explosion, m et eor s cont aining ir on ar e scat t ered
ar ound t he univer se, and t hey m ove t hrough t he void unt il at t r act ed by t he
gr avit at ional force of a celest ial body.
All t his shows t hat iron did not for m on t he Ear t h, but w as car ried fr om exploding st ar s
in space via m et eors, and w as " se nt dow n t o e a r t h " , in exact ly t he sam e w ay as
st at ed in t he ver se: I t is clear t hat t his fact could not have been scient ifically know n in
t he 7t h cent ury, when t he Qur'an was r evealed.
The Pa ir s in Cr e a t ion
Glor y be t o Him Who creat ed all t he pairs: fr om w hat t he ear t h produces and from
t hem selves and from t hings unknow n t o t hem ."
( The Qur'an, 37: 36)
Alt hough t he concept of ''pair '' or " couple"
com m only st ands for m ale and fem ale, t he
st at em ent of ''from t hings unknow n t o t hem '' has
w ider im plicat ions. Today, one of t he im plicat ions
of t he verse has been revealed. The Br it ish
scient ist Paul Dirac, w ho pr oposed t hat m at t er is
creat ed in pair s, w as aw ar ded t he Nobel Prize for
physics in 1933. This discovery, called ''par it '',
m aint ains t hat m at t er is pair ed w it h it s opposit e:
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ant i- m at t er. Ant i- m at t er car ries t he opposit e

proper t ies t o m at t er. For inst ance, as opposed t o
m at t er, t he elect r on of ant i- m at t er is posit ively
charged and it s pr ot ons are negat ively charged.
This fact is st at ed in a scient ific source in t his
w ay:
" ...ever y par t icle has it s ant ipart icle of opposit e
charge and t he uncer t aint y r elat ion t ells us
t hat pair creat ion and pair annihilat ion happen in
t he vacuum at all t im es, in all places." ( 8)
Pr of. Paul Dirac
The Re la t ivit y of Tim e
Today, t he r elat ivit y of t im e is a proven scient ific fact . This w as revealed by Einst ein's
t heor y of r elat ivit y at t he ear ly years of t he 20t h cent ury. Unt il t hen, people did not
know t hat t im e was a relat ive concept , and t hat it could change according t o t he
environm ent . Yet , t he gr eat scient ist Alber t Einst ein openly pr oved t his fact w it h t he
t heor y of r elat ivit y. He showed t hat t im e is dependent on m ass and velocit y. I n t he
hist ory of hum anit y, no one had expr essed t his fact clearly befor e.
Wit h one except ion t hough; t he Qur 'an included infor m at ion about t im e's being
relat ive! Som e ver ses about t he subj ect read:
" The y a sk you t o ha st e n t he pu nishm e nt . God w ill n ot br e a k H is pr om ise . A
da y w it h you r Lor d is e qu iva le nt t o a t h ousa nd ye a r s in t he w a y you coun t ."
( The Qu r 'a n, 2 2 :4 7 )
" H e dir e ct s t he w h ole a f fa ir fr om he a ve n t o e a r t h . Th e n it w ill a ga in a sce nd t o

H im on a D a y w hose len gt h is a t housa n d ye a r s by t h e w a y you m e a sur e ."
( The Qu r 'a n, 3 2 :5 )
" The a nge ls a nd t he Spir it a sce nd t o H im in a da y w hose
le ngt h is fift y t hou sa nd ye a r s."
( The Qu r 'a n, 7 0 :4 )
I n som e ver ses, it is indicat ed t hat people per ceive t im e
different ly and t hat som et im es people can perceive a very shor t
per iod of t im e as a ver y lengt hy one. The following conver sat ion
of people held dur ing t heir j udgem ent in t he Her eaft er is a good
exam ple of t his:
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" He w ill say, 'How m any years did you t arr y on t he ear t h?' They
w ill say, 'We t arr ied t here for a day or part of a day. Ask t hose
able t o count ! ' He will say, 'You only t arr ied t her e for a lit t le w hile
if you did but know ! "
( The Qur 'an, 23: 12)
The fact t hat t he relat ivit y of t im e is so clear ly m ent ioned in t he Qur'an, which st art ed
t o be r evealed in 610, is anot her evidence t hat it is a holy book.
The Pr opor t ion of Ra in
One of t he it em s of infor m at ion given in t he Qur'an about rain is t hat it is sent dow n t o
Ear t h in due m easur e. This is m ent ioned in Sur a Zukhr uf as follow s;
" I t is He w ho sends dow n wat er in due m easur e from t he sky by which We br ing a
dead land back t o life. That is how you t oo w ill be r aised ( from t he dead) ."
( The Qur 'an, 43: 11)
This m easur ed quant it y in r ain has again been
discover ed by m odern resear ch. I t is est im at ed
t hat in one second, approxim at ely 16 m illion
t ons of wat er evaporat es fr om t he Eart h. This
figur e am ount s t o 513 t rillion t ons of w at er in
one year. This num ber is equal t o t he am ount of
rain t hat falls on t he Ear t h in a year . This
m eans t hat w at er cont inuously circulat es in a
balanced cycle, in a " m easur e" . Life on Eart h
depends on t his w at er cycle. Even if people
used all t he available t echnology in t he w orld,
t hey w ould not be able t o repr oduce t his cycle
ar t ificially.
Even a m inor deviat ion in t his equilibrium would ver y soon give rise t o a m aj or
ecological im balance t hat would br ing about t he end of life on Ear t h. Yet , t his never
happens, and rain keeps falling ever y year in exact ly t he sam e quant it y j ust as
revealed in t he Qur'an.
Ever y year, t he am ount of wat er

t hat evapor at es and t hat falls back
t o t he Eart h in t he form of r ain is
"const ant " : 513 t rillion t ons. This
const ant am ount is declar ed in t he
Qur'an by t he expr ession " sending
down w at er in due m easure fr om t he
sky" . The const ancy of t his quant it y
is ver y im por t ant for t he cont inuit y
of t he ecological balance, and
t herefore, life.
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The For m a t ion of Ra in
How rain for m s r em ained a gr eat m yst er y for a long t im e. Only aft er weat her r adar
w as invent ed was it possible t o discover t he st ages by w hich r ain is for m ed.
Accor ding t o t his, t he form at ion of rain t akes place in t hr ee st ages. First , t he "r aw
m at er ial" of rain rises up int o t he air w it h t he wind. Lat er, clouds ar e form ed, and
finally raindrops appear.
The Qur 'an's account of t he for m at ion of rain refers exact ly t o t his process. I n one
ver se, t his form at ion is descr ibed in t his w ay:
" I t is God Who sends t he w inds which st ir up clouds w hich He spr eads about t he sky
however He wills. He form s t hem int o dar k clum ps and you see t he r ain com e pour ing
out from t he m iddle of t hem . When He m akes it fall on t hose of His slaves He w ills,
t hey r ej oice"
( The Qur 'an, 30: 48)
Now, let us exam ine t hese t hr ee st ages out lined in t he verse m or e t echnically.
FI RST STAGE: " I t is God Who sends t he winds..."
Count less air bubbles form ed by t he foam ing of t he oceans cont inuously bur st and
cause wat er part icles t o be ej ect ed t ow ar ds t he sky. These part icles, w hich ar e r ich in
salt , are t hen carr ied away by w inds and rise upward in t he at m ospher e. These
part icles, w hich are called aerosols, funct ion as wat er t r aps, and form cloud dr ops by
collect ing around t he wat er vapour t hem selves, which r ises fr om t he seas as t iny
dr oplet s.
SECOND STAGE: " .... w hich st ir up clouds which He spreads about t he sky however He
w ills. He form s t hem int o dar k clum ps..."
The clouds ar e form ed fr om wat er vapour t hat condenses around t he salt cryst als or
dust part icles in t he air . Because t he w at er droplet s in t hese clouds ar e ver y sm all
( w it h a diam et er bet ween 0.01 and 0.02 m m ) , t he clouds are suspended in t he air ,
and spread across t he sky. Thus, t he sky is cover ed in clouds.
The above illust r at ion show s t he wat er dr oplet s being

released int o t he air. This is t he first st age in t he form at ion
of r ain. Aft er t hat , t he w at er dr oplet s in t he new ly for m ed
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clouds will be suspended in t he air and t hen condense t o

form rain. All of t hese st ages are relat ed in t he Qur'an.
THI RD STAGE: "and you see t he rain com e pour ing our from t he m iddle of t hem "
The wat er part icles t hat surr ound salt cryst als and dust par t icles t hicken and for m
raindrops, so, dr ops t hat becom e heavier t han t he air leave t he clouds and st ar t t o fall
t o t he gr ound as r ain.
As we have seen, ever y st age in t he for m at ion of r ain is relat ed in t he ver ses of t he
Qur 'an. Furt her m ore, t hese st ages are explained in exact ly t he r ight sequence. Just as
w it h m any ot her nat ural phenom ena on t he Eart h, God gives t he m ost corr ect
explanat ion of t his phenom enon as w ell, and m ade it know n t o people in t he Qur 'an
cent uries befor e it w as discovered.
I n anot her verse, t he follow ing infor m at ion is given about t he form at ion of r ain:
" Have you not seen how God dr ives along t he clouds, t hen j oins t hem t oget her, t hen
m akes t hem int o a st ack, and t hen you see t he r ain com e out of it ? And He sends
dow n fr om t he sky m ount ain m asses ( of clouds) w it h cold hail in t hem , st r iking wit h it
anyone He wills and aver t ing it from anyone He wills. The bright ness of His light ning
alm ost blinds t he sight ."
( The Qur 'an, 24: 43)
Scient ist s st udying cloud t ypes cam e across sur pr ising result s regarding t he for m at ion
of rain clouds. Rain clouds ar e form ed and shaped accor ding t o definit e syst em s and
st ages. The form at ion st ages of cum ulonim bus, one kind of r ain cloud, ar e t hese:
1 .STAGE, Being dr iven along: Clouds ar e carr ied along, t hat is, t hey ar e driven along,
by t he wind.
2 .STAGE, Joining: Then, sm all clouds ( cum ulus clouds) dr iven along by t he w ind j oin
t oget her, form ing a lar ger cloud.( 9)
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3 .STAGE, St acking: When t he sm all clouds j oin t oget her, updraft s

w it hin t he larger cloud incr ease. The updraft s near t he cent re of
t he cloud ar e st r onger t han t hose near t he edges. These updraft s
cause t he cloud body t o gr ow vert ically, so t he cloud is st acked up.
This vert ical gr owt h causes t he cloud body t o st r et ch int o cooler
regions of t he at m osphere, w here drops of w at er and hail
for m ulat e and begin t o grow larger and lar ger . When t hese dr ops
of wat er and hail becom e t oo heavy for t he updraft s t o suppor t
t hem , t hey begin t o fall from t he cloud as r ain, hail, et c.( 10)
We m ust r em em ber t hat m et eorologist s have only recent ly com e
t o know t hese det ails of cloud for m at ion, st r uct ur e and funct ion, by
using advanced equipm ent like planes, sat ellit es, com put ers et c. I t
Sm all clouds
is evident t hat God has given us a piece of infor m at ion t hat could
( cum ulus clouds)
not have been know n 1,400 years ago.
ar e carr ied along
and j oined
t oget her by t he
wind, t hat is, as
t he ver se says: "
God drives along
t he clouds, t hen
j oins t hem
t oget her "
The Fe cunda t ing W inds
I n one verse of t he Qur'an, t he " fecundat ing" char act er ist ic of t he winds, and t he
for m at ion of r ain as a r esult are m ent ioned.
" And We send t he fecundat ing winds, t hen cause wat er t o descend from t he sky,
t her ewit h providing you w it h w at er in abundance."
( The Qur 'an, 15: 22)
I n t his verse, it is point ed out t hat t he fir st st age in t he form at ion of rain is w ind. Unt il
t he beginning of t he 20t h cent ury, t he only r elat ionship bet ween t he w ind and t he r ain
t hat w as know n, w as t hat t he w ind drove t he clouds. How ever , m odern m et eor ological
findings have dem onst r at ed t he " fecundat ing" r ole of t he w ind in t he form at ion of r ain.
This fecundat ing funct ion of t he wind wor ks in t he following w ay:
On t he surface of oceans and seas, count less air bubbles for m because of t he wat er 's
foam ing act ion. The m om ent t hese bubbles bur st , t housands of t iny par t icles, wit h a
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diam et er of j ust one hundredt h of a m illim et er , are t hrow n up int o t he air . These
part icles, known as " aerosols" , m ix wit h dust carr ied fr om t he land by t he w ind, and
ar e car ried t o t he upper layer s of t he at m ospher e. These par t icles carr ied t o higher
alt it udes by winds com e int o cont act w it h w at er vapour up t her e. Wat er vapour
condenses around t hese part icles and t ur ns int o w at er droplet s. These w at er droplet s
fir st com e t oget her and form clouds, and t hen fall t o t he Ear t h in t he form of rain.
As seen, w inds " fecundat e" t he w at er vapour float ing in t he air wit h t he part icles t hey
car r y fr om t he sea, and event ually help t he for m at ion of rain clouds.
I f winds did not possess t his pr opert y, w at er dr oplet s in t he upper at m ospher e w ould
never for m , and t her e w ould be no such t hing as r ain.
The m ost im port ant point here is t hat t his crit ical r ole of t he w ind in t he form at ion of
rain w as st at ed cent ur ies ago in a verse of t he Qur 'an, at a t im e w hen people knew
ver y lit t le about nat ural phenom ena
The pict ure above shows t he st ages in t he for m at ion of a w ave.

Waves are for m ed by t he w ind blowing above t he surface of t he
wat er . Wit h t he wind, w at er par t icles st ar t t o m ove in a circular
m ot ion. This m ovem ent soon form s waves, one aft er t he ot her,
and bubbles for m ed by t he w aves spr ead in t he air. This is t he
fir st st age in t he for m at ion of rain. This process is declared in t he
verse as " We send t he fecundat ing w inds and t hen cause wat er t o
descend from t he sky."
The Se a s not M ingling w it h One Anot h e r
One of t he propert ies of seas t hat has only r ecent ly been discovered is r elat ed in a
ver se of t he Qur 'an as follow s:
" He has let loose t he t wo seas, converging t oget her , w it h a bar rier bet ween t hem t hey
do not break t hr ough."
( The Qur 'an, 55: 19- 20)
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This proper t y of t he seas, t hat t hey com e t oget her yet do not m ingle w it h one anot her
at all, has only very r ecent ly been discover ed by oceanogr apher s. Because of t he
physical force called " sur face t ension" , t he w at er s of neighboring seas do not m ix.
Caused by t he difference in t he densit y of t heir w at ers, surface t ension prevent s t hem
fr om m ingling w it h one anot her , j ust as if a t hin wall w ere bet w een t hem .( 11)
The int er est ing side t o t his is t hat during a per iod w hen people had no know ledge of
physics, sur face t ension, or oceanography; t his w as revealed in t he Qur 'an.
D a r k n ess in t h e Se a s a n d I n t e r n a l W a ve s
" Or ( t he unbelievers' st at e) are like t he dar kness of a fat hom less sea w hich is covered
by w aves above which are waves above w hich ar e clouds, layer s of dar kness, one
upon t he ot her. I f he put s out his hand, he can scar cely see it . Those God gives no
light t o, t hey have no light ."
( The Qur 'an, 24: 40)
The gener al envir onm ent in deep seas is described in t he book nam ed Oceans:
The dar kness in deep seas and oceans is found around a dept h of 200 m et er s and
below . At t his dept h, t her e is alm ost no light . Below a dept h of 1000 m et er s t her e is
no light at all.( 12)
Today, we know about t he general st r uct ure of t he sea, t he charact er ist ics of t he living
t hings in it , it s salinit y, as w ell as t he am ount of w at er it cont ains, it s surface ar ea and
dept h. Subm arines and special equipm ent , developed w it h m oder n t echnology, enable
scient ist s t o obt ain t his infor m at ion.
Hum an beings ar e not able t o dive m or e t han 40 m et ers down w it hout t he aid of
special equipm ent . They cannot sur vive unaided in t he deep, dark par t s of t he oceans,
such as at a dept h of 200 m et ers. For t hese r easons, scient ist s have only r ecent ly
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been able t o discover t hese det ailed pieces of inform at ion about seas. How ever , t he
st at em ent of "darkness in a deep sea" w as used in Sura Nur 1,400 years ago. I t is
cer t ainly one of t he m iracles of t he Qur'an t hat such inform at ion w as given at a t im e
w here no equipm ent t o enable m an t o dive int o t he dept hs of t he oceans w as
available.
Measur em ent s m ade w it h

t oday's t echnology have
r evealed t hat bet w een 3
and 30 percent of t he
sunlight is reflect ed at
t he surface of t he sea.
Then, alm ost all of t he
seven colours of t he light
spect r um ar e absor bed,
one aft er anot her , in t he
first 200 m et ers, except
for blue light ( pict ure at
left ) . Below a dept h of
1,000 m et ers, t here is no
light at all. ( above
pict ure) . This scient ific
fact was point ed out in
t he ver se 40 of Sura Nur
in t he Qur 'an 1,400 years
ago.
I n addit ion, t he st at em ent in verse 40 of Sura Nur " like t he dar kness of a fat hom less
sea w hich is covered by w aves above which are waves above w hich ar e clouds"
dr aw s our at t ent ion t o anot her m iracle of t he Qur'an.
The pict ur e t o t he left
r epr esent s int er nal waves
at int er face bet ween t w o
layers of w at er of differ ent
densit ies. The low er layer
is denser t hen t he upper
one. This scient ific fact ,
declar ed in ver se 40 of
Sur a Nur of t he Qur 'an 14
cent ur ies ago, has been
discover ed by t oday's
scient ist s only ver y
r ecent ly.
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Scient ist s have recent ly discovered t hat t her e are int ernal w aves, which " occur on
densit y int erfaces bet w een layers of different densit ies." These int ernal w aves cover
t he deep w at ers of seas and oceans because deep wat er has a higher densit y t han t he
w at er above it . I nt er nal w aves act like sur face w aves. They can br eak, j ust like sur face
w aves. I nt ernal w aves cannot be seen by t he hum an eye, but t hey can be det ect ed by
st udying t em per at ur e or salinit y changes at a given locat ion.( 13)
The st at em ent s in t he Qur'an r un absolut ely par allel t o t he above explanat ion. Wit hout
resear ch, one can only see t he w aves on t he sur face of t he sea. I t is im possible for one
t o know about t he int ernal waves beneat h t he sea. Yet , in Sura Nur , God dr aw s our
at t ent ion t o anot her t ype of w ave t hat occurs in t he dept hs of t he oceans. Cer t ainly,
t his fact , which scient ist s has discovered very recent ly, shows once again t hat t he
Qur 'an is t he wor d of God.
The Re gion Tha t Cont r ols Ou r M ove m e nt s
" No indeed! I f he does not st op, We w ill grab him by t he forelock, a lying, sinful
for elock."
( The Qur 'an, 96: 15- 16)
The expr ession " t he lying, sinful forelock" in t he above verse is m ost int er est ing.
Research car ried out in r ecent years revealed t hat t he pr efr ont al ar ea, which is
responsible for t he m anagem ent of part icular funct ions of t he br ain, lies in t he front al
part of t he skull. Scient ist s only discovered t he funct ions of t his ar ea, which t he Qur'an
point ed out 1,400 years ago, in t he last 60 year s. I f we look inside t he skull at t he
fr ont of t he head, w e w ill find t he fr ont al ar ea of t he cer ebrum . A book ent it led
Essent ials of Anat om y and Physiology , which includes t he result s of t he lat est r esearch
on t he funct ions of t his ar ea, says:
The m ot ivat ion and t he for esight t o plan and init iat e m ovem ent s occur in t he ant erior
por t ion of t he fr ont al lobes, t he prefront al area. This is a r egion of associat ion cort ex
( 14)
The book also says:
I n r elat ion t o it s involvem ent in m ot ivat ion, t he
pr efr ont al area is also t hought t o be t he funct ional
cent er for aggression( 15)
So, t his area of t he cer ebr um is r esponsible for
planning, m ot ivat ion, and init iat ing good and sinful
behaviour , and is r esponsible for t elling lies and t he
t r ut h.
I t is clear t hat t he st at em ent " t he lying, sinful forelock" cor responds com plet ely t o t he
above explanat ions. This fact , which scient ist s have only discovered in t he last 60
years, was st at ed by God in t he Qur'an long year s ago.
The Bir t h of a H um a n Be ing
Many diverse subj ect s are m ent ioned in t he Qur 'an in t he cour se of invit ing people t o
believe. Som et im es t he heavens, som et im es anim als, and som et im es plant s ar e show n
as evidence t o m an by God. I n m any of t he ver ses, people are called upon t o t ur n t heir
at t ent ion t o t heir own cr eat ion. They ar e oft en r em inded how m an cam e int o t he
w orld, which st ages he has passed t hr ough, and what his essence is:
" I t is We Who have creat ed you. Why, t hen, do you not accept t he t rut h? Have you
ever consider ed t hat ( seed) which you em it ? I s it you who creat e it ? Or are We t he
Cr eat or?"
( The Qur 'an, 56: 57- 59)
The creat ion of m an, and t he m ir aculous aspect of t his, is st r essed in m any ot her
ver ses. Som e it em s of inform at ion w it hin t hese verses ar e so det ailed t hat it is
im possible for anyone living in t he 7t h cent ur y t o have known t hem . Som e of t hese ar e
as follow s:
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1. Man is not creat ed fr om t he ent ire sem en, but only a ver y sm all por t ion of it
( sperm ) .
2. I t is t he m ale t hat det erm ines t he sex of t he baby.
3. The hum an em br yo adher es t o t he m ot her's ut erus like a leech.
4. The em bryo develops in t hr ee dar k regions in t he ut er us.
People living w hen t he Qur'an w as revealed, t o be sure, knew t hat t he basic subst ance
of birt h w as relat ed t o t he sem en of t he m ale em it t ed dur ing sexual int ercour se. And
t he fact t hat t he baby w as born aft er a nine- m ont h per iod was obviously an obser vable
event not calling for any fur t her invest igat ion. However, t he it em s of inform at ion j ust
quot ed wer e far above t he level of lear ning of t he people living at t hat t im e. These
w ere verified by 20t h cent ury science.
Now, let us go over t hem one by one.
A Drop of Sem en
Dur ing sexual int er course, 250 m illion sperm s ar e em it t ed fr om t he m ale at a t im e.
The sper m s under t ake an arduous j ourney in t he m ot her 's body unt il t hey m ake it t o
t he ovum . Only a t housand out of 250 m illion sper m s succeed in reaching t he ovum .
At t he end of t his five- m inut e race, t he ovum , half t he size of a gr ain of salt , w ill let
only one of t he sperm s in. That is, t he essence of m an is not t he whole sem en, but
only a sm all par t of it . This is explained in t he Qur 'an:
" Does m an r eckon he w ill be left uncont r olled ( wit hout pur pose) ? Was he not once a
dr op of ej ect ed sem en?"
( The Qur 'an, 75: 36- 37)
As we have seen, t he Qur'an infor m s us t hat m an is m ade not from t he ent ire sem en,
but only a sm all part of it . That t he part icular em phasis in t his st at em ent announces a
fact only discover ed by m oder n science is evidence t hat t he st at em ent is divine in
origin.
I n t he pict ure t o t he left , w e see
sem en ej ect ed int o t he ut erus.
Only ver y few sperm s out of 250
m illion sper m s em it t ed fr om t he
m ale can m ake it t o t he ovum .
The sper m t hat w ill fert ilise t he
egg is t he only one out of a
t housand sperm s t hat have
m anaged t o survive. The fact
t hat m an is m ade not fr om t he
ent ir e sem en, but only a sm all
part of it , is r elat ed in t he Qur'an
w it h t he expr ession, " a dr op of
ej ect ed sem en" .
The Mixt ur e in t he Sem en

The fluid called sem en, w hich cont ains t he sper m s, does not consist of sper m s alone.
On t he cont rar y, it is m ade up of a m ixt ure of differ ent fluids. These fluids have
different funct ions, such as cont aining t he sugar necessary for providing ener gy for t he
sper m s, neut r alising t he acids at t he ent rance of t he ut er us, and creat ing a slippery
environm ent for t he easy m ovem ent of t he sperm s.
I nt er est ingly enough, w hen sem en is m ent ioned in t he Qur 'an, t his fact , w hich was
discover ed by m odern science, is also r eferr ed t o, and sem en is defined as a m ixed
fluid:
" We creat ed m an from a m ingled dr op t o t est him , and We m ade him hearing and
seeing."
( The Qur 'an, 76: 2)
I n anot her verse, sem en is again refer red t o as a m ixt ur e, and it is st r essed t hat m an
is cr eat ed from t he " ext r act " of t his m ixt ure:
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" He who has creat ed all t hings in t he best

possible w ay. He com m enced t he creat ion of m an
from clay; t hen He m ade his pr ogeny fr om an
ext ract of discarded fluid."
( The Qur'an, 32: 7- 8)
m an.
The Arabic w or d " sulala" , t r anslat ed as " ext r act ",

m eans t he essent ial or best par t of som et hing.
By eit her im plicat ion, it m eans " par t of a whole" .
This shows t hat t he Qur'an is t he w ord of a Will
t hat know s t he creat ion of m an down t o it s
slight est det ail. This Will is God, t he Cr eat or of
The Sex of t he Baby

Unt il fairly r ecent ly, it w as t hought t hat a baby's sex was det erm ined by t he m ot her's
cells. Or at least , it was believed t hat t he sex w as det er m ined by t he m ale and fem ale
cells t oget her . But we ar e given different inform at ion in t he Qur'an, wher e it is st at ed
t hat m asculinit y or fem ininit y is creat ed out of " a dr op of sperm w hich has been
ej ect ed".
" He has creat ed bot h sexes, m ale and fem ale fr om a dr op of sem en w hich has been
ej ect ed."
( The Qur 'an, 53: 45- 46)
I n t he Qur 'an, it is
said t hat
m asculinit y or
fem ininit y are
cr eat ed out of " a
drop of sem en
w hich has been
ej ect ed" . How ever ,
unt il fair ly recent ly,
it w as believed t hat
a baby's sex w as
det er m ined by t he
m ot her's cells.
Science only
discovered t his
infor m at ion given in
t he Qur 'an in t he
20t h cent ury. This
and m any ot her
sim ilar det ails about
t he creat ion of m an
w er e st at ed in t he
Qur'an cent ur ies
ago.
The developing disciplines of genet ics and m olecular biology have scient ifically
validat ed t he accuracy of t his inform at ion given by t he Qur'an. I t is now underst ood
t hat sex is det er m ined by t he sperm cells fr om t he m ale, and t hat t he fem ale has no
role in t his pr ocess.
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The Y chr om osom e car ries char act erist ics of m asculinit y,
while t he X chr om osom e car ries t hose of fem ininit y. I n
t he m ot her's egg, t her e is only t he X chr om osom e,
which det erm ines fem ale charact er ist ics. I n t he sem en
from t he fat her, t here ar e sperm s t hat includes eit her X
or Y chr om osom es. Ther efor e, t he sex of t he baby
depends on w het her t he sperm fer t ilising t he egg
cont ains an X or Y chr om osom e. I n ot her wor ds, as
st at ed in t he verse, t he fact or det er m ining t he sex of
t he baby is t he sem en, which com es fr om t he fat her.
This know ledge, which could not have been know n at
t he t im e w hen t he Qur 'an w as revealed, is evidence t o
t he fact t hat t he Qur 'an is t he wor d of God.
Chr om osom es ar e t he m ain elem ent s in det er m ining sex. Tw o of t he 46 chr om osom es
t hat det erm ine t he st r uct ure of a hum an being are ident ified as t he sex chr om osom es.
These t w o chrom osom es are called " XY" in m ales, and " XX" in fem ales, because t he
shapes of t he chrom osom es r esem ble t hese let t er s. The Y chr om osom e car ries t he
genes t hat code for m asculinit y, w hile t he X chrom osom e car ries t he genes t hat code
for fem ininit y.
The for m at ion of a new hum an being begins w it h t he cross com binat ion of one of t hese
chrom osom es, w hich exist in m ales and fem ales in pairs. I n fem ales, bot h com ponent s
of t he sex cell, w hich divides int o t wo dur ing ovulat ion, car ry X chrom osom es. The sex
cell of a m ale, on t he ot her hand, produces t wo differ ent kinds of sper m , one t hat
cont ains X chr om osom es and t he ot her Y chr om osom es. I f an X chrom osom e from t he
fem ale unit es w it h a sperm t hat cont ains an X chrom osom e, t hen t he baby is fem ale.
I f it unit es w it h t he sper m t hat cont ains a Y chr om osom e, t he baby is m ale.
I n ot her w ords, a baby's sex is det erm ined by w hich chr om osom e from t he m ale unit es
w it h t he fem ale's ovum .
None of t his was know n unt il t he discover y of genet ics in t he 20t h cent ur y. I ndeed, in
m any cult ur es, it w as believed t hat a baby's sex w as det er m ined by t he fem ale's body.
That w as why w om en wer e blam ed when t hey gave birt h t o gir ls.
Thir t een cent ur ies befor e hum an genes w ere discovered, how ever, t he Qur'an r evealed
inform at ion t hat denies t his super st it ion, and r eferr ed t o t he or igin of sex lying not
w it h wom en, but wit h t he sem en com ing fr om m en.
The Clot Clinging t o t he Ut erus

I f we keep on exam ining t he fact s announced t o us in t he Qur'an about t he for m at ion
of hum an beings, we again encount er som e ver y im por t ant scient ific m ir acles.
When t he sper m of t he m ale unit es wit h t he ovum of t he
fem ale, t he essence of t he baby t o be bor n is for m ed. This
single cell, known as a " zygot e" in biology, will inst ant ly
st art t o r epr oduce by dividing, and event ually becom e a
" piece of flesh" called an em bryo. This of cour se can only
be seen by hum an beings w it h t he aid of a m icr oscope.
The em br yo, how ever, does not spend it s developm ent al
per iod in a void. I t clings t o t he ut er us j ust like r oot s t hat
ar e firm ly fixed t o t he ear t h by t heir t endrils. Through t his
bond, t he em br yo can obt ain t he subst ances essent ial t o
it s developm ent from t he m ot her's body.( 16)
Her e, at t his point , a ver y significant m ir acle of t he Qur'an
is r evealed. While refer ring t o t he em bryo developing in
I n t he fir st phase of it s
t he m ot her's w om b, God uses t he w or d " alaq" in t he
developm ent , t he baby in
Qur 'an:
t he m ot her 's wom b is in
t he for m of a zygot e,
" Recit e: I n t he nam e of your Lor d Who creat ed m an from w hich clings t o t he ut er us
alaq. Recit e: And your Lor d is t he Most Generous."
in or der t o t ake
( The Qur 'an, 96: 1- 3)
nourishm ent fr om t he
m ot her's blood. I n t he
The m eaning of t he wor d " alaq" in Ar abic is " a t hing t hat
pict ur e above is a zygot e,
clings t o som e place" . The w ord is lit er ally used t o
w hich looks like a piece of
descr ibe leeches t hat cling t o a body t o suck blood.
flesh. This form at ion,
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Cer t ainly, t he use of such an appr opriat e wor d for t he

w hich has been
em br yo developing in t he m ot her's w om b, proves once
discover ed by m oder n
again t hat t he Qur'an is a revelat ion from God, t he Lord of em bryology, was
all t he Worlds.
m ir aculously st at ed in t he
Qur 'an 14 cent ur ies ago
w it h t he wor d " alaq" ,
w hich m eans " a t hing t hat
The wr apping of m uscles over t he bones
clings t o som e place" and
is used t o describe leeches
Anot her im por t ant aspect of t he infor m at ion given in t he
t hat cling t o a body t o
ver ses of t he Qur 'an is t he developm ent al st ages of a
suck blood.
hum an being in t he m ot her's w om b. I t is st at ed in t he
ver ses t hat in t he m ot her 's wom b, t he bones develop first , and t hen t he m uscles for m
w hich w rap around t hem .
" ( We) t hen form ed t he drop int o a clot and for m ed t he clot int o a lum p and for m ed t he
lum p int o bones and clot hed t he bones in flesh; and t hen br ought him int o being as
anot her cr eat ur e. Blessed be God, t he Best of Cr eat ors! "
( The Qur 'an, 23: 14)
Em br yology is t he branch of science t hat st udies t he
developm ent of t he em bryo in t he m ot her 's wom b.
Unt il very recent ly, em br yologist s assum ed t hat t he
bones and m uscles in an em bryo developed at t he
sam e t im e. For t his r eason, for a long t im e, som e
people claim ed t hat t hese verses conflict ed wit h
science. Yet , advanced m icroscopic resear ch conduct ed
by vir t ue of new t echnological developm ent s has
revealed t hat t he r evelat ion of t he Qur 'an is w ord for
w ord cor rect .
These obser vat ions at t he m icr oscopic level showed
t hat t he developm ent inside t he m ot her's w om b t akes
place in j ust t he way it is descr ibed in t he verses. First ,
t he car t ilage t issue of t he em bryo ossifies. Then
The bones of t he baby
m uscular cells t hat ar e select ed from am ongst t he
com plet ing it s developm ent
t issue around t he bones com e t oget her and w rap
in t he m ot her's w om b are
ar ound t he bones.
clot hed w it h flesh dur ing one
par t icular st age.
This event is described in a scient ific publicat ion t it led
Developing Hum an in t he following w ords:
Dur ing t he sevent h week, t he skelet on begins t o spr ead t hroughout t he body and t he
bones t ake t heir fam iliar shapes. At t he end of t he sevent h w eek and during t he eight h
w eek t he m uscles t ake t heir posit ions ar ound t he bone form s.( 17)
Many st ages of a
baby's developm ent
in t he m ot her 's wom b
are relat ed in t he
Qur'an. As descr ibed
in ver se 14 of Sur a
Mum inun, t he
cart ilage of t he
em bryo in t he
m ot her's w om b
ossifies fir st . Then
t hese bones are
cover ed w it h m uscle
cells. God descr ibes
t his developm ent
w it h t he verse: "
( We t hen) form ed t he
lum p int o bones and
clot hed t he bones in
flesh"
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I n short , m an's developm ent al st ages as described in t he Qur'an are in per fect
har m ony w it h t he findings of m odern em bryology.
Thr ee St ages of t he Baby in t he Wom b

I n t he Qur'an, it is relat ed t hat m an is creat ed in a t hree- st age pr ocess in t he m ot her 's
w om b.
" ... He cr eat es you st age by st age in your m ot hers' w om bs in a t hr eefold darkness.
That is God, your Lord. Sover eignt y is His. Ther e is no god but Him . So w hat has m ade
you deviat e?"
( The Qur 'an, 39: 6)
As will be underst ood, it is point ed out in t his ver se t hat a hum an being is cr eat ed in
t he m ot her's w om b in t hree dist inct st ages. I ndeed, m oder n biology has revealed t hat
t he baby's em br yological developm ent t akes place in t hr ee dist inct regions in t he
m ot her 's wom b. Today, in all t he em bryology t ext books st udied in facult ies of
m edicine, t his subj ect is t aken as an elem ent of basic knowledge. For inst ance in Basic
Hum an Em bryology , a fundam ent al refer ence t ext in t he field of em br yology, t his fact
is st at ed as follows: " The life in t he ut erus has t hree st ages: pre- em bryonic; first t wo
and a half weeks, em bryonic; unt il t he end of t he eight week, and fet al; from t he eight
week t o labor. "( 18)
These phases refer t o t he different developm ent al st ages of a baby. I n brief, t he m ain
char act erist ics of t hese developm ent al st ages are as follows:
- Pr e - e m br yon ic st a ge
I n t his first phase, t he zygot e gr ow s by division, and w hen it becom es a cell clust er, it
buries it self in t he w all of t he ut er us. While t hey cont inue grow ing, t he cells or ganise
t hem selves in t hr ee layers.
- Em br yon ic St a ge
The second phase last s for five and a half w eeks, during w hich t he baby is called an
" em br yo". I n t his st age, t he basic or gans and syst em s of t he body st ar t t o appear fr om
t he cell layer s.
- Fe t a l st a ge
From t his st age on, t he em bryo is called a "foet us" . This phase begins at t he eight h
w eek of gest at ion and last s unt il t he m om ent of bir t h. The dist inct ive charact er ist ic of
t his st age is t hat t he foet us looks j ust like a hum an being, wit h it s face, hands and
feet . Alt hough it is only 3 cm . long init ially, all of it s or gans have becom e appar ent .
This phase last s for about 30 weeks, and developm ent cont inues unt il t he week of
deliver y.
I n t he ver se 6 of Sur a
Zum ar , it is point ed out
t hat m an is creat ed in t he
m ot her's w om b in t hr ee
dist inct st ages. I ndeed,
m odern em bryology has
r evealed t hat t he baby's
em bryological
developm ent t akes place
in t hr ee dist inct r egions in
t he m ot her 's wom b.
I nform at ion on t he developm ent in t he m ot her's w om b becam e
available only aft er observat ions wit h m oder n devices. Yet , j ust
like m any ot her scient ific fact s, t hese pieces of infor m at ion ar e
im par t ed in t he ver ses of t he Qur'an in a m ir aculous w ay. The fact
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t hat such det ailed and accurat e inform at ion w as given in t he

Qur'an at a t im e w hen people had scarce inform at ion on m edical
m at t ers is clear evidence t hat t he Qur'an is not t he wor d of m an,
but t he w ord of God.
M ot h e r 's M ilk
Mot her 's m ilk is an unm at ched m ixt ur e t hat is creat ed by God as bot h an excellent
food- sour ce for t he new born baby, and a subst ance t hat increases it s resist ance t o
diseases. Even art ificial baby food pr oduced by t oday's t echnology cannot subst it ut e
for t his m iraculous sour ce of nut rit ion.
Every day, a new benefit of m ot her 's m ilk t o t he baby is discovered. One of t he fact s
t hat science has discover ed about m ot her's m ilk is t hat suckling up t o t wo year s aft er
bir t h is ver y beneficial.( 19) God gives us t his im por t ant inform at ion, which w as
discover ed by science only ver y recent ly, w it h t he verse "his w eaning w as in t wo
years.." 14 cent uries ago.
" And We have enj oined upon m an goodness t ow ar ds his parent s: his m ot her bore him
by bear ing st rain upon st r ain, and his w eaning w as in t w o years: ( hence, O m an,) be
gr at eful t o Me and t o your par ent s; t o Me is t he event ual com ing."
( The Qur 'an, 31: 14)
19- Rex D. Russell, Design in I nfant Nut r it ion, ht t p: / / ww w . icr .org/ pubs/ im p- 259.ht m
The I de nt it y in t he Finge r pr in t
While it is st at ed in t he Qur'an t hat it is easy for God t o bring m an back t o life aft er
deat h, peoples' fingerpr int s are par t icular ly em phasized:
" Yes, We ar e able t o put t oget her in per fect order t he very t ips of his finger s."
( The Qur 'an, 75: 3- 4)
Ever yone,
including ident ical
t wins, has a
unique fingerpr int .
I n ot her wor ds,
people's ident it ies
ar e coded at t heir
fingert ips. This
coding syst em
m ay also be
com par ed t o t he
bar code syst em
t hat is used t oday.
The em phasis on finger print s has a ver y special m eaning. This is because ever yone's
finger print is unique t o him self. Ever y per son who is alive or w ho has ever lived in t his
w orld has a set of unique finger print s.
That is why fingerpr int s are accept ed as a very im port ant proof of ident it y, exclusive t o
t heir ow ner , and are used for t his pur pose around t he wor ld.
But what is im port ant is t hat t his feat ur e of fingerprint s w as only discovered in t he lat e
19t h cent ur y. Before t hen, people r egar ded fingerprint s as or dinar y curves wit hout any
specific im por t ance or m eaning. How ever in t he Qur'an, God point s t o t he finger t ips,
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w hich did not at t r act anyone's at t ent ion at t hat t im e, and calls our at t ent ion t o t heir
im por t ance- an im port ance t hat w as only finally under st ood in our day.
PART TW O: TH E I N FORM ATI ON GI VEN ABOUT TH E FUTURE I N TH E QUR'AN
I N TROD UCTI ON
Anot her m iraculous aspect of t he Qur 'an is t hat it revealed befor ehand a num ber
im port ant event s t hat w ould occur in t he fut ur e. Verse 27 of Sura Fat h, for exam ple,
gave t he believer s t he glad t idings t hat t hey would conquer Mecca, w hich w as t hen
under pagan occupat ion:
" God has confirm ed His Messenger 's vision wit h t rut h: 'You will ent er t he Masj id alHaram in safet y, God w illing, shaving your heads and cut t ing your hair w it hout any
fear.' He knew w hat you did not know and ordained, in place of t his, an im m inent
vict ory." ( The Qur'an, 48: 27)
On close consider at ion, t he verse can be seen t o announce yet anot her vict ory t hat
w ill t ake place befor e t he vict ory of Mecca. I ndeed, as st at ed in t he verse, t he
believers fir st conquered t he Khyber Fort ress, which w as under t he cont rol of t he
Jew s, and t hen ent ered Mecca.
The announcem ent of t he event s t hat will t ake place in t he fut ur e is only one of t he
pieces of wisdom in t he Qur'an. This is also evidence t o t he fact t hat t he Qur 'an is t he
w or d of God, Who has infinit e know ledge. The defeat of Byzant ium is one of t he
pieces of news given about t he fut ur e, accom panied by ot her inform at ion t hat could
not have been known by t he people of t hat t im e. The m ost int erest ing point about
t his hist orical event , which w ill be exam ined in det ail in t he follow ing pages, is t hat
t he Rom ans w ere defeat ed in t he low est region in t he w orld. This is int erest ing
because "t he lowest point " is par t icular ly st r essed in t he relevant verse. Wit h t he
t echnology of t hat t im e, it w as obviously im possible t o m ake such a m easur em ent
and t o det er m ine t he lowest point in t he w orld. This is a revelat ion t o people from
God, t he All- Know ing.
The V ict or y of Byza nt ium
Anot her ast onishing piece of

revelat ion t hat t he Qur 'an gives about
t he fut ure is t o be found in t he fir st
ver ses of Sura Rum , which r efer s t o
t he Byzant ine Em pire, t he east ern
part of t he lat er Rom an Em pir e. I n
t hese verses, it is st at ed t hat t he
Byzant ine Em pir e had m et w it h a
gr eat defeat , but t hat it would soon
gain vict ory.
" Elif, Lam , Mim . The Rom ans have
been defeat ed in t he low est land, but
aft er t heir defeat t hey w ill t hem selves be vict orious in a few year s' t im e. The affair is
God's from beginning t o end."
( The Qur 'an, 30: 1- 4)
These verses were revealed around 620
AD, alm ost seven years aft er t he severe
defeat of Chr ist ian Byzant ium at t he
hands of t he idolat er Persians. Yet it was
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r elat ed in t he ver ses t hat Byzant ium

w ould short ly be vict orious. I n fact ,
Byzant ium had t hen suffered such heavy
losses t hat it seem ed im possible for it
even t o sur vive, let alone be vict or ious
again. Not only t he Per sians, but also
Avar s, Slavs and Lom bar ds posed serious
t hr eat s t o t he Byzant ine Em pire. The
Avar s had reached as far as t he w alls of
Const ant inople. The Byzant ine Em per or
Heraclius had or der ed t he gold and silver
in chur ches t o be m elt ed and t urned int o
m oney in order t o m eet t he expenses of
The Dead Sea basin w here Byzant ium w as t he arm y. When t hese proved
defeat ed by Per sians. Above is a sat ellit e
insufficient , even bronze st at ues w ere
phot ogr aph of t he r egion. The Lake of Lut
m elt ed down t o be t urned int o m oney.
r egion, w hich is t he low est region of t he
Many gover nors had r evolt ed against
w orld, is 395 m et er below t he sea level.
Em peror Her aclius, and t he em pir e w as
on t he point of collapse. Mesopot am ia,
Cilicia, Syr ia, Palest ine, Egypt and Ar m enia, which had earlier belonged t o Byzant ium ,
w ere invaded by t he idolat er Per sians.( 20)
I n short , ever yone w as expect ing t he Byzant ine Em pir e t o
be dest r oyed. But right at t hat m om ent , t he first ver ses of
Sura Rum were revealed, announcing t hat Byzant ium
w ould t rium ph in a few year s' t im e. This vict ory seem ed so
im possible t hat Ar ab polyt heist s had gone so far as t o
m ake fun of t hese verses. They t hought t hat t he vict ory
announced in t he Qur'an would never com e t r ue.
Ar ound seven years aft er t he r evelat ion of t he fir st ver ses
of Sura Rum , in Decem ber 627 AD, a decisive bat t le
bet w een Byzant ium and t he Per sian Em pir e w as fought at
Nineveh. And t his t im e t he Byzant ine ar m y unexpect edly
defeat ed t he Per sians. A few m ont hs lat er, t he Per sians
had t o m ake an agreem ent w it h Byzant ium , which obliged
t hem t o r et urn t he t er r it ories t hey had t aken fr om it .( 21)
At t he end, " t he vict or y of t he
Rom ans," pr oclaim ed by God in t he
Qur 'an, m iraculously cam e t rue.
Anot her m iracle r evealed in t hese
ver ses is t he announcem ent of a
geographical fact t hat could not have
been know n by anyone at t hat t im e.
I n t he t hird verse of Sura Rum , we ar e infor m ed t hat t he Rom ans
had been defeat ed in t he low est r egion of t he Eart h. This
expr ession, " Adna al Ar d" in Ar abic, is int er pret ed as " a near by
place" in m any t r anslat ions. Yet t his is not t he lit eral m eaning of
t he original st at em ent , but r at her a figur at ive int er pret at ion of it .
The w ord "Adna" in Ar abic is der ived from t he w ord "deni" , which
m eans " low " and " ard" , w hich m eans " wor ld". Therefore t he
expr ession " Adna al Ard" m eans "t he lowest place on t he Ear t h".
Above is a
sat ellit e
phot ogr aph of t he
Dead Sea basin.
The alt it ude of
t he Dead Sea
could only be
det erm ined wit h
m odern
m easurem ent
t echniques. These
Most int er est ingly, t he crucial st ages of t he w ar fought bet w een

t he Byzant ine Em pir e and t he Per sians, when t he Byzant ines w ere
defeat ed and lost Jer usalem , had really t aken place at t he low est
point on ear t h. This specified r egion is t he Dead Sea basin, w hich
is sit uat ed at t he int ersect ion point of t he lands belonging t o Syria,
Palest ine, and Jor dan. The "Dead Sea", lying 395 m et ers below sea
level, really is t he low est r egion on Eart h.
This m eans t hat t he Byzant ines w ere defeat ed at t he low est par t of
t he wor ld, j ust as st at ed in t he verse.
The m ost int er est ing point lies in t he fact t hat t he alt it ude of t he
Dead Sea could only be m easur ed w it h m odern m easur em ent
t echniques. Before t hat , it w as im possible for anyone t o know t hat
it was t he lowest r egion on t he sur face of t he Ear t h. Yet , t his
r egion w as st at ed t o be t he lowest point on t he Ear t h in t he
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m easurem ent s
Qur 'an. Hence, t his pr ovides fur t her evidence t hat t he Qur 'an is
led t o t he
divine r evelat ion.
discover y t hat
t his is t he " lowest
r egion on t he
Ear t h" .
PART TH REE: TH E H I STORI CAL M I RACLES OF TH E QU R'AN
The W or d " H a m a n" in t h e Qur 'a n
The inform at ion given in t he Qur 'an about ancient Egypt r eveals m any hist or ical fact s
t hat had rem ained undisclosed unt il recent t im es. These fact s also indicat e t o us t hat
ever y w ord in t he Qur 'an has been r evealed by sur e w isdom .
Ham an is a charact er w hose nam e is m ent ioned in t he Qur'an, along w it h t he Pharaoh.
He is recor ded in six different places of t he Qur 'an as one of t he closest m en t o t he
Pharaoh.
Surprisingly t he nam e of Ham an is never m ent ioned in t hose sect ions of t he Tor ah
per t aining t o t he life of Moses. However, t he m ent ion of Ham an can be found in t he
last chapt ers of t he Old Test am ent as t he helper of a Babylonian king w ho inflict ed
m any cruelt ies on t he I sraelit es appr oxim at ely 1,100 years aft er Moses.
Som e non- Muslim s, who claim t hat t he
Prophet Muham m ad ( peace be upon
him ) wr ot e t he Qur 'an by copying from
t he Tor ah and t he Bible, also assert t hat
during t he pr ocess, he t ransfer red som e
of t he subj ect s r elat ed in t hese books
int o t he Qur'an incor rect ly.
The absur dit y of t hese claim s was
dem onst r at ed only aft er t he Egypt ian
hieroglyphic alphabet had been
decipher ed, appr oxim at ely 200 years
ago, and t he nam e " Ham an" discover ed
in t he ancient scr ipt s.
Before t hese discoveries, t he w r it ings
and inscr ipt ions of ancient Egypt could
not be underst ood. The language of
ancient Egypt w as hier oglyphic, w hich
survived t hrough t he ages. However,
w it h t he spr ead of Christ ianit y and ot her
cult ural influences in t he 2nd and 3rd
cent uries AD, Egypt forsook it s ancient
beliefs as well as hieroglyphic w rit ing.
The last known exam ple of t he use of
hieroglyphic w r it ing was an inscript ion
dat ed 394 AD. Then t hat language w as
for got t en, leaving nobody who could
read and under st and it . And t hat was
t he sit uat ion unt il som e 200 years ago
The nam e "Ham an" was not know n unt il t he

decoding of Egypt ian hier oglyphics in t he
19t h cent ury. When t he hieroglyphics w er e
decoded, it w as underst ood t hat Ham an w as
a close helper of t he Phar aoh, and w as "t he
head of t he st one quarr ies" . ( Above are
shown ancient Egypt ian const ruct ion
wor kers) . The r eally im port ant point here is
t hat Ham an is m ent ioned in t he Qur 'an as
The m yst er y of ancient Egypt ian
hieroglyphics w as solved in 1799 by t he t he person w ho direct ed const r uct ion w or k
discover y of a t ablet called t he " Roset t a under t he com m and of t he Phar aoh. This
m eans t hat inform at ion t hat could not have
St one" dat ing back t o 196 B.C. The
im por t ance of t his inscr ipt ion w as t hat it been know n by anybody else at t hat t im e
was given by t he Qur 'an.
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w as w r it t en in t hr ee differ ent form s of w rit ing: Hier oglyphics, dem ot ic ( a sim plified
for m of ancient Egypt ian hier at ic wr it ing) and Greek. Wit h t he help of t he Gr eek script ,
t he ancient Egypt ian wr it ings w er e decoded. The t r anslat ion of t he inscript ion was
com plet ed by a Fr enchm an nam ed Jean- Fr anoise Cham pollion. Hence a for got t en
language and t he event s relat ed in it wer e br ought t o light . I n t his way, a great deal of
knowledge about t he civilizat ion, r eligion and social life of ancient Egypt becam e
available.
Thr ough t he decoding of hier oglyph, an im port ant piece of know ledge was r evealed:
t he nam e "Ham an" w as indeed m ent ioned in Egypt ian inscript ions. This nam e w as
refer red t o in a m onum ent in t he Hof Museum in Vienna.( 22)
I n t he dict ionar y of People in t he New Kingdom , t hat was pr epared based on t he ent ire
collect ion of inscript ions, Ham an is said t o be " t he head of st one quarr y w orker s" .( 23)
The result revealed a very im port ant t r ut h. Unlike t he false assert ion of t he opponent s
of t he Qur 'an, Ham an w as a per son who lived in Egypt at t he t im e of Moses, w ho had
been close t o t he Pharaoh, and had been involved in const r uct ion wor k, j ust as
im part ed in t he Qur'an.
Fur t her m ore, t he verse in t he Qur 'an descr ibing t he event w here t he Phar aoh asked
Ham an t o build a t ow er is in per fect agr eem ent w it h t his archaeological finding:
" Pharaoh said, 'Council, I do not know of any ot her god for you apar t fr om Me. Ham an,
kindle a fir e for m e over t he clay and build m e a loft y t ower so t hat perhaps I m ay be
able t o clim b up t o Moses' god! I consider him a blat ant liar .'"
( The Qur 'an, 28: 38)
I n conclusion, t he exist ence of t he nam e Ham an in t he ancient Egypt ian inscr ipt ions
not only r endered t he fabr icat ed claim s of t he opponent s of t he Qur 'an wor t hless, but
also confirm ed one m ore t im e t he fact t hat t he Qur 'an com es fr om God. I n a
m ir aculous w ay, t he Qur 'an conveys t o us hist orical infor m at ion t hat could not have
been possessed or underst ood at t he t im e of t he Pr ophet .
Tit le s of Egypt ia n Rule r s in t he Qur 'a n
Moses was not t he only pr ophet w ho lived in t he lands of Egypt in t he hist ory of
ancient Egypt . The Prophet Joseph had lived in Egypt long before t he t im e of Moses.
We encount er a cert ain parallel w hile reading about t he st ories of Moses and Joseph.
While addr essing t he Egypt ian r uler at t he t im e of Joseph, t he w ork " m alik" ( t he King)
is used in t he Qur 'an:
" The King ( m alik) said, 'Br ing him ( Joseph) t o m e st r aight aw ay! so I m ay draw him
ver y close t o m e.' When he had spoken w it h him , he declar ed, 'Today you ar e t r ust ed,
est ablished in our sight .'"
( The Qur 'an, 12: 54)
I n cont r ast , t he r uler at Moses' t im e is r eferr ed t o as t he " Pharaoh":
" We gave Moses nine Clear Signs. Ask t he t ribe of I srael about w hen he cam e t o t hem
and Pharaoh said t o him , 'Moses, I t hink you ar e bew it ched.'"
( The Qur 'an, 17: 101)
Hist orical r ecords available t oday show us t he r eason
for t he differ ent nom enclat ure of t hese r uler s. The
wor d " phar aoh" w as originally t he nam e given t o t he
royal palace in ancient Egypt . The ruler s of t he old
dynast y did not use t he t it le. The use of t he w ord
phar aoh as t he t it le of t he ruler did not st ar t unt il t he
"New Kingdom " era of Egypt ian hist or y. This period
st ar t ed wit h t he 18t h dynast y ( 1539- 1292 BC) , and by
t he 20t h dynast y ( 945- 730 BC) t he w ord " pharaoh"
was adopt ed as t it le of respect .
Ther efor e t he m ir aculous nat ur e of t he Qur'an is
m anifest ed her e once again: Joseph lived at t he t im e of
t he Old Kingdom , and hence t he w or d " m alik" was used
for t he Egypt ian ruler r at her t han " pharaoh". On t he
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cont rary, since Moses lived at t he t im e of t he New

Kingdom , t he ruler of Egypt is addr essed as " phar aoh" .
There is no doubt t hat one has t o have a know ledge of t he hist or y of Egypt in or der t o
m ake such a dist inct ion. How ever , t he hist ory of Ancient Egypt was com plet ely
for got t en by t he 4t h cent ury, as hier oglyphics could no longer be under st ood, and w as
not r ediscover ed unt il t he 19t h cent ury. Ther efor e, t here was no in- dept h knowledge
of Egypt ian hist or y available when t he Qur 'an was r evealed. This fact is yet anot her
one of count less pieces of evidence pr oving t hat t he Qur 'an is t he w ord of God.
CON CLU SI ON
The Qur 'a n is t h e W or d of God
All t hat we have seen so far shows us one clear fact : t he Qur'an is such a book t hat all
t he new s r elat ed in it has proved t o be t rue. Fact s about scient ific subj ect s and t he
new s given about t he fut ure, fact s t hat no one could have know n at t he t im e, w er e
announced in it s verses. I t is im possible for t his infor m at ion t o have been know n w it h
t he level of know ledge and t echnology of t he day. I t is clear t hat t his provides clear
evidence t hat t he Qur 'an is not t he w ord of m an. The Qur 'an is t he wor d of t he
Alm ight y God, t he Originat or of everyt hing and t he One Who encom passes ever yt hing
w it h His knowledge. I n one verse, God says on t he Qur'an " I f it h a d be e n fr om
ot he r t ha n God, t he y w ould ha ve found m a ny in consist e ncie s in it ." ( The
Qur 'an, 4: 82) Not only are t here no inconsist encies in t he Qur'an, but ever y piece of
inform at ion it cont ains reveals t he m ir acle of t his divine book m or e and m or e each
day.
What falls t o m an is t o hold fast t o t his divine book r evealed by God, and r eceive it as
his one and only guide. I n one of t he ver ses, God calls out t o us:
" And t his is a Book We have sent dow n and blessed, so follow it and have fear of God
so t hat hopefully you will gain m er cy."
( The Qur 'an, 6: 155)
I n His ot her verses, God rem ar ks:
" Say: 'I t is t he t r ut h fr om your Lor d. Let anyone w ho wishes t o, believe, and let
anyone w ho w ishes t o, disbelieve.'"
( The Qur 'an, 18: 29)
" No indeed! Tr uly it ( t he Qur 'an) is a r em inder , and w hoever wills pays heed t o it ."
( The Qur 'an, 80: 11- 12
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The Scientific Miracles of the Qur'an

The pr esence of w at er is essent ial for life on

The at m ospher e layer t hat blocks t he rays

Each layer of t he at m ospher e has beneficial

The Scientific Miracles of the Qur'an

The Scientific Miracles of the Qur'an

Anot her im port ant m iracle on t his subj ect

The Funct ion of M ount a ins

The Qur'an dr aw s at t ent ion t o a ver y

14 cent uries ago, when t he sky was

"We placed firm ly em bedded m ount ains

Mount ains have root s deep

Schem at ic sect ion.

The Scientific Miracles of the Qur'an

Anot her illust r at ion shows

The Scientific Miracles of the Qur'an

The Scientific Miracles of the Qur'an

The Scientific Miracles of the Qur'an

ant i- m at t er. Ant i- m at t er car ries t he opposit e

Pr of. Paul Dirac

The Re la t ivit y of Tim e

" H e dir e ct s t he w h ole a f fa ir fr om he a ve n t o e a r t h . Th e n it w ill a ga in a sce nd t o

The Scientific Miracles of the Qur'an

Ever y year, t he am ount of wat er

The Scientific Miracles of the Qur'an

The For m a t ion of Ra in

The above illust r at ion show s t he wat er dr oplet s being

The Scientific Miracles of the Qur'an

clouds will be suspended in t he air and t hen condense t o

The Scientific Miracles of the Qur'an

3 .STAGE, St acking: When t he sm all clouds j oin t oget her, updraft s

The Scientific Miracles of the Qur'an

The pict ure above shows t he st ages in t he for m at ion of a w ave.

The Se a s not M ingling w it h One Anot h e r

The Scientific Miracles of the Qur'an

The Scientific Miracles of the Qur'an

Measur em ent s m ade w it h

The Scientific Miracles of the Qur'an

The Bir t h of a H um a n Be ing