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Introduction

One thing which surprises nonMuslims who are

examiningthebookverycloselyisthattheQurandoesnot

appear to them to be what they expected. What they

assume

is

that

they

have

an

old

book

which

came

fourteen

centuries ago from theArabian desert; and they expect

that thebook should look something like that an old

bookfromthedesert.Andthentheyfindoutthatitdoes

notresemblewhattheyexpectedatall.Additionally,one

ofthefirstthingsthatsomepeopleassumeisthatbecause

it

is

an

old

book

which

comes

from

the

desert,

it

should

talkaboutthedesert.WelltheQurandoestalkaboutthe

desert someofitsimagerydescribesthedesert;butitalso

talksaboutthesea whatitsliketobeinastormonthe

sea.


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MerchantMarine

Someyearsago,thestorycametous inTorontoabouta

man who was in themerchant marine and made his

livingonthesea.AMuslimgavehimatranslationofthe

Quran

to

read.

The

merchant

marine

knew

nothing

about

the history of Islam but was interested in reading the

Quran.Whenhefinishedreadingit,hebroughtitbackto

the Muslim and asked, This Muhammad, was he a

sailor?Hewas impressed athowaccurately theQuran

describesa stormon a sea.Whenhewas told,Noasa

matter

of

fact,

Muhammad

lived

in

the

desert,

that

was

enoughforhim.HeembracedIslamonthespot.

HewassoimpressedwiththeQuransdescriptionbecause

he hadbeen in a storm on the sea, and he knew that

whoeverhadwritten thatdescriptionhadalsobeen ina

stormonthesea.Thedescriptionof

awave,

over

it

awave,

over

it

clouds

(Surah

Nur,

24:40)

wasnotwhatsomeoneimaginingastormonaseatobe

likewouldhavewritten;rather,itwaswrittenbysomeone

whoknewwhatastormon theseawas like.This isone

exampleofhowtheQuranisnottiedtocertainplaceand

time.Certainly,thescientificideasexpressedin italsodo

not seem tooriginate from thedesert fourteen centuries

ago.


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TheSmallest

Thing

Many centuries before the onset of Muhammads

prophethood, therewas awellknown theory of atomism

advancedby theGreekphilosopher,Democritus.Heand

the

people

who

came

after

him

assumed

that

matter

consistsof tiny, indestructible, indivisibleparticlescalled

atoms.TheArabstoo,usedtodealinthesameconcept;in

fact, theArabicword dharrah commonly referred to the

smallestparticleknowntoman.Now,modernsciencehas

discoveredthatthissmallestunitofmatter(i.e.,theatom,

which

has

all

of

the

same

properties

as

its

element)

can

be

split into its component parts. This is a new idea, a

developmentofthelastcentury;yet;interestinglyenough,

this information had already been documented in the

Quran(SurahSaba,34:3)whichstates:

He[i.e.,Allah]isawareofanatomsweightinthe

heavensand

on

the

earth

and

even

anything

smaller

thanthat...

Undoubtedly,fourteencenturiesagothatstatementwould

have looked unusual, even to an Arab. For him, the

dharrahwas thesmallest thing therewas. Indeed, this is

proof,thattheQuranisnotoutdated.


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Honey

Anotherexampleofwhatonemightexpecttofind inan

old book that touches upon the subject of health or

medicineisoutdatedremediesorcures.Varioushistorical

sources

state

that

the

Prophet

()

gave

some

advice

about

healthandhygiene,yetmostofthesepiecesofadviceare

not contained in theQuran.At firstglance, to thenon

Muslims this appears tobe a negligent omission. They

cannotunderstandwhyAllahwouldnotincludesuch

helpfulinformationintheQuran.SomeMuslimsattempt

to

explain

this

absence

with

the

following

argument:

AlthoughtheProphetsadvicewassoundandapplicable

to the time in which he lived, Allah, in His infinite

wisdom,knew that therewould come latermedicaland

scientific advances which would make the Prophets

adviceappearoutdated.Whenlaterdiscoveriesoccurred,

peoplemightsay thatsuch informationcontradictedthat

whichtheProphet()hadgiven.Thus,sinceAllahwouldneverallowanyopportunityforthenonMuslimstoclaim

that theQuran contradicts itself or the teachings of the

Prophet(),Heonly included in theQuran information

and examples which could stand the test of time.

However, when one examines the true realities of the

Quranin

terms

of

its

existence

as

adivine

revelation,

the

entire matter is quickly brought into its proper

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clearand

understandable.

It must be understood that the Quran is a divine

revelation,andas such,all information in it isofdivine

origin.Allah revealed theQuran fromHimself. It is the

wordsofAllah,which existedbefore creation,and thus

nothing canbeadded, subtracted or altered. In essence,

theQuran

existed

and

was

complete

before

the

creation

of

ProphetMuhammad(),soitcouldnotpossiblycontain

anyoftheProphetsownwordsoradvice.Aninclusionof

suchinformationwouldclearlycontradictthepurposefor

which the Quran exists, compromise its authority and

renderitinauthenticasadivinerevelation.

Consequently,there

was

no

home

remedies

in

the

Quranwhichonecouldclaimtobeoutdated;nordoesit

containanymansviewaboutwhatisbeneficialtohealth,

what food isbest to eat, orwhatwill cure this or that

disease.Infact,theQuranonlymentionsoneitemdealing

withmedicaltreatment,anditisnotindisputebyanyone.

Itstates

that

in

honey

there

is

healing.

And

certainly,

Ido

notthinkthatthereisanyonewhowillarguewiththat!


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ProphetMuhammad

()

and

the

Quran

Ifoneassumes thattheQuran is theproductofamans

mind,thenonewouldexpectittoreflectsomeofwhatwas

goingon in themindof themanwhocomposed it.In

fact,

certain

encyclopedias

and

various

books

claim

that

the Quran was the product of hallucinations that

Muhammad underwent. If these claims are true if it

indeed originated from some psychologicalproblems in

Muhammads mind then evidence of this would be

apparentintheQuran.Istheresuchevidence?Inorderto

determine

whether

or

not

there

is,

one

must

first

identify

whatthingswouldhavebeengoingoninhismindatthat

timeandthensearchforthesethoughtsandreflectionsin

theQuran.

ItiscommonknowledgethatMuhammad()hadavery

difficult life.Allofhisdaughtersdiedbeforehimexcept

one,and

he

had

awife

of

several

years

who

was

very

dear

and important to him,who not only proceeded him in

deathbutdied at a very criticalperiod of his life.As a

matteroffact,shemusthavebeenquiteawomanbecause

whenthefirstrevelationcametohim,heranhometoher,

afraid.Certainly,eventodayonewouldhaveahardtime

trying

to

find

an

Arab

who

would

tell

you,

I

was

so

afraid thatI ranhometomywife.Theyjustarent that

way.YetMuhammad()feltcomfortableenoughwithhis


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wifeto

be

able

to

do

that.

Thats

how

influential

and

strongwomanshewas.Althoughtheseexamplesareonly

a few of the subjects that would have been on

Muhammads mind, they are sufficient in intensity to

provemypoint.

TheQurandoesnotmentionanyofthesethings notthe

deathof

his

children,

not

the

death

of

his

beloved

companionandwife,nothisfearoftheinitialrevelations,

whichhesobeautifullysharedwithhiswife nothing;yet

these topics must have hurt him, bothered him, and

caused him pain and grief during periods of his life.

Indeed, if theQuranwasaproductofhispsychological

reflections,then

these

subjects,

as

well

as

others,

would

be

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somestill

exist

today.

Basically

it

states,

If

this

book

is

not

whatitclaimstobe,thenallyouhavetodoisthisorthisor

thistoprovethatitisfalse.Ofcourse,in1400yearsno

onehasbeenabletodoThisorthisorthis,andthusitis

stillconsideredtrueandauthentic.

FalsificationTest

I suggest toyou that thenext timeyouget intodispute

withsomeoneaboutIslamandheclaimsthathehasthe

truth and thatyou are in darkness,you leave all other

argumentsatfirstandmakethissuggestion.Askhim,Is

thereany

falsification

test

in

your

religion?

Is

there

anythinginyourreligionthatwouldproveyouarewrong

ifIcouldprovetoyouthatitexists anything?Well,Ican

promiserightnowthatpeoplewillnothaveanything no

test,noproof,nothing!Thisisbecausetheydonotcarry

around the idea that they shouldnotonlypresentwhat

theybelieve

but

should

also

offer

others

achance

to

prove

theyrewrong.However,Islamdoesthat.

A perfect example of how Islam provides man with a

chance to verify it authenticity and prove it wrong

occursinthe4thchapter.Andquiethonestly,Iwasvery

surprisedwhen I firstdiscovered thischallenge.Itstates

(SurahAn

Nisa,

4:82):


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Dothey

not

consider

the

Quran?

Had

it

been

from

anyotherthanAllah,theywouldsurelyhavefound

thereinmuchdiscrepancy.

This isa clear challenge to thenonMuslim.Basically, it

invites him to find a mistake. As a matter of fact, the

seriousnessanddifficultyofthechallengeaside,theactual

presentationof

such

achallenge

in

the

first

place

is

not

even in human nature and is inconsistent with mans

personality.Onedoesnt takeanexaminschoolandafter

finishingtheexam,writeanotetotheinstructorattheend

saying,Thisexamisperfect.Therearenomistakesinit.

Findoneifyoucan!Onejustdoesntdothat.Theteacher

wouldnot

sleep

until

he

found

amistake!

And

yet

this

is

thewaytheQuranapproachespeople.


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AskThose

Who

Have

Knowledge

Another interesting attitude that exists in the Quran

repeatedlydealswith itsadvicetothereader.TheQuran

informsthereaderaboutdifferentfactsandthengivesthe

advice:

If

you

want

to

know

more

about

this

or

that,

or

if

youdoubtwhat issaid, thenyou shouldask thosewho

haveknowledge.Thistooisasurprisingattitude.Itisnot

usual tohaveabook thatcomes from someonewithout

trainingingeography,botany,biology,etc.,whodiscusses

these subjectsand thenadvises thereader toaskmenof

knowledge

if

he

doubts

anything.

Yet

in

every

age

there

havebeenMuslimswhohavefollowed theadviceof the

Quranandmadesurprisingdiscoveries.Ifonelookstothe

worksofMuslim scientistsofmany centuries ago,one

will find them fullofquotations from theQuran.These

worksstatethattheydidresearchinsuchaplace,looking

for something. And they affirm that the reason they

looked in such and such a place was that the Quran

pointedtheminthatdirection.

Forexample,theQuranmentionsmansoriginandthen

tells the reader,Research it! Itgives the reader ahint

where to look and then states that one should find out

moreabout

it.

This

is

the

kind

of

thing

that

Muslims

today

largelyseemtooverlook butnotalways,asillustratedin

thefollowingexample.


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Embryology

Afewyearsago,agroupofmeninRiyadh,SaudiArabia

collected all of the verses in the Quran which discuss

embryology thegrowthofthehumanbeinginthewomb.

Theysaid,

Here

is

what

the

Quran

says.

Is

it

the

truth?

In essence, they took theadviceof theQuran:Ask the

men who know. They chose, as it happened, a non

Muslim who is a professor of embryology at the

UniversityofToronto.HisnameisKeithMoore,andheis

theauthoroftextbooksonembryology aworldexperton

the

subject.

They

invited

him

to

Riyadh

and

said,

This

is

whattheQuransaysaboutyoursubject.Isittrue?What

canyoutellus?

WhilehewasinRiyadh,theygavehimallthehelpthathe

neededintranslationandallofthecooperationforwhich

heasked.Andhewassosurprisedatwhathefoundthat

hechanged

his

textbooks.

In

fact,

in

the

second

edition

of

oneofhisbooks,calledBeforeWeAreBorn...inthesection

about the history of embryology, he included some

materialthatwasnotinthefirsteditionbecauseofwhathe

found in theQuranwasaheadof itstimeandthatthose

whobelieveintheQuranknowwhatotherpeopledonot

know.

Ihad thepleasureof interviewingDr.KeithMoorefora

televisionpresentation,andwetalkedagreatdealabout


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thisit

was

illustrated

by

slides

and

so

on.

He

mentioned

that someof the things that theQuran states about the

growthof thehumanbeingwerenotknownuntil thirty

yearsago.Infact,hesaidthatoneiteminparticular the

Quransdescriptionof thehumanbeingasaleechlike

clot(alaqah)[Ghafir40:67] wasnewtohim;butwhen

hechecked

on

it,

he

found

that

it

was

true,

and

so

he

added it tohisbook.He said, I never thought of that

before,andhewenttothezoologydepartmentandasked

forapictureofaleech.Whenhefoundthatitlookedjust

like the human embryo, he decided to include both

picturesinoneofhistextbooks.

Althoughthe

aforementioned

example

of

man

researching

information contained in the Quran deals with a non

Muslim,itisstillvalidbecauseheisoneof thosewhois

knowledgeableinthesubjectbeingresearched.Hadsome

layman claimed that what the Quran says about

embryology istrue,thenonewouldnotnecessarilyhave

toaccept

his

word.

However,

because

of

the

high

position,

respect, and esteem man gives scholars, one naturally

assumes that if they research a subject and arrive at a

conclusionbasedon thatresearch,then theconclusion is

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SkepticsReaction

Dr.Moorealsowrote abook on clinical embryology, and

whenhepresentedthisinformation inToronto,itcaused

quiteastirthroughoutCanada.Itwasonthefrontpages

ofsome

of

the

newspapers

across

Canada,

and

some

of

the

headlineswere quite funny. For instance, one headline

read: SURPRISING THING FOUND IN ANCIENT

PRAYERBOOK!Itseemsobviousfromthisexamplethat

peopledonotclearlyunderstandwhatitisallabout.Asa

matter of fact, one newspaper reporter asked Professor

Moore,

Dont

you

think

that

maybe

the

Arabs

might

have known about these things thedescription of the

embryo, itsappearanceandhow itchanges andgrows?

Maybe they were not scientists, maybe they did some

crude dissections on their own carveduppeopleand

examined these things. The professor immediately

pointed

out

to

him

that

he

[i.e.,

the

reporter]

had

missed

a

veryimportantpoint alloftheslidesoftheembryothat

hadbeen shownand thathadbeenprojected in thefilm

hadcomefrompictures taken throughamicroscope.He

said,Itdoesnotmatter ifsomeonehad tried todiscover

embryology fourteencenturiesago.Theycouldnothave

seenit!

Allofthedescriptionsin theQuranoftheappearanceof

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withthe

eye;

therefore,

one

needs

amicroscope

to

see

it.

Sincesuchadevicehadonlybeenaround for littlemore

than two hundred years, Dr. Moore taunted, Maybe

fourteencenturiesagosomeonesecretlyhadamicroscope

and did this research, making no mistakes anywhere.

ThenhesomehowtaughtMuhammad()andconvinced

himto

put

this

information

in

his

book.

Then

he

destroyed

hisequipmentandkeptitasecretforever.Doyoubelieve

that?Youreallyshouldnotunlessyoubringsomeproof

because it is such a ridiculous theory. In fact,whenhe

wasasked,Howdoyouexplain this information in the

Quran?Dr.Mooresreplywas,Itcouldonlyhavebeen

divinely

revealed!


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Geology

One of ProfessorMoores colleagues,MarshallJohnson,

dealsextensivelywithgeologyattheUniversityofToronto.

Hebecame very interested in the fact that theQurans

statements

about

embryology

are

accurate,

and

so

he

asked Muslims to collect everything contained in the

Quranwhichdealswithhisspecialty.Againpeoplewere

very surprised at the findings. Since there are a vast

numbersubjectsdiscussedintheQuran,itwouldcertainly

requirealargeamountoftimetoexhausteachsubject.It

suffices

for

the

purpose

of

this

discussion

to

state

that

the

Quran makes very clear and concise statements about

varioussubjectswhilesimultaneouslyadvisingthereader

toverifytheauthenticityofthesestatementswithresearch

by scholars in those subjects.And as illustratedby the

previousexamplesofembryologyandgeology,theQuran

hasclearlyemergedauthentic.


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YouDid

Not

Know

This

Before!

Undoubtedly, there isanattitude in theQuranwhich is

not foundanywhereelse. It is interestinghowwhen the

Quranprovidesinformation,itoftentellsthereader,You

did

not

know

this

before.

Indeed,

there

is

no

scripture

thatexistswhichmakesthatclaim.Alloftheotherancient

writingsandscriptures thatpeoplehavedogivea lotof

information,buttheyalwaysstatewheretheinformation

camefrom.

Forexample,whentheBiblediscussesancienthistory,it

statesthat

this

king

lived

here,

this

one

fought

in

acertain

battle, another one had somay sons, etc.Yet it always

stipulates that if youwantmore information, then you

shouldread thebookofsoandsobecausethatiswhere

theinformationcamefrom.Incontrasttothisconcept,the

Quran provides the reader with information and states

thatthis

information

is

something

new.

Of

course,

there

always exists the advice to research the information

providedandverify itsauthenticity.Itis interesting that

such a concept was never challenged by nonMuslims

fourteen centuriesago. Indeed, theMakkanswhohated

theMuslims, and time and time again they heard such

revelations

claiming

to

bring

new

information;

yet,

they

never spoke up and said, This is not new.We know

whereMuhammadgotthis information.Welearned this


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atschool.

They

could

never

challenge

its

authenticity

becauseitreallywasnew!


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Proofof

Authenticity:

An

Approach

ItmustbestressedherethattheQuran isaccurateabout

many, many things,but accuracy does not necessarily

meanthatabookisadivinerevelation.Infact,accuracyis

only

one

of

the

criteria

for

divine

revelations.

For

instance,

thetelephonebookisaccurate,butthatdoesnotmeanthat

it isdivinely revealed.Therealproblem lies in thatone

must establish some proof of the source the Qurans

information.Theemphasisisintheotherdirection,inthat

theburdenofproof ison thereader.Onecannotsimply

deny

the

Qurans

authenticity

without

sufficient

proof.

If,

indeed, one finds a mistake, then he has the right to

disqualifyit.ThisisexactlywhattheQuranencourages.

Onceamancameup tomeaftera lectureIdelivered in

SouthAfrica.HewasveryangryaboutwhatIhadsaid,

and soheclaimed,I amgoing togohome tonightand

findamistake

in

the

Quran.

Of

course,

Isaid,

Congratulations.That is themost intelligent thing that

youhavesaid.Certainly, this is theapproachMuslims

need to take with those who doubt the Qurans

authenticity, because the Quran itself offers the same

challenge.And inevitably, after accepting its challenge

and

discovering

that

it

is

true,

these

people

will

come

to

believeitbecausetheycouldnotdisqualify it.Inessence,

the Quran earns their respectbecause they themselves


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havehad

to

verify

its

authenticity.

An essential fact that cannot be reiterated enough

concerning the authenticity of the Quran is that ones

inability to explain a phenomenon himself does not

requirehisacceptanceof thephenomenonsexistenceor

another persons explanation of it. Specifically, just

becauseone

cannot

explain

something

does

not

mean

that

onehas to accept someone elses explanation.However,

the persons refusal of other explanations reverts the

burdenofproofbackonhimselftofindafeasibleanswer.

Thisgeneraltheoryappliestonumerousconcepts in life,

butfitsmostwonderfullywiththeQuranicchallenge,for

itcreates

adifficulty

for

one

who

says,

I

do

not

believe

it.

Attheonsetofrefusaloneimmediatelyhasanobligation

tofindanexplanationhimself ifhefeelsothersanswers

areinadequate.

In fact, in one particular Quranic verse which I have

alwaysseenmistranslatedintoEnglish,Allahmentionsa

manwho

heard

the

truth

explained

to

him.

It

states

that

he

was derelict in his duty because after he heard the

information,heleftwithoutcheckingtheverityofwhathe

had heard. In other words, one is guilty if he hears

something and does not research it and check to see

whether it is true. One is supposed to process all

informationand

decide

what

is

garbage

to

be

thrown

out

and what is worthwhile information to be kept and

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Onecannot

just

let

it

rattle

around

in

his

head.

It

must

be

put in theproper categories and approached from that

point of view. For example, if the information is still

speculatory, thenonemustdiscernwhether itscloser to

beingtrueorfalse.Butifallthefactshavebeenpresented,

then one must decide absolutely between these two

options.And

even

if

one

is

not

positive

about

the

authenticity of the information, he is still required to

processall the informationandmaketheadmission that

hejustdoesnotknow for sure.Although this lastpoint

appears tobe futile, in actuality, it isbeneficial to the

arrival at a positive conclusion at a later time in that it

forces

the

person

to

at

least

recognize

research

and

review

thefacts.

Thisfamiliaritywiththeinformationwillgivetheperson

the edge when future discoveries are made and

additional information ispresented.Theimportantthing

isthatonedealswiththefactsanddoesnotsimplydiscard

themout

of

empathy

and

disinterest.


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Exhaustingthe

Alternatives

Therealcertainty about the truthfulnessof theQuran is

evidentintheconfidencewhichisprevalentthroughoutit;

and this confidence comes from a different approach

Exhausting

the

alternatives.

In

essence,

the

Quran

states,

Thisbookisadivinerevelation;ifyoudonotbelievethat,

thenwhatisit?Inotherwords,thereader ischallenged

tocomeupwith someotherexplanation.Here isabook

madeofpaperandink.Wherediditcomefrom?Itsaysit

isadivinerevelation;if it isnot,thenwhatis itssource?

The

interesting

fact

is

that

no

one

has

yet

come

up

with

an

explanation thatworks. In fact,allalternativeshavebee

exhausted.AshasbeenwellestablishedbynonMuslims,

these alternativesbasically are reduced to twomutually

exclusiveschoolsofthought,insistingononeortheother.

On onehand, there exists a largegroup ofpeoplewho

haveresearched

the

Quran

for

hundreds

of

years

and

who claim, One thing we know for sure that man,

Muhammad (), thought he was a prophet. He was

crazy! They are convinced that Muhammad () was

fooledsomehow.Thenontheotherhand,thereisagroup

which alleges, Because of this evidence, one thing we

knowfor

sure

is

that

that

man,

Muhammad

()

was

aliar! Ironically, these two groups never seem to get

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Infact,

many

references

to

Islam

usually

claim

both

theories.They startoutby stating thatMuhammad ()

was crazy and then endby saying hewas a liar.They

neverseemtorealizethathecouldnothavebeenboth!For

example, ifone isdeludedand really thinks thathe isa

prophet, then hedoesnot situp lateatnightplanning,

Howwill

Ifool

the

people

tomorrow

so

that

they

think

Iamaprophet?Hetrulybelievesthatheisaprophet,and

he trusts that the answer will be given to him by

revelation.


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TheCritics

Trail

As amatter of fact, a greatdeal of theQuran came in

answertoquestions.SomeonewouldaskMuhammad()

a question, and the revelation would come with the

answer

to

it.

Certainly,

if

one

is

crazy

and

believes

that

an

angelputwordsinhisear,thenwhensomeoneaskshima

question, he thinks that the angel will give him the

answer.Becauseheiscrazy,hereallythinksthat.Hedoes

nottellsomeonetowaitashortwhileandthenruntohis

friendsandask them,Doesanyoneknowtheanswer?

This

type

of

behavior

is

characteristic

of

one

who

does

not

believethatheisaprophet.WhatthenonMuslimsrefuse

toacceptisthatyoucannothaveitbothways.Onecanbe

deluded,orhecanbealiar.Hecanbreitheroneorneither

one,buthecertainlycannotbeboth!Theemphasis ison

the fact thatthey areunquestionablymutually exclusive

personalitytraits.

The following scenario isagoodexampleof thekindof

circle thatnonMuslimsgoaround in constantly. If you

askoneof them,What is theoriginof theQuran?He

tellsyou that itoriginated from themindofamanwho

wascrazy.Thenyouaskhim,If itcamefromhishead,

then

where

did

he

get

the

information

contained

in

it?

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factwhich

you

bring

him,

he

changes

his

position

and

says, Well, maybe he was not crazy. Maybe some

foreignerbroughthimtheinformation.Soheliedandtold

peoplethathewasaprophet.Atthispointthenyouhave

toaskhim,IfMuhammadwasaliar,thenwheredidhe

get his confidence? Why did hebehave as though he

reallythought

he

was

aprophet?

Finally

backed

into

acorner, like a cat he quickly lashes out with the first

response that comes tohismind.Forgetting thathehas

already exhausted that possibility, he claims, Well,

maybehewasntaliar.Hewasprobablycrazyandreally

thoughtthathewasaprophet.And thushebeginsthe

futile

cycle

again.

Ashasalreadybeenmentioned,thereismuchinformation

containedintheQuranwhosesourcecannotbeattributed

to anyone other than Allah. For example, who told

Muhammad()aboutthewallofDhulQarnayn aplace

hundreds of miles to the north? Who told him about

embryology?When

people

assemble

facts

such

as

these,

if

theyarenotwillingtoattributetheirexistencetoadivine

source, they automatically resort to the assumption

someonebroughtMuhammad () the information and

thatheusedittofoolthepeople.

However, this theory can easilybedisprovedwith one

simplequestion:

If

Muhammad

()

was

aliar,

where

did

hegethis confidence?Whydidhe tell somepeopleout

right to their face what others could never say? Such


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confidencedepends

completely

upon

being

convinced

that

onehasatruedivinerevelation.


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ARevelation

Abu

Lahab

ProphetMuhammad () had an uncleby the name of

AbuLahab.ThismanhatedIslamtosuchanextentthat

heusedtofollowtheProphetaroundinordertodiscredit

him.

If

Abu

Lahab

saw

the

Prophet

()

speaking

to

a

stranger,hewouldwaituntiltheypartedandthewould

gotothestrangerandaskhim,Whatdidhetellyou?Did

he say, Black?Well, itswhite.Did he say morning?

Well, itsnight.He faithfully said theexactoppositeof

whateverheheardMuhammad()andtheMuslimssay.

However,

about

ten

years

before

Abu

Lahab

died,

a

little

chapter in theQuran (SurahalLahab,111)wasrevealed

abouthim.Itdistinctlystatedthathewouldgotothefire

(i.e.,Hell).Inotherwords,itaffirmedthathewouldnever

become a Muslim and would thereforebe condemned

forever.FortenyearsallAbuLahabhadtodowassay,I

heardthatithasbeenrevealedtoMuhammadthatIwill

neverchange thatIwillneverbecomeaMuslimandwillenter theHellfire.Well, Iwant tobecomeMuslim now.

Howdoyoulikethat?Whatdoyouthinkofyourdivine

revelationnow?Butheneverdid that.Andyet, that is

exactly the kind ofbehavior onewould have expected

fromhimsincehealwayssoughttocontradictIslam.

Inessence,Muhammad ()said,Youhatemeandyou

want to finish me? Here, say these words, and I am


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TheFlight

AnotherexampleoftheconfidencewhichMuhammad()

had in his own prophethood and consequently in the

divineprotectionofhimselfandhismessageiswhenhe

left

Makkah

and

hid

in

a

cave

with

Abu

Bakr

()

during

theiremigrationtoMadinah.Thetwoclearlysawpeople

comingtokillthem,andAbuBakrwasafraid.Certainly,if

Muhammad ()was a liar, a forger and onewhowas

trying to fool the people intobelieving that he was a

prophet,onewouldhaveexpectedhim tosay in such a

circumstance

to

his

friend,

Hey,

Abu

Bakr,

see

if

you

can

findabackwayoutofthiscave.OrSquatdowninthat

corner over thereand keep quiet.Yet, in fact,whathe

saidtoAbuBakrclearlyillustratedhisconfidence.Hetold

him, Relax!Allah iswith us, andAllahwill saveus!

Now, if oneknows thathe is fooling thepeople,where

doesonegetthiskindofattitude?Infact,suchaframeof

mindisnotcharacteristicofaliaroraforgeratall.

So,ashasbeenpreviouslymentioned, thenonMuslims

goaroundandaroundinacircle,searchingforawayout

someway toexplainthefindingsin theQuranwithout

attributingthemtotheirpropersource.Ononehand,they

tell

you

on

Monday,

Wednesday

and

Friday,

The

man

wasaliar,andontheotherhand,onTuesday,Thursday

andSaturday they tellyou, Hewascrazy.What they


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AnEncounter

with

aMinister

Aboutsevenyearsago,Ihadaministerovertomyhome.

Intheparticularroomwhichweweresittingtherewasa

Quranonthetable,facedown,andsotheministerwasnot

aware

of

which

book

it

was.

In

the

midst

of

a

discussion,

I

pointedtotheQuranandsaid,Ihaveconfidenceinthat

book.LookingattheQuranbutnotknowingwhichbook

itwas,hereplied,Well,I tellyou,ifthatbookisnotthe

Bible, it was written by a man! In response to his

statement,Isaid,Letmetellyousomethingaboutwhatis

in

that

book.

And

in

just

three

to

four

minutes,

I

related

to

himafewthingscontainedintheQuran.Afterjustthose

threeorfourminutes,hecompletelychangedhisposition

anddeclared,Youareright.Amandidnotwritethatbook.

TheDevilwroteit!Indeed,possessingsuchanattitudeis

veryunfortunate formanyreasons.Foronething,itisa

very

quick

and

cheap

excuse.

It

is

an

instant

exit

out

of

an

uncomfortablesituation.

Asamatteroffact,thereisafamousstoryintheBiblethat

mentionshowoneday someof theJewswerewitnesses

when Jesus () raised aman from thedead.Theman

hadbeendeadforfourdays,andwhenJesusarrived,he

simplysaid,

Get

up!

and

the

man

arose

and

walked

away. At such a sight, some of the Jews who were

watchingsaiddisbelievingly,ThisistheDevil.TheDevil


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helpedhim!

Now

this

story

is

rehearsed

very

often

in

churchesallovertheworld,andpeoplecrybigtearsover

it,saying,Oh,ifIhadbeenthere,Iwouldnothavebeen

as stupid as theJews! Yet, ironically, these people do

exactlywhattheJewsdidwheninjustthreeminutesyou

showthemonlyasmallpartoftheQuranandalltheycan

sayis,

Oh,

the

Devil

did

it.

The

devil

wrote

that

book!

Becausetheyaretrulybacked intoacornerandhaveno

other viable answer, they resort to the quickest and

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TheSource

of

the

Quran

Anotherexampleofpeoplesuseof thisweakstancecan

be found in theMakkans explanation of the source of

Muhammads message. They used to say, The devils

bring

Muhammad

that

Quran!

But

just

as

with

every

suggestionmade,theQurangivestheanswer.Oneverse

(SurahAlQalam68:5152)inparticularstates:

Andtheysay,Surelyheispossessed[byjinn],but

it [i.e., theQuran] is not except a reminder to the

worlds.

Thusit

gives

an

argument

in

reply

to

such

atheory.

In

fact,therearemanyarguments in theQuran in reply to

the suggestion that devilsbroughtMuhammad () his

message. For example, in the 26th chapter Allah ()

clearlyaffirms:

No

evil

ones

have

brought

it

[i.e.,

this

revelation]

down. It would neither be fitting for them, nor

wouldtheybeable.Indeedtheyhavebeenremoved

farfromhearing.(SurahashShuara26:210212)

Andinanotherplace(SurahanNahl16:98)intheQuran,

Allah()instructsus:

Sowhen

you

recite

the

Quran

seek

refuge

in

Allah

fromShaytan,therejected.


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Nowis

this

how

Satan

writes

abook?

He

tells

one,

Before

youreadmybook,askGodtosaveyoufromme?Thisis

very,very tricky. Indeed,aman couldwrite something

like this,butwould Satando this?Many people clearly

illustratethattheycannotcometooneconclusionon this

subject.Ononehand,theyclaimthatSatanwouldnotdo

suchathing

and

that

even

if

he

could,

God

would

not

allowhimto;yet,ontheotherhand,theyalsobelievethat

Satan is only thatmuch less thanGod. In essence they

allege that theDevilcanprobablydowhateverGod can

do.Andasaresult,whentheylookattheQuran,evenas

surprised as they areas tohow amazing it is, they still

insist,

The

Devil

did

this!

PraisebetoAllah(),Muslimsdonothavethatattitude.

AlthoughSatanmayhavesomeabilities,theyarea long

wayseparatedfromtheabilitiesofAllah.AndnoMuslim

is a Muslim unless he believes that. It is common

knowledgeeven amongnonMuslims that theDevilcan

easilymake

mistakes,

and

it

would

be

expected

that

he

wouldcontradicthimselfifandwhenhewroteabook.For

indeed,theQuranstates(SurahanNisa4:82):

DotheynotconsidertheQuran?Had itbeenfrom

other than Allah, they would surely have found

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Mythomania

In conjunction with the excuses that nonMuslims

advancein futileattemptstojustifyunexplainableverses

intheQuran,thereisanotherattackoftenrenderedwhich

seemstobeacombinationofthetheoriesthatMuhammad

()wascrazyanda liar.Basically,thesepeoplepropose

thatMuhammad

was

insane,

and

as

aresult

of

his

delusion,heliedtoandmisledpeople.Thereisanamefor

thisinpsychology.Itisreferredtoasmythomania.Itmeans

simply thatone tells liesand thenbelieves them.This is

whatthenonMuslimssayMuhammad()sufferedfrom.

But the only problem with this proposal is that one

sufferingfrom

mythomania

absolutely

cannot

deal

with

anyfacts,andyetthewholeQuranisbasedentirelyupon

facts. Everything contained in it canbe researched and

established as true.Since factsare such a problem for a

mythomaniac, when a psychologist tries to treat one

suffering from that condition, he continually confronts

himwith

facts.

Forexample, ifone ismentally illandclaims,I am the

kingofEngland,apsychologistdoesnotsaytohimNo

you arent. You are crazy! Hejust does not do that.

Rather,heconfrontshimwith factsandsays,O.K.,you

say you are the king of England. So tellmewhere the

queen is today.Andwhereisyourprimeminister?And

whereareyourguards?Now,whenthemanhastrouble

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excuses,saying

Uh...

the

queen...

she

has

gone

to

her

mothers.Uh... theprimeminister...well hedied.And

eventually he is curedbecausehe cannotdealwith the

facts.If thepsychologistcontinuesconfrontinghimwith

enoughfacts,finallyhefacestherealityandsays,Iguess

IamnotthekingofEngland.

TheQuran

approaches

everyone

who

reads

it

in

very

muchthesamewayapsychologist treatshismythomania

patient.ThereisaverseintheQuran(SurahYunus10:57)

whichstates:

Omankind,therehascometoyouanadmonition

[i.e., theQuran] from your Lord and a healing for

what isin thehearts andguidanceandmercyfor

thebelievers.

At first glance, this statement appears vague, but the

meaningofthisverseisclearwhenoneviewsitinlightof

theaforementionedexample.Basically,oneishealedofhis

delusions

by

reading

the

Quran.

In

essence,

it

is

therapy.

It

literally curesdeludedpeopleby confronting themwith

facts.A prevalent attitude throughout theQuran isone

which says,Omankind,you say such and such about

this;butwhataboutsuchandsuch?Howcanyousaythis

when you know that? And so forth. It forces one to

consider

what

is

relevant

and

what

matters

while

simultaneously healing one of the delusions that facts

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awaywith

flimsy

theories

and

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NewCatholic

Encyclopedia

Itisthisverysortofthing confrontingpeoplewithfacts

thathadcapturedtheattentionofmanynonMuslims.In

fact, there exists a very interesting reference concerning

this

subject

in

the

New

Catholic

Encyclopedia.

In

an

article

underthesubjectoftheQuran,theCatholicChurchstates:

Overthecenturies,manytheorieshavebeenoffered

astotheoriginoftheQuran...Todaynosensibleman

acceptsanyofthesetheories!!

NowhereistheageoldCatholicChurch,whichhasbeen

aroundfor

so

many

centuries,

denying

these

futile

attemptstoexplainawaytheQuran.

Indeed,theQuranisaproblemfortheCatholicChurch.It

statesthatitisrevelation,sotheystudy it.Certainly,they

would love to findproof that it isnot,but they cannot.

They

cannot

find

a

viable

explanation.

But

at

least

they

are

honest in their research and do not accept the first

unsubstantiated interpretation which comes along. The

Churchstatesthatinfourteencenturiesithasnotyetbeen

presentedasensibleexplanation.Atleastitadmitsthatthe

Quran isnotan easy subject todismiss.Certainly,other

peoplearemuch lesshonest.Theyquickly say,Oh,the

Qurancamefromhere.TheQurancamefromthere.And

theydonotevenexaminethecredibilityofwhattheyare

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Ofcourse,

such

astatement

by

the

Catholic

Church

leaves

theeverydayChristian in somedifficulty.Itjustmaybe

thathehashisownideasastotheoriginoftheQuran,but

as a singlemember of theChurch,he cannot really act

uponhisowntheory.Suchanactionwouldbecontraryto

the obedience, allegiance and loyaltywhich theChurch

demands.By

virtue

of

his

membership,

he

must

accept

whattheCatholicChurchdeclareswithoutquestionand

establishitsteachingsaspartofhiseverydayroutine.So,

inessence,iftheCatholicChurchasawholeissaying,Do

notlistentotheseunconfirmedreportsabouttheQuran,

thenwhatcanbesaidabouttheIslamicpointofview?If

even

non

Muslims

are

admitting

that

there

is

something

to

theQuran somethingthathastobeacknowledged then

why are people so stubborn and defensive and hostile

when Muslims advance the very same theory? This is

certainlysomethingforthosewithamindtocontemplate

somethingtoponderforthoseofunderstanding!


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Testimonyof

an

Intellectual

Recently,theleadingintellectualintheCatholicChurch a

manby thenameofHansstudiedtheQuranandgave

his opinion of what he had read. This man has been

around

for

some

time,

and

he

is

highly

respected

in

the

CatholicChurch,and after careful scrutiny,he reported

his findings, concluding, God has spoken to man

throughtheman,Muhammad.

Again this is a conclusion arrived atby a nonMuslim

source the very leading intellectual of the Catholic

Churchhimself!

I do not think that the Pope agrees with him, but

nonetheless, theopinionof suchanoted, reputedpublic

figuremustcarry someweightindefenseof theMuslim

position.Hemustbeapplaudedforfacingtherealitythat

theQuran isnotsomethingwhich canbeeasilypushed

asideand

that,

in

fact

God

is

the

source

of

these

words.

Asisevidentfromtheaforementionedinformation,allof

the possibilities havebeen exhausted, so the chance of

finding another possibility of dismissing the Quran is

nonexistent.


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Originof

the

Universe

and

Life

An interestingcharacteristicof theQuran ishowitdeals

withsurprisingphenomenawhichrelatenotonlytothepast

buttomoderntimesaswell.Inessence,theQuranisnotand

oldproblem.

It

is

still

aproblem

even

today

aproblem

to

the

nonMuslimsthatis.Foreveryday,everyweek,everyyear

bringsmoreandmoreevidencethattheQuranisaforceto

becontendedwith thatitsauthenticityisnolongertobe

challenged!Forexample,oneverse in theQuran (Surah

alAnbiya21:30)reads:

Donot

the

unbelievers

see

that

the

heavens

and

theearthwerejoined together, thenWeclovethem

asunder,andmade fromwaterevery living thing?

Willtheynotthenbelieve?

Ironically, this very information is exactly what they

awarded the 1973 Noble Prize for to a couple of

unbelievers.

TheQuran reveals the origin of the universe how it

began fromonepiece andmankind continues toverify

thisrevelation,evenuptonow.Additionally,thefactthat

all lifeoriginated fromwaterwouldnothavebeen an

easy

thing

to

convince

people

of

fourteen

centuries

ago.

Indeed,if1400yearsagoyouhadstoodinthedesertand

toldsomeone,Allofthis,yousee(pointingtoyourself),is

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you.Proof

of

that

was

not

available

until

the

invention

of

the microscope. They had to wait to find out that

cytoplasm, thebasic substance of the cell, ismadeup of

80%water.Nonetheless,theevidencedidcome,andonce

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Moreon

Falsification

Test

Inreferencetothefalsificationtestsmentionedearlier,itis

interestingtonotethatthey,too,relatetoboththepastand

thepresent. Some of them were used as illustrations of

Allahs

omnipotenceand

knowledge,

while

others

continue to stand as challenges to the present day.An

exampleoftheformeristhestatementmadeintheQuran

about Abu Lahab. It clearly illustrates that Allah, the

KnoweroftheUnseen,knewthatAbuLahabwouldnever

changehisways and accept Islam.ThusAllah dictated

that

he

would

be

condemned

to

the

Hellfire

forever.

Such

a chapter was both an illustration of Allahs divine

wisdom and a warning to those who were like Abu

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Peopleof

the

Book

An interesting exampleof the latter type of falsification

testscontained in theQuran istheversewhichmentions

the relationship between theMuslims and the Jews.

The

verse

is

careful

not

to

narrowits

scope

to

the

relationshipbetweenindividualmembersofeachreligion,

butrather,itsummarizestherelationshipbetweenthetwo

groupsofpeopleasawhole.Inessence,theQuranstates

that theChristianswill always treat theMuslimsbetter

than the Jews will treat the Muslims. Indeed, the full

impact

of

such

a

statement

can

only

be

felt

after

careful

considerationoftherealmeaningofsuchaverse.Itistrue

that many Christians and many Jews have become

Muslims,butasawhole,theJewish community is tobe

viewedasanavidenemyofIslam.Additionally,veryfew

peoplerealizewhatsuchanopendeclarationintheQuran

invites. In essence, it is an easy chance for theJews to

prove that the Quran is false that it is not a divine

revelation.All they have to do is organize themselves,

treat theMuslims nicely for a few years and then say,

Nowwhatdoesyourholybooksayaboutwhoareyour

bestfriendsintheworld theJewsortheChristians?Look

whatweJewshavedoneforyou!

That is all they have to do to disprove the Qurans

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asalways,

the

offer

still

stands

open!


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insituation

number

one

and

then

make

the

right

choice

in

situationnumbertwo;orhecouldmaketherightchoicein

situationnumberoneandthenmakethewrongchoicein

situationnumbertwo;orhecouldmaketherightchoicein

situationnumber oneand thenmake therightchoice in

situationnumbertwo.

Ofcourse,

the

(only

instance

in

which

he

could

be

totally

rightisthelastscenariowherehecouldguesscorrectlyin

both situations. The odds of his guessing completely

correctly have become greater because the number of

situations for him to guess in have increased; and the

mathematicalequationrepresentingsuchascenarioisx

(i.e.,

one

time

out

of

two

for

the

first

situation

multiplied

byonetimeoutoftwoforthesecondsituation).

Continuingonwiththeexample,ifthesamepersonnow

hasthreesituationsinwhichtomakeblindguesses,then

hewillonlyberightoneeighthofthetime(i.e.,onetime

outofeightorxx).Again,theoddsofchoosingthe

correctchoice

in

all

three

situations

have

decreased

his

chances ofbeing completely correct toonly one time in

eight. It must be understood that as the number of

situationsincrease,thechancesofbeingrightdecrease,for

thetwophenomenaareinverselyproportional.

NowapplyingthisexampletothesituationsintheQuran,

ifonedrawsupalistofallofthesubjectsaboutwhichthe

Quranhasmadecorrectstatements,itbecomesveryclear

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blindguesses.

Indeed,

the

subjects

discussed

in

the

Quran

arenumerous,andthustheoddsofsomeonejustmaking

luckyguessesaboutallof thembecomepracticallynil.If

thereareamillionways for theQuran tobewrong,yet

each timeitisright,then itisunlikely thatsomeonewas

guessing.

Thefollowing

three

examples

of

subjects

about

which

the

Quranhasmadecorrect statements collectively illustrate

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TheFemale

Bee

In the16th chapter (Surah anNahl16:6869) theQuran

mentionsthatthefemalebeeleavesitshometogatherfood.

Now,apersonmightguessonthat,saying,Thebeethat

you

see

flying

around

it

could

be

male,

or

it

could

be

female.IthinkIwillguessfemale.Certainly,hehasaone

intwochanceofbeingright.SoithappensthattheQuran

isright.Butitalsohappensthatthatwasnotwhatmost

peoplebelievedatthetimewhentheQuranwasrevealed.

Canyou tellthedifferencebetweenamaleanda female

bee?

Well,

it

takes

a

specialist

to

do

that,

but

it

has

been

discovered that themalebee never leaves his home to

gather food.However, in Shakespearesplay,Henry the

Fourth,someof thecharactersdiscussbeesandmention

that thebeesaresoldiersandhaveaking.That iswhat

peoplethoughtin

Shakespearestime

that

the

bees

that

one

sees

flying

aroundaremalebeesandthattheygohomeandanswer

toaking.However,thatisnottrueatall.Thefactisthat

theyarefemales,andtheyanswertoaqueen.Yetittook

modern scientific investigations in the last 300 years to

discoverthatthisisthecase.

So,back

to

the

list

of

good

guesses,

concerning

the

topic

of

bees,theQuranhada50/50chanceofbeingright,andthe

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TheSun

Inadditiontothesubjectofbees,theQuranalsodiscusses

thesunandthemannerinwhichittravelsthroughspace.

Again,apersoncanguesson thatsubject.When thesun

moves

through

space,

there

are

two

options:

it

can

travel

justasastonewouldtravelifonethrewit,oritcanmove

of its own accord. TheQuran states the latter that it

moves as a result of its own motion (Surah alAnbiya

21:33).Todo such, theQuran uses a form of theword

sabaha todescribethesunsmovementthroughspace.In

order

to

properly

provide

the

reader

with

a

comprehensiveunderstandingof the implicationsof this

Arabicverb,thefollowingexampleisgiven.

If aman is in water and the verb sabaha is applied in

referencetohismovement,itcanbeunderstoodthatheis

swimming,movingofhisownaccordandnotasaresult

ofadirect

force

applied

to

him.

Thus

when

this

verb

is

usedinreferencetothesunsmovementthroughspace,it

in noway implies that the sun is flying uncontrollably

through spaceasa resultofbeing hurled or the like. It

simplymeans that the sun is turning and rotating as it

travels.Now,thisiswhattheQuranaffirms,butwasitan

easything

to

discover?

Can

any

common

man

tell

that

the

sunisturning?Onlyinmoderntimeswastheequipment

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tabletopso

that

one

could

look

at

it

without

being

blinded.

And throughthisprocessitwasdiscoveredthatnotonly

aretherespotsonthesunbutthatthesespotsmoveonce

every25days.Thismovementisreferredtoastherotation

ofthesunarounditsaxisandconclusivelyprovesthat,as

theQuran stated 1400 years ago, the sun does, indeed,

turnas

it

travels

through

space.

Andreturningonceagaintothesubjectofgoodguesses,

theoddsofguessingcorrectlyaboutbothsubjects thesex

ofbeesandthemovementofthesun areoneinfour!


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TimeZones

Seeingasbackfourteencenturiesagopeopleprobablydid

not understand much about time zones, the Qurans

statementsaboutthissubjectareconsiderablysurprising.

The

concept

that

onefamily

is

having

breakfast

as

the

sun

comesupwhileanotherfamilyisenjoyingthebrisknight

air istrulysomething tobemarveledat,even inmodern

time. Indeed, fourteen centuries ago, a man could not

travelmorethanthirtymilesinoneday,andthusittook

him literallymonths totravel from India toMorocco,for

example.

And

probably,

when

he

was

having

supper

in

Morocco,hethoughttohimself,BackhomeinIndiathey

arehavingsupperrightnow.Thisisbecausehedidnot

realizethat,intheprocessoftraveling,hemovedacrossa

timezone.Yet,because it is thewordsofAllah, theAll

Knowing,theQuranrecognizesandacknowledgessucha

phenomenon.

Inaninterestingverseitstatesthatwhenhistorycomesto

anendandtheDayofJudgmentarrives,itwillalloccurin

aninstant;andthisveryinstantwillcatchsomepeoplein

the daytime and some people at night. This clearly

illustrates Allahs divine wisdom and His previous

knowledgeof

the

existence

of

time

zones,

even

though

suchadiscoverywasnonexistentbackfourteencenturies

ago.Certainly,thisphenomenonisnotsomethingwhichis


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obviousto

ones

eyes

or

aresult

of

ones

experience,

and

this fact, in itself, suffices as proof of the Qurans

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Conclusion

Returningonefinaltimetothesubjectofgoodguessesfor

thepurposeofthepresentexample,theoddsthatsomeone

guessed correctly about all three of the aforementioned

subjects

the

sex

of

bees,

the

movement

of

the

sun

and

the

existenceoftimezones areoneineight!

Certainly, one could continue on and on with this

example, drawing up longer and longer list of good

guesses;andofcourse,theoddswouldbecomehigherand

higher with each increase of subjects about which one

couldguess.

But

what

no

one

can

deny

is

the

following:

the odds that Muhammad (), an illiterate, guessed

correctly about thousands and thousands of subjects,

neveroncemakingamistake,aresohighthatanytheory

of his authorship of the Quran must be completely

dismissed evenbythemosthostileenemiesofIslam!

Indeed,the

Quran

expects

this

kind

of

challenge.

Undoubtedly, if one said to someone upon entering a

foreign land, I know your father. I have met him,

probably the man from that land would doubt the

newcomersword,saying,Youhavejustcomehere.How

could you know my father? As a result, he would

questionhim,

Tell

me,

is

my

father

tall,

short,

dark,

fair?

What is he like? Of course, if the visitor continued

answeringallofthequestionscorrectly,theskepticwould


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haveno

choice

but

to

say,

I

guess

you

do

know

my

father.Idontknowhowyouknowhim,butIguessyou

do!

Thesituation isthesamewith theQuran.Itstatesthatit

originates from the One who created everything. So

everyonehastherighttosay,Convinceme!Iftheauthor

ofthis

book

really

originated

life

and

everything

in

the

heavens and on the earth, thenHe should know about

this, about that, and so on. And inevitably, after

researching theQuran, everyonewilldiscover the same

truths.Additionally,weallknowsomething forsure:we

donot all have tobe experts toverifywhat theQuran

affirms.Ones

Iman

(faith)

grows

as

one

continues

to

check

andconfirmthetruthscontainedintheQuran.Andoneis

supposedtodosoallofhislife.

MayGod(Allah)guideeveryoneclosetothetruth.


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2:

Iram

Additionally,the89thchapteroftheQuran(SurahalFajr

89:7)mentionsacertaincitybythenameofIram(acityof

pillars), which was not known in ancient history and

which was non existent as far as historians were

concerned. However, the December 1978 edition of

National Geographic introduced interesting information

which mentioned that in 1973, the city of Elba was

excavated in Syria. The city was discovered to be 43

centuries old, but that is not the most amazing part.

ResearchersfoundinthelibraryofElbaarecordofallof

thecitieswithwhichElbahaddonebusiness.Believeitor

not,thereonthelistwasthenameofthecityofIram.The

peopleofElbahaddonebusinesswiththepeopleofIram!

InconclusionIaskyoutoconsiderwithcarethefollowing

(Surah29:5051):

Andthey

say,

Why

are

not

signs

sent

down

to

him

from his Lord? Say, Indeed, the signs are with

Allah, and I am but a clear warner. But it is

sufficient for them thatWehavesentdown toyou

theBook [i.e.,Quran]which is rehearsed to them?

Verily, in that ismercy and a reminder topeople

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