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http://www.miraclesofthequran.com/perfection_04.html

Some of the claims:

I have no way of verifying these claims because I don't know where they are in the Koran. Some infidel help in deconstructing these claims?

Igor Trip

The site is by Hayun Yahya, and boy does he make some howlers!!!
http://www.miraclesofthequran.com/scientific_19.html

Take your first ‘miracle’.
It claims that the Qur’an correctly says the earth has seven layers of atmosphere.

The first problem is that there are many ways of counting the layers.

But a bigger problem is in one of the very verses quoted.

Then He turned to heaven when it was smoke. In two days He determined them as seven heavens and revealed, in every heaven, its own mandate. (Qur'an, 41:11-12)

"The word "heavens," which appears in many verses in the Qur'an, is used to refer to the sky above the Earth, as well as the entire universe. Given this meaning of the word, it is seen that the Earth's sky, or the atmosphere, is made up of seven layers."

41:12 continues..
YUSUFALI: So He completed them as seven firmaments in two Days, and He assigned to each heaven its duty and command. And We adorned the lower heaven with lights, and (provided it) with guard. Such is the Decree of (Him) the Exalted in Might, Full of Knowledge.

Since when has the Troposphere had stars in it?

In other words his argument is destroyed by his own example!

River

In the movie "V for Vendetta" ...someone was assasinated for possessing the Qur'an.

River

Perhaps you should read this article thoroughly. This is exactly what you are looking for.. This article provides a synopis best construed as deconstructing all merits....hitherto. It is actually a paradoxical article...

http://www.jannah.org/articles/amzquran.html


The Amazing Qur'an
by Gary Miller

Calling the Qur'an amazing is not something done only by Muslims, who have an appreciation for the book and who are pleased with it; it has been labeled amazing by non-Muslims as well. In fact, even people who hate Islam very much have still called it amazing............

MrWhy

"Their skins will bear witness against them as to what they have been doing" (41:21)

Interpreted as a prophecy about using finger prints to identify criminals, etc. The scripture text does not contain the words finger or print, and in most cases finger prints do not say anything about what a person has done. One can imagine many intrepretations of this phrase such as: They have been lying lazily in the sun and not attending their duties. Blood, oils, or other substance on their skin indicate what they have been doing. Non of these are related to modern finger print technology.

MrWhy

"They will alter Allah's creation." (4:120)

This prophecy is supposed to predict plastic surgery, genetic engineering, and cloning. Nothing like those words appear in the text, and the reference to altering could be interpreted to mean any thing in the world. Why assume it meant people?

MrWhy

"and the sun and the moon: all (celestial bodies) swim along, each in it's rounded course"

The claim here is that this predicted modern discoveries about the planets and universe. Most scientist and skeptics would choose a simpler interpretation. One that does not involve a miracle of revelation. The first such simple interpretation that comes to mind is that the text ment the sun, moon, and other celestial bodies were going around the earth. This interpretation does not require divine revelation, just observation. If an observer in that, or a preceeding, era is standing on the earth, and sees the following events.
1. The sun and moon come up from one end of the earth.
2. They make an arc in the sky as they go overhead.
3. They then go down at the other end, presumably to go underneath and come again in the orginal place.
The observer would conclude that the moon and sun are going around the earth. The moon and sun also appear bigger when rising and setting so this gives additional evidence to the observer that they are moving along an arc/circle/rounded course. Observing all other celestial bodies would produce the same conclusion. Everything is moving in an arc, i.e. "rounded course". So this text could have easily been the product of one or many observers watching the sky and coming to that conclusion. That conclusion is of course wrong. The sun does not circle the earth.

These observations may have been made in another culture centuries earlier, and passed orally to other lands. If there were specific statements about which bodies rotated around which, and what scientific principles were involved in maintaing their positions, then you might have a scientific prophesy.

River

well take a look at what Harun Yahya said in regards to finger print



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The Identity in the Fingerprint



While it is stated in the Qur'an that it is easy for God to bring man back to life after death, peoples' fingerprints are particularly emphasized:

"Yes, We are able to put together in perfect order the very tips of his fingers."
(The Qur'an, 75:3-4)

The emphasis on fingerprints has a very special meaning. This is because everyone's fingerprint is unique to himself. Every person who is alive or who has ever lived in this world has a set of unique fingerprints.

That is why fingerprints are accepted as a very important proof of identity, exclusive to their owner, and are used for this purpose around the world.

But what is important is that this feature of fingerprints was only discovered in the late 19th century. Before then, people regarded fingerprints as ordinary curves without any specific importance or meaning. However in the Qur'an, God points to the fingertips, which did not attract anyone's attention at that time, and calls our attention to their importance-an importance that was only finally understood in our day.

River

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The Narration of the Flood Contained in the Qur'an.
The Qur'an gives a general version which is different from that contained in the Bible and does not give rise to any criticisms from a historical point of view.

It does not provide a continuous narration of the Flood. Numerous suras talk of the punishment inflicted upon Noah's people. The most complete account of this is in sura 11, verses 25 to 49. Sura 71, which bears Noah's name, describes above all Noah's preachings, as do verses 105 to 115, sura 26. Before going into the actual course taken by events, we must consider the Flood as described in the Qur' an by relating it to the general context of the punishment God inflicted on communities guilty of gravely infringing His Commandments.

Whereas the Bible describes a universal Flood intended to punish ungodly humanity as a whole, the Qur'an, in contrast, mentions several punishments inflicted on certain specifically defined communities.

This may be seen in verses 35 to 39, sura 25:
"We gave Moses the Scripture and appointed his brother Aaron with him as vizier. We said: Go to the people who have denied Our signs. We destroyed them completely. When the people of Noah denied the Messengers, We drowned them and We made of them a sign for mankind. (We destroyed the tribes) of Âd and Tamud, the companions of Rass and many generations between them. We warned each of them by examples and We annihilated them completely."

Sura 7, verses 59 to 93 contains a reminder of the punishments brought upon Noah's people, the Âd, the Tamud, Lot (Sodom) and Madian respectively.

Thus the Qur'an presents the cataclysm of the Flood as a punishment specifically intended for Noah's people: this is the first basic difference between the two narrations.

The second fundamental difference is that the Qur'an, in contrast to the Bible, does not date the Flood in time and gives no indication as to the duration of the cataclysm itself.

The causes of the flooding are roughly the same in both narrations. The Sacerdotal description in the Bible (Genesis 7, 11) cites two causes which occurred simultaneously. "On that day all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the windows of the heavens were opened." The Qur'an records the following in verses 11 and 12, sura 54:

"We opened the Gates of Heaven with pouring water. And We caused the ground to gush forth springs, so the waters met according to the decree which has been ordained."

The Qur'an is very precise about the contents of the Ark. The order God gave to Noah was faithfully executed and it was to do the following:

--sura 11, verse 40:
"(In the Ark) load a pair of every kind, thy family, save this one against whom the word has already gone forth, and those who believe. But only a few had believed with him."

The person excluded from the family is an outcast son of Noah. We learn (sura 11, verses 45 and 46) how Noah's supplications on this person's behalf to God were unable to make Him alter His decision. Apart from Noah's family (minus the outcast son), the Qur'an refers to the few other passengers on board the Ark who had believed in God { Maurice Buccaile}

River

THE VOYAGE TO THE MOON

And [I swear by] the moon when it is full, you will mount up stage by stage! What is the matter with them, that they have no faith? (Qur'an, 84:18-20)

After referring to the Moon, the above verses then say that people will mount up stage by stage. The term tarkabunna comes from the verb rakiba, (to mount, walk on a path, follow, embark upon, set about, participate, or rule). In the light of these meanings, it is very likely that the expression "you will mount up stage by stage" refers to a vehicle to be boarded.

http://www.miraclesofthequran.com/predictions_06.html