Qur'an and miracles

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This is a sub-article to Qur'an and Islamic view of miracles.

There are many miracles claimed in connection with Qur'an, the holy book of Islam, either recorded in the Qur'an itself or believed by Muslims about the book.[citation needed]

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[edit] Qur'an as a miracle

The Qur'an claims that it has been created in miraculous way as a revelation from Allah (God), as a perfect copy of what was written in heaven and existed there from all eternity.[1] Therefore the verses of the book are referred to as ayat, which also means "a miracle" in the Arabic language.[2] The book also records other miraculous events which happened or are about to happen, most notably the divine judgement of souls of dead people and their heavenly rewards or suffering in hell.[3]

Ahmad Dallal, Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies at Georgetown University, writes that many modern Muslims believe that the Qur'an does make scientific statements, however many classical Muslim commentators and scientists, notably al-Biruni, assigned to the Qur'an a separate and autonomous realm of its own and held that the Qur'an "does not interfere in the business of science nor does it infringe on the realm of science."[4] These medieval scholars argued for the possibility of multiple scientific explanation of the natural phenomena, and refused to subordinate the Qur'an to an ever-changing science. [4]

[edit] Divine origin

Muslims consider the Qur'an as the word of God and a miracle.[5] In the Quran, it is claimed that Muhammed was illiterate and neither read a book nor wrote a book (7:157, 29:48) and that he did not know about past events nor could he have possibly known the scientific facts that are mentioned in the Quran without using a telescope or a microscope.(3:44, 11:49, 28:44).[6] Some scholars argue that Muhammad was influenced by older Jewish and Christian traditions, and included the wonders known from the Bible into the Quran. [7]

Some non-muslim Islamic Scholars have stated that the claim about Muhammad's illiteracy is based on weak traditions and that it is not convincing.[8][9]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Wilson, Christy: "The Qur'an" in A Lion Handbook The World's Religion, p. 315
  2. ^ Wilson, ibid.
  3. ^ Wilson, ibid.
  4. ^ a b Ahmad Dallal, Encyclopedia of the Qur'an, Quran and science
  5. ^ F. Tuncer, "International Conferences on Islam in the Contemporary World", March 4-5, 2006, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, U.S.A., p. 95-96
  6. ^ F. Tuncer, ibid
  7. ^ Wilson, p. 316
  8. ^ William Montgomery Watt, "Muhammad's Mecca", Chapter 3: "Religion In Pre-Islamic Arabia", p. 26-52
  9. ^ Maxime Rodinson, "Mohammed", translated by Anne Carter, p. 38-49, 1971

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