Zaghloul El-Naggar
| Zaghloul El Naggar | |
|---|---|
| Native name | زغلول النجار |
| Born |
November 17, 1933[1] Gharbiyab, Egypt |
| Nationality |
 Egyptian |
| Ethnicity | Arab |
| Occupation | Geologist, Chairman, Committee of Scientific Notions in the Glorious Qur'an. Supreme Council of Islamic Affairs, Cairo, Egypt. |
| Religion | Islam |
| Website | |
| elnaggarzr.com/en | |
Zaghloul El Naggar (Arabic: زغلول النجار, IPA: [zæɣˈluːl ennɑɡˈɡɑːɾˤ]) is a geologist, Muslim scholar and a noted Muslim author. The main theme of El-Naggar's books has been science in Quran. Dr. Naggar's philosophy of science is blended with religion. He left his academic career to become the Chairman of Committee of Scientific Notions in the Qur'an, Supreme Council of Islamic Affairs, Cairo, Egypt. His writing genre is Ijaz (miraculous) literature.
Personal Life
He received his bachelor's degree from the University of Cairo. He obtained his PhD in Geology from the University of Wales in the United Kingdom in 1963. El-Naggar is an elected Fellow of the Islamic Academy of Sciences (1988), a member of the Geological Society of London, the Geological Society of Egypt and the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Tulsa, Oklahoma. He was imprisoned because of his political activism and beliefs during his student life. He was considered a grave threat to secular political establishment of Egypt. He was exiled from Egypt in early 1960s and could return to his country only in 1970.[2]
Famous Works
El-Naggar is the author of a book entitled The Geological Concept of Mountains in the Qur'an (2003). It was published when El-Naggar was the chair of geology at King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. This book was quite successful and its popularity lead El-Naggar to leave teaching and become the Chairman of Committee of Scientific Notions in the Qur'an, Supreme Council of Islamic Affairs, Cairo, Egypt.
El-Naggar has published more than 150 scientific studies and articles (non are peer reviewed) and 45 books in Arabic, English and French. Many of those publications deal with scientific miracles in Qur'an.[3]
Controversial Claims and Religion
El-Naggar's views are controversial. Like other Ijaz Literature, his work often quotes verses of Qur'an and tries to find relationships between modern science and Qur'an. Like other claims of scientific foreknowledge in sacred texts, his work tries to associate the metaphorical language of the Qur'an to modern scientific concepts.
Splitting of the Moon Hoax
Naggar has claimed that NASA had confirmed the Splitting of the moon, a miracle attributed to the prophet Muhammad. This myth has subsequently been debunked by NASA as completely baseless.[4][5][6]
See also
- Qur'an and science
- Qur'an miracles
- Abdul Majeed al-Zindani
References
- ↑ (Arabic) Biography of Zaghloul El Naggar in ZAYTODAY.com
- ↑ The Geological Concept of Mountains in the Qur'an In NEWVISION Website
- ↑ Ahmad Dallal, Science and the Qur'an, Encyclopedia of the Qur'an
- ↑ http://www.newstatesman.com/books/2008/08/quran-muslim-scientific
- ↑ http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2005/769/profile.htm
- ↑ Evidence of the moon having been split in two
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