Allah Almighty also promised in several Divine Prophecies that He will show the Glorious Quran's Miracles to mankind:
1- The root letters for "message" and all of its derivatives occur
513times throughout the Glorious Quran. Yet, all Praise and Glory are due to Allah Almighty Alone, the Prophets' and Messengers' actual names (Muhammad, Moses, Noah, Abraham, Lot etc....) were also all mentioned 513 times in the Glorious Quran. The detailed breakdown of all of this is thoroughly listed here. This Miracle is covered in 100s (hundreds) of Noble Verses.
2- Allah Almighty said that Prophet Noah lived for
950 years. Yet, all Praise and Glory are due to Allah Almighty Alone, the entire Noble Surah (chapter Noah) is exactly written in 950 Letters. You can thoroughly see the accurate count in the scanned images.
Quran and Hadith contain references to creation of the world and the
physical realities that are nothing short of scientific heresies. Despite the effort of
some Muslim apologists to reinterpret them and find some esoteric meaning hidden within
these absurd talks, their obvious contrast with science and logic is enough to realize
that Islam was not inspired by God. The following is one of them.
"… He (Muhammad) said, "First of all, there was
nothing but Allah, and (then He created His Throne). His throne was over the water, and He
wrote everything in the Book (in the Heaven) and created the Heavens and the
Earth…"
Does this story make any sense? Notice that the contents of the parenthesis are from the
translator. If there was ‘nothing’ how Allah could have put His Throne over the
water? Where was Allah sitting prior to that? From the above hadith one perceives that the
water was there before the creation of the heaven and the earth. There is no mention that
God created water! What was holding that water? Don’t you have to have a space first
to put the Earth in it? And don’t you need to have an Earth to contain the water? It
appears as if there is an error in the order of creation.
I hope Ali Sina could find an Arabic translator for him to
explain it to him.
Ali Sina said:
According to Muhammad the Earth was flat and there are several
verses as well as hadithes that confirm this belief.
Q: 18: 86
Until, when he reached the setting of the sun, he found it set in a spring of murky water:
Near it he found a People: We said: "O Zul-qarnain! (thou hast authority,) either to
punish them, or to treat them with kindness."
89
Then followed he (another) way,
90
Until, when he came to the rising of the sun, he found it rising on a people for whom We
had provided no covering protection against the sun.
Some scholars believe that Zul-qaranain is Alexander the Great who,
according to the old folks had conquered from one end of the world to the other. What is
important here, is that the sun rises and sets in ALL places. One does not have to go
‘another way’ to the other end of the world to find it rising. This gives an
idea that Muhammad, just like the people of his time believed that the Earth is flat and
the sun moves in the sky rising from one place and setting in another. There is also a
hadith that supports this idea.
My
Response:
Zakir
Naik said in his debate with Dr William Campbell “The Quran and Bible in the Light of
Science”
The
other points, Dr. William Campbell raised was regarding Surah Kahf Chapter No.18, Verse
No.86, that… ‘Zulqarnain sees the sun setting in murky water… in turbid
water - Imagine sun setting in murky water… unscientific.’ The Arabic word used
here is… it is 'wajada' meaning, ‘it
appeared to Zulqarnain.’And Dr. William
Campbell knows Arabic.So 'wajada' means - if you look up in the dictionary
also, it means it appeared.’ So Allah
Subhanawataala is describing what appeared to Zulqarnain.If I make a statement that… ‘The
student in the class said, 2 plus 2 is equal to 5.’ And you say… ‘Oh Zakir
said, 2 plus 2 is equal to 5. I did not say.I
am telling…‘The student in the class said, 2 plus 2 is equal to 5.’ I am
not wrong - The student is wrong.There are
various ways to try and analyze this verse.One
is this way - according to Muhammad Asad, that 'wajada'
means… ‘It appeared to’… ‘It appeared to Zulqarnain.’ Point
no.2 - The Arabic word used is 'Magrib' - It
can be used for time, as well as place.When
we say ‘sunset’ – ‘sunset’ can be taken for time.If I say… ‘The sun sets at 7
p.m.’; I am using it for time.If I
say… ‘The ‘Sun sets in the West’, it means I am taking it for place.So here if we use the word 'Magrib' for time.So Zulqarnain did not reach that place of sunset
- used - as time - He reached at the time of sun set. The problem is solved.Further more, you can solve them in various
ways.Even if Dr. William Campbell says…
‘No No, the basic assumption is too much - It is not… ‘Appeared
to’… it is actually this.’ Let us analyze it further.The Qur'anic verse says… the Sun set in
murky water.’Now we know, when we use
these words, like ‘sunrise’ and ‘sunset’ - does the sunrise?
Scientifically, sun does not rise - neither does the sunset. We know scientifically, that
the sun does not set at all. It is the rotation of the earth, which gives rise to sunrise
and sunset. But yet you read in the everyday papers mentioning, sunrise at 6 a.m. sun sets
at 7.00 p.m. Oh! The newspapers are wrong – Unscientific!’ If I use the word ‘Disaster’, Oh! There is a
disaster’ – ‘Disaster’
means there is some calamity which has taken place. Literally, ‘disaster’ means ‘an evil
star.’So when I say… ‘This
disaster’ every one knows what I mean is ‘a calamity’, not about the evil
star.’Dr. William Campbell and I know,
when a person who is mad, we call him a lunatic - Yes or no?At least I do, and I believe Dr. William Campbell
also will be doingthat.We call a person ‘a
lunatic’ – He is ‘mad.’ What is the meaning of ‘lunatic’?It means… ‘struck by the moon’ -
But that is how the language has evolved. Similarly sun rise, is actually, it is just a
usage of words.And Allah has given the
guidance for the human beings also - He uses so, that we understand. So it is just ‘sunset’ - Not that it is actually
setting - Not that sun is actually rising. So this explanation clearly gives us a clear
picture, that the Verse of the Qur’an of Surah Kahf, Chapter.18, Verse No 86, is not
in contradiction with established science - That is the way how people speak.
Sahih Bukhari Volume 4, Book 54, Number 421 Narrated Abu Dhar:
The Prophet asked me at sunset, "Do you know where the sun goes (at the time of
sunset)?" I replied, "Allah and His Apostle know better." He said, "It
goes (i.e. travels) till it prostrates Itself underneath the Throne and takes the
permission to rise again, and it is permitted and then (a time will come when) it will be
about to prostrate itself but its prostration will not be accepted, and it will ask
permission to go on its course but it will not be permitted, but it will be ordered to
return whence it has come and so it will rise in the west. And that is the interpretation
of the Statement of Allah: "And the sun Runs its fixed course for a term (decreed).
That is The Decree of (Allah) The Exalted in Might, The All-Knowing."
Q. 6: 38
See how this Hadith is confirmed in the Quran? So there is no doubt about it. It is sahih.
But does it make sense?
My
Response:
What the early commentators thought about
this hadith was that the “movement” of the sun is it’s orbit. This is
actually a miracle because the Quran mentions that the sun moves in an orbit and this is
something that could not have been discovered unless by divine revelation. We have only
come to know this recently.
Do you get the picture? Now compliment the whole thing with these verses. Q. 78: 6
Have We not made the earth as a wide expanse,
7
And the mountains as pegs?
The word “expanse” gives an idea of something flat. The Arabic word used in
Quran is "mehad", (bed). Beds are flat.
I don’t want to dwell on the obvious. Dose the whole story make sense? Doesn’t
this Hadith and the one above it, backed by these verses from Quran, clearly describe a
flat Earth, where the sun rises from one side of it and sets in the murky waters on the
opposite side? Is there a Throne somewhere that the sun goes under it and gets permission?
What Throne is he talking about? Is it the same Throne of God that is placed over the
waters? When and how the sun prostrates itself? The Earth is spherical; can anybody look
out and see any Throne anywhere? Has anybody noticed where in the sky the sun stops to ask
permission? The absurdity of these tales is self-explanatory yet a Muslim would not pause
for a moment to question their validity. If it is in the Quran, it must be true even if it
is blatantly absurd.
For the origin of these stories one has to look into the tales of
the people before Islam. In 1952 Theodor H. Gaster compiled a book called The Oldest
Stories in the Word. It is a collection of the lore of the Babylonian, Hittite and
Canaanite people of 3500 years ago; stories that were lost and then unearthed in the 20th
century. One is astounded to find the similarities of those old stories and the stories in
Quran and the Bible including the above Hadith, which proves that Quran is not a divine
book but a collection of the, old tales that was part of the folklore of the people to
whom Muhammad was talking.
In another Hadith Muhammad compares the rise and the set of the sun
to a bow. This is of course how the movement of the sun appears from the Earth. To the
primitive people it appeared that the sun rises from the East and sets in the West making
a bow in the sky. Therefore the comparison.
The Prophet said, "A place in Paradise as small as a bow is better than all that
on which the sun rises and sets (i.e. all the world)." He also said, "A single
endeavor in Allah's Cause in the afternoon or in the forenoon is better than all that on
which the sun rises and sets."
My
Response:
I do not know how on earth Ali Sina misunderstood this hadith.
The Prophet is in no way on earth comparing the sun to a bow. Read the hadith very
carefully.
The Prophet is saying that a place in Paradise, even if it is
as small as a bow is better than all that which the sun rises and sets. That means the
whole world. So basically, a small part of Paradise is better than all the materialistic
pleasures of this world. How on earth did Ali Sina misinterpret that hadith, I do not
know.
Did
Isaiah 53 really prophesies about the crucifixion of Jesus? It supports Islam's
claims about Jesus peace be upon him never died on the cross. I also addressed John
19:36-37 from the Bible and proved that Jesus never got crucified, since GOD Almighty
promised that he will protect Jesus' body and not let even a single bone be broken.
My question to all Christians is: How in the world is it possible
for the feet to get nailed on the cross without any penetration to the bones by the nails,
hence breaking part of the feet's bones?! I also added
refutations to Exodus 12:46, Numbers 9:12, Zechariah 12:10
and Psalm 34:20, which supposedly prove the Christians' belief about Jesus
crucifixion. I proved that this dogma has no truth what so ever and exposed the
wrong Trinitarian English translation of Zechariah 12:10.
Allah Almighty also promised in several Divine Prophecies that He will show the Glorious Quran's Miracles to mankind:
1- The root letters for "message" and all of its derivatives occur
513times throughout the Glorious Quran. Yet, all Praise and Glory are due to Allah Almighty Alone, the Prophets' and Messengers' actual names (Muhammad, Moses, Noah, Abraham, Lot etc....) were also all mentioned 513 times in the Glorious Quran. The detailed breakdown of all of this is thoroughly listed here. This Miracle is covered in 100s (hundreds) of Noble Verses.
2- Allah Almighty said that Prophet Noah lived for
950 years. Yet, all Praise and Glory are due to Allah Almighty Alone, the entire Noble Surah (chapter Noah) is exactly written in 950 Letters. You can thoroughly see the accurate count in the scanned images.
