Quran Issues: Scientific Miracles - Criteria

 

Question: Does the Quran contain scientific accuracies (miracles) that modern science confirms?

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Overview

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Muslims often cite scientific miracles or accuracies in the Quran as evidence for its truthfulness and divine origin. The claim is that the Quran must have been revealed to Muhammad by Allah because it contains scientific statements that Muhammad could not have known but that modern science confirms. 

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Several responses can be made to this assertion. 

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Scientific Miracles Criteria

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The so-called scientific miracles or accuracies of the Quran fail when compared to the following criteria. 

 

Scientific Verification: ​Can it be shown that modern science supports the claim being made? In other words, does science verify the Quran on this issue? 

 

Quranic Interpretation: Can it be shown that the scientific claim is the only or correct interpretation? In other words, what is the correct understanding of the Quranic passage and how has it been interpreted throughout Islamic history?

 

Borrowed Information: Can it be shown that the scientific claim was not taught by others? In other words, was Muhammad the first to introduce the idea or could he have learnt it from someone else?

 

Scientific Inaccuracies: Can it be shown that the Quran does not contain scientific inaccuracies? In other words, if scientific accuracies prove that the Quran is true (revealed by God), then do scientific inaccuracies likewise prove that the Quran is false (not revealed by God)?

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