It Cannot be Shown that The Qur'an is Revelation from God

INTRODUCTION I will use CA and PA as I defined in R2. I will provide some other evidences for CA and try to refute Pro’s rebuttals. NOTE 1: In R1 I was trying to show that there are specific signs in the Quran about the universe that nobody could possibly know when Quran was revealed/written other than the Creator, Ruler and Owner of the universe, concluding that the existence of Quran in 7th century requires the existence of someone who knows such information about the universe at that time and it only belongs to Him. NOTE 2: Quran is not a book of science to give detailed explanations. Rather it is a book of signs. Look up what sign means to properly understand what I am doing in my arguments in Ref. [1] NOTE 3: Here I will bring evidences for different types of characteristics which prove that the Quran is revelation from Allah. NOTE 4: The verses of Quran are not limited to one meaning. [2] Hundreds of huge tafsirs (exegesis) on Quran and multiple different interpretations of a single verse in each of them clearly show how extended are the meanings of verses of Quran are. [3] EVIDENCES FOR CA There are different types of evidences that prove CA. I gave 4 examples for one type of evidences in R1. Now I will give only 1 example for some different types. 1. Preservation of Pharaoh’s Body “So today We will save you in body that you may be to those who succeed you a sign. And indeed, many among the people, of Our signs, are heedless” (Quran, 10:92) This was said to Pharaoh (Ramesses II) of the time of Moses (pbuh) when he drowned (Quran, 10:91). In 20th century a body was found, and it is now in a Cairo Museum in Egypt. Dr. Maurice Bucaille lead a team of scientists and analyzed the body. This body, despite being drowned in the sea, was quite different than other mummifications (no other mummy is preserved this much). When he found out that this was foretold in the Quran 14 centuries ago, he admitted that Quran was revelation from Allah. Because it is impossible for anyone on Earth to know 14 centuries ago that a body drowned about a thousand years ago will be preserved and found about 1400 years later. Note that the preservation part is not mentioned in any other scripture. Therefore, Quran cannot be the word of anyone other than Allah, i. e. , the Ruler of the universe. Detailed explanation of this is given in Dr. M. Bucaille’s “The Bible, the Qur’an and Sciene (pp. 157-175)” where he compares the story both in Quran and in Bible with modern science. [4] [5] 2. Eloquence of Quran The Balaaghah (eloquence) of Quran is beyond the human capacity. For detailed description of eloquence of Quran please visit Ref. [6] I will just explain one of its aspects which is to use few words to express a lot about something. For example: “. .and (they) spend out of what We have provided for them. ” (Quran, 2:3) This is a part of the verse and is composed of only 5 Arabic words; wa - and min - from maa - what razaqnaahum - We have provided for them yunfiqoon - (they) spend out / give charity. It is explaining a virtue of righteous people that they spend out / give charity. But the wording is chosen in such a way that the verse also gives 5 conditions for the infak (charity) to be accepted. It must be given; 1. in such a way that one won’t become in need himself; it is marked by “min”, a small part from what we provided, not all of it. 2. not from something that is taken from someone else by unfair means, i. e. , by tyranny; it is marked by “razaqnaahum”, “rizq” is what is provided by fair means. 3. in Allah’s name without leaving one under any obligation; it is marked by “razaq-naa-hum”, We provided for them. 4. not given/spent unnecessarily; it is marked by “yunfiqoon”, they give it as charity to those who are really in need. 5. from anything that is provided for them; it is marked by “maa”, so charity is not only givin money, but anything such as knowledge, help etc. As it is seen, such an eloquence cannot be provided by any human. The scholars and experts on eloquence have witnessed such eloquence in all of the verses of Quran and proved this giving many evidences for different verses. One such scholar is Badiuzzaman Said Nursi. [6] So, there is no doubt that that Quran is from Allah. REBUTTALS TO REBUTTALS OF PRO Common Sense Argument-1 Pro: “Con is assuming that there is an owner in the first place, an assumption con has yet to substantiate. ” This assumption is already made by Pro in R1 by defining God as Allah (i. e. , the God in Islam) because Allah is the Owner of the Universe in Islam. Dark Matter *Pro is building his rebuttals on translations of the Quran, but we are discussing the Quran itself, not its translations. Swim Analogy (in Logic): A process of arguing from similarity in known respects to similarity in other respects. [7] [8] For more information about “analogy” visit the link in Ref. [9] Swim (v): to move, rest, or be suspended in air as if swimming in water. [10] (Compare: as if they swim in a matter called as dark matter! ) In the verse [36:40] the word “swim” is used to make an analogy to explain the motion of celestial bodies. The word used in Arabic is “yasbahoon”, which is translated as “(they) swim”, and this word means motion of something within another matter, not in free space. The sign here is about space being filled with some matter, what was our discovery that; yes, the space is not as free as it was thought before (the discovery of dark matter). “Dark matter” is just a name given by scientists to that invisible matter. Overtake the moon First, the verse [36:40] is talking about everyday conditions of the sun and the moon, not necessarily including what will happen in far future. Second, Pro is talking about some possibilities that the sun can one day overtake the moon. There are many possibilities both for it to happen and not to happen. For example, just an un-expected guest (e. g. , a huge asteroid) could and can come and hit the moon to take it out of its orbit towards the sun (to happen) or away from sun’s position (not to happen). Third, If we think about the far future of the moon, again both cases are possible, considering the scientific discovery that the moon is moving away from the Earth for about 3.8cm every year. [11] Fourth, Pro implies that the sun will overtake the moon, finally, when the sun becomes a black hole, if not before. That is only a possibility, if the moon was still available in solar system by that time.6 Therefore, Pro’s rebuttal fails to refute my argument. Fifth, I would like to hear Pro’s opinion on what happens when the sun becomes a black hole. (Hint: Consider the huge black hole in the center of our galaxy! ) Predictions Pro gives a very general prediction example as a part of his refutation to my argument on the signs in the Quran about celestial bodies. My arguments in R1 are not predictions (i. e. , foretelling the future) in Quran, rather they are explanations of SIGNs in the Quran about the universe which were also present in 7th century when Quran was revealed/written. So, his refutation is dismissed. Expansion - Pro builds his rebuttals completely on translations, not on Arabic Quran which we are discussing. - He is questioning why the more commonly used word vastness was replaced by the word expand after Hubble’s telescope. First, that this is just a question, not a rebuttal. Second, the word in the Quran was and is “lamoosi’oon” for 14 centuries. Third, it comes from the root word “wasi’” to which I gave translations in English. Fourth, that is just different choice of words by different translators. Fifth, note that both “vast” and “expand” are compatible with the universe, since the universe is both vast and expanding. (You weren’t expecting this, were you? ) Position of the Stars Pro is amazed by how I made a connection between black holes and the verse where Allah swears by the position of stars. The answer is simply because black holes are also (theoretically) stars that light cannot escape them, as I explained. Fingerprints Pro argues that the verse about fingertips does not necessarily mean fingerprints and what I did was extending/changing the context of the verse to make it appear true in the light of modern science. First, both my and Pro’s arguments can be easily explained by comprehensiveness of words of Quran, without contradicting each other (NOTE 4). Second, the key word in verses [75:3-4] is proportioning, which implies difficulty/complexity in sensitivity of proportions of fingertips as compared to other bones. So, it is addressing any complexity of fingertips that are different than other bones. . We discovered that one of significantly different complexities in proportions of fingertips as compared to other bones is the complex and unique patterns in fingertips. There are smaller bones than fingertips; therefore the verse must be talking of something more special and specific such as fingertips. So, this sign of the Quran was disclosed after discovery of uniqueness of fingerprints. Remember the verse [41:53] I gave in R1. References:Verses of Quran: www. quran. com[1] . http://dictionary.reference.com... [2] . http://www.questionsonislam.com... [3] . https://en.wikipedia.org... [4] . https://ia800303.us.archive.org... [5] [6] . http://www.questionsonislam.com... [7] Def. 1.3 in . http://www.oxforddictionaries.com... [8] Def. 5 in . http://dictionary.reference.com... [9] . https://en.wikipedia.org... [10] Def. 3 in . http://dictionary.reference.com... [11] . http://curious.astro.cornell.edu...