"We made every living thing of water" (Scientific Miracles of the Quran)
Channel: Reasoned Answers
Date: 2020-08-27

Muslims often claim the Quran contains scientific foreknowledge, commonly called "scientific miracles."  I test this claim by investigating one so-called miracle: that the Quran teaches that all living things are composed primarily of water in surah 21:30.  I ask whether the the claim is true, whether the knowledge was new to the Quran, whether the Quran actually says it, and more in an attempt to take the claim seriously and see if it holds up to scrutiny.

Criteria summary:
1) The claimed insight must be true, that is match current scientific consensus (Yes)
2) It must go on what could be obtained from careful observation using 7th century technology (No)
3) It must be original to the Quran, that is not found in previous texts. (No)
4) The text must actually say what is claimed, as evidence by the classical tafsir (No)
5) The insight must go beyond a lucky guess. (Maybe)

See the pinned comment for a list of sources cited/quoted.

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