Ender, the book is old af, me and air agree, 'nuff lollygagging, now please make your point.
Okay, I'll hold onto that for future reference.
Let me make my argument clear-cut:
I'm going to attempt to prove the existence of God via the Quran. What I intend to do below is prove that some of the information in the Quran (which you have agreed is over 1370 years old) proves that the Quran comes from God (and thus proves God's existence as well) due to those pieces of information only recently being discovered via other methods and being nearly impossible to know back then.I'm going to
cite verses from the Quran (in English, of course, for everyone's convenience) displaying the information. I'm also going to ask you in advance how else that
only recently discovered information ended up in
an almost 1400 year old collection of scriptures without
a divine being (God) revealing it beforehand. I'm genuinely curious as to what your response will be.
No Air, "Flying Spaghetti Monster" and "magic space monkeys" don't cut it. Get real. And @OctoGamer, you really need some milk.Are we all on the same page? Great.
Now, the actual argument:
1. Today we know that the Earth is oval shaped, bulging at the equator. Thirteen centuries ago, it was thought that the Earth was flat. In other words, it was not known then that the Earth was round, let alone oval.
Verse: "and the Earth, after that, He made it like a deheya (egg)" (79:30)
The word "deheya" in Arabic means an egg, hence the oval shape. But the verse also includes a further remarkably accurate scientific fact. The words 'after that' clearly indicate that the Earth acquired the oval shape at a later stage in its formation. Modern science will testify that the bulging of the Earth at the equator is a result of the continuous spinning of the Earth on its axis, and thus had to occur sometime after the formation of the Earth. The Earth spins on its axis at a speed of one thousand miles per hour.
2. The movement of Earth in space.
Verse: "When you look at the mountains, you think that they are standing still. But they are moving, like the clouds. Such is the manufacture of God, who perfected everything. He is fully Cognizant of everything you do." (27:88)
Since the Earth is moving in space, everything on Earth is moving with it, including the mountains mentioned.
3. The Romans (Byzantines) were defeated in battle in the lowest land on Earth.
Verse: "The Romans were defeated in the lowest of the lands" (30:2-3)
In 613-614, the Persians had severely defeated Christian Byzantium in battle in the area near the Dead Sea. At 399 meters below sea level, the Dead Sea is the "lowest" place on Earth's surface, something that was not known by anyone at the time.
4. Where two different seas meet, they do not mix together.
Verse: "He has let loose the two seas, converging together, with a barrier between them they do not break through." (55:19-20)
Because of surface tension, the waters of neighboring seas do not mix (Their temperature, salinity, and densities do not change). Caused by the difference in the density of their waters, surface tension prevents them from mingling with one another, just as if a thin wall were between them.
5. Living creatures (like humans) are made up of mostly water.
Verse: "Allah created every [living] creature from water. Some of them go on their bellies, some of them on two legs, and some on four. Allah creates whatever He wills. Allah has power over all things." (24:45)
The words "Water is the main component of organic matter. 50-90% of the weight of living things consists of water" appear regularly in encyclopedias. Furthermore, 80% of the cytoplasm of a standard animal cell is described as water in biology textbooks. The analysis of cytoplasm and its appearance in textbooks took place hundreds of years after the revelation of the Quran. It is therefore impossible for this fact, now accepted by the scientific community, to have been known at the time the Quran was revealed. Yet, attention was drawn to it in the Quran 1400 years before its discovery.
Your turn, Ako.
