{"id":4730,"date":"2020-11-15T17:46:13","date_gmt":"2020-11-15T17:46:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nogodbutallah.org\/?page_id=4730"},"modified":"2022-12-13T02:47:22","modified_gmt":"2022-12-13T02:47:22","slug":"apostate-prophet-quran-poor-science","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nogodbutallah.org\/?page_id=4730","title":{"rendered":"Apostate Prophet-Qur’an poor science"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the name of All\u0101h,<\/span>
\nthe Beneficent, the Merciful.<\/span>
\nPeace and Blessings of All\u0101h on Mohammad.<\/span>
\nDEDICATED TO<\/span>
\nAll\u0101h\u2013the Glorious and the High,<\/span>
\nLord of the worlds<\/span>
\nAND TO<\/span>
\nMohammad\u2013who brought the world<\/span>
\nto our feet and eternity to our arms<\/span>
\n*<\/span><\/p>\n

CONTENTS:<\/span>
\n1. Qur’an is poor science<\/span>
\n2. Atheism an insult to intellect<\/span>
\n3. Allah refers to people as cattle<\/span>
\n4. Mohammad says to kill dogs<\/span>
\n5. Writing a chapter like that of the Qur’an<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n<\/strong>One individual on the Internet calling himself \u201cApostate Prophet\u201d says the Qur\u2019an is a Book of \u201cpoor science.\u201d He takes verses (or pieces of verses) of the Qur\u2019an out of context and seem ignorant, or not care, that not all the verses of the Qur\u2019an are of literal meaning; some are literal others are allegorical which includes parables and metaphors\/figurative expressions:<\/span>
\n\u201cHe (All\u0101h) it is Who has revealed the Book to thee; some of its verses are decisive \u2014 they are the basis of the Book \u2014 and others are allegorical. Then those in whose hearts is perversity follow the part of it which is allegorical, seeking to mislead, and seeking to give it (their own) interpretation.<\/em> And none knows its interpretation save All\u0101h, and those firmly rooted in knowledge. They say: We believe in it, it is all from our Lord. And none mind except men of understanding\u201d\u2013(Qur\u2019an 3:7).
\n<\/span>The verses of the Qur\u2019an that are applicable to our practice of Islam \u2013for our moral, social, intellectual and spiritual upliftment\u2013 through which we will achieve a life of peace and bliss in the Hereafter are of literal meaning and are clearly expressed.
\n<\/span><\/em>Verses of allegorical meaning are understood by people of advanced learning\u00a0 (much like a legal document requires people of higher knowledge to interpret).<\/span><\/p>\n

In his translation of the Qur\u2019an, Muhammad Ali has given a background to verses of the Qur\u2019an and also explains Arabic words\/terms and verses. And in his preliminary notes he has given the history of the Qur\u2019an including the collecting and arrangement of verses \u2013his preliminary notes is a King Solomon\u2019s mine of information.<\/span> His translation of the Qur\u2019an can be viewed\/downloaded www.muslim.org<\/a><\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Qur\u2019an is not a story-book like a novel or other book that narrates details in sequence. The Qur\u2019an extols the power, mercy, greatness and grandeur of All\u0101h; it restates the message given to past prophets, answers questions and gives guidance for our moral, social, intellectual and spiritual advancement. And it repeats the same teaching in more than one place which serves as a reminder. (This is why the first-time reader might find the Qur’an confusing. More on this at the end).<\/em><\/span><\/span>
\nAlso some verses are directed mainly to people of the time \u2013such as the irrationality of polytheism, the futility and degradation of idolatry; abomination of female infanticide (burying daughters alive); taking women against their will and inheriting your father\u2019s wife\/wives\u2013<\/span><\/span>
\n-verses about All\u0101h\u2019s favor to Jews and their breaking their covenant with God;<\/span>
\n-verses about Christians straying from Jesus\u2019 clear teaching (that he was sent wholly and solely to the Children of Israel)<\/span> and conferring Divinity onto Jesus and his mother, Mary (Mariolatry);<\/span>
\n-and verses directed to future generations \u2013such as All\u0101h saving Pharaoh\u2019s drowned body from corruption as a sign (Qur\u2019an 10:90-92)-<\/span> and teachings on science that no human in Mohammad\u2019s time could have known, proving that the Qur\u2019an could only have emanated from a Divine source.<\/span><\/p>\n

Muslims are not to be overwhelmed by Apostate Prophet, and by Christians and other critics. They are vast on text and void on substance. If you do not understand verse(s) of the Qur\u2019an and\/or Hadith leave it aside.
\n<\/span>Critics are so dedicated to misleading Muslims, they have produced a \u201cFake American Qur\u2019an\u201d which they dumped in Kuwait and parading online as The True Furqan<\/em>. They adulterate their Book of God left, right and centre and fumble the Qur\u2019an. The anti-Islam deception is depthless, desperate and depraved. And Divinely doomed:\u00a0<\/span>\u201cHe (All\u0101h) it is Who has sent His Messenger (Mohammad) with the guidance and the Religion of Truth (Islam) that He may make it prevail over all religions, though the polytheists are averse\u201d\u2013(Qur\u2019an 9:33; 48:28; 61:9. This Divine decree is already realized. Islam has more adherents than any other religion. See Christianity does not exist<\/a><\/span>). Fourteen hundred years and the haters of truth are yet trying to put out the Light of All\u0101h.<\/span><\/p>\n

Without doubt, critics’ objective is to have Muslims apostatize from Islam though they cannot prove their own religion (or any other religion, including atheism) superior to, or equal with, Islam!
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\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 1. POOR SCIENCE IN THE QUR\u2019AN
\n<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(See also see <\/span><\/span>Qur’an is perfectly preserved<\/a><\/span>).<\/a><\/span>
\nWhereas Apostate Prophet charges that Qur\u2019anic statements on science are \u201cpoor,\u201d Maurice Bucaille, a French medical doctor, in his book The Bible The Qur\u2019an And Science <\/em>observes that the Qur\u2019anic teachings on Science are in \u201cperfect agreement\u201d with today\u2019s science. As well as the Authenticity of the Qur\u2019an, The Creation of the Heavens and the Earth, Astronomy in the Qur\u2019an, The Earth, The Animal and Vegetable Kingdoms and Human Reproduction. (The Bible, The Qur\u2019an And Science, <\/em>pp.110-210; obtainable from https:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/s?k=the+bible+the+ qur%27an +and+ science &ref=nb_sb_noss<\/a><\/span><\/span>
\nWhat needs to be borne in mind is that the Qur\u2019an is not a treatise on any subject. It only highlights certain truths for our elucidation.<\/span><\/p>\n

The most notable of these claims by Apostate Prophet are (1) the Qur\u2019an says the earth is flat (2) the sun sets in a muddy pool (3) All\u0101h splitting the moon (4) embryology in the Qur\u2019an is wrong (5) sperm comes from between backbone and ribs (6) cow produce milk between blood and excretion (7) all things created in pairs (8) plants and fruits in pairs (9) barrier between salt and fresh water and (10) only eight types of livestock in creation. Which I will address first. (In the following AP refers to this \u201cApostate Prophet\u201d).
\nPLEASE NOTE:<\/span> <\/strong>When checking Qur’anic references please check a few verses before or after the one(s) noted, as numbering varies among translators. Thank you.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. FLAT EARTH: AP notes Qur\u2019an 13:3; 15:19; 2:22; 20:53; 88:20; 55:17; 71:19.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    ANSWER:<\/span>
    \nEarth spread out like a carpet. From a human perspective the earth does appear spread out and flat (and very comfortable). However, since the Earth\u2019s \u201csubstrata are very hot\u201d to life, this \u201ccarpet\u201d, a \u201csolidified shell\u201d, is the \u201cEarth\u2019s crust\u201d to enable us to live\u2013(Maurice Bucaille, The Bible<\/em> The Qur\u2019an And Science<\/em>, pp.181-182).<\/span><\/p>\n

    \u00a0That the Qur\u2019an teaches the earth is SPHERICAL: All\u0101h says He is the \u201cLord of the two Easts, and Lord of the two Wests\u201d\u2013(Qur\u2019an 55:17).\u00a0 <\/span>“The two Easts and the two Wests signify the different points of the horizon at which the sun rises and sets at the summer and winter solstice. In modern terminology, the two Easts are the near or the Middle East and the Far East; the two Wests are Europe and America”\u2013(M. Ali comm.). There could only be \u201ctwo\u201d rising points of the sun and \u201ctwo\u201d setting points of the sun if the earth is spherical.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Again, Allah says He is \u201cThe Lord of every point at the rising of the sun\u201d and<\/span>\u00a0 \u201cThe Lord of all points in the East and the West\u201d\u2013(Qur\u2019an 37:5; 70:40).\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>
    \n<\/span>As the earth rotates every new point on it gains light (becomes day) while every corresponding point loses light (becomes night). Thus every point is an \u201ceast\u201d and a \u201cwest\u201d giving many \u201ceasts\u201d and many \u201cwests\u201d. The sun could only have several points of rising (and setting) if the earth is spherical.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

    \u00a0 \u00a0The sun is 93 million miles away from the earth and almost 110 times the size of the earth; thus its light is diffused over a wide expanse of space.<\/span>
    \nConduct this experiment.<\/span> Place a book (flat earth) on a table. Hold a lighted flashlight (the sun) some distance away from the table and slowly raise it (simulating sunrise).You will see that light is spread over the entire top of the book (because it is a flat surface). Now place a ball (spherical earth) on top of the table and repeat the \u201csunrise\u201d motion of the flashlight. You will see that only the portion of the ball facing the light is lighted (because it is a sphere). Now have someone slowly rotate the ball. You will see that, at the two extremities of the light on the ball, every point that was dark becomes lighted and correspondingly every point that was lighted becomes dark. Thus every new point that is lighted is a new \u201ceast\u201d and every new point that becomes dark is a new \u201cwest.\u201d Thus we have numberless Easts and Wests, confirming the fact that the Qur\u2019an teaches that the earth is a sphere.\u00a0 (Christopher Columbus was convinced the earth was spheroid when he saw the globe at a University in Muslim Spain).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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    1. SUN SETS IN MUDDY POOL: AP notes Qur\u2019an 18:86.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      ANSWER:<\/span>
      \nSura 18:83-90 states Dhul-qarnain \u201creached the setting-place of the sun, he found it going down into a black sea\u2026.he reached the (land of) the rising sun, he found it rising on a people to whom We have given no shelter\u00a0 from it\u201d.\u00a0<\/span> And the Prophet said the sun sets in a spring of water.
      \n<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0 It is fatuous to take the setting<\/em> and rising<\/em> place of the sun literally; seeing All\u0101h reveals the sun and moon floats in orbits\u2013(Qur\u2019an 21:33; 36:40). Though the sun does not rise and set; one would certainly say the sun rises in the east and sets in the west. And if a mountain should be at the point where the sun descends, one would say he saw the sun setting behind the mountain. (All\u0101h only recounts what Dhul-qarnain saw).
      \nAll the verse is saying is that at evening Dhul-qarnain going west (\u201csetting-place of the sun\u201d) came to a sea\/body of water. <\/span><\/span>\u2013(Muhammad Ali has detailed Dhul-qarnain; his translation of the Qur\u2019an can be viewed\/downloaded at:<\/span>       www.muslims.org<\/a><\/span>. Please read it).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

      It is puerile to cerebrate that All\u0101h would try to have the Arabs believe in Him by telling them that the sun actually sets in a sea\/lake when the Arabs could see it set in the sand\/desert and without any sign of water.\u00a0 (Instead of gaining believers Allah would be gaining rejecters. And the rabid opponents of Islam\/Mohammad would reap a bonanza convincing the idolaters\/polytheists that Mohammad was \u201cmad\u201d).<\/span><\/span>
      \nMoreover, that the Arabs did not question Mohammad as to how is it that the sun goes down into the water and is not doused \u2013and they could tell it is a body of fire because of its heat, and day in and day out\u2013<\/span> and not even lose its heat but that they have to daily suffer ninety-plus degrees temperature. Especially on the day when Mohammad scripted them for the expedition to Tabuk \u2013to stem the threat of a Roman attack\u2013<\/span> complaining to Mohammad that it was \u201chot.\u201d<\/span>
      \nEvidently, the unsophisticated idolaters\/polytheists understood the correct\/proper import of the verse.<\/span>
      \nIt is even beneath childishness for \u201cintellectuals\u201d to take this setting of the sun in a \u201cmuddy pool\u201d literally.<\/span><\/p>\n

      All prophets of God obeyed the laws of God. They were thus, Muslims. If Alexander was a prophet or followed the teachings of the prophets, he also would be obedient to the laws of God, and would be a Muslim. Whether Dhul-qarnain <\/em>was a Muslim or not is of no consequence. What is significant is that the incidents recounted in the Qur\u2019an should prove to be historically accurate.<\/span><\/p>\n

      If the Qur\u2019an was not all Divine revelation, it must be the \u201cMother\u201d of all miracles that this Seventh-century, unschooled, \u201cinsincere\u201d and \u201cself-deluded\u201d denizen of the desert taught the highest ideals in matters moral, social, spiritual and intellectual; gave accurate prophecies that manifested in his own lifetime; and made unerring scientific pronouncements that are in keeping with Twentieth-century discoveries.<\/span>
      \nYusuf Ali has devoted an impressive five-page Appendix to this topic at the end of chapter 18.<\/span><\/p>\n

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      1. SPLITTING MOON: AP says if this was a fact people in certain parts of the world would have seen it; but there is no record of it anywhere in the world.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        ANSWER:<\/span>
        \nBut this presupposes that people in other parts of the world were out watching the moon at that specific time and that the splitting was for a prolonged while. Also whereas in our time we have rapid communication, in the Seventh Century it took people perhaps weeks or months for international communication to verify others had seen this phenomenon. Or perhaps those who saw it thought their eyes were playing tricks on them. However.<\/span><\/p>\n

        \u00a0\u00a0 The disbelievers wanted to see a sign. So the Prophet split the moon\u2013(Qur\u2019an 54:1-2. Bokhari Vol. 6, #\u2019s 387-390).<\/span>
        \nIn all likelihood splitting of the moon was a vision to the skeptics \u2013as in the vision All\u0101h showed the Prophet and the disbelievers in the Battle of Badr (Qur\u2019an 3:12; 8:43-44).<\/span> It does not seem reasonable All\u0101h would fracture the moon to impress a few skeptics into accepting Him as their God \u2013these Idolaters probably heard of the many miracles Moses and Christ performed and yet did not accept Moses and\/or Christ; but consider the miracles as \u201cenchantment\u201d which they consider the splitting of the moon to be: \u201cAnd if they see a sign, they turn away and say: Strong enchantment\u201d\u2013(Qur\u2019an 54:2).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

        \u00a0\u00a0 However, arguably, if God can take Elijah in a chariot of fire into heaven and can still the sun and moon for Joshua and for almost a \u201cwhole day\u201d<\/strong> (which would cause everything to fly off the earth, including Joshua)\u2013(2 Kings 2:11; Joshua 10:12-13) \u2013and nowhere in the world is it recorded the sun and moon ever stood still and this was a more dramatic event than moon-splitting\u2013<\/span> surely All\u0101h can split the moon for a fraction, without any aberration of physics, for the critics to see.<\/span><\/p>\n

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        1. AP notes Qur\u2019an 23:14 embryology (Qur\u2019an says flesh formed after bones).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          ANSWER:<\/span>
          \nAs stated the Qur\u2019an is not a treatise on any subject. Verses dealing with the same topic do not always give every detail in every instance or list the stages in sequence. Verses on this topic are Qur\u2019an 22:5; 40:67; 75:36-39; 82:7-8.<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u00a0 Qur\u2019an 22:5 reads: \u201cWe created you from dust, then from a small life-germ, then from a clot, then from a lump of flesh, complete in make and incomplete\u2026<\/strong>\u201d<\/span>
          \nQur\u2019an 23:12-14 states: \u201cMan We did create from a quintessence (of clay); then We placed him as (a drop of) sperm in a place of rest, firmly fixed; Then We made the sperm into a clot of congealed blood<\/strong>; Then of that clot (alaqa<\/em>) We made a (foetus) lump (<\/strong>mudgha<\/em>)<\/strong>; then We made out of that lump (mudgha<\/em>)<\/strong> bones and clothed the bones with flesh (<\/strong>lahm<\/em>);<\/strong> then We developed out of it another creature.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u00a0\u00a0 The sperm (and ovum) are in a state of \u201ccongealed blood\u201d (a \u201cclot\u201d or somewhat jelled substance), then the \u201ccongealed blood\u201d is transformed into another substance (not yet flesh) which looked like something chewed (\u201cmudgha\u201d) which would reflect Qur\u2019an 22:5 that the \u201cclot\u201d is made into a \u201clump of flesh complete in make and incomplete\u201d (i.e.<\/em> in being \u201ccomplete in make and incomplete\u201d it is in a state between \u201cclot\u201d and \u201cflesh\u201d); then bones are developed in this \u201cmudgha,\u201d followed by the bone skeletal clothed with \u201cflesh\u201d (\u201clahm\u201d) which the \u201cmudgha\u201d was transformed into. (The Arabic word \u201clahm\u201d means \u201cflesh\u201d).<\/span><\/p>\n

          \u00a0\u00a0 In summary, the clot is transformed into a state between <\/em>clot and flesh (mudgha<\/em>), then the nucleus of the bones is formed in this state (between clot and flesh, \u201cmudgha\u201d) then the skeletal is clothed with flesh (\u201clahm<\/em>\u201d) which the clot has been fully transformed into. This Qur\u2019anic teaching of the development of the fetus is in accordance with modern findings. (See Maurice Bucaille The Bible, The Qur\u2019an And Science<\/em> \u00a0<\/em>obtainable from Amazon: https:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/s?k=the+bible+the+qur%27an +and+ science&ref=nb_sb_noss<\/a>
          \n<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0(Notably the word \u2018alaq <\/em>in the verse (Qur\u2019an 23:12-14) which is rendered \u201ccongealed blood\u201d (and also rendered as \u201cblood clot\u201d and as \u201cadhesion\u201d by some translators), is an incorrect translation, the correct translation of \u2018alaq<\/em> as noted by Maurice Bucaille is \u201csomething which clings\u201d\u2013(Ibid<\/em>; p.204).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

          All\u0101h also tells us that the fetus in the womb is covered in three layers of darkness<\/em>\u2013<\/em><\/strong>(Qur\u2019an 39:6). These three layers of darkness in which the fetus are enclosed are the\u00a0decidua\u00a0<\/em><\/span>(a membrane \u201cwhich lies between the wall of the uterus and the developing embryo\u201d), the\u00a0amnion<\/em><\/span>\u00a0(\u201ca membrane forming a fluid-filled cavity (the amniotic sac) that encloses the embryo\u201d) and the\u00a0chorion<\/em><\/span>\u00a0(the outermost membrane of the embryo\u201d) (see\u00a0Ency. Britannica<\/em>\u00a0for full descriptions).<\/span>
          \nWhereas materials by Aristotle and Hippocrates are assumptions. The Qur\u2019an is definitive \u2013naming \u201csperm\u201d; quantity required to fertilize; \u201cmingled liquids\u201d (sperm and ovum); a thing that \u201cclings;\u201d a thing \u201cchewed\u201d; stages of fetal development; fetus covered in \u201cthree veils\u201d. Which are only modern discoveries and which could not have been seen with the naked eye \u2013and the microscope was invented only around 1590. How then it is claimed the Qur\u2019an borrowed from Greek Embryology?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

          \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 5. AP notes Qur\u2019an 86:6-7 sperm comes from between\u00a0 the backbone and ribs.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

          ANSWER<\/span>
          \nThe common translation of Qur\u2019an 86:6-7 is \u201cHe (man) is created of water pouring forth, Coming from between the back and the ribs\u201d.
          \n<\/span>Muhammad Ali points out: \u201cThe expression between the back and the ribs<\/em> is a euphemism.\u201d<\/span> And Maurice Bucaille explains: \u201cSpermatic liquid is formed by various secretions which come from the following (he gave details on) \u201cthe testicles,\u201d \u201cthe seminal vesicles,\u201d \u201cthe prostate gland,\u201d and \u201cthe glands annexed to the urinary tract.\u201d (p. 202).<\/span><\/p>\n

          The Arabic sulb i<\/em>ndicates \u201csexual area\u201d of man and tara\u2019ib <\/em>the \u201csexual area\u201d of woman. The proper translation of Qur\u2019an 86:6-7 would seem to be: \u201c(Man) was fashioned from a liquid poured out. It issued (as a result) of the sexual area of the man and the sexual area of the woman\u201d<\/span> Thus, man is created from water pouring forth from the \u201csexual area\u201d of man and the \u201csexual area\u201d of woman\u2013(See Maurice Bucaille, The Bible, The Qur\u2019an And Science,<\/em> p.208):<\/span>
          \nQuestions for AP and all atheists<\/em>:<\/span> Who design the seed\/sperm that you emit? Who grow the seed you sow? Who bring from the cloud the water that you drink? Who produce the trees for your fire?\u2013(Qur\u2019an 56:58-72).<\/span><\/p>\n

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          1. AP notes Qur\u2019an 16:66, cows produce milk between blood and excretion.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

            ANSWER<\/span>
            \nMaurice Bucaille points out that the Qur\u2019anic statement should rightly be translated that milk comes from a \u201cconjunction between the contents of the intestines and the blood\u201d; that the Qur\u2019anic teaching on milk production is in keeping with modern discoveries in \u201cchemistry and physiology\u201d\u2013(The Bible, The Qur\u2019an And Science,<\/em> pp. 195-197).<\/span><\/p>\n

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            1. AP notes Qur\u2019an 51:49, All things created in pairs (What about asexual).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

              ANSWER<\/span>
              \nAll\u0101h revealed: \u201cGlory be to Him Who created pairs of all things, of what the earth grows, and of their kind and of what they know not<\/strong>!\u201d\u2013(Qur\u2019an 36:36).<\/span> That the Qur\u2019an does not mention\/detail everything then the Qur\u2019an\/All\u0101h is lacking is infantile. If all the trees were pens, and the sea with seven more seas added to it were ink, to write the words of All\u0101h, they would be exhausted before the words of Allah would be exhausted\u2013(Qur\u2019an 31:27; 18:109).<\/span>
              \nAs noted in the next item. There are \u201ctwo methods\u201d of generating, sexual and asexual.<\/span>
              \nSexual<\/span> is the producing from a male and a female of a new<\/em><\/strong> item with individual genetic make-up.<\/span>
              \nAsexual<\/span> is not<\/em><\/strong> a producing of a new item from a pair, it is duplication\/fragmentation of self and has no<\/em><\/strong> individual genetic make-up, and thus not regarded as reproduction.<\/span><\/p>\n

              Maurice Bucaille explains in his book The Bible The Qur\u2019an And Science:<\/em> \u201cOne must bear in mind that there are two methods of reproduction in the vegetable kingdom: one sexual, the other asexual. It is only the first which in fact deserves the term \u2018reproduction\u2019, because this defines a biological process whose purpose is the appearance of a new individual identical to the one that gave it birth.\u201d \u201cAsexual reproduction is quite simply multiplication. It is the result of the fragmentation of an organism which has separated from the main plant and developed in such a way as to resemble the plant from which it came. It is considered by Guilliermond and Mangenot to be a \u2018special case of growth\u2019.\u201d (p. 188).<\/span><\/p>\n

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              1. AP notes Qur\u2019an 13:3; 36:36 plants and fruits in pairs (Asexual in fruits, no male and female fruit)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                ANSWER<\/span>
                \nThere are \u201ctwo methods\u201d of generating in plants, sexual and asexual. Sexual is the producing of a new <\/em>item from a pair. Asexual is not a producing of a new item from a pair it is duplication\/fragmentation of self. (Notably, seeds results from \u201csexual reproduction\u201d).<\/span>
                \nSome fruits like bananas, figs and oranges can come from both \u201cnon-fertilized flowers\u201d as well as from plants with \u201csexual characteristics\u201d.\u00a0 Teachings of the Qur\u2019an on Reproduction in the Vegetable Kingdom are in \u201cperfect agreement with modern science\u201d\u2013(Maurice Bucaille The Bible, The Qur\u2019an And Science<\/em> \u00a0<\/em>obtainable from Amazon:                 https:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/s?k=the+bible +the+qur%27an +and+ science&ref=nb_sb_noss<\/a><\/span>).<\/span><\/p>\n

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                1. AP notes Qur\u2019an 55:19-20; 25:53; 27:61, barrier between seas, one salt water one sweet water.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                  ANSWER<\/span>
                  \nThe verses read: \u201cHe (All\u0101h) has made the two seas to flow freely <\/strong>\u2013 they meet <\/strong>: Between them is a barrier which they cannot pass\u201d\u2013(Qur\u2019an 55:19-20).<\/span><\/span>
                  \nIt is ludicrous to assert that this barrier could be a land mass between two bodies of water. This could hardly be regarded as a phenomenon. And moreover, as the verse says they flow \u201cfreely\u201d<\/span> and they \u201cmeet\u201d<\/span>; it would be pointless to say they \u201cmeet\u201d<\/span> if there was a land barrier between them.<\/span>
                  \nThe phenomenon of salt and fresh water not mixing refers to their \u201cimmediate mixing\u201d \u2013at the \u201cestuary\u201d.<\/span> This mixing of the two waters usually occur \u201cfar out at sea.\u201d As distance lengthens and volume increases and turbulence ensues, mixing is inevitable.<\/span>
                  \nWhat is most significant is, whether the barrier between these two waters is ten feet or a thousand feet long, for an unschooled Seventh Century dweller of the desert to make such accurate statement, and without aerial aid, this is not remarkable: this is miracle!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

                  All\u0101h also tells us that deep seas have internal waves:<\/span> \u201c(The state of the disbelievers<\/em>) is like the darkness in the deep sea \u2013there covers him a wave, above which is a wave, above which is\u00a0 cloud\u2013 (layers of) darkness one above the other \u2013when he holds out his hand, he is almost unable to see it\u201d \u2013Qur\u2019an 24:39-40).<\/span><\/span>
                  \nThis is another modern discovery by scientists using \u201cspecial equipment and submarines\u201d\u2013(A Brief Illustrated Guide to Understanding Islam<\/em>, pp. 20-21.<\/span>                   www.islam-guide.com<\/a><\/span>).<\/span><\/p>\n

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                  1. AP notes Qur\u2019an 39:6; 6:143-144, Qur\u2019an teaches about only eight types of livestock.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                    ANSWER<\/span>
                    \nThe Arabic word an-am<\/em> means cattle. These verses are not about the entire cattle kingdom. Section 17 of chapter 6 is about the Idolaters self-imposed prohibition against eating certain animals in certain cases. Verses 143-144 condemn this as superstition. The eight types (actually four, counting males and females) are the cow, camel, sheep and goat. These eight types of cattle are mentioned in particular because, seemingly, they are the most useful to man.<\/span>
                    \nCamel is eaten in many countries today; its meat is said to be high in polyunsaturated fats and its milk contains \u201csufficient levels of insulin\u201d to \u201chelp prevent\u201d and \u201cperhaps treat\u201d, both types 1 and 2 diabetes.<\/span><\/p>\n

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                    1. AP notes Qur\u2019an 37:6; 67:5; 41:12, Stars are adornment.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                      ANSWER:<\/span>
                      \nAren\u2019t the stars objects of beauty; especially on a dark summer night?<\/span>
                      \nQur\u2019an 37:6 reads planets instead of stars. It is possible \u201clowest heaven\u201d means \u201csolar system.\u201d Commenting on \u201clowest heaven\u201d mentioned in several verses, seemingly, there is not enough \u201cscientific data\u201d to shed light on a subject that \u201cgoes beyond human understanding\u201d\u2013(Maurice Bucaille, The Bible The Qur\u2019an And Science,<\/em> pp. 157-158. Very informative comment. The Bible, The Qur\u2019an And Science<\/em>:                       https:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/s?k =the+ bible+the+qur%27an+and+ science&ref=nbsb_noss<\/a><\/span>).<\/span>
                      \nPerhaps the entire starry creation is the \u201clower heaven.\u201d<\/span> (More on this in item #14 dealing with the seven heavens).<\/span><\/p>\n

                      Notably,\u00a0 Allah also tells us about the expansion of the universe\u00a0 (Qur\u2019an 51:47).
                      \n<\/span> \u201cThe expansion of the Universe is the most imposing discovery of modern science\u2026.\u2018Heaven\u2019 is the translation of the word sam\u0101\u2019<\/em> and this is exactly the extra-terrestrial world that is meant, \u2018We are expanding it\u2019 is the translation of the plural present participle musi\u2019\u016bna <\/em>of the verb ausa\u2019a<\/em> meaning \u2018to make wider, more spacious, to extend, to expand\u2019\u201d\u2013(Maurice Bucaille, The Bible, The Qur\u2019an And Science<\/em>, pp. 166-167).<\/span>
                      \nMB also points that some translators unable to grasp the meaning of the verse gave erroneous translations. That there were some who sensed the true meaning but were \u201cafraid to commit themselves\u201d; one speaks of the expansion of\u00a0 heavens and space \u201cbut includes a question mark\u201d; while there are those with \u201cauthorized scientific opinion\u201d who give the correct meaning. And that the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, Cairo, refers to the expansion of the Universe in \u201ctotally unambiguous terms.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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                      1. AP notes Qur\u2019an 67:5-7; 37:6-10; 15:17-18, Stars are missiles thrown at devils (which is ridiculous, silly). (Shooting stars are actually meteorites, comets, asteroids.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                        ANSWER:<\/span>
                        \nDon\u2019t even knowledgeable people onto this day refer to these comets, asteroids as shooting stars?<\/span>
                        \nAnd how do you know this \u201cbrightly shining flame\u201d that follows the devil are \u201cmeteorites, comets, asteroids\u201d? Do you not know that verses of the Qur\u2019an are not all of literal meaning?<\/span>
                        \nDevils\/spirits are unseen beings. Throwing physical objects at them would be like throwing rocks at the wind.<\/span><\/p>\n

                        Muhammad has commented on these verses: \u201cIn speaking of the divinations as being followed by a visible flame, it is indicated that they meet with failure and disappointment. The description of spiritual truths in words relating to physical laws prevailing in the world is of common occurrence in the Holy Qur\u2019an.\u201d<\/em> (Emphasis added).<\/span><\/span>
                        \nMA also notes about Qur\u2019an 52:38:<\/span>
                        \n\u201cThis verse shows that the Arab astrologers and diviners pretended that they could listen to the secrets of the future, but their conjectures about the future failed to make any impression, as they did not turn out true. The word used here is sullam<\/em>, which I translate as means<\/em>. It signifies primarily a ladder<\/em>, the Arabs believing that their diviners could ascend to the higher regions, and there obtain news of the future (R). This throws light upon the statements made in 15:17, 37:8, 67:5, 72:8. From what is said further on in v. 41, and elsewhere, challenging them to put down their pretended knowledge of the unseen in writing, a challenge repeatedly given but never accepted, it is clear that the diviners themselves knew that what they said was no more than mere conjecture.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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                        1. AP notes Qur\u2019an Stars are near Qur\u2019an 25:61, Stars are near; Will fall on Day of Judgment, Qur\u2019an 81:2 but stars can\u2019t fall because there is no gravity in space.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                          ANSWER:<\/span>
                          \nQur\u2019an 25:61 states: \u201cBlessed is He Who made the stars in the heavens and made therein a sun and a moon giving light!\u201d
                          \n<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 Qur\u2019an chapter 81 is about Doomsday\/Judgment. 81:2 states: “And when the stars are dust-coloured.\u201d<\/span>
                          \nPerhaps at Doomsday stars\/objects will not need gravity to fall as everything will be destroyed. Or the verse may be a euphemism for stars failing in, or losing, their function to produce light. For, as the sun collapses\u00a0 \u201cAlmost all the stars we now see would either be so dim as to be invisible or appear as faint points in a sea of blackness.\u201d<\/span> (James \u00a0Trefil, The Dark Side of the Universe<\/em>, p.190).<\/span><\/p>\n

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                          1. AP notes Qur\u2019an 65:12; seven heavens and seven earths, which is an old Sumerian myth.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                            ANSWER:<\/span>
                            \nAll\u0101h raised messengers among all people, thus, if the Sumerians and Qur\u2019an teach the same things they are not myths (nor can it be said the Qur\u2019an borrowed from the Sumerian; a younger sibling who is given the same instructions as his older sibling was given by their parents, the younger cannot be said to borrow from the older).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

                            As supposed in item #11, perhaps the entire starry creation is the \u201clower heaven.\u201d Regarding \u201cseven heavens and seven earths.\u201d Muhammad Ali comments on Qur\u2019an 2:29:<\/span><\/p>\n

                            \u201c\u2026.it should be noted that the word sab\u2019a<\/em>, which signifies the number seven, is also used in a vague manner, as meaning seven, or more, several or many (LL). According to LA, the Arabic equivalents of the numbers seven, seventy, and seven hundred are all used to indicate a large number by the Arabs:\u00a0 \u201cThe mention of seven and seventy and seven hundred is frequent in the Qur\u2019an and the sayings of the Holy Prophet, and the Arabs used them to signify a large number and multiplicity\u201d.\u00a0 \u00a0Similarly Az explains the word sab\u2019ina<\/em>, meaning seventy, as occurring in 9:80, as being \u201cused to signify a large number and multiplicity, not indicating exactness in number\u201d (LA). Hence the seven heavens may signify a large number of heavens.<\/span><\/p>\n

                            Secondly, the significance of the word sama<\/em>\u2019, which means only what we see above us, should not be lost sight of. R makes the meaning very clear when he says: \u201cEvery sama<\/em>\u2019, i.e. heaven, is a heaven in relation to what is beneath it and an earth in relation to what is above it\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

                            Thirdly, in 65:12 it is affirmed that as there are seven heavens so there is a like number of earths, which corroborates the conclusion drawn above.<\/span><\/p>\n

                            Fourthly, the seven heavens are on one occasion called the seven ways (23:17), and in this sense the orbit of a planet may be called its heaven. In fact, this interpretation makes the significance of 65:12 very clear, for each of the seven earths will thus have a heaven for it. The seven earths together with our earth would thus make up the eight major primary planets of the solar system. Or, the seven heavens may be taken to apply to the whole starry creation, and the reference may in this case be to the seven magnitudes of the stars which may be seen by the naked eye.<\/span>
                            \nOne point more may be noted here. The sama<\/em>\u2019 or the heaven is plainly called dukhan<\/em>, i.e.<\/em> smoke or vapour, in 41:11\u201d. (Muhammad Ali\u2019s translation of the Qur\u2019an can be viewed\/downloaded at                             www.muslim.org<\/a><\/span>).<\/span><\/p>\n

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                            1. AP notes Qur\u2019an 2:258 Abraham said God bring the sun from east and asked the disbeliever to bring it from the west.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                              ANSWER:<\/span>
                              \nAll\u0101h is only recounting what Abraham said; they are not revelations to Abraham. Much like All\u0101h relating the account between Pharaoh and his magicians\u2013(Qur\u2019an 7:123-126).<\/span><\/p>\n

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                              1. AP notes Qur\u2019an 36:37-40 sun runs towards stopping point\u2026..<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                                ANSWER:<\/span>
                                \nThis does not mean the sun and moon chase each other. These verses state:<\/span>
                                \n\u00a0 \u00a0\u201cAnd a sign to them is the night: We draw forth from it the day, then lo! they are in darkness;
                                \n\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>And the sun moves on to its destination. That is the ordinance of the Mighty, the Knower.<\/span>
                                \nAnd the moon, We have ordained for it stages till it becomes again as an old dry palm-branch.<\/span>
                                \nNeither is it for the sun to overtake the moon, nor can the night outstrip the day. And all float on in an orbit.\u201d<\/span>
                                \nIt is obvious that the sun moving to its \u201cstopping point\u201d or \u201cdestination\u201d only means its point of set hours of daylight time.<\/span><\/p>\n

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                                1. AP notes Qur\u2019an 91:1-2 moon follows sun<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                                  ANSWER:<\/span>
                                  \nVerses 1 to 4 are about the changing from day to night. After the day (sun) comes the night (moon) or the moon\/night follows the sun\/day.<\/span><\/p>\n

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                                  1. AP notes Qur\u2019an 36:40 says it is not allowable for sun to reach moon, nor does night overtake the day. (Prophet prayed at time of eclipse).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                                    ANSWER<\/span>
                                    \nQur\u2019an 36:39-40 states: \u201cAnd the moon, We have ordained for it stages till it becomes again as an old dry palm-branch. Neither is it for the sun to overtake the moon, nor can the night outstrip the day. And all float on in an orbit.\u201d
                                    \n<\/span>This is clearly saying that the sun\/day and moon\/night has its own length of operation (respective length of time) that cannot be altered\/breached: \u201cThe sun and the moon (run their courses) according to a fixed reckoning\u201d\u2013(Qur\u2019an 55:6).<\/span><\/span>
                                    \nFor example, the length of daylight and darkness are the same today, say, November 18, 2020, as they were on November 18, 1920. One cannot be overtaken (made longer than the other). As All\u0101h rightly says that the sun and moon are for computing time:<\/span>
                                    \n\u201cHe is the Cleaver of the daybreak; and He has made the night for rest, and the sun and moon for reckoning<\/strong> (time). That is the measuring of the Mighty, the Knowing\u201d\u2013(Qur\u2019an 6:97)<\/span>.<\/span>
                                    \nThe sun and moon can only be used for computing time if their length of time are standard\/fixed. One cannot \u201coutstrip\u201d the other.<\/span>
                                    \nThat heavenly bodies float on in an orbit<\/em> is an observation \u201cbeyond the ken\u201d of a denizen of the desert 1400 years ago.<\/span><\/p>\n

                                    That the Prophet urged his followers to pray at the time of an eclipse. This was not because of superstition. At the death of the Prophet\u2019s son, Ibrahim, there was a solar eclipse. The Arabs attributed it to the death of the Prophet\u2019s son, Ibrahim. The Prophet informed them that eclipses do not occur because of a person\u2019s birth or death, but that it is a phenomenon of nature: \u201cThe sun and the moon are two signs among the signs of All\u0101h; they do not eclipse on the death and life of anyone. So when you see the eclipse, remember All\u0101h and say Takbir (Allaho Akbar<\/em>), pray and give Sadaqa (voluntary charity<\/em>)\u201d\u2013(Bokhari Vol. 2, #153-156).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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                                    1. AP notes Qur\u2019an 75:9, sun and moon will join.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                                      ANSWER:<\/span>
                                      \nAccording to NASA the moon is moving away from the earth at a rate of 1.5 inches a year.\u00a0 Eventually the moon will \u201cfall in the Sun.\u201d <\/em>Evidently, science considers the Doomsday of the Earth as \u201can accepted reality\u201d. As scientific knowledge increases the Qur\u2019an\u2019s knowledge on science \u201cis dawning upon us.\u201d (Bashir-Ud-Din Mahmood, Doomsday and Life after Death<\/em>, pp. 133, 134, 113; 19).<\/span><\/p>\n

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                                      1. AP notes Qur\u2019an 75:8 moon will darken; Qur\u2019an 10:5; 71:16; 25:61, sun a torch and moon a light; thus moon can never go dark on Day of Judgment because it will have light from sun (Moon, like earth, by default is dark)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                                        ANSWER:<\/span>
                                        \nMoon will become dark, Qur\u2019an 75:8, is about the dissolution of the present system. As noted in item #19, according to NASA the moon is moving away from the earth at a rate of 1.5 inches a year.\u00a0 Eventually the moon will \u201cfall in the Sun.\u201d
                                        \n<\/em>\u00a0 \u00a0As the sun burns itself out it may become so bloated \u201cthe inner planets will have been engulfed\u201d and \u201csolid rocks melted or even vaporized\u201d\u2013(See Paul Davies, God and the New Physics<\/em>, p.200).<\/span><\/p>\n

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                                        1. \u00a0AP notes Qur\u2019an 54:1 moon split in two.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                                          ANSWER:\u00a0 (See #3)<\/span><\/p>\n

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                                          1. AP notes Qur\u2019an 7:54 night covers day chasing it rapidly<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                                            ANSWER:<\/span>
                                            \nAll\u0101h having the night covering the day is a general statement. It does not cater to specific people that have perpetual daylight.<\/span><\/p>\n

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                                            1. AP notes Qur\u2019an 31:29 night enters day, day enters night.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                                              ANSWER<\/span>
                                              \nAny sensible person knows that all this means is the gradual changing from one state to the other.<\/span>
                                              \nQur\u2019an 31:29 states \u201cSeest thou not that All\u0101h\u00a0 makes the night to enter into the day, and He makes the day to enter into the night\u201d<\/span> and Qur\u2019an 39:5 states: \u201cHe makes the night cover the day and makes the day overtake the night.\u201d<\/span><\/span>
                                              \nMaurice Bucaille notes from R. Blach\u00e8re that the correct translation of the Arabic verb kawwara<\/em> is \u201cTo coil\u201d or \u201cto wind\u201d, like winding a \u201cturban around the head\u201d, which motion is \u201cpreserved in all the other senses of the word\u201d.<\/span>
                                              \nAnd that \u201cAmerican astronauts\u201d in their spaceships at great altitudes above the earth \u201chave seen and photographed\u201d this constant rotation of night and day as described in the Qur\u2019an. (The Bible The Qur\u2019an And Science<\/em>, pp. 163-164),<\/span><\/p>\n

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                                              1. AP notes Qur\u2019an 13:3 night covers day.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                                                ANSWER<\/span>
                                                \nNight covering day means darkness replaces the period of light.<\/span><\/p>\n

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                                                1. AP notes Qur\u2019an 91:1-4; day displays the sun and night covers it (but brightness of sun causes the day; night and day are not objects).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                                                  ANSWER<\/span>
                                                  \nThese four verses state: \u201cBy the sun and his brightness! And the moon when she borrows light from him! And the day when it exposes it to view! And the night when it draws a veil over it!\u201d
                                                  \n<\/span>The first two verses are self-explanatory \u2013the sun is the source of light and moon is a reflector of the sun\u2019s light.<\/span> The last two verses: And the day when it exposes it to view! And the night when it draws a veil over it! <\/em>\u00a0Seems to convey that sunlight \u201cexposes\u201d or brings the world into view\/light, and night covers the world into darkness (draws a veil over it<\/em>).<\/span><\/p>\n

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                                                  1. AP notes Qur\u2019an 6:94; 10:5; 17:12 night for rest, sun and moon for calculation.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                                                    ANSWER<\/span>
                                                    \nAll\u0101h created night\/darkness as the period for sleeping\/resting and the sun and moon are to be used for calculating\/reckoning time.<\/span><\/p>\n

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                                                    1. AP notes Qur\u2019an 18:90 rising place of the sun (Qur\u2019an believes in literal rising of the sun).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                                                      ANSWER:\u00a0 (See item #2).<\/span><\/p>\n

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                                                      1. AP notes Qur\u2019an 36:38 sun runs towards its resting place (Prophet says sun prostrates under All\u0101h\u2019s throne.\u00a0 Sun will rise in the West).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                                                        \u00a0ANSWER<\/span>
                                                        \nThe sun, like everything, has a final destination (resting place).<\/span>
                                                        \nAs the sun burns itself out it \u201cwill swell up, turning into the sort of star that astronomers call a red giant\u201d; and will end up as a \u201cblack dwarf star.\u201d (Paul Davies, God and the New Physics<\/em>, pp. 200, 201).<\/span>
                                                        \n\u201cExisting for about 4 and a half billion years, it has burnt up about half of the hydrogen in its core. This leaves the Sun’s life expectancy to 5 billion more years, at which time, the Sun’s elements will “swell” up, swallow Earth, and eventually die off into a small white dwarf.\u201d (http:\/\/www-istp.gsfc.nasa.gov\/istp\/ outreach\/workshop\/thompson\/facts. html<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n