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<metadesc>Summaries of articles: Word Count Miracles in Qur'an, Standing Mosques, Miracle of 19, Praying Tree, 10 Meter Tall Human Skeleton, and more</metadesc> | <metadesc>Summaries of articles: Word Count Miracles in Qur'an, Standing Mosques, Miracle of 19, Praying Tree, 10 Meter Tall Human Skeleton, and more</metadesc> | ||
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Muslims throughout the world point to alleged miracles that they claim prove [[Islam]] is from [[Allah]]. This page lists summaries of articles that [[Refutations|refute]] all of their claims. | Muslims throughout the world point to alleged miracles that they claim prove [[Islam]] is from [[Allah]]. This page lists summaries of articles that [[Refutations|refute]] all of their claims. | ||
{{Core}} | {{Core}} | ||
== | ==Qur'anic Miracles== | ||
{{Miracles}} | {{Miracles}} | ||
Many | Many apologists claim that the Qur'an contains information that could not have been known to people at the time the Qur'an was created, and that it contains within its pages many other miracles. | ||
===Georgics=== | ===Georgics=== | ||
{{Main| | {{Main|On the Miraculous Nature and the Divine Origin of Virgils Georgics|l1=Georgics}} | ||
This article argues that the Georgica, written by Virgil in Golden Latin in the year 28 BC, contains many scientific miracles (i.e. scientific foreknowledge). Furthermore, Virgil was an ancient Roman poet and the ancient Romans were polytheists, thus the Roman pantheon of deities exist. Of course this article is written as part satire. It demonstrates very effectively how easy it is to reinterpret any ancient poetry, such as the Qur'an, and reveal so-called scientific miracles. | This article argues that the Georgica, written by Virgil in Golden Latin in the year 28 BC, contains many scientific miracles (i.e. scientific foreknowledge). Furthermore, Virgil was an ancient Roman poet and the ancient Romans were polytheists, thus the Roman pantheon of deities exist. Of course this article is written as part satire. It demonstrates very effectively how easy it is to reinterpret any ancient poetry, such as the Qur'an, and reveal so-called scientific miracles. | ||
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{{Main|Word Count Miracles in the Qur'an}} | {{Main|Word Count Miracles in the Qur'an}} | ||
One of the most popular claims of miracles is that the word yawm (singular of day) is repeated 365 times in the Qur'an, its plural and dual forms "days (ayyam and yawmayn)" together are repeated 30 times, while the number of repetitions of the word "month" (shahar) is 12. The first flaw with this is that the Islamic | One of the most popular claims of miracles is that the word yawm (singular of day) is repeated 365 times in the Qur'an, its plural and dual forms "days (ayyam and yawmayn)" together are repeated 30 times, while the number of repetitions of the word "month" (shahar) is 12. The first flaw with this is that the Islamic calendar consists of 355 days, so these apologists are essentially favoring Christianity. Secondly, these counts are manipulated, generally in unstated ways, to produce the striking totals. Most people do not have the time or energy to count so they just assume it is true. | ||
===The Miracle of 19=== | ===The Miracle of 19=== | ||
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===Odd-Even Mathematical Miracle=== | ===Odd-Even Mathematical Miracle=== | ||
{{Main|Odd-Even Mathematical Miracle}} | {{Main|Odd-Even Mathematical Miracle}} | ||
There is a widely spread claim, circulating on the web at least since 1998, that there is a “mathematical miracle” in the Qur’an concerning the sums of the surah numbers, and the sums of the ayats, or verses. It is sometimes called a binary, odd-even, or checksum miracle. It consists of two apparently remarkable coincidences. Some might imagine the odds of this are thousands to one, but they are not. Both parts of the “miracle” are really just two ways to describe the same single coincidence. And as the article shows, due to various factors, the likelihood of its occurrence by chance is not so low that anyone should be impressed by it and proclaim it a miracle. | There is a widely spread claim, circulating on the web at least since 1998, that there is a “mathematical miracle” in the Qur’an concerning the sums of the surah numbers, and the sums of the ayats, or verses. It is sometimes called a binary, odd-even, or checksum miracle. It consists of two apparently remarkable coincidences. Some might imagine the odds of this are thousands to one, but they are not. Both parts of the “miracle” are really just two ways to describe the same single coincidence. And as the article shows, due to various factors, the likelihood of its occurrence by chance is not so low that anyone should be impressed by it and proclaim it a miracle. | ||
===Splitting the Moon=== | ===Splitting the Moon=== | ||
{{Main|Moon Split Images}} | {{Main|Moon Split Images}} | ||
Muslims believe that while Muhammad was in Mecca, Allah split the Moon as a miracle to the Meccans. This claim is made in the Hadith and some say that the evidence for this is on the Moon itself. To back up this claim, they use close-up pictures of the moon taken by NASA as evidence. These images of a "spilt" are actually lunar rilles. Rilles are long and deep gorges resembling canyons. A rille is typically several kilometers wide and hundreds of kilometers in length. Similar formations are found on a number of planets in the solar system, including Mars, Venus, and on a number of moons. Rilles can be found all over the lunar surface and they do not form a belt and therefore do not in anyway support the claim that the moon had been split asunder. | Muslims believe that while Muhammad was in Mecca, Allah split the Moon as a miracle to the Meccans. This claim is made in the Hadith and some say that the evidence for this is on the Moon itself. To back up this claim, they use close-up pictures of the moon taken by NASA as evidence. These images of a "spilt" are actually lunar rilles. Rilles are long and deep gorges resembling canyons. A rille is typically several kilometers wide and hundreds of kilometers in length. Similar formations are found on a number of planets in the solar system, including Mars, Venus, and on a number of moons. Rilles can be found all over the lunar surface and they do not form a belt and therefore do not in anyway support the claim that the moon had been split asunder. | ||
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{{Main|Cat's Eye Nebula in the Qur'an}} | {{Main|Cat's Eye Nebula in the Qur'an}} | ||
Some | Some apologists claim that the Cat's eye nebula was foretold in the Qur'an (55:37-38) “And when the heaven splitteth asunder and becometh rosy like red hide.” As evidence, they provide photographs taken by the NASA Hubble Space Telescope. The pictures are captured in infrared or X-ray spectrum. So, the photos that you see are actually invisible most times to the naked eye (since we cannot see infrared and X-ray as colors). False colors are then added by NASA at the time of releasing the pictures. The way the false color algorithms work is that you can give any color and it will shade the picture accordingly in that spectrum or band. So the explosion is not actually rosy. NASA has given this color to the picture but they could have given it any color, thus the entire argument is baseless. | ||
==Pareidolia== | ==Pareidolia== | ||
{{Main|Pareidolia}} | {{Main|Pareidolia}} | ||
Pareidolia is not miraculous, it is a type of illusion or mis-perception involving a vague or obscure stimulus being perceived as something clear and distinct. Pareidolia is the result of the the human mind’s tendency to pick recognizable imagery out of chaotic forms. Also, different patterns naturally form in different objects in nature. Arabic letters, unlike Latin characters, are very simple and continuous and with a little bit of imagination one can find them naturally occurring everywhere. | Pareidolia is not miraculous, it is a type of illusion or mis-perception involving a vague or obscure stimulus being perceived as something clear and distinct. Pareidolia is the result of the the human mind’s tendency to pick recognizable imagery out of chaotic forms. Also, different patterns naturally form in different objects in nature. Arabic letters, unlike Latin characters, are very simple and continuous and with a little bit of imagination one can find them naturally occurring everywhere. | ||
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{{Main|Animals Marked by Allah}} | {{Main|Animals Marked by Allah}} | ||
Apologists often propagate obscure natural occurrences as "Islamic miracles". One such claim involves the natural markings found on cows and other farm animals. For example, claims that certain cows are marked with "Allah" or "Muhammad" in Arabic. However, the Christian symbol of the Cross has also appeared on a cow and so has the Hindu symbol of Om. Considering the Cross and Om symbols are clearly more distinguishable than the Arabic words "Allah" and "Muhammad", do these markings persuade Muslims of the validity of Christianity or Hinduism? For a Muslim to accept these "miracles" as a sign from Allah, they must become polytheists and accept that Christians and Hindus have also been sent similar signs from Jesus and Brahman. | |||
===Allah in the Sky=== | ===Allah in the Sky=== | ||
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{{Main|Allah Written In or On Various Things#Allah in an Egg Plant|l1=Allah in an Egg Plant}} | {{Main|Allah Written In or On Various Things#Allah in an Egg Plant|l1=Allah in an Egg Plant}} | ||
Allah supposedly decided to write his name in | Allah supposedly decided to write his name in an eggplant. If you cut any egg plant as many times as you care to carry on, eventually you will get whatever writings you imagine that would suite your mind. If you look closely at the image, you will also notice the eggplant is browning and turning stale. What sort of a message is the word "Allah" written on an object that will eventually start to rot or die supposed to convey to Islam's followers? Is the message that Allah is rotten or dying? Or maybe that his revealed religion, after a period of growth, will start to die and eventually disappear? | ||
===Right Hand Spells Out Allah=== | ===Right Hand Spells Out Allah=== | ||
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==Hoaxes== | ==Hoaxes== | ||
{{Main|Hoaxes}} | {{Main|Hoaxes}} | ||
Among other methods, | |||
Among other methods, apologists sometimes use doctored or even entirely faked images to mislead people into believing in Islam. There are numerous well-known and lesser-known Islamic Hoaxes. | |||
===Baby with Qur'anic Verses=== | ===Baby with Qur'anic Verses=== | ||
{{Main|Baby with Qur'anic Verses}} | {{Main|Baby with Quranic Verses|l1=Baby with Qur'anic Verses}} | ||
In October 2009, the same newspaper which made the false publicly rejected claim that Michael Jackson had converted to Islam published a story reporting that Qur'anic verses appeared on a baby's skin in Dagestan. However, another story published on the same day provides us with further information. What the tabloid story ignored was the fact that some local doctors believe it is not a miracle from Allah, but a simple case of child abuse. They believe | In October 2009, the same newspaper which made the false publicly rejected claim that Michael Jackson had converted to Islam published a story reporting that Qur'anic verses appeared on a baby's skin in Dagestan. However, another story published on the same day provides us with further information. What the tabloid story ignored was the fact that some local doctors believe it is not a miracle from Allah, but a simple case of child abuse. They believe | ||
the parents may have treated his skin with irritants which trigger skin inflammation and leave red traces in the shape of Arabic characters. They also suggested urticarial dermographism (aka. skin writing – a skin disorder that occurs with 5% of the nation’s population) as another possibly explanation, saying "If you draw something on their skin with a little stick, for example, the drawing will later appear." Even if this truly was a miracle from a deity, it is unlikely that this deity would be Allah because his messenger Muhammad had forbidden | the parents may have treated his skin with irritants which trigger skin inflammation and leave red traces in the shape of Arabic characters. They also suggested urticarial dermographism (aka. skin writing – a skin disorder that occurs with 5% of the nation’s population) as another possibly explanation, saying "If you draw something on their skin with a little stick, for example, the drawing will later appear." Even if this truly was a miracle from a deity, it is unlikely that this deity would be Allah because his messenger Muhammad had forbidden tattooing when he was alive. This fact has been recorded in multiple sahih hadith. One even states that Allah curses "those who get themselves tattooed". | ||
=== | ===Ten Meter Tall Human Skeleton in Saudi Arabia=== | ||
{{Main|10 Meter Tall Human Skeleton}} | {{Main|10 Meter Tall Human Skeleton}} | ||
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The image in question has been posted on several Islamic websites. It is claimed to be a medical drawing of the human air tubes and it reads the Islamic Shahadah. However, the drawing was forged by Muslims. Have a look at the pictures of the human air tubes in any book of anatomy and see if you can find anything resembling the Shahadah. You would think it hard for anyone to believe that this drawing actually represents the real human air tubes, but this hoax has been very effective among Muslims. | The image in question has been posted on several Islamic websites. It is claimed to be a medical drawing of the human air tubes and it reads the Islamic Shahadah. However, the drawing was forged by Muslims. Have a look at the pictures of the human air tubes in any book of anatomy and see if you can find anything resembling the Shahadah. You would think it hard for anyone to believe that this drawing actually represents the real human air tubes, but this hoax has been very effective among Muslims. | ||
===Shariff Idd === | ===Shariff Idd, the 5-Year-Old Hafiz=== | ||
{{Main|Shariff Idd}} | {{Main|Shariff Idd - 5-Year-Old Hafiz|l1=Shariff Idd (5-Year-Old Hafiz)}} | ||
According to a huge number of online sources, a five year old Kenyan boy (sometimes he | |||
According to a huge number of online sources, a five year old Kenyan boy (sometimes he is claimed to be Tanzanian or Nigerian) can recite the entire Qur'an and preach in at least five languages. The boy is alleged to have converted thousands of people all over the world. However, according to many Muslims who have seen him in person, the whole Shariff Idd story is an elaborate hoax or money-making scheme. In reality, he can recite a surah or two. For example, one eyewitness says, "A translator then asked him to recite some suras such as Ar-Rahman, Al-Mulk, etc. and the boy replied, "I don't know that". They then asked him to recite suratul Ala, to which he replied again, "I don't know that". They then asked him to recite suratul Ihklas, he said, "I don't know that". It then became obvious to everyone that the boy knew nothing of the Quran, and was simply fooling everyone with an elaborate and well-conceived con. When the father returned and noticed what was going on, he quickly hustled the boy and his bodyguards out of the auditorium. Many attendees felt betrayed, especially when it was discovered that the boy and his "family" left town soon thereafter and their whereabouts were unknown." | |||
===Fake Conversions=== | ===Fake Conversions=== | ||
{{Main|Fake Conversions}} | {{Main|Fake Conversions}} | ||
Apologists sometimes claim various famous persons have converted to Islam. These stories are tenacious. Even after these conversion stories have been shown to be untrue: they continue to circulate the internet and are retold in newspapers and televisions shows throughout the Islamic world. They do this in order to boost morale, to prove that Islam is the “truth,” and that even rich celebrities from non-Muslim societies can see this. In reality, people are leaving Islam by the millions. | |||
===Praying Tree=== | ===Praying Tree=== | ||
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{{Main|Allah and Muhammad in the Clouds#Muhammad|l1=Muhammad in the Clouds}} | {{Main|Allah and Muhammad in the Clouds#Muhammad|l1=Muhammad in the Clouds}} | ||
Some | Some apologists claim that during a speech made by Dr. Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri on the international Mawlid-un-Nabi Conference, the word "Muhammad" appeared near the Moon just as the Shaykh was spelling the name and said "I wish I had a board to write it on". As proof, they provide an image claimed to be from the event. This image clearly shows the clouds in front of the moon spelling out the word "Muhammad". However, when you view the actual video from the event, neither the image nor the words of Dr. Tahir-ul-Qadri match what is claimed. In this article we show how this image could have been artificially made using a graphics program. We also provide our own comparable miracle where Allah is apparently endorsing the message of WikiIslam. | ||
===Bees Spell Out Allah=== | ===Bees Spell Out Allah=== | ||
{{Main|Allah Written In or On Various Things#Bees Spell Out Allah|l1=Bees Spell Out Allah}} | {{Main|Allah Written In or On Various Things#Bees Spell Out Allah|l1=Bees Spell Out Allah}} | ||
Some | Some apologists claim bees can write in Arabic and have decided to profess their belief in Allah by jointly writing Allah on their hive. The writing is raised above the surface of the bee-wax. This means that it is artificially made by forming the letters manually. The picture can also be interpreted as if the writings are engraved (less likely), still this can be made manually. | ||
We also provide an equally convincing image of a honey comb where the phrase "Wodan rules" has been photoshopped into the original. | We also provide an equally convincing image of a honey comb where the phrase "Wodan rules" has been photoshopped into the original. | ||
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Some Muslims claim that a certain melon was a sign from Allah, but the picture provided as evidence has obviously been doctored in Photoshop. The white seen in the middle of the red part looks like the skin of the fruit (minus the green part). This trick can be replicated in even the most basic of photo editing software. Water melons where the skin grows inwards do not exist. | Some Muslims claim that a certain melon was a sign from Allah, but the picture provided as evidence has obviously been doctored in Photoshop. The white seen in the middle of the red part looks like the skin of the fruit (minus the green part). This trick can be replicated in even the most basic of photo editing software. Water melons where the skin grows inwards do not exist. | ||
===Mecca and Medina Glowing from Space=== | |||
{{Main|Sunita Williams (Conversion to Islam)}} | |||
Some apologists claim Sunita Williams has converted to Islam after witnessing a miracle whilst on the moon, where the entire earth looked dark, except for Mecca and Medina, which were lit up like "sparks". The images that accompany many of these claims is a top-down picture of the most holiest sites of Islam, the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca and the Masjid al-Nabawi in Medina, both buildings looking like bright lights surrounded by darkness. These specific images have been circulating among Muslims over the internet from as early as May 2006. Williams launched with her crew on December 9, 2006, and docked with the International Space Station on December 11, 2006, more than six months after the "miracle" images surfaced. The actual source for the original, undoctored, images is spaceimaging.com, and are dated December 1999. Although the Masjid al-Haram and the Masjid al-Nabawi appear quite striking in these images, there is nothing supernatural about their reflective white marble construction, and they are not surrounded by darkness. Watermark-free versions of these images are offered for sale by spaceimaging.com as large 4MB downloads, but whoever was behind this hoax did not purchase them. If you look closely at the doctored images, you can clearly see the watermarking. | |||
===360 Joints in Human Body=== | |||
{{Main|360 Joints Miracle}} | |||
Muhammad talked about 360 joints (or bones?) in a a few hadiths and apologists say this is a scientific miracle. The problem is that human body doesn't have 360 bones nor joints. In order to prove there are 360 joints, they use an article which says that there are actually 230 joints and they also use a fake list of joints. | |||
==Miscellaneous== | ==Miscellaneous== | ||
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{{Main|Dog Responds to the Adhan}} | {{Main|Dog Responds to the Adhan}} | ||
Some | Some apologists are claiming another animal-related miracle. This time it is a video of a dog in Jerusalem responding (or "singing") to the adhan (the Muslim call to prayer). According to its description, "Every natural being on the planet praises Allah and remembers him. This dog is just one example, and god is all knowing!" The content of the sound (the call to prayer) is not what the dog is actually responding to. This type of howling that dogs do, which is sometimes referred to as "singing" or "talking", is caused when a dog is irritated by something it hears - whether it be because of the volume or the pitch (or a combination of both). This is because a dog's hearing is much more sensitive than our own - what we may find comfortable to listen to (volume or pitch wise) may bother them quite quickly, and they howl in response to it. So what you really witness happening in the video is the opposite of what is being claimed about it. If you watch the dog's ears closely, you can see he is visibly irritated by the noise. | ||
===Google Earth Proves Islam=== | ===Google Earth Proves Islam=== | ||
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These are articles on Islamic miracles. | These are articles on Islamic miracles. | ||
*[[ | *[[Cosmology of the Quran|Cosmology of the Qur'an]] | ||
*[[Muhammad's Miracles]] | *[[Muhammads Miracles|Muhammad's Miracles]] | ||
*[[Witnessing the Moon Splitting Miracle]] | *[[Witnessing the Moon Splitting Miracle]] | ||
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*[[Islamic Prophecies]] ''- This in-depth study refutes false claims of fulfilled Qur'anic prophecies'' | *[[Islamic Prophecies]] ''- This in-depth study refutes false claims of fulfilled Qur'anic prophecies'' | ||
*[[ | *[[How Islamic Inventors Did Not Change The World]] ''- This article refutes false claims of inventions attributed to Islamic inventors'' | ||
'''Other Core Articles''' | '''Other Core Articles''' | ||
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* [[Islam and Scripture]] | * [[Islam and Scripture]] | ||
* [[Islam and the People of the Book]] | * [[Islam and the People of the Book]] | ||
* [[Islam and Violence]] | |||
* [[Islam and Women]] | * [[Islam and Women]] | ||
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*[http://answering-islam.org/Hoaxes/index.html Scrutinizing Rumors And Exposing Hoaxes] ''- [[Answering Islam]]'' | *[http://answering-islam.org/Hoaxes/index.html Scrutinizing Rumors And Exposing Hoaxes] ''- [[Answering Islam]]'' | ||
[[Category:Core | [[Category:Core Articles]] | ||
[[Category:Islamic Propaganda]] | [[Category:Islamic Propaganda]] | ||
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