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{{QualityScore|Lead=1|Structure=4|Content=4|Language=1|References=3}}Miracles are often presented as proof that [[Islam]] is from [[Allah]], or God. This page lists summaries of articles on the wiki that are related to Miracles.
Muslims throughout the world point to alleged miracles that they claim prove [[Islam]] is from [[Allah]]. This page lists and [[Refutations|refutes]] all of their claims.  
==Qur'anic Miracles==
{{Core}}
===Scientific and historical miracles===
==Quranic Miracles==
{{Main|Scientific Miracles in the Quran|l1=Scientific Miracles in the Quran}}Scientific miracles are claims that the Quran talks about things that weren't known 1400 years ago and which prove, therefore, that Muhammad couldn't be the author of the Quran. However, the Quran has almost certainly never been the source of a scientific discovery. Instead, scientific discoveries, after having been discovered independent of the Quran have often been used to reinterpret relatively vague verses of Quran to attempt to demonstrate the scripture's foresight. This article provides an overview of this phenomenon, which has frequently had embarrassing outcomes.
{{Miracles}}
Many Muslims claim that the Qur'an contains information that could not have been known to people at the time that the Qur'an was created, and that it contains within its pages many other miracles. These claims are false.
 
===Georgics===
{{Main|NATVRAE MIRABILIS ORIGINISQVE DIVINAE GEORGICAE VERGILII}}
To show how ludicrously easy it is to prove that any ancient poetry can be reinterpreted to reveal scientific miracles, here is a satiric article that attempts to prove that the Georgica, written by Virgil in Golden Latin in the year 28 BC, contains scientific miracles.


===Word Count Miracles in the Qur'an===
===Word Count Miracles in the Qur'an===
{{Main|Word Count Miracles in the Qur'an}}
{{Main|Word Count Miracles in the Qur'an}}One of the most common types of miracle claims made regarding the Quran is that it includes specific words in specific quantities in such a manner as would have been impossible to achieve by a human being compiling a book over 23 years in a non-chronological manner. For instance, 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. However, this and similar counts are usually manipulated, generally in unstated ways, to produce their striking totals. Most people do not have the time or energy to assess the data for themselves - this collection of articles presents the complete word counts and data on these alleged miracles so that people can judge for themselves.
 
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 Arab calender 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 its true.
 
===The Miracle of 19===
{{Main|The Miracle of 19}}
 
Muslims claim the Qur'an contains many numerical miracles related to the number 19. This is false.
 
===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 are they?
 
===Splitting the Moon===
{{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 Muslims claim that the evidence for this is on the Moon itself.
 
===The Cat's Eye Nebula in the Qur'an===
{{Main|Cat's Eye Nebula in the Qur'an}}
Muslims claim that the Cat's eye nebula was foretold in the {{Quran|55|37}} “And when the heaven splitteth asunder and becometh rosy like red hide.” But this claim does not stand up to reality.
 
==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.
 
===Animals Marked by Allah===
{{Main|Animals Marked by Allah}}
Muslims claim that the mark on the cow reads Allah and the one on the calf reads Muhammad. Of course it takes the imagination of a Muslim to see these words.
 
===Praying Tree===
{{Main|Praying Tree}}
The praying tree in Sydney is so ridiculous that it takes the cake.
 
===Allah in the Sky===
{{Main|Allah in the Sky}}
Allah appears in the sky! A must see!
 
===Muhammad in the Clouds===
{{Main|Muhammad in the Clouds}}
Now its Muhammad's turn.
 
===A Tomato's Shahadah===
{{Main|A Tomato's Shahadah}}
This tomato simply couldn't resist Shahadah!
 
===Honeycomb Allah===
{{Main|Honeycomb Allah}}
Allah approves of honey.
 
===Allah's Favorite Fish===
{{Main|Allah's Favorite Fish}}
A blessed fish, which has been touched by Allah.
 
===Allah in an Egg Plant===
{{Main|Allah in an Egg Plant}}
Yes, its as silly as it sounds.
 
===Right Hand===
{{Main|Right Hand}}
Muslims claim that Allah created our hands to show his name.
 
===Allah in the Ear===
{{Main|Allah in the Ear}}
As opposed to Satan urinating in it {{Bukhari|2|21|245}}.
 
==Hoaxes==
{{Main|Hoaxes}}
Among other methods, Muslims 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===
{{Main|Baby with Qur'anic Verses}}
A modern-day miracle from Allah, or a case of child-abuse?
 
===10 Meter Tall Human Skeleton found in Saudi Arabia===
{{Main|10 Meter Tall Human Skeleton}}
In 2004 a news story ran that claimed that a 10 meter tall human skeleton was found in Saudi Arabia and it was concluded that this proves the Qur'an to be true. But the story was fake and the image was doctored.
 
===Trees Saying Shahadah===
{{Main|Trees Saying Shahadah}}
A Photo taken of trees in Germany which spelt out the Shahadah. The picture is actually an oil based painting.
 
===Human Bronchus Makes Shahadah===
{{Main|Human Bronchus Makes Shahadah}}
A medical drawing supposedly of human air tubes reads the Islamic Shahadah. The drawing was forged by Muslims.
 
===Shariff Idd ===
{{Main|Shariff Idd}}
According to a huge number of online sources, a 5 year old Kenyan boy - sometimes he's claimed to be Tanzanian or Nigerian - can recite the entire Qur'an and preach in at least 5 languages. The boy is alleged to have converted thousands of people all over the world. The truth; he can recite a surah or two.
 
===Fake Conversions===
{{Main|Fake Conversions}}
Muslims 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 Western celebrities can see this. In reality, people are leaving Islam by the millions!
 
===Allah's Melons ===
{{Main|Allah's Melons}}
Some Muslims claim that a certain melon was a sign from Allah, but the picture had obviously been doctored in Photoshop.
 
===Cactuses Spell Out Allah===
{{Main|Cactuses Spell Out Allah}}
These branches are supposed to resemble the word Allah. However a Muslim had cut a branch from somewhere else to create the loop of "H" at the end of Allah.
 
==Miscellaneous==
===Standing Mosques===
{{Main|Standing Mosques}}
Mosques left standing after major natural disasters are interpreted by some Muslims as signs from Allah.
 
===Dog responds to the Adhan===
{{Main|Dog responds to the Adhan}}
The dog is not responding to the call to prayer, but is simply irritated by the awful noise. This is far from a miracle and perhaps the best judge of 'miracles' in relation to dogs are not Muslims, who believe them to be najis, and are forbidden to own them in most cases.
 
===Google Earth Proves Islam===
{{Main|Google Earth proves Islam}}
 
==Articles==
==Articles==
These are articles on Islamic miracles.
These are articles on Islamic miracles.


*[[A Qur’anic Understanding of the Universe]]
*[[Cosmology of the Quran|Cosmology of the Qur'an]]
*[[Muhammad's Miracles]]
 
*[[Witnessing the Moon Splitting Miracle]]
*[[Muhammads Miracles|Muhammad's Miracles]]


==See Also==
==See Also==


'''Articles'''
*[[Category:Prophecies|Islamic Prophecies]]
 
*[[Islamic Prophecies]] ''- This in-depth study refutes false claims of fulfilled Qur'anic prophecies''
*[[Islamic Inventions? How Islamic Inventors Did Not Change The World|How Islamic Inventors Did Not Change The World]] ''- This article refutes false claims of inventions attributed to Islamic inventors''
 
'''Other Core Articles'''
 
''Core articles contain an overview of other articles related to a specific issue, and serve as a starting point for anyone wishing to learn about Islam:''
* [[Islam and Apostasy]]
* [[Islam and Homosexuality]]
* [[Islam and Pedophilia]]
* [[Islam and Propaganda]]
* [[Islam and Science]]
* [[Islam and Scripture]]
* [[Islam and the People of the Book]]
* [[Islam and Women]]
 
==External Links==
 
*[{{Reference archive|1=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-11-09/varanasi/28067647_1_goat-bakrid-sacrifice|2=2012-11-30}} A Goat Suffering from Birth-Defects Resulting in 6 Legs, 4 Testicles and 3 Penises, Hailed as a Miracle of Islam]
*[http://answering-islam.org/Hoaxes/index.html Scrutinizing Rumors And Exposing Hoaxes] ''- [[Answering Islam]]''


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[[Category:Qur'an]]
[[Category:Islamic Propaganda]]
[[Category:Apologetics]]
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Miracles are often presented as proof that Islam is from Allah, or God. This page lists summaries of articles on the wiki that are related to Miracles.

Qur'anic Miracles

Scientific and historical miracles

Main Article: Scientific Miracles in the Quran

Scientific miracles are claims that the Quran talks about things that weren't known 1400 years ago and which prove, therefore, that Muhammad couldn't be the author of the Quran. However, the Quran has almost certainly never been the source of a scientific discovery. Instead, scientific discoveries, after having been discovered independent of the Quran have often been used to reinterpret relatively vague verses of Quran to attempt to demonstrate the scripture's foresight. This article provides an overview of this phenomenon, which has frequently had embarrassing outcomes.

Word Count Miracles in the Qur'an

Main Article: Word Count Miracles in the Qur'an

One of the most common types of miracle claims made regarding the Quran is that it includes specific words in specific quantities in such a manner as would have been impossible to achieve by a human being compiling a book over 23 years in a non-chronological manner. For instance, 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. However, this and similar counts are usually manipulated, generally in unstated ways, to produce their striking totals. Most people do not have the time or energy to assess the data for themselves - this collection of articles presents the complete word counts and data on these alleged miracles so that people can judge for themselves.

Articles

These are articles on Islamic miracles.

See Also

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