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While miracles by definition are supposed to defy the laws of nature and scientific explanation, the examples of myths and legends briefly listed in this section illustrate the pre-scientific worldview with which the Quran was composed. | While miracles by definition are supposed to defy the laws of nature and scientific explanation, the examples of myths and legends briefly listed in this section illustrate the pre-scientific worldview with which the Quran was composed. | ||
=== Prophet Miracles === | === Prophet Miracles === | ||
=== Nūḥ === | === Nūḥ === | ||
==== Lived to be 950 years old ==== | ==== Lived to be 950 years old ==== | ||
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==== Moses's magic white hand ==== | ==== Moses's magic white hand ==== | ||
‘Insert your hand into your shirt. It will emerge white and bright, without any fault—among nine signs meant for Pharaoh and his people. Indeed they are a transgressing lot.’ Q27.12 | ‘Insert your hand into your shirt. It will emerge white and bright, without any fault—among nine signs meant for Pharaoh and his people. Indeed they are a transgressing lot.’ Q27.12 | ||
==== 12 Springs from a rock ==== | |||
{{Quote|{{Quran|12|60}}|And when Moses prayed for water for his people, We said, ‘Strike the rock with your staff.’ Thereat twelve fountains gushed forth from it; every tribe came to know its drinking-place. ‘Eat and drink of Allah’s provision, and do not act wickedly on the earth, causing corruption.’}} | |||
==== Dead fish (for food) comes back to life at the junction of the two seas ==== | ==== Dead fish (for food) comes back to life at the junction of the two seas ==== | ||
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=== Jesus (ʿĪsā) === | === Jesus (ʿĪsā) === | ||
Main article: [[Isa al-Masih (Jesus Christ)]] | Main article: [[Isa al-Masih (Jesus Christ)]] | ||
==== Born from Mary (Mariam) who was a virgin ==== | |||
Like the bible (previous pagan sources?), Jesus is also born from a virgin. Provided by the holy spirit (al-Ruh al-Qudus) usually taken as a reference the angel Gabriel here. Given he is not the son of God, it is unclear what the purpose of this is. | |||
{{Quote|{{Quran|19|17-21}}|Thus did she seclude herself from them, whereupon We sent to her Our Spirit and he became incarnate for her as a well-proportioned human. She said, ‘I seek the protection of the All-beneficent from you, should you be Godwary!’ He said, ‘I am only a messenger of your Lord that I may give you a pure son.’ | |||
She said, ‘How shall I have a child seeing that no human being has ever touched me, nor have I been unchaste?’ He said, ‘So shall it be. Your Lord says, ‘‘It is simple for Me.’’ And so that We may make him a sign for mankind and a mercy from Us, and it is a matter [already] decided.’}}{{Quote|{{Quran|66|12}}|And the example of Maryam the daughter of Imran, who guarded her chastity – We therefore breathed into her a Spirit from Ourselves – and she testified for the Words of her Lord and His Books, and was among the obedient.}} | |||
==== Jesus talking from his Cradle ==== | ==== Jesus talking from his Cradle ==== | ||
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[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ty_2G_esUvI The lost tribes of Gog & Magog in Islam] - YouTube video by The Masked Arab | [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ty_2G_esUvI The lost tribes of Gog & Magog in Islam] - YouTube video by The Masked Arab | ||
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pN8rSybXBaw Stories in the Qur'an] - YouTube video by Abdullah Sameer (now [https://www.youtube.com/@FriendlyExmuslim Friendly ExMuslim]) | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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