Scientific Errors in the Quran: Difference between revisions

A similar circumstances with the five daily prayers. Anyone living in the polar region would not be able to make a sunset or sunrise prayer all year round.   

The Qur'an claims Allah has made Mecca and the Ka'aba a place of safety. However, historicaly it has been attacked and seen battles numerous times. Juhayman al-Otaybi, Abd-Allah ibn al-Zubayr, and Abu Tahir al-Janabi killed thousands of Muslim pilgrims in Mecca. Moreover, Yazid Bin Muawiya sent an army battalion to attack Mecca and desecrated the Ka'aba. The universal safety of people in Mecca has no historical evidence supporting it.

There are over 5,000 languages and dialects in the world, with less than 4% of the world's population being native Arabic speakers. However, It is incumbent upon Muslims to pray in Arabic, recite the Qur'an in Arabic, and understand commentaries and the traditions of Muhammed in Arabic. We are left wondering why an all-knowing being would not provide a more efficient way to send his message to all people on earth and why he does not account for the immense diversity of languages.

He spoke with a Hoopoe bird and wanted to punish it for a small error.

It took one week to travel from Mecca to the Farthest Mosque by camel. But Quran reveals that a magical winged horse, called the Buraq, traveled a similar distance in a matter of minutes. No such creature has ever been shown to be real and it seems to only exist in legend and mythology.

The first space ships and travel beyond the atmosphere of earth occurred over 60 years ago. With current technology, mankind has already explored the end of the solar system. The Qur'an however, implies that going beyond the earth is forbidden. .