Scientific Miracles in the Quran: Difference between revisions

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External:
External:
* [https://www.answering-islam.org/authors/katz/haman/bucaille.html AnsweringIslam: The Haman Hoax]
* [https://www.answering-islam.org/authors/katz/haman/bucaille.html AnsweringIslam: The Haman Hoax]
==Tips for debunking scientific miracles==
Interpretation:
* Read the Quranic verse and and try to understand it as it is, ignoring the interpretation in the miracle claim
* Read the verse in context with other verses
* Look up different translations of the verse
* Look up tafsirs for the verse
Meaning of Arabic words:
* See different translations and tafsirs
* [http://corpus.quran.com/qurandictionary.jsp corpus.quran.com] helps
* Look up words from the same root in the Quran
* Search for the Arabic word in the hadiths
* Use dictionaries
Science:
* Read the original scientific sources from the miracle claim (the quoted part is often taken out of context)
* Read additional scientific sources
* Try to find something in the additional scientific information that doesn't fit with the verse
* Try to find an older mention of what is written in the Quran
General:
* Think about every sentence in the miracle claim, whether everything is true and makes sense
* Google the name of the miracle, most of them were debunked already


==See also==
==See also==
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