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fingerprints are alike, not even identical twins. One thousand
four hundred years ago when no one knew this, the Qur’an
stated this fact. Can this knowledge be human or divine?
ASTRONOMY (Big Bang Theory).
“ Do not the unbelievers see that the heavens and the earth were
joined together (as one unit of creation), before WE clove them
asunder? We made from water every living thing. Will they not
then believe?
Al-Qur’an: 21:v30
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Regarding the joining of the heavens and earth and its cleaving
asunder, it was verified conclusively fairly recently. With regard
to every living thing made with water has also been verified. We
know that cytoplasm, which is the basic substance of the cell is
made up of 80% of water. Is it possible for a person to make this
perfect pronouncement living in the desert of Arabia, where
there is a shortage of water to state unequivocally that every
living thing is made with water?
“And the earth, moreover, hath HE made egg-shaped.”
Al-
Qur’an: 79:30
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The Arabic word for egg in this verse is “Dahaahaa,” which
means an ostrich egg, and the ostrich egg resembles the geo-
spherical shape of the earth. Thus the Qur’an correctly describes
the shape of the earth, though the notion at the time the Qur’an
was revealed was that the earth was flat.
The following verse also alludes to the earth being spherical:
“ He created the heavens and the earth in true (proportions): He
merges the Night into day, and the Day to over lap the Night.”
Al-Qur’an: 39:v5.
Merging here means that the night slowly and gradually changes
to day and vice versa. This phenomenon can only take place if