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Scientific and Archaeological Explanation of

the Ayaats of the Holy Quran

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 Surah Al Baqarah

Ayat 60

And when Musa prayed for drink for his people, We said: Strike the rock with your staff So there
gushed from it twelve springs; each tribe knew its drinking place: Eat and drink of the provisions of
Allah and do not act corruptly in the land, making mischief

M Shakir's Qur'an Translation

Similar Ayats:
Same incident is also mentioned in Surah Aa’raf 7:160

Emergence of twelve springs from a rock when struck with a staff is something not easily understood by a human
mind. For a believer this belief is enough to make him contented that Hazrat Musa was the prophet of ALLAH and
ALLAH bestowed upon him this blessing. This happened because of ALLAH's command and not due to Hazrat Musa's
own effort. In addition, in the similar fashion ALLAH gives such miracles to his prophets so that the people recognize
them from the signs.

For those who criticize the concept of miracles:

Point no 1
Miracles are the work of God. All those religions who believe in God, for them it is not difficult to understand that
God can make such supernatural activities happen whenever they like.

Point no 2
If we don’t understand something that doesn’t necessarily mean it’s wrong. People trying to prove the Qur'an wrong
on net and through other means, start long debates on such ayats, here is a point to ponder. As we do not have any
proof to prove this incident right except the Qur'an and our faith, similarly they do not have anything that proves
this wrong.

Point no 3
No matter which religion of the world we pick up, we will see in their literature miracles of some sort. Then why do
these people make it a controversial point when the Qur'an mentions such miracles.

The miraculous virgin birth of Hazrat Isa (Jesus) is a basic part of the Christian belief and is mentioned in various
places in the bible. See (MATTHEW 1:18-25). Furthermore, Bible says, "Moses and Aaron did just as the LORD had
commanded. He raised his staff in the presence of Pharaoh and his officials and struck the water of the Nile, and
all the water was changed into blood. The fish in the Nile died, and the river smelled so bad that the Egyptians
could not drink its water. Blood was everywhere in Egypt." (BOOK OF EXODUS)This is not something which science can
explain and hence it is a miracle which is a supernatural happening involving the hand of GOD.

In Buddhism, in the Puranas ("ancient tales"), a vast and very popular collection of sectarian scriptures composed
and edited between the second and seventeenth centuries C.E. the miracles of Lord Krishna are included.

It is not hard to prove that miracles are a part of every religion.

Point no 4
Verily miracles are those which are against the normal ' scientific laws'. Webster dictionary defines miracle as
"something wonderful; a wonder, a marvelous thing, something which seems to go beyond the known laws of
nature and is held to be the act of a supernatural being; a supernatural event." Encarta dictionary says:" an event
that appears to be contrary to the laws of nature and is regarded as an act of God". God who made these scientific
laws it is not difficult for HIM to change these laws under special circumstances to show HIS signs to people. Some
scientist-theologians like Polkinghorne suggest that miracles are not violations of the laws of nature but "exploration
of a new regime of physical experience". (FAITH, SCIENCE AND UNDERSTANDING P59) In addition, miracles are much
different from magic. Magic can be repeated whenever required but miracles are in hand of no human being and
hence cannot be repeated unless if God wants.

Point no 5
Allah gives such miracles to his messengers so people can identify that they are the messengers of God. Miracles of
Hazrat Isa and many other messengers have been mentioned in the Holy Quran as well as in the bible. People of
Quraish demanded a miracle from the Holy Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W) even. People expect the messengers of
Allah to be somewhat different.

Like the non-believers of Makkah said

"And they say: What is the matter with this Messenger that he eats food and goes about in the markets; why has
not an angel been sent down to him, so that he should have been a Warner with him?"

(SURAH FURQAN 25:7)

Here the people of Makkah are demanding something supernatural, a miracle just to confirm that Hazrat
Muhammad is a prophet.

Point no 6
If we read, a book and we are sure that 99% of the things in the book are correct and we do not have any knowledge
of the remaining one percent. Then we have no other choice except to take that as true too.

These points make it clear that relating miracles is not an error at all. Still some people deny the truth after seeing it
even. For them the Qur'an says

Therefore do remind, surely reminding does profit

(SURAH AA’LA 87:9)

Nature of Miracles:-
When we go through the Qur'an or even the Bible, or any other religious scripture of the world we see various
miracles related of different prophets. Why didn’t Prophet Muhammad present any clear-cut miracle? See ALLAH's
method. He shows HIS most clear signs to the Prophet. Like the incident of Hazrat Musa on the mountain of Tur and
the incident of Hazrat Muhammad in Ghar-e-Hira. These are clear signs. Then the Prophet's have to transfer this
conviction and this believe to others. In previous times people believed in supernatural activities much more than
we do. People thought of ailments due to demons. People believed in bad omens and stuff. In that time ALLAH
showed miracles like splitting up of the sea into two parts, fire getting cold etc. For them it was not such a big thing
as it would have been in the present world. However, the Prophet Muhammad's time was a time somewhat of
beginning of modern knowledge and philosophy. Therefore, ALLAH sent down Qur'an as the miracle. This life is a
test. We have to find out the miracles of ALLAH. If ALLAH shows clear, vivid signs to everyone then where's the test.

Answer to atheists:-
Many adherents of monotheistic religions assert that miracles, if established, are logical proof of the existence of an
omnipotent, omniscient, and benevolent god .Atheists criticize the concept of miracles and bring up few points
against it.

1-While the existence of miracles may imply the existence of a supernatural miracle worker, that supernatural
miracle worker need not be an omnipotent, omniscient, and all-benevolent god; it could be any supernatural being.
That is, it only proves that gods might exist, not that there is a monotheistic god.

ANSWER: God does bring up miracles to show his signs to the people. A supernatural activity can only be attributed
to a supernatural being. Nothing happens by itself. In the materialistic world people look for the reason behind
anything. When all 'logical happenings' are due to some reason, how can a supernatural activity (a miracle) happen
by itself? So now we agree that there is some Supernatural being. However, one question remains that is there one
supernatural being or are there many of them? As the atheists criticize that miracle not necessarily, point to one
God. The answer to this is given in the Holy Quran that if there were more than one God then they would surely fight
amongst themselves. There is one head of state, one head of all organizations. If there were more than one head in
an organization, than they would surely fight among themselves. Similarly, existing of more than one God is illogical.
Seeing the symmetry in the universe we come to know that there is one God. The physicists have determined
accurately the mass, charge, spin, etc of the proton and the electron, the diameter of the proton, the distance
between the proton and the electron. The proton to electron mass ratio is 1837. That is one proton is equal to 1837
electrons. When the hydrogen found on any planet in the solar system or in our sun is analyzed, we find it to be
identical to that found on the earth. Our sun is one of the 200 billion stars in our Galaxy called the Milky Way Galaxy.
The hydrogen in any star in the Milky Way Galaxy is identical to that found on earth. There are about 200 billion
Galaxies in the Universe. The nearest Galaxy is the Andromeda Galaxy. The properties of Hydrogen in any Galaxy are
identical to that found on Earth. What is the conclusion? The Creator of earth, solar system, stars, galaxies, is the
one. Had they been more than one God, they would have been very much frequent in showing their miracles and
proving to the people that whom their Real God is. Hence we would have had a miracle every second.

Further Reading: See Ibrahim B. Syed's article "Scientific evidence on oneness of Allah (SWT)"

2-Some argue that miracles, if established, are evidence that a perfect god does not exist, as such a being would not
want to, or need to, violate his own laws of nature.

ANSWER: Undoubtedly God made the physical laws but he is proving that there is no restriction on him by any of the
laws he made. He is beyond all laws. There are no laws governing his activities. He does what he wants. He created
the laws so that people can spend an easy life. Imagine if the friction of the earth changed every day how much
difficulty would you have in walking. If there were no laws governing this universes the life on earth would have
been so difficult that we cannot imagine. All our machines would be handicapped and would work only for a limited
period. Therefore, these laws are for us not for the Lord as for the Lord he shows to the people that there are no
laws restricting his activities. He can do whatever he wants, whenever he wants. What seems supernatural to us is
perfectly natural to the God.
This document is based on my under process book. I plan to collect all the Ayaats of the Holy Quran with deal with
scientific, historical and archaeological subjects. I am trying to provide explanation to those Ayaats in light of
Previous commentaries (Tafaseer), established science, archaeological discoveries and Arabic lexicons. Send in
your comments, queries and suggestion at Muhammad.Awais.Tahir@gmail.com

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