It's sad to know that the majority of these Muslim and Arab scholars are no credited or at least credited enough for their work. Instead, we are taught about other western scientists and scholars and we're being told that they were first to propose these ideas.
I'm an atheist but it's true that Baghdad at the time (filled with muslims and non-muslims alike) was the intellectual capital of the world until the mongol empire destroyed it, which led to the information and ideas to move into Italy and eventually europe where the scientific revolution happened centuries later
it's more like Europe stole those texts in their crusades and stored them in the Vatican library. Frederic II bult islamic based universities in europe for medicine and science.
Why some people in the comment section getting triggered by this video is somewhat amusing. Just enjoy the video, absorbed the information present and threw away your hatred. The Channel owner didn't upload the video to see some kind of war in the comment section, they want people to learn.
At 6:10 you witness a scientific book written with assonance reviewing another book called "Tabula Rogeriana" and how the author starts with a compliment of the other book's writing style and how well-resourced it is. Then, he starts talking about the weaknesses he sees there and how objectively he selects what he needs to carry on with his study. The bold big title in the middle translates: On the picture of Earth called Geography. Then again with scientific citing. All with assonance! As if you are reading a scientific poem!
0:42 this page is a farsi book some translating from above Pillar one from creation of Universe to birth of muhammad peace be upon him and in this part I will write 8 bab (part) if immoral allah wishs first part will be about Zikr al nour al kamel (zikr means Remembrance of allh and prayer) of muhammad peace be upon him maybe this book is tafsir al hadith means Commentary hadiths (muhammads speechs) i hope it was helpful
@@George-iv1hi Lie #1: christianity is from god and they didn't kill each other during crusades or they didn't conquer african countries or they didn't kill indigeous people, get lost, you moron
Allah the almighty has bestowed upon us science which is available to guide us as a conscious specious to seek out the truth which will ultimately bring us to the path of Allah or bring is to the dark depths of our undoing
Name me one scientific invention done in the Islamic world the past 500 years? You have been stagnant completely, still looking back at your golden age of 800 years ago. the Islamic world has been a failure the past 800 years, but you lack all self-criticism.
@robert x oh so many, your people have fled and hid it, one little example of you know who invented algebra? And the so-called "father algorithm" and algebra? It was a Muslim scientist named alkawarizmi, a branch of mathematics now in some of the jobs, who discovered it,
@@unknownname579 Read my question. I said in the past 500 years. Muslims always look back at their golden age that stopped 800 years ago. After that the muslim world stopped and it is stuck untull today. No inventions anymore for a long time. This is I think because free thought is not appreciated in the region. That stops all progress and it is your religion among others that is stopping you. For example, it were the muslim clerics who banned bookprinting for 350 years and you are still far behind.
We need to take into account many muslim astronomers who lived before in 11th century, who had come up with the unfixed and moving stars, variable orbital eccentricity models, which are now called Milankovitch cycles, are indeed discoveries of al-Zarqali and ibn al-Haim from Muslim Spain.
Almost all current scientists write their papers in English, while many of them are not English. In Kharazmi's time, almost all scholars wrote in Arabic, while more than 90% of them were not Arabs, but many of them were Iranians(ref. Ibn Khaldun, Al-Muqaddimah). Especially Kharazmi who lived in Kharazm and his ancestors were Zoroastrians. Kharazm was located in greater Khorasan and now in Uzbekistan which was considered part of Iran for many years.(According to recent studies in Oxford University genetics, the Uzbek gene is a combination of the Iranian people and the Mongols: Tatjana Zerjal; et al. (2002). "A Genetic Landscape Reshaped by Recent Events: Y-Chromosomal Insights into Central Asia". The American Journal of Human Genetics. 71 (3): 466-482. What is now Uzbekistan was part of the Iranian-speaking region of Transoxiana and Turan. Therefore, before the Mongols’ invasion and massacre, those people were Iranians. Kharazmi lived in Kharazm 350 years before the Mongols’ invasion. So he was Iranian.) By the way, those scientific works do not originate from the Islamic view and attitude. Only in the time of Haroun and Ma'mun, environment was provided for the growth of science and the translation movement. During the domination of other caliphs, there was enmity with the spread of science. Because they were Islamic fanatics.
Please also do research on imam Ahmad Raza bareilly india..... He wrote his book on the existence of electron before it was discovered..... He also refute the motion of earth with 105 reasons in his book and also done a lot of sceintific work
It was not an "Islamic Golden Age", but an "Arabic Golden Age" It wasnt' just muslim arabs who studied and researched in Bagdad and in other places There were also christians, zoroaster, jews, and even mandaeans. They all had arab names and "published" in the arabic languange.
Most of the scientifics in islamic golden age were not arab. Only language was arabic cuz was the language of islam . If the language of isalm was not arabic nobody writes in arabic.
@@ZayndiYusupov Please. The Islamic world has stagnated in the creation of knowledge since the Middle Ages. The Koran says that the sun sets in a pond, dude.
@@thegoodlydragon7452 Islam does encourage pursuit of knowledge. The Koran does not make such claims about the sun. Its a misinterpretation. The context makes that clear. No Muslim believes that sun sets in a pond.
"Science was not brought into being by the West; In essence it is nothing but the delight that lies in creation; If you ponder well, it is the Muslims who gave it life; It is a pearl we dropped from our hands. When the Arabs spread over Europe, They laid new foundations of learning and science. The seed was sown by these dwellers of the desert; But the harvest was reaped by the West. This spirit is from the flask of our own ancestors; Bring this fairy back, for she hails from our own Caucasus."
Muslim scientists who have contributed significantly to science and civilization in the Islamic Golden Age (i.e. from the 8th century to the 14th century) Physicists and engineers : Mimar Sinan (1489-1588), also known as Koca Mi'mâr Sinân Âğâ Jafar al-Sadiq, 8th century Banū Mūsā (Ben Mousa), 9th century Ja'far Muhammad ibn Mūsā ibn Shākir Ahmad ibn Mūsā ibn Shākir Al-Hasan ibn Mūsā ibn Shākir Abbas Ibn Firnas (Armen Firman), 9th century Al-Saghani (d. 990) Abū Sahl al-Qūhī (Kuhi), 10th century Ibn Sahl, 10th century Ibn Yunus, 10th century Al-Karaji, 10th century Ibn al-Haytham (Alhacen), 11th century Iraqi scientist, optics,[28] and experimental physics[29] Abū Rayhān al-Bīrūnī, 11th century, pioneer of experimental mechanics[30] Ibn Sīnā/Seena (Avicenna), 11th century Al-Khazini, 12th century Ibn Bajjah (Avempace), 12th century Hibat Allah Abu'l-Barakat al-Baghdaadi (Nathanel), 12th century Ibn Rushd (Averroes), 12th century Andalusian mathematician, philosopher and medical expert Al-Jazari, 13th century civil engineer Nasir al-Din Tusi, 13th century Qutb al-Din al-Shirazi, 13th century Kamāl al-Dīn al-Fārisī, 13th century Ibn al-Shatir, 14th century Astronomers and astrologers : Ibrahim al-Fazari (d. 777) Muhammad al-Fazari (d. 796 or 806) Al-Khwarizmi (d. 850) Sanad ibn Ali (d. 864) Al-Marwazi (d. 869) Al-Farghani (d. 870) Al-Mahani (d. 880) Abu Ma'shar al-Balkhi (d. 886) Dīnawarī (d. 896) Banū Mūsā (d. 9th century) Abu Sa'id Gorgani (d. 9th century) Ahmad Nahavandi (d. 9th century) Al-Nayrizi (d. 922) Al-Battani (d. 929) Abū Ja'far al-Khāzin (d. 971) Abd Al-Rahman Al Sufi (d. 986) Al-Saghani (d. 990) Abū al-Wafā' al-Būzjānī (d. 998) Abu Al-Fadl Harawi (d. 10th century) Abū Sahl al-Qūhī (d. 1000) Abu-Mahmud al-Khujandi (d. 1000) Al-Majriti (d. 1007) Ibn Yunus (d. 1009) Kushyar ibn Labban (d. 1029) Abu Nasr Mansur (d. 1036) Abu l-Hasan 'Ali (d. 1037) Ibn Sina (d. 1037) Ibn al-Haytham (d. 1040) Al-Bīrūnī (d. 1048) Ali ibn Ridwan (d. 1061) Abū Ishāq Ibrāhīm al-Zarqālī (d. 1087) Omar Khayyám (d. 1131) Ibn Bajjah (d. 1138) Ibn Tufail (d. 1185) Ibn Rushd (d. 1198) Al-Khazini (d. 12th century) Nur ad-Din al-Bitruji (d. 1204) Sharaf al-Dīn al-Tūsī (d. 1213) Mu'ayyad al-Din al-'Urdi (d. 1266) Nasir al-Din Tusi (d. 1274) Shams al-Dīn al-Samarqandī (d. 1310) Qutb al-Din al-Shirazi (d. 1311) Sadr al-Shari'a al-Asghar (d. 1346) Ibn al-Shatir (d. 1375) Shams al-Dīn Abū Abd Allāh al-Khalīlī (d. 1380) Jamshīd al-Kāshī (d. 1429) Ulugh Beg (d. 1449) Mathematicians : Ali Qushji Al-Hajjāj ibn Yūsuf ibn Matar Khalid ibn Yazid (Calid) Muhammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī (Algorismi), algebra[25] and algorithms[26] 'Abd al-Hamīd ibn Turk Abū al-Hasan ibn Alī al-Qalasādī (1412-1482), pioneer of symbolic algebra[27] Abū Kāmil Shujā ibn Aslam Al-Abbās ibn Said al-Jawharī Al-Kindi (Alkindus) Banū Mūsā (Ben Mousa) Ja'far Muhammad ibn Mūsā ibn Shākir Al-Hasan ibn Mūsā ibn Shākir Al-Mahani Ahmed ibn Yusuf Al-Majriti Al-Battani (Albatenius) Al-Farabi (Abunaser) Al-Nayrizi Abū Ja'far al-Khāzin Abu'l-Hasan al-Uqlidisi Al-Saghani Abū Sahl al-Qūhī Abu-Mahmud al-Khujandi Abū al-Wafā' al-Būzjānī Ibn Sahl Al-Sijzi Ibn Yunus Abu Nasr Mansur Kushyar ibn Labban Al-Karaji Ibn al-Haytham (Alhacen/Alhazen) Abū Rayhān al-Bīrūnī Ibn Tahir al-Baghdadi Al-Nasawi Al-Jayyani Abū Ishāq Ibrāhīm al-Zarqālī (Arzachel) Al-Mu'taman ibn Hud Omar Khayyám Al-Khazini Ibn Bajjah (Avempace) Al-Ghazali (Algazel) Al-Marrakushi Al-Samawal Ibn Rushd (Averroes) Ibn Seena (Avicenna) Hunayn ibn Ishaq Ibn al-Banna' Ibn al-Shatir Ja'far ibn Muhammad Abu Ma'shar al-Balkhi (Albumasar) Jamshīd al-Kāshī Chemists and alchemists: Khalid ibn Yazid (-85 AH/ 704) (Calid) Jafar al-Sadiq (702-765) Jābir ibn Hayyān (d. c. 806-816) (Geber) Abbas Ibn Firnas (810-887) (Armen Firman) Al-Kindi (801-873) (Alkindus) Al-Majriti (fl. 1007-1008) (950-1007) Ibn Miskawayh (932-1030) Abū Rayhān al-Bīrūnī (973-1048) Avicenna (980-1037) Al-Khazini (fl. 1115-1130) Nasir al-Din Tusi (1201-1274) Ibn Khaldun (1332-1406
@@ashokafulcrum4795 Aristotle? Is the science we have now based on philosophical theories?! The kind of science we have now this is science that has revolutionized the world. This is science that produces results, It works. The science we have today isn't based on philosophical theories which were the basic characteristic of Greek science rather it is experimental science that has revolutionized the world. This kind of science stems out of what is called the Empirical Experimental Scientific Method. The first people who used Rigorous experimentation were Iraqi scientists Ibn Al Haytham and Al kindi. This is beautifully written by French anthropologist Robert Briffault " science owes its very existence to Arabic culture. The ancient world was pre- scientific. What we call science arose in Europe as a result of new spirit of enquiry , unknown to the Greeks. The spirit and those methods were introduced into European world by the Arabs " Ibn Al Haytham is the man who created the idea that a scientific theory becomes a scientific fact only if it can be proven experimentally. This is the man who later influenced Francis Bacon, Roger Bacon, Galileo, Leonardo Da vanci, Descartes, Issac Newton etc.
We don't talk about "christian science" (except for that misleadingly-named sect), why "islamic science"? I strongly object to much of the rubbish language of various "progressive" movements, but isn't calling Ibn al-Haytham "Islamic" an "othering" act of "normalizing the hegemonic position of christianity" or some such wording?
@Yassin Zao I don't understand exactly everything you're saying, but wouldn't we then call rocket science "nazi science"? Because it was developed by the nazis for the pursuit of nazi goals.
we have in my country avery old book of ibno sina who discovered the gravity and talked about it word by word..also in Turkey there a map for allhshkhash al kurtubi who discovered america in 518before the fake person who called"americo"
But muslims never built a telescope or a space rocket, but we did. It is the Western science that makes our future possible - and I don't see islam in it.
@@George-iv1hi you are idiot ...you think that western world sleep a night and wake the next day with scholars knowledge......you were learning books of islamic scholars for 500 years in aurope.....who gave you algebra , who gave you chemistry,who gave you the science of medicine.....you just updated the islamic scholars work ....you are a bunch of lairs western assholes ......we know our history ...we beat you for 1000 years and we will come back again ....your greatest nightmare is that islamic world will become one in one day
@Moneyxl00 man seriously you are open minded..then look ..if you clearfully look ..you can find invention and basic scientific in every civilization..bcz we are of same race i.e is human...it is true westen put their full effort to brings things at other lever ..due to which only webeven are able to share our idea...one more interesting think i found..islam is based only one person truth ..which cannot even cross verify..and it is said if you question over it..thet mean you are leaving your iman..man i have read kuran and even other text...but i found..why god make these ambigusy..does god really need messanger or a book to send his command to human being..who are just dust in front of this universe..god create this universe..why not he use some natural phenomenon or any 3d natural even to direct the message to human..so that there is not remain any ambiguity...beside it..it could be possible in 15th century people are fighting for ruling the nation..it could be work of smart people to rule the people.. without even realising them... religion are taught us from our childhood..it really become very difficult to see it with clear unbiased way..and to question it's authenticity...but we are now living in 21th century..where democracy consider best but even arab countries living in authoritean power..how they are doing so...bcz of the religion...think bro ...god give us brain..to think and questions..if he really want us to follow some religion then it really easy for him to give us a mind of religion knowledge by birth...he don't required any book to dictate his message..even his knowledge by after obserythis universe seems so vast that even a book not able to contain that...see the galaxy, universe..even earth is negligible thing in front of him....we are fighting on the name of religion..human race itself extinct one day bcz of these stupidity.
@@George-iv1hi Lie #1: christianity is from god and they didn't kill each other during crusades or they didn't conquer african countries or they didn't kill indigeous people, all of these are the opposite get lost, you moron
The Book-list is marvelous for someone who is acquainted with their history, Sir. By the way the islamic/arabic Science Departments across the Islamic Empire already developed a heliocentric model for our Solar-System.
yeah but not all during that time where from an islamic faith background but actually from other religious faiths like christianity, judaism, and others. It was that mix of intellectuals which created innovation. therefore its referred as to the language the group of individuals communicated with each other, - which was arabic.- a certain set of individuals.
Heliocentrism preceded the Islamic golden age, and ancient Greece and India had already widely speculated with it. the Greek Aristarchus is still seen as the founder of the theory in a pure scientific sense.
In many nations across Africa and southern Asia it is illegal to blaspheme against Islam. Penalties can result in anything from imprisonment to beheading. Perhaps that is why it seems Islam is so new to apologetics. Muslims have a hard time making their case, and generally don’t realize most of what they say has been heard before from Christians. One of these arguments is that there is science in the their holy book, the Quran, and more specifically, that everything in the Quran has been confirmed by science. No, it doesn’t contain the formula for vaccinating against polio. It doesn’t contain calculus equations or engineering instructions for rocket propulsion. It doesn’t even contain information on efficient agricultural endeavors. What it does contain are several verses which if twisted to conform to modern knowledge, may appear insightful to naïve individuals suffering from hindsight bias. It is the same argument skeptics hear from Christians and proponents of Nostradamus. The Quran also contains several verses which are simply scientifically incorrect, but are used to prey upon the gullible and uneducated. Expanded or Expanding? Some Muslims like to compare modern cosmology with verses from the Quran. The modern translation of Surat Adh-Dhāriyāt 51:47 reads “And the heaven We constructed with strength, and indeed, We are [its] expander.” This is compared with the now known ongoing expansion of the universe. How could anyone have know this 1400 years ago? First, a little context so as to address events known to be fictitious. The preceding verses mention numerous events involving Allah. The story of Exodus is mentioned in verses 51:38-40. Archaeologists have determined this event never happened. There is no evidence ancient Israel was founded by ex Egyptian slaves fighting their way out of Egypt with miracles. The consensus of modern archaeologists, including Israeli archaeologists, is that the evidence suggests ancient Israel was founded by former Canaanites who rose up against the higher classes Noah‘s flood is mentioned in 51:46. This event has been determined geologically, mathematically and biologically impossible. There is no geological evidence of a worldwide flood. The species which currently inhabit the earth could not have evolved within a few thousand years from a pair of “kinds,” nor could a pair of each species fit on the boat described. The boat described also couldn’t sail. There isn’t even enough water on earth to flood all the land. We can blame these inaccuracies on Islam being a rip off of Christianity, which in turn is a rip off of Judaism. Islam borrowed quite a bit from Christianity, including the bit about Allah expanding the universe. Part of Isaiah 42:5 reads, “Thus saith God the Lord, he that created the heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it.” That part about spreading out the earth will come up again later. There are multiple translations of 51:47 which changed during the 20th century after discovering the universe is expanding. One example of a pre-twentieth century translation is “With power and skill did We construct the Firmament: for it is We Who create the vastness of space.” It seems this is something a Texas sharpshooter fallacy, whereby Muslims have updated the translation to accommodate what the evidence reveals. But “expanded” isn’t a totally unacceptable translation. We can use other verses from the Quran to understand what meaning is intended here. A modern translation of Surat Al-'Anbyā 21:32 reads “And We made the sky a protected ceiling, but they, from its signs, are turning away.” The word “ceiling” here has also been translated as “canopy” or “roof.” Surat An-Nāzi`āt 79:27-28 reads “Are you a more difficult creation or is the heaven? Allah constructed it. He raised its ceiling and proportioned it.” Due to these and other references in the Quran, it appears 51:47 is intended only to mean Allah “expanded” the universe in terms of spreading it out, that this expansion is fixed, and not that it is continuously expanding. What Planet Are You On? Surat Al-'Anbyā' 21:31 reads, “And We placed within the earth firmly set mountains, lest it should shift with them, and We made therein [mountain] passes [as] roads that they might be guided.” Some Muslims have actually used this verse to propose mountains keep the earth from wobbling. First of all, the earth does wobble. The Chandler Wobble was discovered in 1891 and is commonly attributed to gravitational forces and earth’s constant shifting of mass, such as atmospheric fluctuations and seasonal melting and refreezing of ice. Secondly, it’s not possible mountains could hold down the earth, unless you think the earth is flat. Surat An-Nāzi`āt 79:30 reads, “And after that He spread the earth.” Some have attempted in recent years to retranslate this verse as “He made the earth egg shaped.” They claim the Arabic word “dahaha,” which means “laid out” or “evened out,” is derived from the Arabic word “duhiya,“ which means “ostrich egg.” This is a rather silly stretch, as the earth isn’t egg shaped anyways. The earth is an oblate spheroid. An ostrich egg is a prolate spheroid. There are multiple other verses (15:19, 20:53, 43:10, 50:7, 51:48, 71:19, 78:6) translated as the earth is a bed, carpet or other flat surface. There are Imams to this day who still profess the earth is flat because the Quran says so. Part of Surat Al-'Anbyā' 21:30 reads, “Have those who disbelieved not considered that the heavens and the earth were a joined entity, and We separated them and made from water every living thing?” This verse is commonly used to say the Big Bang is mentioned in the Quran. The earth and universe are not two separate things, once joined and then separated by a god or anything else. The elements present in the early universe were mostly hydrogen and helium, with a bit of carbon and other elements. Most of the elements found within the earth were formed by fusion within stars of the early universe. These elements scattered when those stars exploded and later gathered together by gravity to form other stars and planets, including earth. One of those elements is iron. Part of Surat Al-Ĥadīd 57:25 reads “And We sent down iron, wherein is great military might and benefits for the people, and so that Allah may make evident those who support Him and His messengers unseen.” Although one could say some iron has been “sent down” in the form of meteors, most of earth’s iron was gathered together along with all the other elements during the formation of the earth. The Quran might just as well have mentioned any number of elements. Why wasn’t argon mentioned? What does Allah have against cobalt? Why wasn’t osmium, iridium or uranium mentioned? Probably because Mohammed and his merry band of murderous zealots had no idea what these elements were. But it’s obvious they knew what iron was, and how it should be used. Talking Glass Ants One of the silliest claims comes from Surat An-Naml 27:18-19, which reads, “Until, when they came upon the valley of the ants, an ant said, ‘O ants, enter your dwellings that you not be crushed by Solomon and his soldiers while they perceive not.’ So [Solomon] smiled, amused at her speech, and said, ‘My Lord, enable me to be grateful for Your favor which You have bestowed upon me and upon my parents and to do righteousness of which You approve. And admit me by Your mercy into [the ranks of] Your righteous servants.’" It was recently discovered ants communicate by rubbing their bodies. This rubbing cannot be heard by human ears, but some Muslims claim this discovery reinforces the story of Solomon having a conversation with an ant. Even stranger is that some Muslims have decided the word “crushed” implies ants are made of glass, and that recent science has discovered this to be the case. First of all, there is no reason to interpret “crushed” this way. Secondly-no-ants are not made of glass and there is no science stating otherwise. Glass is usually formed by melting sand. Glass isn’t organic. Ants are. Smoking Lunar Crack Another odd claim derived from Surat Al-Qamar 54:1 asserts the moon was once split in two, and that NASA has confirmed this. “The Hour has come near, and the moon has split [in two].” Brad Bailey of the NASA Lunar Science Institute has replied to this claim. “No current scientific evidence reports that the Moon was split into two (or more) parts and then reassembled at any point in the past.” There are other claims of science in the Quran, but each and every one of them has been debunked. Perhaps the most obvious is the claim of Adam and Eve, which has been determined genetically impossible. Most of these claims serve only to prey upon the gullible. Muslims make these claims of science and imperfection in the Quran attempting to convince non believers, but they accomplish the exact opposite.
They adopted those all from Greek,India and China. Algebra actually invented by Aryabhatta hundreds years before Islam. Ibn Hayyan was not a muslim but an atheist. Also Muhammad Zakaria Al Razy. Some Persian scientists were agnostic/atheist. You need more explore history.
Algebra wasn't invented by him. It was invented by musa al khawarizmi and even the name algebra is taken for kitab al jabr which is in Arabic and even Algorithms were invented by him and even the name Algorithm is taken from his name. You know ibn al haytam The first true scientist who is the father of optics introduced inductive reasoning a scientific method which works as the basis for science today.
@@servantoftheexpander9688 algebra was a translation from Kutaka ganita by Aryabhatta. Aryabhatta was existed in 500-550 AD while Al Khawarizmi existed in 9th AD, 300 years after Aryabhatta
The question now why you have our books? Shouldnt these books go back to the muslims world instead keeping it with you? I am not sure how you put a video showing the victim of stealing others stuff and feel proud about it. There will be a better time in the future for muslims and we will make sure that dont happen again.
@@George-iv1hi Lie #1: christianity is from god and they didn't kill each other during crusades or they didn't conquer african countries or they didn't kill indigeous people, all of these are the opposite get lost, you moron
In many nations across Africa and southern Asia it is illegal to blaspheme against Islam. Penalties can result in anything from imprisonment to beheading. Perhaps that is why it seems Islam is so new to apologetics. Muslims have a hard time making their case, and generally don’t realize most of what they say has been heard before from Christians. One of these arguments is that there is science in the their holy book, the Quran, and more specifically, that everything in the Quran has been confirmed by science. No, it doesn’t contain the formula for vaccinating against polio. It doesn’t contain calculus equations or engineering instructions for rocket propulsion. It doesn’t even contain information on efficient agricultural endeavors. What it does contain are several verses which if twisted to conform to modern knowledge, may appear insightful to naïve individuals suffering from hindsight bias. It is the same argument skeptics hear from Christians and proponents of Nostradamus. The Quran also contains several verses which are simply scientifically incorrect, but are used to prey upon the gullible and uneducated. Expanded or Expanding? Some Muslims like to compare modern cosmology with verses from the Quran. The modern translation of Surat Adh-Dhāriyāt 51:47 reads “And the heaven We constructed with strength, and indeed, We are [its] expander.” This is compared with the now known ongoing expansion of the universe. How could anyone have know this 1400 years ago? First, a little context so as to address events known to be fictitious. The preceding verses mention numerous events involving Allah. The story of Exodus is mentioned in verses 51:38-40. Archaeologists have determined this event never happened. There is no evidence ancient Israel was founded by ex Egyptian slaves fighting their way out of Egypt with miracles. The consensus of modern archaeologists, including Israeli archaeologists, is that the evidence suggests ancient Israel was founded by former Canaanites who rose up against the higher classes Noah‘s flood is mentioned in 51:46. This event has been determined geologically, mathematically and biologically impossible. There is no geological evidence of a worldwide flood. The species which currently inhabit the earth could not have evolved within a few thousand years from a pair of “kinds,” nor could a pair of each species fit on the boat described. The boat described also couldn’t sail. There isn’t even enough water on earth to flood all the land. We can blame these inaccuracies on Islam being a rip off of Christianity, which in turn is a rip off of Judaism. Islam borrowed quite a bit from Christianity, including the bit about Allah expanding the universe. Part of Isaiah 42:5 reads, “Thus saith God the Lord, he that created the heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it.” That part about spreading out the earth will come up again later. There are multiple translations of 51:47 which changed during the 20th century after discovering the universe is expanding. One example of a pre-twentieth century translation is “With power and skill did We construct the Firmament: for it is We Who create the vastness of space.” It seems this is something a Texas sharpshooter fallacy, whereby Muslims have updated the translation to accommodate what the evidence reveals. But “expanded” isn’t a totally unacceptable translation. We can use other verses from the Quran to understand what meaning is intended here. A modern translation of Surat Al-'Anbyā 21:32 reads “And We made the sky a protected ceiling, but they, from its signs, are turning away.” The word “ceiling” here has also been translated as “canopy” or “roof.” Surat An-Nāzi`āt 79:27-28 reads “Are you a more difficult creation or is the heaven? Allah constructed it. He raised its ceiling and proportioned it.” Due to these and other references in the Quran, it appears 51:47 is intended only to mean Allah “expanded” the universe in terms of spreading it out, that this expansion is fixed, and not that it is continuously expanding. What Planet Are You On? Surat Al-'Anbyā' 21:31 reads, “And We placed within the earth firmly set mountains, lest it should shift with them, and We made therein [mountain] passes [as] roads that they might be guided.” Some Muslims have actually used this verse to propose mountains keep the earth from wobbling. First of all, the earth does wobble. The Chandler Wobble was discovered in 1891 and is commonly attributed to gravitational forces and earth’s constant shifting of mass, such as atmospheric fluctuations and seasonal melting and refreezing of ice. Secondly, it’s not possible mountains could hold down the earth, unless you think the earth is flat. Surat An-Nāzi`āt 79:30 reads, “And after that He spread the earth.” Some have attempted in recent years to retranslate this verse as “He made the earth egg shaped.” They claim the Arabic word “dahaha,” which means “laid out” or “evened out,” is derived from the Arabic word “duhiya,“ which means “ostrich egg.” This is a rather silly stretch, as the earth isn’t egg shaped anyways. The earth is an oblate spheroid. An ostrich egg is a prolate spheroid. There are multiple other verses (15:19, 20:53, 43:10, 50:7, 51:48, 71:19, 78:6) translated as the earth is a bed, carpet or other flat surface. There are Imams to this day who still profess the earth is flat because the Quran says so. Part of Surat Al-'Anbyā' 21:30 reads, “Have those who disbelieved not considered that the heavens and the earth were a joined entity, and We separated them and made from water every living thing?” This verse is commonly used to say the Big Bang is mentioned in the Quran. The earth and universe are not two separate things, once joined and then separated by a god or anything else. The elements present in the early universe were mostly hydrogen and helium, with a bit of carbon and other elements. Most of the elements found within the earth were formed by fusion within stars of the early universe. These elements scattered when those stars exploded and later gathered together by gravity to form other stars and planets, including earth. One of those elements is iron. Part of Surat Al-Ĥadīd 57:25 reads “And We sent down iron, wherein is great military might and benefits for the people, and so that Allah may make evident those who support Him and His messengers unseen.” Although one could say some iron has been “sent down” in the form of meteors, most of earth’s iron was gathered together along with all the other elements during the formation of the earth. The Quran might just as well have mentioned any number of elements. Why wasn’t argon mentioned? What does Allah have against cobalt? Why wasn’t osmium, iridium or uranium mentioned? Probably because Mohammed and his merry band of murderous zealots had no idea what these elements were. But it’s obvious they knew what iron was, and how it should be used. Talking Glass Ants One of the silliest claims comes from Surat An-Naml 27:18-19, which reads, “Until, when they came upon the valley of the ants, an ant said, ‘O ants, enter your dwellings that you not be crushed by Solomon and his soldiers while they perceive not.’ So [Solomon] smiled, amused at her speech, and said, ‘My Lord, enable me to be grateful for Your favor which You have bestowed upon me and upon my parents and to do righteousness of which You approve. And admit me by Your mercy into [the ranks of] Your righteous servants.’" It was recently discovered ants communicate by rubbing their bodies. This rubbing cannot be heard by human ears, but some Muslims claim this discovery reinforces the story of Solomon having a conversation with an ant. Even stranger is that some Muslims have decided the word “crushed” implies ants are made of glass, and that recent science has discovered this to be the case. First of all, there is no reason to interpret “crushed” this way. Secondly-no-ants are not made of glass and there is no science stating otherwise. Glass is usually formed by melting sand. Glass isn’t organic. Ants are. Smoking Lunar Crack Another odd claim derived from Surat Al-Qamar 54:1 asserts the moon was once split in two, and that NASA has confirmed this. “The Hour has come near, and the moon has split [in two].” Brad Bailey of the NASA Lunar Science Institute has replied to this claim. “No current scientific evidence reports that the Moon was split into two (or more) parts and then reassembled at any point in the past.” There are other claims of science in the Quran, but each and every one of them has been debunked. Perhaps the most obvious is the claim of Adam and Eve, which has been determined genetically impossible. Most of these claims serve only to prey upon the gullible. Muslims make these claims of science and imperfection in the Quran attempting to convince non believers, but they accomplish the exact opposite.
