miracles of quran
Muslims consider the Qur'an, the holy book of Islam, as the word of God and a miracle.[1] According to Islamic tradition, the Qur'an was revealed miraculously to Muhammad by Allah (God) through angel, Jibrīl (Gabriel), as a perfect, verbatim copy of what was written in heaven and that had existed there for all of eternity.[2]
The Qur'an states that Muhammad neither read a book nor wrote a book [Quran 29:48] and that he did not know about past events [Quran 3:44][11:49][28:44].[3] So, from a widely held Muslim perspective, this suggests that since Muhammad had no previous knowledge of the content in the Qur'an, it was in fact composed of miracles. Some Muslims believe that the Qur'an is "a miracle of eloquence", rather than a source of scientific revelation, and consider scientific miracles as illusions from devils.[4][5] However, the majority of modern Muslim thinkers accept the miracles found in the Qur'an and their compatibility with science. But, there still exists disagreement regarding the alleged miracles of the saints.[6]
The definition of a miracle is "a marvellous event not ascribable to human power or the operation of any natural force and therefore attributed to supernatural, esp. divine, agency; esp. an act (e.g. of healing) showing control over nature and used as evidence that the agent is either divine or divinely favoured."[7]
The commonly claimed miracles of the Qur'an can be classified into three categories: inimitability, scientific miracles, and propheciesMuslims consider the Qur'an, the holy book of Islam, as the word of God and a miracle.[1] According to Islamic tradition, the Qur'an was revealed miraculously to Muhammad by Allah (God) through angel, Jibrīl (Gabriel), as a perfect, verbatim copy of what was written in heaven and that had existed there for all of eternity.[2]
The Qur'an states that Muhammad neither read a book nor wrote a book [Quran 29:48] and that he did not know about past events [Quran 3:44][11:49][28:44].[3] So,
The Qur'an states that Muhammad neither read a book nor wrote a book [Quran 29:48] and that he did not know about past events [Quran 3:44][11:49][28:44].[3] So, from a widely held Muslim perspective, this suggests that since Muhammad had no previous knowledge of the content in the Qur'an, it was in fact composed of miracles. Some Muslims believe that the Qur'an is "a miracle of eloquence", rather than a source of scientific revelation, and consider scientific miracles as illusions from devils.[4][5] However, the majority of modern Muslim thinkers accept the miracles found in the Qur'an and their compatibility with science. But, there still exists disagreement regarding the alleged miracles of the saints.[6]
The definition of a miracle is "a marvellous event not ascribable to human power or the operation of any natural force and therefore attributed to supernatural, esp. divine, agency; esp. an act (e.g. of healing) showing control over nature and used as evidence that the agent is either divine or divinely favoured."[7]
The commonly claimed miracles of the Qur'an can be classified into three categories: inimitability, scientific miracles, and propheciesMuslims consider the Qur'an, the holy book of Islam, as the word of God and a miracle.[1] According to Islamic tradition, the Qur'an was revealed miraculously to Muhammad by Allah (God) through angel, Jibrīl (Gabriel), as a perfect, verbatim copy of what was written in heaven and that had existed there for all of eternity.[2]
The Qur'an states that Muhammad neither read a book nor wrote a book [Quran 29:48] and that he did not know about past events [Quran 3:44][11:49][28:44].[3] So,