The Authenticity of the Qur'an
Dr. Maurice Bucaille:
Maurice Bucaille (Professor of Surgery, France) in his book, The Bible, the Qur'an and Science mentions the following (quoting page 120):
"What initially strikes the reader confronted for the first time with a text (The Qur'an) of this kind is the sheer abundance of subjects discussed; The Creation, Astronomy, the Explanation of Certain Matters concerning the Earth, the Animal and Vegetable Kingdoms and Human Reproduction.
Whereas monumental errors are to be found in the Bible, I could not find a single error in the Qur'an. I had to stop and ask myself; if a man was the author of the Qur'an, how could he have written facts in the seventh century AD, that today are shown to be in keeping with modern scientific knowledge?
There was absolutely no doubt about it, the text of the Qur'an we have today is most definitely a text of the period, if I may be allowed to put it in these terms. What human explanation can there be for this observation? In my opinion there is no explanation; there is no special reason why an inhabitant of the Arabian Peninsula should, at a time when King Dagobert was reigning in France (629-639 AD) have had scientific knowledge on certain subjects that was ten centuries ahead of our own."
Dr. Jacques Cousteau:
Captain Jacques Cousteau, an eminent French Research Professor embraces Islam as a result of reading in the Qur'an verses which 1400 years ago were related to the result of his recent research work. That is, there are phenomenal barriers at connections of certain oceans, and that the waters of one sea do not mix with that of the other.
The Qur'an clearly states the above fact:
"He has let free the two bodies of flowing water, meeting together:
Between them is a barrier which they do not transgress."
(Qur'an, Ar-Rahman 55:19-20)
Posted on 12/26/2005 4:24:56 PM
