Assalamu alaikum.
I reverted to Islam about 1 year ago, Alhamdulillah. Before this, I was an agnostic (born into a Hindu family). Becoming a Muslim has BY FAR been the best decision of my life... if you asked me 5 years ago if I thought this would happen, I would have most probably laughed.
One of the most beautiful things to me about Islam, is the fact that Allah (subhananhu wa ta'ala) has provided us with clear proofs of the Quran being the absolute truth. As someone who studies physics and cosmology in their spare time, I am in awe of some of the more 'subtle' miracles in the Quran. I wanted to share a couple of them. I'm sure this is common knowledge for lots of Muslims, however as I am a revert, this is still new to me and I am still learning.
The first miracle I would like to mention is the first story in Surah al Kahf. The People of the Cave. There is a subtle ayat that reads (in my English translated Quran): "And they remained in their cave for three hundred years and exceeded by nine.” (18:25). At this time, there were no advanced or even mediocre astronomical tools (compared to modern day). However, we have just read a Solar to Lunar year conversion.
Solar year ≈ 365.24 days Lunar year ≈ 354.36 days 300 solar years = 109,572 days Divide by lunar year length ≈ 309 lunar years.
The Quran correctly converts Solar years (300) to Lunar years (309... three hundred years and exceeded by nine). SubhanAllah, the Quran captures this exact conversion without telescopes, or calculators.
The second miracle I would like to mention is from Surah at Dhāriyāt “And the heavens We constructed with strength, and indeed, We are (its) expander.” (51:47) Modern cosmology (from the Hubble discovery in 1929) shows that galaxies are moving apart, proving the universe is continuously expanding. This discovery is not even 100 years old, and yet... we were told over 1400 years ago through Quran! SubhanAllah.
The third miracle I will mention fills me with awe. The Quran calculated the speed of Light, in Surah as - Sajdah “He directs the command from the heavens to the earth, then it ascends to Him in a day, the measure of which is a thousand years of what you count.” (32:5) After studying different Tafsir, I believe this is referring to the al-Lawḥ al-Maḥfūẓ and the travel / movement time of the commands to the Earth. This “movement” is described as taking the measure of a day, equivalent to 1000 years of human reckoning (using lunar years).
One lunar orbit ≈ 2.41 million km. In 1000 lunar years = 12,000 lunar orbits. 12,000 × 2.41 million km = 28.9 billion km. Divide by the number of seconds in one day (86,400) ≈ just over 300,000 km/s.
This matches almost exactly the speed of light as known today. The speed of Light was not calculated by man until the 19th century, the Quran had given is this information, much much earlier. SubhanAllah.
It does make me wonder, how much of the Quran's beauty have we got left to uncover? How many subtle miracles are left to disover? It makes sense why Islam emphasises knowledge...
From the People of the Cave (lunar vs solar years), to the speed of Light (cosmic speed in Allah’s (subhananhu wa ta'ala) command), to the Expanding Universe, the Quran points us toward time, speed, and space in ways no human of the 7th century could have comprehended.
These are not the core of our imān, our faith is built on revelation, not science, but they are beautiful signs that strengthen the heart of the believer.
If anyone reads this and has some of their own they have found to share, please do. We should be lifelong students of Islam.
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