Mujizat al-Quran al-Ilmiyya

Mujizat al-Quran al-Ilmiyya (The Scientific Miracles of the Quran) is a treatise by the scholar Hamid Husayn Qadir, published in the Journal of the Islamic University of Madinah (Issue 55–56), examining Quranic verses in light of modern scientific and cosmological discoveries Majallat al-Jami'a al-Isl…+1.

Method and Structure

The work is organized systematically around specific physical and cosmic themes. Under each heading, the author cites the relevant Quranic verse, provides its traditional Quranic exegesis (al-tafsir al-qur'ani), and follows it with a scientific explanation (al-sharh al-ilmi) comparing the textual indications with modern scientific data Mujizat al-Quran al-Ilmiy…+1.

For classical exegesis, the author draws on works such as the exegesis of al-Qurtubi, Fath al-Qadir by al-Shawkani, and the abridgment of Ibn Kathir Mujizat al-Quran al-Ilmiy…+1. For scientific discussions and modern correlations, the author cites contemporary treatises including Ruh al-Din al-Islami, Al-Nujum fi Masalikaha, and Al-Quran wa-al-Tibb Mujizat al-Quran al-Ilmiy…+1.

Topics and Scientific Themes

The treatise covers seven core topics:

• The Unity of the Universe and the Secret of Life (Wahdat al-Kawn wa-Sirr al-Hayah): Analyzing Surah al-Anbiya (21:30)— أَوَلَمْ يَرَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا أَنَّ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالأَرْضَ كَانَتَا رَتْقًا فَفَتَقْنَاهُمَا وَجَعَلْنَا مِنَ الْمَاءِ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ حَيٍّ ("Have those who disbelieved not seen that the heavens and the earth were a joined entity, and We separated them and made from water every living thing?")—the author correlates the verse with the unity of matter in the cosmos, noting that elements identified in the sun through spectral analysis match those on Earth, and discusses the physical properties of water essential for sustaining life Mujizat al-Quran al-Ilmiy…+1. He also cites the Prophetic hadith from Abu Hurayrah: كل شيء خلق من ماء ("Everything was created from water") Mujizat al-Quran al-Ilmiy….
• The Origin of the Universe (Nash'at al-Kawn): Discussing Surah Fussilat (41:11)— ثُمَّ اسْتَوَى إِلَى السَّمَاءِ وَهِيَ دُخَانٌ ("Then He directed Himself to the heaven while it was smoke")—the work connects the term "smoke" (dukhan) with astronomical models positing that the early universe consisted of diffused, dense gas, citing astronomers Sir James Jeans and Dr. George Gamow Mujizat al-Quran al-Ilmiy…+1.
• The Expansion and Vastness of the Universe (Tamaddud al-Kawn wa-Sa‘atuh): Treating Surah al-Dhariyat (51:47)— وَالسَّمَاءَ بَنَيْنَاهَا بِأَيْدٍ وَإِنَّا لَمُوسِعُونَ ("And the heaven We constructed with strength, and indeed, We are [its] expander")—the text reviews modern cosmological models of an expanding universe, referencing Albert Einstein's conception of cosmic vastness and Edwin Hubble's observations regarding the recession of distant nebulae Mujizat al-Quran al-Ilmiy….
• Oxygen Depletion at High Altitudes and Atmospheric Pressure (Naqs al-Uksujin fi al-Irtifa'at aw al-Daqt al-Jawwi): Interpreting Surah al-An'am (6:125)— يَجْعَلْ صَدْرَهُ ضَيِّقًا حَرَجًا كَأَنَّمَا يَصَّعَّدُ فِي السَّمَاءِ ("He makes his chest tight and constricted as though he were climbing into the sky")—the author links this description to the drop in atmospheric pressure, lack of oxygen, and physiological distress experienced during high-altitude ascent, citing the discovery of air pressure by Evangelista Torricelli and the 1875 balloon ascent of Gaston Tissandier and his companions Mujizat al-Quran al-Ilmiy…+1.
• The Divisibility of the Atom (Tafjir al-Dharrah): Based on Surah Saba (34:3) and Surah Yunus (10:61)— لا يَعْزُبُ عَنْهُ مِثْقَالُ ذَرَّةٍ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَلا فِي الأَرْضِ وَلا أَصْغَرُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ وَلا أَكْبَرُ ("Not absent from Him is an atom's weight within the heavens or within the earth or [what is] smaller than that or greater")—the text argues that the phrase "smaller than that" indicates the divisibility of the atom into subatomic particles (protons, electrons, and neutrons), refuting the classical belief that the atom was indivisible Mujizat al-Quran al-Ilmiy…+1.
• Duality in Creation (al-Zawjiyya fi Kulli Shay'): Addressing Surah al-Dhariyat (51:49)— وَمِنْ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ خَلَقْنَا زَوْجَيْنِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَذَكَّرُونَ ("And of all things We created two mates; perhaps you will remember")—the author explains that pairing extends beyond biological male and female distinctions to the atomic structure of inanimate matter, which consists of opposing positive and negative charges Mujizat al-Quran al-Ilmiy….
• Internal and Surface Ocean Waves (al-Amwaj al-Dakhiliyya wa-al-Sathiyya): Examining Surah al-Nur (24:40)— أَوْ كَظُلُمَاتٍ فِي بَحْرٍ لُجِّيٍّ يَغْشَاهُ مَوْجٌ مِنْ فَوْقِهِ مَوْجٌ مِنْ فَوْقِهِ سَحَابٌ ("Or [they are] like darknesses within an unfathomable sea which is covered by waves, upon which are waves, over which are clouds")—the work connects the description of layered waves in deep waters to the oceanographic discovery of internal waves beneath the surface, initially recorded by Scandinavian marine surveyors around 1900 Mujizat al-Quran al-Ilmiy…+1.