anatomy department, a top expert in embryology, on examining the above and other verses in the Quran said, “I am amazed at the scientific accuracy of these statements which were made in the seventh century.”
This is just one example of the many statements in the Quran that contain information that could not have been known at the time of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). And the scientists could not find one verse of the Quran that was inaccurate. Many of the scientific phenomena being described have only been discovered in recent times.
These verses show a complexity of understanding that has convinced many Muslims that the Quran could not be the work of any person, especially not an unlettered man like Muhammad (peace be upon him), who lived in the seventh century. This knowledge simply wasn’t available for him to copy.
The more the Quran has been studied the more remarkable a text it seems to be. So much so that Muslims are convinced the Quran does not have a human source. Only God, the Creator, the Divine Being who created the universe could be so firmly aware of the precise inner workings of His Creation.
Muslims believe that The Quran is basically God’s lasting miracle. It contains the truth that was revealed before it in previous scripture but in an unaltered way.
For more information please read The Bible, The Quran and Science by Maurice Bucaille.
CAN YOU GIVE EXAMPLES OF SAYINGS OF MUHAMMAD?
As a person with a busy lifestyle, and a parent of four children, I have had to look for innovative ways to protect our family’s sense of decency, as well as build character in myself and my children.
As a family these sayings guide us through the day to day challenges of life, and we often use them for settling differences. Daily, they help to calm our souls.
Below are thirteen such sayings. I hope you benefit from them as much as I continue to do:
“He who remembers his Lord and he who does not are as different from each other as the living and the dead.” (Abu Musa Al-Ashari in Bukhari and Muslim)
“When you are three together, two (of you) must not converse privately without the third until you are in the company of other people, because it makes the third sad.” (Abdullah ibn Mas’ud in Bukhari and Muslim)
“None of you should be alone with a woman unless you are her father, her husband or her brother.” (Ibn Abbas in Bukhari and Muslim)
“Among the believers who show most perfect faith are those who have the best disposition and are kindest to their families.” (Aisha in Tirmidhi)
“Four traits make anyone who possesses them a hypocrite, and anyone who possesses one of them possesses a part of hypocrisy till he abandons it: When he is trusted, he betrays his trust; when he speaks, he lies; when he makes a covenant, he acts treacherously; and when he quarrels, he abuses.” (Abdullah ibn Amr in Bukhari and Muslim)
“Charity is due upon every limb of a human being on each day that the sun rises. To act justly between two (people) is a charity. To help a man mount his riding beast, or to load his provisions on it is a charity. A good word is a charity. Every step towards prayer is charity. Removing from the road what causes harm is a charity.” (Abu Huraira in Bukhari and Muslim)
“When one commits fornication he is not a believer, when one steals he is not a believer, when one drinks intoxicants he is not a believer, when one takes plunder on account of which men raise their eyes at him he is not a believer, and when one of you defrauds he is not a believer; so beware, beware!” (Abu Huraira in Bukhari and Muslim)
“A man asked what faith was, to which the Prophet (peace be upon him) replied, “When your good deed pleases you and your evil deed grieves you, you are a believer.” He then asked what was sin and received the reply, “When a thing disturbs (the peace of) your heart, give it up.” (Abu Amama in Ahmad)
“The one who will be dearest to God and nearest to Him on the Day of Resurrection is a just leader, and the one who will be most hateful to God on the Day of Resurrection and will receive the severest punishment will be a tyrannical leader.” (Abu Sa’id in Tirmidhi)
“If anyone protects the propriety of what is between his jaws and what is between his legs (i.e. he should not commit fornication or adultery), I can assure him paradise.” (Sahl ibn Sa’d in Bukhari)
“The major sins are associating other objects of worship with God, disobedience to parents, murder, and giving false witness.” (Abdullah ibn Amr in Bukhari and Muslim)
“Take advantage of five things before five others overtake you: your youth before you grow old; your health before you fall sick; your money before you become poor; your leisure before you become busy; and your life before you die.” (Amr ibn Maymum in Tirmidhi)
“It is better for a man to give a small amount of money as charity during his lifetime than to give a hundred times more at the time of his death.” (Abu Sa’id al-Khudri in Abu Dawud)
To read more sayings of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) see my eBook:
101 SELECTED SAYINGS OF PROPHET MUHAMMAD (peace be upon him)
CAN YOU TELL ME MORE ABOUT PROPHET MUHAMMAD?
Muslims consider Muhammad (peace be upon him) to be God’s last prophet and Messenger to mankind. We do not worship him, nor do we pray to God through Muhammad (peace be upon him).
Muslims believe the same angel Gabriel who came to Prophets Abraham, Moses and Jesus also came to Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon them all). Muslims also believe that God, through the angel Gabriel, revealed the Quran to Muhammad (peace be upon him). This was done over a period of twenty-three years. Muslims consider the Quran to be God's last revelation to mankind and Muhammad (peace be upon him) is God’s last prophet and messenger to mankind. Since one in every five persons on earth is a Muslim, the Quran enlightens and guides over one and a half billion people around the world.
Muhammad (peace be upon him) lived during the sixth and seventh centuries. He was born in Arabia in the year 570 of the Christian era. He was called to prophet hood at the age of 40 and died at the age of 63. The Quran, which we have referred to throughout this book, was revealed to him in small amounts over 23 years. In this short span of 23 years he was able to change the whole of the Arabian Peninsula from drunkenness, idol-worship and paganism to the worship of one God; from moral decay to moral excellence; from tribal wars to solidarity and purpose; from the exploitation of women and killing of female infants to respect for women. He did all this by applying the Quran. Human history had never seen such a comprehensive change in a society before or since.
To this day the details of his private and public utterances have been preserved for all to read and hear. Out of a barren desert a civilization grew that was to impact the ways of Africa, Asia and Europe. Today Muslims are in every country of the world and Islam is the fastest growing religion.
The Encyclopedia Britannica calls him “the most successful of all religious personalities of the world.” Others had this
