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identity, exclusive to their owner, and are used for this purpose around
the world.
But what is important is that this feature of fingerprints was only
discovered in the late nineteenth century. Before then, people regarded
fingerprints as ordinary curves without any specific importance or
meaning. However in the Qur'an, Allah points to the fingertips, which
did not attract anyone's attention at that time, and calls our attention
to their importance–an importance that was only finally understood in
our day.

THE INFORMATION GIVEN ABOUT
THE FUTURE IN THE QUR'AN
Another miraculous aspect of the Qur'an is that it revealed beforehand
a number important events that would occur in the future. Verse 27 of
Surat al-Fath, for example, gave the believers the glad tidings that they
would conquer Mecca, which was then under pagan occupation:
"Allah has confirmed His Messenger's vision with truth: 'You
will enter the Masjid al-Haram in safety, Allah willing, shaving
your heads and cutting your hair without any fear.' He knew
what you did not know and ordained, in place of this, an immi-
nent victory. (Surat al-Fath, 27)
On close consideration, the verse can be seen to announce yet an-
other victory that will take place before the victory of Mecca. Indeed,
as stated in the verse, the believers first conquered the Khyber
Fortress, which was under the control of the Jews, and then entered
Mecca.
The announcement of the events that will take place in the future is
only one of the pieces of wisdom in the Qur'an. This is also evidence to
the fact that the Qur'an is the word of Allah, Who has infinite knowl-
edge. The defeat of Byzantium is one of the pieces of news given about
the future, accompanied by other information that could not have
been known by the people of that time. The most interesting point
about this historical event, which will be examined in detail in the fol-
lowing pages, is that the Romans were defeated in the lowest region in
the world. This is interesting because "the lowest point" is particularly