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Ha run Yah ya (Ad nan Ok tar)

years after the revelation of the Qur'an. The names
“Venus” and “Mars” used in modern astronomy appear as “al-Merrikh”

and “az-Zuhra” in order in the Arabic text. Different societies had differ-
ent names for these planets at the time of the revelation of the Qur'an. The
appearance of these famous planetary names in a book, like the Qur'an,
which was revealed nearly 1400 years ago is therefore miraculous. These
extraordinary sequences in the Qur'an once again confirm that the Qur'an
is the revelation of Almighty Allah. In Surat as-Sajda Almighty Allah
states:
"The revelation of the Book, without any doubt of it, is from the
Lord of the worlds. Or do they say, 'He has invented it'? No in-
deed! It is the truth from your Lord to warn a people to whom, be-
fore you, no warner came, so that hopefully they will be guided."
(Sur as-Sajda, 2-3)

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