Page 370 - Allah's Miracles in the Qur'an

Allah's Miracles in the Qur'an

Could anyone in 7th century Arabia have known in detail the var-
ious stages of development from which an embryo grows into a baby
and then enters the world from inside his mother?
Could anyone in 7th century Arabia have known that the universe
is "steadily expanding," as the Qur'an puts it, when modern scientists
have only in recent decades put forward the idea of the "Big Bang"?
Could anyone in 7th century Arabia have known about the fact
that each individual's fingertips are absolutely unique, when we have

only discovered this fact recently, using modern technology and mod-
ern scientific equipment?
Could anyone in 7th century Arabia have known about the role of
one of Pharaoh's most prominent aids, Haman, when the details of
hieroglyphic translation were only discovered two centuries ago?
Could anyone in 7th century Arabia have known that
the word "Pharaoh" was only used from the 14th cen-
tury B.C. and not before, as the Old Testament erro-
neously claims?
Could anyone in 7th century Arabia

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