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Appendix: The Miracles of the Qur'an

That is why fingerprints are accepted as a very
important proof of 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 nine-
teenth century. Before then, people regarded fin-
gerprints 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 at-
tention at that time, and calls our attention to their importance–an impor-
tance that was only finally understood in our day.

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Another astonishing piece of revelation that the Qur'an gives about
the future is to be found in the first verses of Sura Rum, which refers to
the Byzantine Empire, the eastern part of the later Roman Empire. In these
verses, it is stated that the Byzantine Empire had met with a great defeat,
but that it would soon gain victory.
Elif, Lam, Mim. The Romans have been defeated in the lowest
land, but after their defeat they ill themselves be victorious in a
few years' time. The affair is Allah's from beginning to end. (Surat
ar-Rum: 1-4)
These verses were revealed around 620 AD, almost seven years after
the severe defeat of Christian Byzantium at the hands of the idolater
Persians. Yet it was related in the verses that Byzantium would shortly be
victorious. In fact, Byzantium had then suffered such heavy losses that it
seemed impossible for it even to survive, let alone be victorious again.
Not only the Persians, but also Avars, Slavs and Lombards posed serious
threats to the Byzantine Empire. The Avars had reached as far as the walls
of Constantinople. The Byzantine Emperor Heraclius had ordered the

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