Author: pilgrim

The sun sets in muddy spring (18:86)

Semen comes from between backbone & ribs (86:6-7)

Stars are missiles to shoot devils (67:5)

If a fly lands in your drink, one wing has the cure (Bukhari 3320)

A baby’s sex decided by who climaxes first (Bukhari 3329)

1. **Expanding Universe**: The Quran’s vague mention of the heavens being “built with power” or “expanded” (e.g., Quran 51:47) is not a unique or precise prediction of the Big Bang or cosmic expansion, which were discovered through modern astronomy, not religious texts. 2. **Iron’s Origin**: While science confirms iron was formed in stars, this was known to ancient civilizations (e.g., Egyptians and Mesopotamians) through meteorites, predating the Quran. The Quran’s claim (Quran 57:25) doesn’t provide new scientific insight. 3. **Embryology**: The Quran’s descriptions of human development (e.g., Quran 22:5, 23:12-14) are often interpreted post-hoc to match modern embryology. However, they lack detail and accuracy—e.g., describing stages like “alaqa” (clot) doesn’t align with scientific understanding and reflects 7th-century knowledge. 4. **Fingerprints**: The Quran (e.g., Quran 75:4) mentions preserving individual traits but doesn’t specifically predict the uniqueness of fingerprints, a concept developed scientifically in the 19th century by figures like Sir Francis Galton. These “scientific miracles” are often retrofitted interpretations, not precise predictions, and rely on ambiguous language that can be reinterpreted to fit new discoveries. Many pre-Islamic cultures and texts also had similar observations, undermining the claim of divine origin.

Sahih al-Bukhari 6614 relays a story about Adam and Moses arguing and Adam says that Allah basically made him commit his sin that doomed mankind:

 Then Adam said to him, ‘O Moses! …Do you blame me for action which Allah had written in my fate forty years before my creation?’ So Adam confuted Moses, Adam confuted Moses,”
– Sahih al-Bukhari 6614

I’ve noticed Muslims often place great stock in that the Qur’an describes itself as a guardian over the other Scriptures (Qur’an 5:48). However, the exact same word is used of the Torah (Qur’an 21:48)

• Qur’an 33:49 states that a waiting period (“Iddah”) is needed if a marriage was consummated. This is to make sure that the woman isn’t pregnant.
• Qur’an 65:4 outlines three different categories of women regarding the Iddah:
  • Pregnant women whose waiting period ends with the delivery of the child
  • Those who don’t have periods any more have a waiting period of 3 months
  • Those who have never menstruated have to wait 3 months
• Ibn Kathir’s commentary (14th Century) confirms who this last group is:
  • “The same for the young, who have not reached the years of menstruation. Their `Iddah is three months like those in menopause.”
• Al-Jalalayn (16th Century) says the same:
  • …and [also for] those who have not yet menstruated, because of their young age, their period shall [also] be three months 
• Sahih al-Bukhari 5133 and Sunan an-Nasa’i 3378 (among others) confirm that Muhammad married Aisha when she was six and consummated the marriage when she was nine when she was still playing with dolls.