Miracle of Reflected Light of the Moon in the Quran

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17 Jul 2010

Miracles / Ijaz, History of Science

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The voice-over narrator of this vlog questions the representations of the reflected light from the moon used in other videos to prove that the Qurʾān is divine because of its accurate representation of scientific facts, also known as ijaz.  The narrator uses a series of “truth tests” to determine whether he believes the material is acceptable or not.

The video quotes Zakir Naik through two clips from his lectures, Abdur Raheem Green in a clip from “The Proof that Islam is the Truth,” and an unnamed Harun Yahya video. The first Zakir Naik clip is from his 2008 talk “The Qur’an and Modern Science: Compatible or Incompatible?” held at Anna Salai Chennai, India. The second clip is of unknown location, likely dated from the early to mid 2000s.

Evaluation:

The scores here are a reflection of the critiques provided, not the original clips.

The narrator carefully distinguishes that his critiques are of the ijaz presentations, not of Islam as a whole.  At the same time, his representation of Qurʾānic material is quite limited, particularly given the extensive amount of material available in sources like quran.com.

The narrator demonstrates that the moon providing reflected light was known 2000 years ago, so might have been known in the Prophet Muhammad’s time.

Since the discussion hinges on the historical and Qurʾānic rather than scientific facts, the science may be evaluated in the positive.