"Is it not enough of a miracle that we sent down to you this book, being recited to them? This is indeed a mercy and a reminder for people who believe." [29]
Acctually Allah said there are no miracles neccerary... except this poor excuse of a book to proof divinity. So all miracles claimed here, are just vain attempts of muslims holding on to straw. In order to have some messianic relevance to the Judeo-Christian theology.
The Prophet's, Illiteracy:
- first it is not a very important question since Muhammad's illiteracy doesn't prove anything. Whether Muhammad had the technical ability to read and write or not, doesn't not imply anything about the source of his speech or the possibility of having been informed by others orally.
- There was a time in Muhammad's life when he could do some reading and writing. Reference Bukhari's Hadith's 4.288 Here Muhammad asked for pen and paper for writing. While the debate of whether or not Muhammad could read can go on, or at what time he learned how to read and write, it really has no bearing on the argument. Muhammad could have listened to the Christians and Jews reciting their Scripture, or teaching him, and he could have remembered what they said and later repeated it as the Quran. Judging from the meager citations concerning Jesus et. al. in the Quran, it would have been quite easy for anyone with an average memory to remember and quote those details.
- William Shakespeare had no formal studies and yet composed one of the if not THE greatest literal peaces in english literature Ludwig Von Beethoven even made the most beautifull and mind boggling compositions when he was deaf. Hellen Keller was even deaf AND blind yet she wrote a books.
- Muhammed was a merchant, any merchant had at least a little knowledge of commerce and therefore reading and writing taking this criterion as a proof of his prophethood is not very strong.
The Quran:
- The Bible defines a miracle as something that defies the laws of nature. Muslims claim the Koran is a miracle merely because it was allegedly transmitted perfectly without alteration and flaw till the second coming. Since the Harry Potter books will certainly be transmitted perfectly without alteration or flaw, and be around until the second coming, my question is: does this make the Harry Potter books a miracle like the Koran?
The Quran's Mathematical Number 19:
- In spite of Dr. Khalifa's claim that no human conjecture is involved, there is a basic assumption in the very first statement claiming that this phrase from the Qur'an has 19 letters. When we rewrite the English transcription of the Arabic, eliminating the vowels which aren't written, but only understood, the phrase looks like this: "BSM ALLH ALRHMN ALRHIM", which counts out to 19 letters. However, there is a little mark in Arabic grammar called a "shadda" which means that the letter underneath the mark is doubled. "ALLaH" or "ALLH" has a "shadda" on the second "L", and could (should?) be written "ALLLH" which would then make 20 letters.
- In his presentation Dr. Khalifa has not explained how he made his decision to exclude the doubling of the letter; nor, for that matter, how he decided to omit the unwritten vowels.
The Pharaoh Preservation:
"This day We save you in your body, that you may be a portent for those after you." [10]
Problem: Many Quranic interpreters think that Sura 10:92 is saying that Pharaoh's "body" would be "saved" --or preserved (mummified)-- for future generations. This interpretation is very problematic, though, because if the prediction means that the Pharaoh's body was going to be "saved" (preserved) by mummification, then this is not significant prediction, because almost all the bodies of Egyptian pharaohs were mummified. Such a "prediction" would be very safe to make, since it would have nearly a 100% chance of being fulfilled. It's a "sure bet." Since Mohammed lived in Medina (in western Saudi Arabia) --along a popular trade-route from Egypt-- Mohammed surely knew about the practice of mummifying pharaohs in Egypt, and so, this "saving" of a pharaoh's body through mummification would not even be a prediction, but the mere statement of an assured historical event.
Another Problem: The Cairo Museum (in Egypt) is in possession of a mummy which may be that of the Pharaoh Merneptah (the son of Ramesses II), and many muslims think that the display of this mummy fulfills Sura 10:92. However, if the mummy in Cairo is the body of Merneptah, then that mummy is most probably not the pharaoh of Moses' time at the Exodus. This is quite clear, since Merneptah's forces went up to "Canaan" to attack "Israel," which is stated in the last section of the Mernepath Stele. Some of the best scholarship today indicates that the exodus under Moses was some 50 years earlier than Merneptah, and that the pharaoh of Moses' day was actually Ramesses II
The splitting of the moon:
"The Hour has drawn near, and the moon has been cleft asunder (the people of Makkah requested Muhammad to show them a miracle, so he showed them the splitting of the moon)" [54]
- The incident of the splitting of the moon that has been mentioned determines its period of revelation precisely. The traditionists and commentators are agreed that this incident took place at Mina in Makkah about five years before the Holy Prophet's hijra (immigration) to Madinah (about 565 AD). Nowhere has modern astronomy acctually proven that the moon splitted in two.
- The witnesses were simply NOT impressed... these were sceptics, not people who were seeking blind faith. Otherwise they wouldn't of questioned 'the prophet's' authority in the first place. And obviously just as Muhammed says alot of times in his scripture, when you don't get it. Your obviously stupid (without knowledge) or not wanting to believe in what he says (don't wanna be guided) and sometimes threats them with Hell (when the days of near they will repent when it's too late) if all previous doesn't work.
Impossible:
- First of all it would be catastrophic if the moon were to be split. All life on earth would cease to exist. The earth would be snatched off it's orbit, the dust would cloud the earth and all vegetation would die. Second of all, from the Hadith it says that the moon was split in two and one side fell in front of them and the other went behind the mountain. How ridiculous, in a small area of Arabia the moon fell in two pieces and both pieces were seen. How could it fit? No historian or any other man or woman wrote about this historic event? This is BS!
- If it is split into equal halves. The major effect that the moon has on earth is the ocean tidal system. If the two new halves were opposite in location around the earth, this would mean that the gravity effects on ocean tides would sort of cancel each other out. Therefore, there would be less fluctuations in ocean tides. This would greatly affect organisms that live in inter-tidal zones in all the oceans, especially their reproductive cycles. For some kinds of organisms, it might mean extinction for them.
- Why isn't the moon still split? It would of been a much bigger miracle if the moon was still split, so the whole world could see and investigate that in 565 AD, the moon splitted in half for no apparent reason, and that we can only assume that Muhammed did it. But no Allah, wanted to keep the miracle with the 'preservation of a book'
Muslim Defence 1:
"the miracle existed only at that time for the people of Quraiesh when they challenged the prophet Muhammmad (SAW) to show them a miracle, or a proof that he is the messenger of Allah. The challenge was to split the moon in to two pieces when it is full."
answer: sure, then the miracle was only a illusion, Allah was praying tricks, he didn't really splitted the moon when they asked that to happen.... so that years from now we can see that Allah lied against these poor men, and insulted their intelligence with a trick... that's okay with me, then nothing supernatural happed... on top of that NOWHERE in the Quran is implied that it was only noticeable for the people of the Quraiesh tribe. You only assume that it was so, cause no other texts ever mentioned this happening
Muslim Defence 2:
To answer that, one must keep the prophecy in mind: “The moon has split.” This is a metaphor. Parts of the moon have left its surface. They no longer are part of the moon. So, the prophecy does not refer to the landing on the moon or to the first step made by Neil Armstrong but to the fact that Armstrong and Aldrin collected 21 kilograms of lunar rocks to bring them back to earth. The prophecy was fulfilled at the very moment the Astronauts left the moon in the lunar module containing 21 kilograms of rocks that had belonged to the moon.
reasoning behind this: This prophecy has come to pass on July 21 1969. Let us write those numbers down in the format used by almost all countries : 21 / 07 /1969. We get 21071969 and 21071969 = 19 x 1109051 It is interesting to note that the american date of landing is coded. The lunar module landed on July 20 : 7 / 20 1969. Indeed : 7201969 = 379051 X 19....
Answer: why is the Christian year taking to proof this far out theory? why not the Muslim calendar? What kinda of answer would that be? Muhammed points at the moon in orde to convince the two unbelievers with a miracle and then nothing happen 'at least not now'. over thousands of years from now. I wouldn't be convinced either!!! i agree with those two poor people who wasted 5 minutes of their precious time, wasting it on bs! and on top of that if they didn't see anything why would they say 'old trick' (since magic doesn't really excist) 'seen that allready', bye mister prophet. so far the trick isn't possible and isn't supported to be either and the prophecy doesn't make sence either. Basiclly 'the miracle' didn't occur at all.
Jesus said, "...false prophets will appear and perform great signs and miracles to deceive even the elect -- if that were possible. See, I have told you ahead of time" (Matthew 24:24-25).