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September 2009 12 - Koran Science & Cosmology (Pt 3) 1

The Flat Earth Koran

12 of 13 Koran Science & Cosmology

(Part 3)


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An interpretation of the Cosmology of

the Koran & a critique of Islamic

Fundamentalism


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Classification of the types of Scientific

Miracles said to be found in the Koran

There are perhaps about

100 120 different alleged

Scientific Miracles in the

Koran, according to Islamic

Fundamentalists.

They appear to fall into the

categories in this chart.

These Presentations will

focus on the allegedrelating to Astronomy,

Cosmology & the Physical

Sciences.


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Section 3 Islam & the Earth


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Claims about the Earth and Moon

All these things and more are supposedly referred to in the Koran,

but these claims are all false, as this presentation will show.

32) Earth a rotating sphere

33) Egg shaped Earth

34) Spherical Earth

35) Earths rotation

36) 7 Atmospheric layers37) Thin air at altitude

38) Protective Atmosphere

39) More on Atmosphere

40) Atmospheric depletion41) Ozone layer

42) Mountains & stability

43) Lowest point on Earth

44) Earths Crust

45) 7 layers of Crust

46) Continental Drift47) The 2 Seas (HY)

48) The 2 Seas (MB)

49) Mid Ocean ridges

50) Darkness underwater


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Claim 32 The Koran implies thatthe Earth is Spherical & rotating


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Claim 32 Earth is Spherical & rotating

"Hast thou not seen how God

merges the night into the day

& merges the day into the night."

Surah 31:29 Bucaille

". . . He coils the night upon the

day and he coils the day upon

the night."

Surah 39:5 Bucaille& Harun Yahya


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Claim 32 Earth is

Spherical & rotating

1. According to this claim, the Koran alluded to the Earth being a

sphere and rotating 1400 years ago.

2. Such information it is aid, was not known until the C16th AD

when Magellan circumnavigated the Earth and Copernicus

proposed his Heliocentric theory.

3. The Koran is thus said to have been 900 years ahead of its

time.

4. Many Muslims claims that the existence of such information in

the Koran in the C7th AD can only be explained by accepting a

Divine origin of the Koran and the truth of Islam.


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Magellan and Copernicus

LHS: Magellan (top) & Copernicus (bottom)

Some Muslims like to claims that the Koran

foretold the Earth is a sphere in the C7th,

thus proving its Divine origin.

According to these claims, nobody knewthat the World was a sphere until 1522

when the survivors of Ferdinand Magellan's

expedition arrived back in Spain after

sailing around the World.

It is also claimed by some that nobody knewof the Earths rotation every 24 hours until

Copernicus published his Heliocentric theory

in 1543.


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Surah 31:29Checking the translation 1

Pickthall Hast thou not seen how Allah causeth the night to pass into

the day and causeth the day to pass into the night, and hath subdued

the Sun and the Moon. (to do their work)

Yusuf Ali Seest thou not that God merges night into day and he merges

day into night; that he has subjected the Sun, and the Moon. (to his law)

Hilali-Khan See you not (O Muhammad SAW) that Allah merges the

night into the day (i.e. the decrease in the hours of the night are added in

the hours of the day), and merges the day into the night (i.e. the

decrease in the hours of day are added in the hours of night), and has

subjected the Sun and the Moon.

Shakir Do you not see that Allah makes the night to enter into the day,and he makes the day to enter into the night, and He has made the Sun

and the Moon subservient. (to you)


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Sher Ali Seest thou not that Allah makes the night pass into the day

and makes the day pass into the night, and he has pressed the Sun

and the Moon into service.

Khalifa Do you not realize that God merges the night into the day

and merges the day into the night, and that he has committed theSun and the Moon in your service.

Arberry Hast thou not seen how that God makes the night to enter

into the day and makes the day to enter into the night. and he has

Palmer Dost thou not see that God joins on the night to the day,

and joins on the day to the night, and has subjected the Sun and theMoon.


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Rodwell Seest thou not that God causeth the night to come in upon

the day, and the day to come in upon the night? and that he hath

subjected the Sun and the Moon

Sale Dost thou not see that God causeth the night to succeed the

day, and causeth the day to succeed the night, and compelleth the

Sun and the Moon to serve [you]?Irving Have you not seen how God wraps night up in daylight and

wraps daylight up in night? He regulates the Sun and Moon.

Dawood Do you not see how God causes the night to pass into the

day and the day to pass into the night?He has pressed the Sun and

the Moon into his service.


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Pickthall He hath created the Heavens and the Earth with truth. He

maketh night to succeed day, and He maketh day to succeed night,

and He constraineth the Sun and the Moon to give service.

Yusuf Ali He created the Heavens and the Earth in true (proportions):

He makes the Night overlap the Day, and the Day overlap the Night:He has subjected the Sun and the Moon. (to His law)

Hilali-Khan He has created the Heavens and the Earth with truth. He

makes the night to go in the day and makes the day to go in the night.

Shakir He has created the Heavens and the Earth with the truth; He

makes the night cover the day and makes the day overtake the night,

and He has made the Sun and the Moon subservient.


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Sher Ali He created the Heavens and the Earth in accordance with therequirements of wisdom. He makes the night to cover the day, and He

makes the day to cover the night; and he has pressed the Sun and the

Moon into service.

Khalifa He created the Heavens and the Earth truthfully. He rolls the

night over the day, and rolls the day over the night. He committed the Sunand the Moon.

Rodwell For truth hath he created the Heavens and the Earth: It is of him

that the night returneth upon the day and that the day returneth upon the

night: and he controlleth the Sun and the Moon.

Sale He hath created the Heavens and the Earth with truth: He causeththe night to succeed the day, and he causeth the day to succeed the

night, and he obligeth the Sun and the Moon to perform their services.


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Rodwell For truth hath he created the Heavens and the Earth: It isof him that the night returneth upon the day and that the day

returneth upon the night: and He controlleth the Sun and the Moon.

Sale He hath created the Heavens and the Earth with truth: He

causeth the night to succeed the day, and he causeth the day to

succeed the night, and he obligeth the Sun and the Moon toperform their services.

Irving He has created Heaven and Earth for truth. He wraps night

up in daytime, and wraps daytime up in night. He regulates the Sun

and Moon.

Dawood It was to reveal the truth that he created the Heavens andthe Earth. He caused the night to succeed the day and the day to

overtake the night. He made the Sun and the Moon obedient to

him.


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Response to Claim 32 (Surah 31:29/39:5)

1. Its is not true to claim that the spherical shape of the Earth was

unknown in the C7th AD.

2. The ancient Greeks proposed that the Earth was a sphere in the

C6th BC.All educated Greeks and Romans after around 300 BC

were aware of the true shape of the Earth.Educated people in

Europe and the Middle East never lost this knowledge.

3. However, Surahs 31:29 & 39:5 do not imply that the Earth must

be a sphere.

4. All that these verses are saying that the hours of light gradually

decrease during the evening and gradually increase in the

morning.The Koran is saying that daylight does not suddenly

switch on & off like a light bulb.

5. Even on a Flat Earth with a moving Sun this would still occur.


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Discovery of the Spherical Earth

The Ancient Greek

Philosopher, Pythagoras

(570BC - 490 BC) proposed

that the Earth was a sphere

2500 years ago


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Aristotle and the Spherical Earth

The Ancient Greek

Philosopher, Aristotle

(384 BC 322 BC)

popularised the idea that

that the Earth was a sphere


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Eratosthenes and the Spherical Earth

The Philosopher, Eratosthenes

(276 BC-194 BC)

worked out a method toaccurately measure the size

of the Earth.


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Crates and the Spherical Earth

Left: Modern interpretation

of an Ancient Greek Globe.

The Philosopher,

Crates of Mallus(Second Century BC)

is said to have constructed

a Globe to show the

whole World.


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Ptolemy and the

Spherical Earth

Around AD150, the Greek Philosopher Ptolemy summarised the work

of many earlier Greek Scientists.Ptolemy imagined a spherical Earth

fixed in the centre of the Universe with the Sun and Planets moving

around it.


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Try this

Experiment

If you try this experiment

in a dark room and move

the candle around the

table, the light levels onthe tables surface will

gradually increase

and decrease just like

night & day.

The Earth does not have

to be a sphere for this

to occur.

Table representing the

Flat Earth of the Koran.

Candle representing

the Sun


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The Sun & Earth according to the Koran

Setting Place Rising Place

Flat Earth Like the surface of a table

The Sun is just a little

light moving in the Sky


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Claim 32 (Surah 31:29 / 39:5) - Conclusion

1. There is nothing remarkable about somebody in the C7th AD

knowing that the Earth was a sphere.

2. However, the Koran does not imply that the Earth is a sphere.

3. All these verses say is that daylight increases in the morning and

decreases during the night.4. This gradual change does not necessarily imply that the Earth is a

sphere.

5. Even though educated people in Mohammed's time knew that the

Earth was a Sphere, there is no evidence that the author of the

Koran knew this.6. This implies that the Koran is a human work written by a poorly

educated person such as Mohammed or his followers.


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Claim 33 The Koran says that

the Earth is Egg Shaped


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Claim 33 Egg Shaped Earth

After that He smoothed out

the Earth. (in a circle)

Surah 79:30 Harun Yahya

The Earth is not a perfect

sphere and according to

some Muslims, this is

alluded to in the Koran.


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Claim 33 Earth is Egg Shaped

1. According to this claim, the Koran alluded to the Earth not onlybeing a sphere 1400 years ago, but it also alluded to the Earth

being slightly Egg Shaped due to differing Polar and Equatorial

diameters.

3. This information was not known until centuries later it isclaimed.

5. How, we are asked could Mohammed have known this if God

had not told him?

7. Supporters of this claim say that this information in the Koran

proves its divine origin and the truth of Islam.


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Surah 79:30 Checking the translation

Pickthall And after that He spread the Earth.

Yusuf Ali And the Earth, moreover, hath He extended. (to a wide

expanse)

Hilali-Khan And after that He spread the Earth.

Shakir And the Earth, He expanded it after that.

Sher Ali And the Earth, along with it, He has spread forth.Khalifa He made the Earth egg-shaped.

Arberry And the Earth-after that He spread it out.

Palmer And the Earth after that He did stretch out.

Rodwell And afterwards stretched forth the Earth.

Sale After his he stretched out the Earth.Irving And the Earth has He spread out besides.

Dawood After that he spread the Earth.


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Surah 79:30 Egg shaped Earth?

He made the Earth eggshaped- Khalifa

Some say that this verse

describes the Earth as a sphere.

There is said to be an allusionto an ostrich egg which is

supposedly spherical.

But this is not an accurate

translation since eleven othertranslations contradict it.

Besides this,the Earth is not

egg shaped.

Non Spherical Ostrich Egg


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Surah 79:26-31 In context

Lo! herein is indeed a lesson for him who fearethAre ye the harder to create, or is the Heaven that He built?

He raised the height thereof and ordered it; and He made dark

the night thereof, and He brought forth the morn thereof.

And after that He spread the Earth,

And produced therefrom the water thereof and the pasturethereof

Surah 79:26-31- Pickthall

Viewed in context, verse 30 is part of a description of God creating

the Universe.Firstly, God created Heaven or the Sky and then liftedit up like a roof of a building. Next, he spread out Earth like a

flat floor.


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Claim 33 Egg Shaped Earth

In reality, the Earth, while not

being a perfect sphere is so

close to being one that

the deviation cannot be seen.

Even if you were in Outer

Space & looking back at the

Earth, it would look like

a perfect sphere.

The Earth is nothing like the

shape of an Egg.


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Claim 33 (Surah 79:30) - Conclusion

1. The Koran does not say that the Earth is Egg shaped.Such claims

are based on an inaccurate translation.

3. Even if the Koran did say that the Earth was Egg shaped, it would

be wrong.The Earths shape is nothing like an Egg.

5. This is an example of some Muslims rewriting verse of the Koran

in order to fabricate evidence to support their Religion.

7. This claim is a fraud whatever way you look at it.


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Claim 34 The Koran implies

that the Earth is a Sphere


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He is Lord of the two East's & Lord of the

two West's.

Surah 55:17

Claim 34 Two East's and two West's

indicate a spherical Earth


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Claim 34 Two East's and two West's

1. According to this claim, the Koran alluded to the Earth being asphere 1400 years ago.

2. When we observe the Sun setting in the West, a person on theother side of the Earth will observe it rising in the East.

3. When we observe the Sun rising in the East, a person on theother side of the Earth would observe it setting in the West.

4. Thus, there are said to be two East's and two West's alluding toobservers on opposite sides of a spherical Earth.

5. This information was not known until centuries later it isclaimed.

6. How, we are asked could Mohammed have known this if Godhad not told him?

7. Supporters of this claim say that this information in the Koranproves its Divine origin and the truth of Islam.


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Pickthall Lord of the two East's, and Lord of the two West's!Yusuf Ali (He is) Lord of the two East's and Lord of the two West's.

Hilali-Khan (He is) the Lord of the two East's (places of sunrise during

early summer and early winter) and the Lord of the two West's (places of

sunset during early summer and early winter).

Shakir Lord of the East and Lord of the West.Sher Ali The Lord of the two East's and the Lord of the two West's.

Khalifa Lord of the two East's and the two West's.

Arberry Lord of the two East's, Lord of the two West's.

Palmer The Lord of the two East's and the Lord of the two West's!

Rodwell He is the Lord of the East, he is the Lord of the West.

Sale [He is] the Lord of the East, and the Lord of the West.

Irving Lord of both East's and Lord of both West's!

Dawood The lord of the two Easts is he and the Lord of the two

West's.


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What the two

East's & two

West's really

mean

The 2 Easts

The 2 Wests


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Heraclius and Chosroes

Left: A Medieval

representation of the

Byzantine Emperor,

Heraclius (RHS) defeating

the Persian EmperorChroses (LHS) in a battle

during the lifetime of

Mohammed.

Both men would almostcertainly known that the

Earth was a sphere.


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Surah 55:17 The 2 East's & 2 West's

This is probably how

Mohammed envisaged

the two Easts and the

two WestsThe 2 Wests The 2 Easts


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1. The references to two Easts and two West's does not imply

that the Earth is spherical.

3. Even if it did, there is nothing remarkable about such knowledge,

since it was known in the time of Mohammed.

5. The author of the Koran does not seem to know that the Earth is a

sphere despite this.

7. This is just another example of desperate Islamic Fundamentalistsgrasping at straws to find evidence to support heir Religious

beliefs.


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Claim 35: The Koran refers to

the rotation of the Earth


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Claim 35 Rotation of the Earth

You will see the mountains and

reckon them to be solid; but they go

past like clouds-the handiwork ofAllah who gives to everything its

solidity. He is aware of what

you do.



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Surah 27:88 Rotation of the Earth

1. According to this claim, the Koran alludes to the Earthsrotation over 900 years before Copernicus proposed it in1543.

2. The reference to mountains passing is said to refer to

mountains on the Earths surface moving around with theEarth as it rotates.

3. How, we are asked, could Mohammed have known suchinformation unless he received it from God?

4. Thus, we are told, the Koran has been proven to be of Divine

origin and Islam is true.5. However, this is all nonsense.


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Aristarchus

of Samos

Copernicus was not the first person to propose

That the Earth rotated. Aristarchus of Samos

(310 BC ca. 230 BC) proposed this 2300

years ago but his ideas were not accepted.

However, this is not what the Koran is referring

to.


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Surah 27:88 Checking the translation 1

Pickthall And thou seest the hills thou deemest solid flying with theflight of clouds:

Yusuf Ali Thou seest the mountains and thinkest them firmly fixed:

but they shall pass away as the clouds pass away:

Hilali-Khan And you will see the mountains and think them solid, but

they shall pass away as the passing away of the clouds.Shakir And you see the mountains, you think them to be solid, and

they shall pass away as the passing away of the cloud

Sher Ali And thou seest the mountains, which thou thinkest to be

firmly fixed, pass away as the clouds pass away

Khalifa When you look at the mountains, you think that they arestanding still. But they are moving, like the clouds.


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Arberry And thou shalt see the mountains, that thou supposest fixed,

passing by like clouds

Palmer And thou shalt see the mountains, which thou dost deem

solid, pass away like the passing of the clouds

Rodwell And thou shalt see the mountains, which thou thinkest so

firm, pass away with the passing of a cloud!Sale And thou shalt see the mountains, and shalt think them firmly

fixed; but they shall pass away, even as the clouds pass away.

Irving You will see the mountains, which you reckoned were solid,

slip away just as clouds slip away.

Dawood The mountains, firm though you might think them, will passaway like clouds.


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Surah 27:88 God causes the Mountains

to pass away on Judgment Day

This is what the passing

of mountains means.

The Koran says that the

mountains will be removedby God at the End of the

World.

This has nothing to do with

mountains actually moving

in the present day.

See also: Surah 18:47 &

Surah 84:1-4

With Mountains

Without Mountains

Level Plain = Flat Earth

S h 18 47 G d ill th M t i


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Surah 18:47 God will cause the Mountains

to pass away on Judgment Day

Pickthall And (bethink you of) the Day when we remove the hills and

ye see the Earth emerging, and We gather them together so as to

leave not one of them behind.

Yusuf Ali One Day We shall remove the mountains, and thou wilt see

the Earth as a level stretch, and We shall gather them, all together, nor

shall We leave out any one of them.

Hilali-Khan And (remember) the Day We shall cause the mountains to

pass away (like clouds of dust), and you will see the Earth as a levelled

plain, and we shall gather them all together so as to leave not one of

them behind.

Shakir And the day on which We will cause the mountains to passaway and you will see the Earth a levelled plain and We will gather

them and leave not any one of them behind.


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Surah 18:47 Continued

Sher Ali And bethink of the day when we shall remove the mountainsand thou wilt see the nations of the Earth march forth against one

another and we shall gather them all together and shall not leave any

one of them behind.

Khalifa The day will come when we wipe out the mountains, and you

will see the Earth barren. We will summon them all, not leaving out asingle one of them.

Arberry And on the day We shall set the mountains in motion, and

thou seest the Earth coming forth, and We muster them so that We

leave not so much as one of them behind.

Palmer And the day when we will move the mountains, and thou

shalt see the (whole) Earth stalking forth; and we will gather them,

and will not leave one of them behind.


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Rodwell And call to mind the day when we will cause the mountains topass away, and thou shalt see the Earth a levelled plain, and we will

gather mankind together, and not leave of them any one.

Sale On a [certain] day we will cause the mountains to pass away,

and thou shalt see the Earth appearing plain [and even]; and we will

gather [mankind] together, and we will not leave any one of thembehind

Irving Some day We shall set the mountains travelling along and you

will see the Earth lying exposed

Dawood Tell of the day when we shall blot out the mountains and

make Earth a barren waste.


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The Ancient Greek Philosopher Aristarchus proposed that theEarth rotates in the C3rd BC, 900 years before Mohammed and1700 years before Copernicus.

However, the Koran does not refer to the Earths rotation.Thereferences to the mountains passing refers to them passing

away (being removed) and not passing by. This verse refers to God removing the Earths Mountains at the

End of the World sometime in the future and not in the presentday.

Interpreting this verse as a supposed reference to the Earthsrotation is based on taking it out of context and distorting themeaning.

This is another example of distorting the Koran to support extremeReligious beliefs.


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Claim 36 The Koran correctly says

that there are seven layers in theEarths atmosphere


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Claim 36 Seven Layers

of the Atmosphere

According to this claim, the Koran referred to

the existence of seven layers in the Earths

atmosphere 1400 years ago when it speaks of

Seven Heavens

These layers were only discovered in the C20th.

How, we are asked, could Mohammed have

known this 1400 years before modern science,

unless God had told him?

According to this claim, such scientificfore-knowledge proves the Divine authorship

of the Koran.

Cl i 36 S L f th


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Claim 36 Seven Layers of the

Atmosphere

It is He Who created everything on the Earth for you and then directedHis attention up to Heaven and arranged it into seven regular Heavens.

He has knowledge of all things. Surah 2:29 Harun Yahya

Then He turned to Heaven when it was smoke. In two days He

determined them as seven heavens and revealed, in every heaven, itsown mandate. Surah 41:11-12 Harun Yahya

He Who created the seven Heavens in layers


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Response to Claim 36 (Multiple Surahs)

1. The Seven Heavens of the Koran cannot possibly be areference to the layers of the atmosphere since this would

contradict Surah 37:6 which says that the Stars are in the lowest

of the Seven Heavens & only a few miles away. This is nonsense.

3. According to the Koran and Hadith, the Seven Heavens arewhere God and his Angels live.Good Muslims go there when they

die.

5. The Sky above our heads is the floor of the lowest level of the

Seven Heavens.

7. Each Heaven is associated with a particular Prophet and God is

above the Seventh or highest Heaven.


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Surah 37:6 Stars in Lowest Heaven

According to theKoran, the Stars

are just little

lights attached to

lowest Heaven.

If the Seven

Heavens refer to

the Atmosphere,

then the Stars are

only a few milesaway. This is

absurd.


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Pickthall Lo! We have adorned the lowest Heaven with an ornament,the planets.

Yusuf Ali We have indeed decked the lower Heaven with beauty (in) the

stars.

Hilali-Khan Verily! We have adorned the near Heaven with the stars (for

beauty).Shakir Surely We have adorned the nearest Heaven with an adornment,

the stars.

Sher Ali We have adorned the lowest Heaven with an adornment - the

Khalifa We have adorned the lowest Heaven with adorning planets.


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Arberry We have adorned the lower Heaven with the adornment of theStars.

Palmer Verily, we have adorned the lower Heaven with the adornment

of the Stars.

Rodwell We have adorned the lower Heaven with the adornment of the

Stars.Sale We have adorned the lower Heaven with the ornament of the

Stars.

Irving We have beautified the worldly Sky with the splendour of Stars .

Dawood We have decked the lower Heaven with Constellations.


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Surah 17:1

Mohammed in the

Seven Heavens

1

7

6

5

4

3

2

This traditional Islamic

painting shows Mohammed

visiting the seven Heavenswhich are up in the Sky

These are portrayed as seven

solid layers in the Sky where

good Muslims go when they

die.The Hadith and Koransupport this view of seven

Heavens

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Al-Bukhari Volume 4 Book 54 Number 429

Al-Buraq, a white animal, smaller than a mule and bigger than a donkey was

brought to me and I set out with Gabriel. When I reached the nearest heaven.

Gabriel said to the heaven gate-keeper, 'Open the gate.' The gatekeeper asked,

'Who is it?' He said, 'Gabriel.' The gate-keeper,' Who is accompanying you?'

Gabriel said, 'Muhammad.' The gate-keeper said, 'Has he been called?' Gabriel

said, 'Yes.' Then it was said, 'He is welcomed. What a wonderful visit his is!' Then I

met Adam and greeted him and he said, 'You are welcomed O son and a Prophet.'

Then we ascended to the second heaven. It was asked, 'Who is it?' Gabriel said,

'Gabriel.' It was said, 'Who is with you?' He said, 'Muhammad' It was asked, 'Has

he been sent for?' He said, 'Yes.' It was said, 'He is welcomed. What a wonderful

visit his is!" Then I met Jesus and Yahya (John) who said, 'You are welcomed, O

brother and a Prophet.'

Then we ascended to the third heaven. It was asked, 'Who is it?' Gabriel said,'Gabriel.' It was asked, 'Who is with you? Gabriel said, 'Muhammad.' It was asked,

'Has he been sent for?' 'Yes,' said Gabriel. 'He is welcomed. What a wonderful visit

his is!' (The Prophet added:). There I met Joseph and greeted him, and he replied,

'You are welcomed, O brother and a Prophet!' (Continued on next slide)

M h d d t th 7 H


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Al-Bukhari Volume 4 Book 54 Number 429 (Continued from previous slide)

Then we ascended to the 4th heaven and again the same questions andanswers were exchanged as in the previous heavens. There I met Idris and

greeted him. He said, 'You are welcomed O brother and Prophet.'

Then we ascended to the 5th heaven and again the same questions and

answers were exchanged as in previous heavens. there I met and greeted

Aaron who said, 'You are welcomed O brother and a Prophet".

Then we ascended to the 6th heaven and again the same questions and

answers were exchanged as in the previous heavens. There I met and greeted

Moses who said, 'You are welcomed O brother and. a Prophet.' When I

proceeded on, he started weeping and on being asked why he was weeping, he

said, 'O Lord! Followers of this youth who was sent after me will enter Paradise

in greater number than my followers.'

Then we ascended to the seventh heaven and again the same questions and

answers were exchanged as in the previous heavens. There I met and greeted

Abraham who said, 'You are welcomed o son and a Prophet.' Then I was shown

Al-Bait-al-Ma'mur (i.e. Allah's House).

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Seven Heavens above the Earth

Al-Tirmidhi 5735

He then asked, "Do you know what is above you?" On their replying that

Allah and His Messenger (peace be upon him) knew best, he said, "It is the

firmament, a ceiling which is guarded and waves which are kept back." He

then asked, "Do you know what is between you and it?" On their replying

that Allah and His Messenger (peace be upon him) knew best, he said,

"Between you and it are five hundred years." He then asked, "Do you knewwhat is above that?" On their replying that Allah and His Messenger (peace

be upon him) best he said, "Two heavens with a distance of five hundred

years between them." He went on speaking like that till he counted seven

heavens, the distance between each pair being like between Heaven and

Earth. He then asked, "Do you know what is above that?" On their replyingthat Allah and His Messenger (peace be upon him) knew best, he said,

"Above that is the Throne, and the distance between it and the (seventh)

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Names of the

Seven Heavens

1

7

6

5

4

3

2

Number Name Description

1st Heaven Rafi' ( ( Heaven of Adam2nd Heaven Qaydum ( ( Heaven of John

3rd Heaven Marum () Heaven of Joseph4th Heaven Arfalun () Heaven of Idris

5th Heaven Hay'oun () Heaven of Aaron

6th Heaven Arous () Heaven of Moses

7th Heaven Ajma' () Heaven of Abraham

The Seven Heavens of Islam

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Heavens

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Claim 36 (Multiple Surahs) - Conclusion

1. The Seven Heavens cannot be layers of the atmosphere since thiscontradicts, the Koran,Hadith and modern Science.

3. The Seven Heavens are mythical places in the Sky where dead

people are supposed to be, along with God and his Angels.

5. Instead of being in accord with modern Science, the concept of

Seven Heavens shows the Koran to be in error and a book of

Human origin.


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Claim 37 The Koran correctly

mentions how the air gets thinner withaltitude


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Claim 37 Thin air higher up

...And whomever he wills

to send astray, he makes

his bosom narrow &

strained as if he was

ascending into the sky.

Surah 6:125

According to this claim, the

Koran miraculously predicted

that the air gets thinner

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Evangelista Torricelli

The fact that the air gets thinner with

increasing altitude was not discovered

until AD1643 when Evangelista

Torricelli invented the Barometer.

Some Muslims claim that the Koran

referred to this phenomena over

1000 years before Torricelli.

This is claimed to be evidence of the

Divine origin of the Koran and the

truth of Islam.

R t Cl i 37 (S h 6 125)


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Response to Claim 37 (Surah 6:125)

1. If the Koran is aware of the air getting thinner with altitude, whydidn't Mohammed wear a Space Suit when he went up into the

atmosphere and travelled through Outer Space?

3. Mohammed literally ascended to Heaven.It was not a dream

according to the Hadith. (Al-Bukhari Volume 5, Book 58, Number228)

5. How are Angels able to use their wings to fly around between

Earth and Heaven if the air is so thin?

7. How come that Muslim Scientists, rather than Torricelli invent the

Barometer?


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Surah 17:1

Mohammed

ascends to Heaven

The Koran says that Mohammed

ascended into Heaven on the

back of a magical animal calledBuraq.

However, Surah 37:6 says that

the lowest level of Heaven

contains the Stars & soMohammed supposedly travelled

interstellar Space without any

mention of a spacesuit.

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Surah17:1Mohammed ascends to Heaven

Pickthall Glorified be He Who carried His servant by night from the

Inviolable Place of Worship to the Far distant place of worship that We

might show him of Our tokens!Yusuf Ali Glory to (God) Who did take His servant for a Journey by night

from the Sacred Mosque to the farthest Mosque in order that We might

show him some of Our Signs.

Hilali-Khan Glorified (and Exalted) be He (Allah) [above all that (evil) they

associate with Him] [Tafsir Qurtubi, Vol. 10, Page 204]Shakir Glory be to Him Who made His servant to go on a night from the

Sacred Mosque to the remote mosque so that We may show to him

some of Our signs.

Sher Ali Glory be to Him who carried his servant by night from the Sacred

Mosque to the Distant Mosque that we might show him some of oursigns.

Khalifa Most glorified is the One who summoned His servant (Muhammad)

during the night, from the Sacred Masjid (of Mecca) to the farthest place of

prostration in order to show him some of our signs.

Surah 17:1Continued


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Surah 17:1Continued

Arberry Glory be to Him, who carried His servant by night from the Holy

Mosque to the Further Mosque that We might show him some of Our

signs.Arberry Celebrated be the praises of Him who took His servant a journey

by night from the Sacred Mosque, to the Remote Mosque to show him of

our signs!

Rodwell Glory be to Him who carried his servant by night from the sacred

temple of Mecca to the temple that is more remote that we might shewhim of our signs!

Sale Praise be unto him, who transported his servant by night, from the

sacred temple [of Mecca] to the farther temple that we might shew him

[some] of our signs.

Irving Glory be to Him Who had His servant travel by night from the

hallowed Mosque to the Further Mosque so we might show him some of

our signs!

Dawood Glory be to him who made his servant go by night from the

sacred temple to the further temple that we might show him some of our

signs.


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Mohammed literally ascends to

Heaven from Jerusalem (Al-Bukhari )

Volume 5, Book 58, Number 228:

Narrated Ibn 'Abbas:

Regarding the Statement of Allah"

"And We granted the vision (Ascension to the heavens) which Wemade you see (as an actual eye witness) was only made as a trial for

the people." (17.60)

Ibn Abbas added: The sights which Allah's Apostle was shown on the

Night Journey when he was taken to Bait-ulMaqdis (i.e. Jerusalem)

were actual sights, (not dreams). And the Cursed Tree (mentioned) in

the Quran is the tree of Zaqqum (itself).

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stars.



the stars.





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of the Stars.


Stars.Sale We have adorned the lower Heaven with the ornament of the

Stars.



M h d did t S S it


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Mohammed did not wear a Space Suit

Surah 37:6 says that the

Stars are in the lowest

Heaven Outer Space.

This means that

Mohammed supposedlytravelled through Outer

Space to get to Heaven

without any Space Suit.

This is hardly consistentwith knowing that the

atmosphere gets thinner

with altitude.


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Pickthall And whomsoever it is Allah's will to guide, he expandeth hisbosom unto the surrender, and whomsoever it is his will to send astray,

he maketh his bosom close and narrow as if he were engaged in sheer

ascent.

Yusuf Ali Those whom God (in his plan) willeth to guide, - he openeth

their breast to Islam; those whom he willeth to leave straying, - he makeththeir breast close and constricted, as if they had to climb up to the skies.

Hilali-Khan And whomsoever Allah wills to guide, he opens his breast to

Islam, and whomsoever he wills to send astray, he makes his breast

closed and constricted, as if he is climbing up to the sky.

Shakir Therefore (for) whomsoever Allah intends that he would guide

him aright, he expands his breast for Islam, and (for) whomsoever he

intends that he should cause him to err, he makes his breast strait and

narrow as though he were ascending upwards.


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Sher Ali So, whomsoever Allah intends to guide, he expands his bosom

for the acceptance of Islam; and whomsoever he intends that he should

go astray, he makes his bosom narrow and close, as though he was

mounting up into the skies.

Khalifa Whomever God wills to guide, he renders his chest wide open to

Submission. And whomever he wills to send astray, he renders his chestintolerant and straitened, like one who climbs towards the sky.

Arberry Whomsoever God desires to guide, he expands his breast to

Islam; whomsoever he desires to lead astray, he makes his breast

narrow, tight, as if he were climbing to Heaven.

Palmer Whomsoever God wishes to guide, he expands his breast toIslam; but whomsoever he wishes to lead astray, he makes his breast

tight and straight, as though he would mount up into Heaven.


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Rodwell And whom God shall please to guide, that man's breast willhe open to Islam; but whom he shall please to mislead, strait and

narrow will he make his breast, as though he were mounting up into

the very Heavens!

Sale And whomsoever God shall please to direct, he will open his

breast to [receive the faith of] Islam: But whomsoever he shall pleaseto lead into error, he will render his breast strait [and] narrow, as

though he were climbing up to Heaven.

Irving God lays anyone's breast open to Islam whom He wants to

guide, while He makes the breast of anyone He wants to be led astray

seem cramped, tight, just as if he were climbing up to HeavenDawood If God intends to guide a man, he opens his bosom to Islam.

But if he pleases to confound him, he makes his bosom small and

narrow as though he were climbing up to the Sky.

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1. The story of Mohammed ascending to Heaven implies that the

Koran does not know that the air gets thinner with altitude.

3. The reference to somebody's chest getting tighter as he climbsupwards is more likely a reference to being out of breath due to thephysical effort of climbing upwards irrespective of what the

thickness of the air is.There is no reference to high altitude here.

5. The reference may also be speaking of the despair in a personsheart when they contemplate trying to get to Heaven without God byclimbing up into the Sky.

7. Either way, there is no indication in the Koran that the air getsthinner with altitude.


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Claim 38 The Koran refers to the

Atmosphere protecting us fromMeteors & the Solar Wind

Claim 38 Atmosphere protects against


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Claim 38 Atmosphere protects against

Meteors & Solar wind

According to Harun Yahya &

others the Koran alludes tohow the Earths Atmosphere

protects us against meteors &

the Solar Wind.

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from Meteors & Solar wind

We made the sky a preserved & protected roof yet still they turn

away from Our signs.


It is He Who made the Earth a couch for you, and the sky a dome. Hesends down water from the sky and by it brings forth fruits for your

provision. Do not, then, knowingly make others equal to Allah.


He holds back the Heaven, preventing it from falling to the Earth-except by His permission. Allah is All-Compassionate to humanity, Most

Merciful.

(Qur'an, 22:65)


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from Meteors & Solar wind

1. This claim says that the Koran miraculously referred to the

way the Earths Atmosphere protects us from Meteors and the

Solar Wind.

2. The possibility of Meteors falling to Earth & the existence of

the Solar Wind were not proposed by Scientists until the

middle of the C19th.

3. How, we are asked, could Mohammed have known about

these things in the C7th AD?

4. The only answer, we are told, is that the Koran knows of such

things because it comes from God.

5. This, we are told (again), proves the truth of Islam.

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Pickthall And we have made the Sky a roof withheld (from them).Yet they turn away from its portents.

Yusuf Ali And we have made the Heavens as a canopy well

guarded: yet do they turn away from the Signs which these things

(point to)!

Hilali-Khan And we have made the Heaven a roof, safe and wellguarded. Yet they turn away from its signs. (i.e. sun, moon, winds,

clouds, etc.)

Shakir And we have made the Heaven a guarded canopy and (yet)

they turn aside from its signs.

Sher Ali And we have made the Heaven a roof, well-protected, yetthey turn away from its Signs.

Khalifa And we rendered the Sky a guarded ceiling. Yet, they are

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Arberry And we set up the Heaven as a roof well-protected; yet stillfrom Our signs they are turning away.

Palmer And we made the Heaven a guarded roof; yet from our signs

they turn aside!

Rodwell And we made the Heaven a roof strongly upholden; yet turn

they away from its signs.Sale And we made the Heaven a roof well supported. Yet they turn

aside from the signs thereof, [not considering that they are the

workmanship of [God].

Irving We have placed the Sky as a roof which is held up even

though they shun its signs!Dawood We spread the Heaven like a Canopy and provided it with

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Pickthall Who hath appointed the Earth a resting-place for you, andthe Sky a canopy; and causeth water to pour down from the Sky.

Yusuf Ali Who has made the Earth your couch, and the Heavens

your canopy; and sent down rain from the Heavens.

Hilali-Khan Who has made the Earth a resting place for you, and the

Sky as a canopy, and sent down water (rain) from the Sky.Shakir Who made the Earth a resting place for you and the Heaven

a canopy and (who) sends down rain from the cloud.

Sher Ali Who made the Earth a bed for you, and the Heaven a roof,

and caused water to come down from the clouds.

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Arberry Who assigned to you the Earth for a couch, and Heaven foran edifice, and sent down out of Heaven water.

Palmer Who made the Earth for you a bed and the Heaven a dome;

and sent down from Heaven water.

Rodwell Who hath made the Earth a bed for you, and the Heaven a

covering, and hath caused water to come down from Heaven.Sale Who hath spread the Earth as a bed for you, and the Heaven

as a covering, and hath caused water to descend from Heaven.

Irving [He is] the one who has made the Earth a carpet for you and

had the Sky built above you, and sent water to pour down from the

Sky.Dawood Who has made the Earth a bed for you and the Sky a dome

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Pickthall And he holdeth back the Heaven from falling on the Earth

unless by his leave. Lo! Allah is, for mankind, full of pity, merciful.

Yusuf Ali He withholds the sky (rain) from falling on the earth except by

his leave: for God is most kind and most merciful to man.

Hilali-Khan He withholds the Heaven from falling on the Earth except by

his Leave. Verily, Allah is, for mankind, full of kindness, most merciful.

Shakir And he withholds the Heaven from falling on the Earth exceptwith his permission; most surely Allah is compassionate, merciful to

men.

Sher Ali And he holds back the Heaven lest it should fall on the Earth

save by his leave. Surely, Allah is compassionate and merciful to

people.Khalifa He prevents the Heavenly bodies from crashing onto the Earth,

except in accordance with his command. God is most kind towards the

people, most merciful.


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Imam Ali battles

the Evil Djinn

Ali was the Son in law

& Cousin of Mohammed.

He is highly revered by

Shia Muslims.

According to the Koran, one

of the main purposes of

the Stars is for use as

ammunition by Angels.

when Djinn try and climb upto Heaven, the Angels

throw Stars at them.

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Stars are little lights on the floor of

Heaven according to the Koran

The Koran impliesthat Heaven is a

place up in the Sky

above the Stars

Surah 67:5 Stars used as missiles for


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driving off Devils from Heaven

Pickthall & verily We have beautified the world's Heaven with lamps, & Wehave made them missiles for the devils.

Yusuf Ali & we have, (from of old), adorned the lowest Heaven with Lamps,

& We have made such (Lamps) (as) missiles to drive away the Evil Ones.

Hilali-Khan & indeed We have adorned the nearest Heaven with lamps, &

We have made such lamps (as) missiles to drive away the Shayatin. (devils)Shakir & certainly We have adorned this lower Heaven with lamps & We

have made these missiles for the Shaitans.

Sher Ali & verily, We have adorned the lowest Heaven with lamps, and We

have made them the means of driving away satans.

Khalifa We adorned the lowest Universe with lamps, and guarded its

borders with projectiles against the devils.

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Arberry And We adorned the lower Heaven with lamps, and made themthings to stone Satans.

Palmer And we have adorned the lower Heaven with lamps; and set

them to pelt the devils with.

Rodwell Moreover we have decked the lowest Heaven with lights, and

have placed them there to be hurled at the Satan.Sale Moreover we have adorned the lowest Heaven with lamps, and

have appointed them to be darted at the devils.

Irving We have decorated the nearest Sky with lamps. We have placed

them as missiles directed towards the devils.

Dawood We have adorned the lowest Heaven with lamps, missiles topelt the devils with.

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Surah 72:8 10 Meteors thrown at Djinn

Pickthall And (the Jinn who had listened to the Qur'an said): We had sought the

Heaven but had found it filled with strong warders and meteors But he wholisteneth now findeth a flame in wait for him.

Yusuf Ali 'And we pried into the secrets of Heaven; but we found it filled with

stern guards and flaming fires but any who listen now will find a flaming fire

watching him in ambush.

Hilali-Khan 'And we have sought to reach the Heaven; but found it filled with

stern guards and flaming fires but any who listens now will find a flaming firewatching him in ambush.

Shakir And that we sought to reach Heaven, but we found it filled with strong

guards and flaming stars but he who would (try to) listen now would find a

flame lying in wait for him.

Sher Ali `And we sought to reach Heaven, but we found it filled with strong

guards and shooting stars But whoso listens now finds a shooting star inambush for him.

Khalifa `We touched the Heaven and found it filled with formidable guards and

projectiles Anyone who listens is pursued by a powerful projectile.

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Surah 72:8 10 Continued

Arberry And we stretched towards Heaven, but we found it filled with terrible

guards and meteors but any listening now finds a meteor in wait for him.Palmer "'But we touched the Heavens and found them filled with a mighty guard

and shooting-stars but whoso of us listens now finds a shooting-star for him

Rodwell And the Heavens did we essay, but found them filled with a mighty

garrison, and with flaming darts but whoever listeneth findeth an ambush

ready for him of flaming darts.

Sale And we [formerly] attempted [to pry into what was transacting in] Heaven;but we found the same filled with a strong guard [of angels], and with flaming

darts but whoever listeneth now, findeth a flame laid in ambush for him, [to

guard the celestial confines].

Irving We reached out for Heaven and found it staffed with stern guards and

shooting stars though anyone who eavesdrops now finds a shooting star

lurking there for him.Dawood We made our way to the high Heaven and found it filled with mighty

wardens and fiery comets . but eavesdroppers find comets lying in wait for

them.

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Angels guarding

Heaven against

the Evil Djinn

Angels guard Heaven against

the Evil Djinn who try to climbup to it.

The Koran says that Meteors

are Stars that Angels use

as missiles to throw atthe Djinn.

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The Sky is described as a Barrier to

control the Djinn

Many verses of

the Koran

describe the Sky

as being barrier

to prevent the

Djinn or Genies

from climbing

up to Heaven.

This suggests

a belief in a solidSky.

Barrier of the Sky

Keeping the Djinn out of Heaven


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p g j

According to the Koran, one of the functions of the Sky is to act as

a barrier to keep the Djinn from climbing up to Heaven. This implies

that the Sky is solid.

DjinnDjinn

Djinn

Heaven

Earth

Solid Barrier

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Surah 37:6 Stars attached to firmament

According to the

Koran, the Stars

are just little

lights attached to

the solid Sky.

Surah 81:1-2 says

that the Stars

will eventually fall

to the ground.

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Surah 37:6 Stars embedded in Firmament



stars.



the stars.





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of the Stars.


Stars.

Sale We have adorned the lower Heaven with the ornament of the

Stars.



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The Koran refers to the

possibility of the Sky falling.

This implies a belief in a

solid Sky or Firmament.

Such a belief is similar toof the story of Chicken

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Left: Chicken

Little after being

struck by a piece

of the Sky that

has fallen down.

The Koran

implies that the

Sky is solid & that

this is a very

real possibility.

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( p )

1. The Koran does not understand what Meteors are and does notrefer to the Solar wind.

2. The Koran says that the Sky is a solid Dome and that the Stars

are little lights imbedded in it.

3. These Stars are used as missiles by Angels who throw them at

the Djinn who try and climb up to Heaven.4. The reference to bits of Heaven falling refer to the possibility of a

piece of the solid Sky Dome falling to Earth.

5. All of this is totally contrary to modern Science and is the sort of

thing that a man like Mohammed may have imagined.

6. These verses contain huge Scientific errors and prove that theKoran does not come from God.


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Claim 39 Atmosphere characteristics

Claim 39 The

R t i Sk


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Returning Sky

[I swear] by heaven which

returns.


This is said to be a reference to

three features of the Earths

atmosphere.

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Claim 39 The Returning Sky

1. According to this claim, the Koran referred to certain specialcharacteristics of the Atmosphere 1400 years ago.

2. These are the Troposphere facilitating condensation, the

Ozonosphere blocking Cosmic Rays and the Ionosphere

reflecting Radio Waves.

3. These phenomena were only discovered in the C20th, but the

Koran is said to refer to them 1400 years ago.

4. Mohammed could not possibly have known these things

unless God had told him.

5. Some Muslims claim that such Scientific foreknowledge

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Surah 86:11Checking the translation

Pickthall By the Heaven which giveth the returning rainYusuf Ali By the Firmament which returns (in its round)

Hilali-Khan By the Sky (having rain clouds) which gives rain, again

and again.

Shakir I swear by the rain-giving Heavens

Sher Ali By the cloud which gives rain repeatedly.Khalifa By the Sky that returns (the water).

Arberry By Heaven of the returning rain.

Palmer By the Heaven that sends back the rain!

Rodwell I swear by the Heaven which accomplisheth its cycle.

Sale By the Heaven which returneth [the rain]

Irving By the sky with its cycle.

Dawood By the Heaven with its recurring cycles.

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The Returning Sky

This is what the Returning

Sky really means.

Rainfall in the Arabianpeninsula is seasonal.

Summer and Autumn are

very dry and then in the

Winter, the rain returns.

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( )

1. This verse says nothing about the special properties ofvarious layers of the Earths atmosphere.

2. Such an interpretation involves reading things into the words

that are not there.

3. The Returning Sky is merely a reference to seasonal

rainfall which occurs in winter and spring in the Arabianpeninsula.

4. There is nothing remarkable about this verse which is merely

referring to the weather.

5. Islamic Fundamentalists have distorted the meaning of this

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Claim 40 Atmospheric depletion

Claim 40 Atmospheric Depletion by


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Solar Wind

Don't they see how

We come to the land

eroding it from itsextremities?

Surah 21:44

Claim 40 Atmospheric Depletion by


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Solar Wind

1. This verse is said to allude to the Earths Atmosphere being slowlystripped away by the Solar Wind.

3. This discovery was only made in the C20th.

5. Some Muslims will then say that Mohammed could not have known

about this 1400 years ago.

7. Then they will claim that such advanced Scientific knowledge in a

1400 year old book can only be due to Divine Revelation.

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Pickthall Nay, but We gave these and their fathers ease until lifegrew long for them. See they not how we aim to the land, reducing it

of its outlying parts? Can they then be the victors?

Yusuf Ali Nay, We gave the good things of this life to these men and

their fathers until the period grew long for them; See they not that We

gradually reduce the land (in their control) from its outlying borders?Is it then they who will win?

Hilali-Khan Nay, We gave the luxuries of this life to these men and

their fathers until the period grew long for them. See they not that We

gradually reduce the land (in their control) from its outlying borders?

Is it then they who will overcome.

Shakir Nay, We gave provision to these and their fathers until life

was prolonged to them. Do they not then see that We are visiting the

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Sher Ali Nay, we provided those and their fathers with the goodthings of this world till life grew long for them. Do they not see that we

are visiting the land, reducing it from its outlying borders? Can they

even then be the victors?

Khalifa We have provided for these people and their ancestors, up

until an old age. Do they not see that every day on earth brings themcloser to the end? Can they reverse this process?

Arberry Nay, but Ourselves gave these and their fathers enjoyment

of days, until their life had lasted long while upon them. What, do they

not see how We come to the land, diminishing it in its extremities? Or

are they the victors?

Palmer Nay, but we have granted enjoyment to these men and to

their fathers whilst life was prolonged. Do they not see that we come

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Rodwell Yes! we have given these men and their fathers enjoymentsso long as their life lasted. What! see they not that we come to a land

and straiten its borders Is it they who are the conquerors?

Sale But we have permitted these [men] and their fathers to enjoy

[worldly prosperity], so long as life was continued unto them. Do they

not perceive that we come unto the land [of the unbelievers, and]straiten the borders thereof? Shall they therefore be the

conquerors?

Irving Rather We have let such persons and their forefathers enjoy

themselves until life seems to last too long for them. Do they not see

how We come to the earth to clip it off along its borders? Will they

turn out to be the winners?

Dawood Yet have we indulged them and their fathers so that they

have lived too long.Can they not see how we invade their land and

diminish its borders? Is it they who will triumph?

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Claim 40 Response

1. If you look at the verse in context, you will see that it is addressed toa group of people who have displeased God despite his past

generosity to them.

3. This Surah is thought to date from Mohammed's time in Medina and

so it is likely a criticism of his enemies in Mecca, the Quraysh tribe.

5. The reference to diminishing land most likely refers to the forces of

Mohammed gradually encroaching of the territory of the Quraysh as

they gradually close in on Mecca in the years leading up to its

conquest in AD630.

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In AD 622

Mohammed

was forced

to flee from

Mecca by

his enemies& he sought

refuge in the

City of

Medina.

This is the starting point for the Islamic Calendar.

Mohammed preaching to followers in

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Medina

Left: While in Medina, Mohammed

gained a lot of followers & became the

leader of the City.

War soon erupted between Medina &the Quraysh who controlled Mecca.

Surah 21:44 refers to how

Mohammed's forces in Medina

gradually gained the upper hand

& conquered the outlying regions

of Quraysh territory

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p

In 630 AD

Mohammedconquered

the Quraysh

and entered

Mecca

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1. This verse says nothing about the Solar Wind or the Earthsatmosphere.

3. The reference to land eroding refers to the way in which

Mohammed's enemies in Mecca, the Quraysh gradually lost

control of the outer parts of their territory to the Muslims ofMedina before their final defeat by Mohammed when he

conquered Mecca in AD630.

5. Interpreting this verse as an allusion to atmospheric

depletion takes it totally out of context and it is\completenonsense.


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Claim 41 Ozone layer depletion

Claim 41 Ozone Layer depletion


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Claim 41 Ozone Layer depletion

Until, when he came to the

rising of the sun, he found

it rising on a people for

whom we had provided no

covering protection against

the sun.

Surah 18:90

This reference to people not

being protected is said torefer to the Ozone hole.

Claim 41 Ozone Layer Depletion


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1. This claim is really an alleged prophecy concerning a

Scientific matter.

3. Some Muslims claim that the Koran referred to the hole in the

Ozone layer 1400 years ago.

5. Believers in this claim say that Mohammed could not have

predicted such things unless God told him about them via

Divine Revelation.

7. Supporters of this claim argue that such information in theKoran proves its Divine origin and the truth of their Religion.

Surah 18:89-90 Checking the translation 1


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Pickthall Then he followed a road till, when he reached the rising-

place of the Sun

Yusuf Ali Then followed he (another) way, until, when he came to

the rising of the Sun

Hilali-Khan Then he followed another way until, when he came to

the rising place of the Sun Shakir Then he followed (another) course until when he reached the

land of the rising of the Sun

Sher Ali Then indeed he followed another way. until he reached the

rising-place of the Sun

Khalifa Th

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