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It may seem surprising in this day and age of scientific enlightenment that Islam continues to be the fastest growing religion. But that’s because most Muslims see science as confirming Islamic scripture, not contradicting it.

The French scientist Maurice Bucaille did a remarkable comparison of scriptural texts in his book The Bible, The Quran and Science.

Since it has been claimed by some that Muhammad (peace be upon him) copied certain verses from the Bible and Torah to be included in the Quran, Bucaille compared the scientific statements in the Bible to the statements in the Quran. In all cases he found that the Biblical statements often disagreed with basic scientific fact but scientific statements in the Quran were consistent with scientific facts.

Many years ago the Saudi government invited scientists from all over the world to Riyadh to study statements in the Quran for their veracity.

The scientists were not Muslim, but rather experts in their field of study. The Saudis brought in geologists, embryologists, astrophysicists, astronomers, etc and gave them precise translations of Arabic verses in the Quran that dealt with their fields of expertise.

Then they asked the scientists to evaluate, objectively, if the statements in the Quran were correct according to modern scientific knowledge.

For example, the Quran gives a vivid description of the development of the fetus in the womb. The Quran explains the stages of embryonic development. God tell us:

“O mankind! If you have a doubt about the Resurrection, (consider) that We created you out of dust, then out of sperm, then out of a leech-like clot, then out of a morsel of flesh, partly formed and partly unformed, in order that We may manifest (Our power) to you; and We cause whom We will to rest in the wombs for an appointed term, then do We bring you out as babes…” (Quran 22:5)

It is useful to note that the above verse is an accurate description of the development of the embryo and was revealed over 1400 years ago. To the people at that time it could not be scientifically confirmed. However the details outlined in the verse above is now scientifically confirmed.

Dr. Keith Moore of the University of Toronto (Canada) anatomy department, a top expert in embryology, on examining the above and other verses in the Quran said, “I am amazed at the scientific accuracy of these statements which were made in the seventh century.”

This is just one example of the many statements in the Quran that contain information that could not have been known at the time of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). And the scientists could not find one verse of the Quran that was inaccurate. Many of the scientific phenomena being described have only been discovered in recent times.

These verses show a complexity of understanding that has convinced many Muslims that the Quran could not be the work of any person, especially not an unlettered man like Muhammad (peace be upon him), who lived in the seventh century. This knowledge simply wasn’t available for him to copy.

The more the Quran has been studied the more remarkable a text it seems to be. So much so that Muslims are convinced the Quran does not have a human source. Only God, the Creator, the Divine Being who created the universe could be so firmly aware of the precise inner workings of His Creation.

Muslims believe that The Quran is basically God’s lasting miracle. It contains the truth that was revealed before it in previous scripture but in an unaltered way.

For more information please read The Bible, The Quran and Science by Maurice Bucaille.