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Voyager 1's Inclusion of Quranic verse for Extraterrestrial Aliens

Voyager 1 by NASA includes an audio recording featuring a recitation of a Quranic verse, specifically Quran 55:33 from Surah ar-Rahman. This recitation can be accessed at the "United Nations ...
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Hello all. How would you explain the ayat in surah al shams describing the moon following the sun?

I intend to become a practicing Muslim if all my question about Islam historically and scientifically are answered. I just feel I do not have enough information to form a decisive conclusion wither ...
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Is the "distance of 500 years" mentioned in the hadiths, a distance of walking?

Assalamu Aleikum, I'd like to ask what our prophet meant when he said, "There are 500 years of distance between each heaven." I mean, is this '500 years' by walking/marching? I have read ...
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How long ago was Adam created?

Assalamualaikum, I have been having doubts about this issue for a while and if anyone with knowledge can help, i would appreciate. It is said that we can not know how many have passed since Prophet ...
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Are moon and sun setting in a water according to this hadith?

Assalamualaikum, I was reading tawilat al-quran for tafseer and i came across this hadith for surah anbya verse 33, which i couldn't understand. I am quoting directly, is this hadith authentic and how ...
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Intercourse with woman impregnated by someone else

Islam does not allow a person to have intercourse with a pregnant woman that carries someone elses child but apparantly he is allowed if that child is his own. My question is in regards to the ...
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Any way to reconcile this hadith with modern science?

Anas b. Malik reported that Umm Sulaim narrated it that she asked the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) about a woman who sees in a dream what a man sees (sexual dream). The Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon ...
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Is the hadith about Sun and other heavenly bodies being created after Earth authentic?

In this narration itsays that this is sahih but I don't know if all scholars think the same. A sound tradition from the Messenger of God told us by Hannad b. al-Sari, who also said that he read all of ...
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What does it mean that humans can never write (produce) Qur'an?

Salam, Qur'an says that even the combined work force of humans and Jinns could not create something like Qur'an or Qur'an itself , let far go human alone. Surely, if mankind and jinn were to get ...
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Does Islam claim that congenital deaf-blindness could never be cured by humans?

Salam, Prophets were sent by God to guide humans. But it is ambiguous and unwise to believe what anyone says. But what distinguished prophets from others ( for example magicians) was their ...
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Surah Mulk verse 5, surah al-baqarah verse 29

I've read a lot about Surah Mulk verse 5 on the internet, but it's not really making sense to me, The verse says "And indeed We have adorned the nearest heaven with lamps, and We have made such ...
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How compatible are Islamic teachings with the “String Theory”?

Many supporters of the String theory argue that there are beings in other Dimensions. Are these arguments compatible with the Teachings of Islam? Are there “higher” dimensional beings in Islam?
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Sky a solid object?

Salam, does the Qur'an describe the sky as a solid object? In Quran 22:65 Allah says that he withholds the sky from falling. How is this possible when the sky is not a solid roof? Jkzh in advance, pls ...
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When were the mountains erected/created in the Qur'an?

Good day everyone! How to harmonize the time of the erection of the mountains in different verses? Before building the sky, this happened or after: Before building the sky: Surah Fussilat (Explained)...
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surah 67 verse 4 - how does sight 'return' to you?

Sight does not travel away from a human and then come back, so how can it return? What happens is that light hits you eye, it does not travel away from you and then come back to your eye. Tafsirs seem ...
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The size of each sky

Does such a hadith (asar) exist among the Sunnis? Is he trustworthy? " The size of the earth compared to the first heaven is like the size of a ring in a desert; the size of the first heaven ...
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Why does quran says mountains were cast from above(من فوقھا) in 41:10?

Need an answer to this argument made by an atheist site: First Scientific Mistake of Quran: Allah 'placed'/'cast' mountains over earth's surface (Quran 41:10) وجعل فيها رواسي من فوقها (Quran Word by ...
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How do Muslims discern genuine spiritual experiences from hallucinations?

When believers appeal to their private spiritual experiences to argue for their faith, skeptics typically respond by dismissing their stories entirely, conjecturing that these are more likely cases of ...
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Can a day in the Gregorian calendar correspond to two different days in the Islamic Hijri Calendar?

I am developing an application which allows users to convert from Gregorian to Hijri dates and vice-versa. I am thinking about whether to just have an input box for the date (e.g. 8/21/2021), or to ...
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Can I learn about the reproduction process of the opposite gender in school? [closed]

I am a young boy and in school they teach us about the female body and the male body. We started learning about growth and development and was wondering if I am allowed to learn about the female ...
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Did everyone live longer in the times of the older prophets?

I've been looking at the ages of the prophets and I could understand if they were exceptions who could live much longer than the normal person but yesterday I read this about Prophet Nuh: [11:27] &...
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Is verse 21:33 a scientific error?

Chapter Anbya verse 33 (21:33) And He is the One Who created the day and the night, the sun and the moon—each travelling in an orbit. Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran And it is He Who created ...
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What is the Islamic view of 'Chimera'? Who will their children belong to as per Sharia?

A chimera is essentially a single organism that's made up of cells from two or more "individuals"—that is, it contains two sets of DNA, with the code to make two separate organisms. One way ...
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How do we understand the Quranic description of mountains?

Selamun aleikum, How do we understand the Quranic description of mountains? In which way this would be compatible with modern science? „He created the heavens without pillars that you see and has ...
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Earth Movement in the Quran Revisited [closed]

[1] It is a certain fact that the Earth orbits the Sun and the Earth rotates around its own axis. You can prove that from inside earth using a Foucault's pendulum. [2] It is also a certain fact that ...
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The problem of science in the Quran

I read an answer to a question called "Scientific conflicts in respect to the Quran" and the user stated that the person who is reading is misunderstanding the Quran or there is a gap in science that ...
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Do the dead actually have the senses we have when alive?

“Verily, they are greatly tortured in their graves and the animals hear it” [Musnad Ahmed]. What's the punishment and wouldn't all of us be punished? Bodies being slowly eaten and rotting? Also isn'...
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Explanation of the Quranic Surah 67 verse 34

In the verse of chapter 67, verses 3-4. What would be the TRUE interpretation of the "7 heavens being stacked one above the other". Furthermore, in order to actually understand the stacking of the ...
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Ideas of Causality in ISLAM

Currently I am working on a philosophy paper, exploring the correlation between cause and effect, or in other words how present knowledge is wholly dependent upon past knowledge. I was thinking of ...
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Islamic views on GENETIC ENGINEERING (ie CRISPER technology for personal gains)

I am currently working on a presentation for my school, tackling the ethical issues with regards CRISPER technology, where one essentially manipulate the genetic code and modify them for children at ...
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Tell me why marijuana is haram?

Please I want only strong reasons. Preferably from those who understand brain chemistry. I don’t believe marijuana is haram in low doses and moderate use. The religion teaches us anything bad for ...
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If the heat of summer is due to Hell, then why is it winter in the southern hemisphere? And vice versa?

Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "In very hot weather delay the Zuhr prayer till it becomes (a bit) cooler because the severity of heat is from the raging of the Hell-fire. The ...
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Wrong explanation about science by Prophet Muhammad

This is the hadith:- Hadith حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى، حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ، حَدَّثَنَا ثَابِتٌ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، وَهِشَامُ بْنُ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ،...
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What should be my attitude when I see conflict in science and Islam at some point? [closed]

Narrated by Abu Dhar: The prophet asked me at sunset,"Do you know where the sun goes(at the time of sunset)? "I replied, "Allah and His Apostle know better." He said,"it goes(i.e travels) till ...
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Where in the Quran does it says Angel Mikail is responsible for bringing rain and thunder?

Well now everyone knows that Earth isn't the only planet with atmosphere and weather. There could be millions of non habitable planets with strange atmospheric conditions. In such a case claiming that ...
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Are there surahs in the quran which state that the moon is lit by reflected sunlight?

When I look up at the moon at night, it looks like a source of its own light just like the sun. surah 71:16 expresses this observation as: And made the moon therein a [reflected] light and made the ...
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Does the Quran or any hadith say that the Wall of Gog and Magog can't be seen by the human eye?

Bring me ingots of iron." Then after he had filled up the space between the two mountain-sides, he said: "(Light a fire) and ply bellows." When he had made it (red like) fire, he said: "Bring me ...
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Does Qur'an 16:66 say's raw milk that comes from a cow's stomach is clean for the point where people could drink it?

Surah 16 verse 66 says "Surely there is a lesson for you in the cattle: We provide you to drink out of that which is in their bellies between the faeces and the blood - pure milk - which is a ...
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Interpretation of surah 25 verse 53

“God is the one who caused two bodies of water to flow, one palpable and sweet, the other salty and bitter. He placed a barrier between them, a partition that they are forbidden to surmount”. ( ...
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Does Qur'an (41:9-12) contradict science?

Assalamualykum, Allah says in surat Fussilat: Say, "Do you indeed disbelieve in He who created the earth in two days and attribute to Him equals? That is the Lord of the worlds. And He placed on ...
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Apparent contradiction in verse 2:29

Verse 2:29, هُوَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ لَكُم مَّا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ جَمِيعًا ثُمَّ ٱسْتَوَىٰٓ إِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ فَسَوَّىٰهُنَّ سَبْعَ سَمٰوٰتٍۚ وَهُوَ بِكُلِّ شَىْءٍ عَلِيمٌ It is He who created for ...
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What does Islam say about the first heaven?

What does the first heaven comprise of? What are the sayings of the Qur'an and the Hadith about this? Also, what are the opinions of the scholars? If there's any problem in my question please ...
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Are angels faster than light particles (E = MC2 is non-Islamic)?

By far, Einstein's best-known equation is "E=mc2 - energy equals mass times the velocity of light squared." According to this equation, any given amount of mass is equivalent to a certain ...
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How did "an atom's weight" come to be mentioned in translations of the Qur'an?

IslamWeb lists Qur'an 10:61 as a miracle of the Qur'an (That matter is made up of sub-atomic particles (chapter 10, verse 61).). The verse is: وَمَا تَكُونُ فِي شَأْنٍ وَمَا تَتْلُو مِنْهُ مِن ...
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Are Rainbows or related mentioned in Islamic sources?

I came across Qur'an 35:27: Do not you see that Allah sends down from the sky water, then We bring forth therewith fruits (of) various [their] colors? And in the mountains (are) tracts, white and ...
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Does Qur'an 16:66 say milk comes from a cow's stomach?

Qur'an 16:66 states: And indeed, for you in grazing livestock is a lesson. We give you drink from what is in their bellies - between excretion and blood - pure milk, palatable to drinkers. ...
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Isn't this hadith scientifically wrong and failing to describe embryology?

This is the Hadith The part of the hadith I deem to be wrong is :- Anas b. Malik reported that Umm Sulaim narrated it that she asked the Messenger of Allah about a woman who sees in a dream what a ...
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Are Qur'an 16:4, 22:5, 18:37 and 35:11 wrong because man was not only created from a sperm drop?

All of these verses (16:4, 22:5, 18:37, 35:11) have a common sentence ---- ".... and We created man from a sperm drop......" But the zygote is formed by the FUSION of sperm and ovum. The ovum also ...
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Isn't the verse of the Qur'an 23:14 (... and We made the lump, bones ...) scientifically inaccurate?

Then We made the sperm-drop into a clinging clot, and We made the clot into a lump [of flesh], and We made the lump, bones, and We covered the bones with flesh; then We developed him into another ...
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Does Islam ever specify the speed in which angels can travel?

I tried looking for an answer to this question in this website and the closet one I found was this: Are angels visible at the speed of light? it really didn't answer my question. The reason I'm asking ...
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