450 Evidences for Islam - 300 Quranic Scientific Points, 100 Fulfilled Prophecies & 50 Confirmations from Major Religions (As-salamu alaykum)
As-salamu alaykum - Alhamdulillah for guiding us. I wanted to share a reorganized list of evidences people often point to about Islam: scientific signs in the Qur’an, linguistic wonders, historical correlations, number patterns, fulfilled predictions, and confirmations found in other faith traditions. I’ve tried to keep the meaning the same but used different wording so it’s original. Insha’Allah you find it useful. Scientific-type Signs (examples from Qur’an & nature) - Big Bang / origin point (21:30 referenced) - Expansion of the cosmos (51:47) - Ideas that match multiverse / many layered heavens (1:2, 67:3-9) - Subatomic matter and particle ideas (34:3, 10:61) - Hints that fit string-like dimensions / many-layered skies (4:124, 4:49) - Speed of light and celestial measures (32:5) - Ages of earth, sun, moon and planets mentioned in different ways (41:9, 10:3, 41:11-12) - Formation of bodies from a solar nebula and dynamics like shockwaves (41:11) - Earth’s roundness and flattening at the poles (39:5, 79:30) - Earth’s orbit and rotation; slowing rotation over time (21:33, 27:88, 7:54) - Moon described as reflected light and its cycle (10:5, 91:2, 36:39) - Sun’s life cycle, solar activity and eventual end (81:1, 77:32-33, 75:9) - Gravitational effects, stars affecting spacetime, waves like ripples (52:9, 55:6) - Cosmic expansion and phenomena like redshift (55:37, 13:2) - Dark matter/energy ideas and invisible parts of the cosmos (35:41, 55:31) - Meteor flashes, entry effects, and outer-space iron reaching Earth (25:43, 57:25) - Habitable worlds depend on water; water’s outer-space origins (21:30, 23:18) - Supernovae, black holes, galaxies and large-scale structure (81:15-16, 2:22) - Time dilation / wormhole-like concepts, length contraction hints (70:4, 7:40) - Planetary motion, tidal locking, roaming bodies, and planetary scattering (21:33, 25:45, 82:2) - Many life and biological notes: life from water, single origin, early evolutionary steps, embryo stages, role of fluids and placenta, breastfeeding benefits, fingerprints, pain receptors, brain-heart links (21:30, 22:5, 16:66, 75:4, 4:56, 22:46) - Medical and physiological pointers: effects of lightning, air pressure and breathing, stress and miscarriage, sleep and brainstem links, blindness from trauma, vision issues at death (2:20, 6:125, 22:2, 39:42, 50:22) - Environmental and geological signs: hydrothermal vents, stratified seas, haloclines, soil changes, desertification, receding shorelines, earthquakes and aftershocks, volcanic links, fossils and petrification (81:6, 25:53, 26:132-134, 79:6-7, 17:49-50) - Botany and agriculture: nutrient cycles, figs, olives, antioxidants in fruit, gardens as healers (95:1-3, 55:68, 27:60) - Animal observations: birds, raptors, bees, ants, crows, animal communities and special senses (22:31, 16:68-69, 27:18, 5:31) Linguistic Wonders of the Qur’an - The Qur’an’s classical Arabic standard and its influence on later literature - Exceptional memorization and global recitation tradition - The Qur’an’s preservation over time and its unique poetic-prose balance - The challenge posed in the text to produce anything like it during its revelation period and down to today - The Prophet ﷺ being unlettered yet delivering a text with unmatched linguistic depth - Tajweed and the Qur’an’s own recitation system - Examples of internal literary patterns: ring structures, palindromic features, recurring rhyme schemes - Surprising poetic and literary devices in very short chapters (small chapters with many devices) - Notable symbolic correspondences (e.g., chapter names and repeated sounds) that people point to as meaningful Historical Correlations - Ancient Egyptian and Pharaoh details that match external findings (10:90-92, 28:38) - Idols like Venus, Sun and Moon being worshipped and the Qur’an’s narratives about prophets confronting that (6:76-79) - Cities and ruins referenced or alluded to (Petra, Ubar, Pompeii-like frozen sites) and changes in landscapes (rivers, dried channels) - Correctives or clarifications of earlier scripture narratives as presented in the Qur’an - Archaeological echoes like preserved remains, pillars and temples matching some Qur’anic descriptions Numerical Patterns and Observations - Repeated counts and numeric correspondences people have highlighted (days, months, prayers) - Examples of prime-related patterns, repeated numbers like 19 and their suggested links to textual features - Counts of words/letters/occurrences that some researchers interpret as meaningful patterns (Basmalah counts, sura arrangements, initials, etc.) - Other numeric coincidences tied to verses and themes (sun/verses counts, distance and letter separations cited by some researchers) Fulfilled Predictions and Prophetic Sayings - Preservation of the Qur’an (15:9) - Historical events predicted such as Roman/Persian outcomes (30:4) and later historical confirmations - Predictions about societal change: wider adoption of Islam, changing transport, paper money, mass populations, and many hadith that describe social and political changes - Many hadith that people read as forecasting events: internal discord, new customs, certain conquests, social ills and moral decline - a long list of narrations that believers point to as fulfilled or unfolding - Signs about technology and record-keeping being visual/digitized referenced by some readers in 83:19-21 - Numerous prophetic reports in hadith collections about social trends, moral challenges, leaders, and wars that have later parallels in history Confirmations from Other Faith Traditions (what some scholars argue) - Passages in the Hebrew Bible often cited as pointing to a lawgiving prophet “like Moses” and references to Paran/Kedar seen as Arabia connections (Deuteronomy 18:18, Isaiah 42, Deut. 33:2) - Verses in the Psalms and prophetic books linked by some to Makkah/Bakkah (Psalm 84:6) - New Testament verses about a coming “Prophet” or a “Comforter” and debates about meanings of Greek terms like Parakletos or Periklutos (John 14–16) - Sanskrit and Vedic passages that a few researchers read as describing a Praised One / Ahmad or a desert teacher with followers on camels (Bhavishya Purana, Atharvaveda, Rigveda, Yajurveda) - interpreted by some as foretelling Muhammad ﷺ - Buddhist texts about a future compassionate teacher (Maitreya) compared by some to the Prophet’s role as mercy - Puranic and other Hindu traditions that some authors match to aspects of the Prophet’s life (birth timing, mission, qualities) - References from Sikh, Bahá’í and other traditions that acknowledge the Qur’an or Muhammad ﷺ in various ways Final notes - simple thoughts from me - This is a reorganized, paraphrased collection of the kinds of proofs and signs people often discuss. It’s not an academic treatise, just a personal compilation of themes readers and scholars bring up. Alhamdulillah for guidance and knowledge; may Allah grant us understanding. - If you’d like, I can expand any single section with sources and simpler explanations, or make a shorter summary for sharing with family - insha’Allah. Jazakum Allahu khayran for reading.