The following are some scientists' comments on the scientific miracles in the Holy Quran.
1) Dr. T. V. N. Persaud
Dr. Persaud is a professor of anatomy and a professor of pediatric reproductive sciences at the University of Manitoba, Canada. He is the author or editor of 22 textbooks and has published over 181 scientific papers. In 1991, he received the most distinguished award presented in the field of anatomy in Canada, the J.C.B. Grant Award from the Canadian Association of Anatomists. He stated the following:
“The way it was explained to me is that Muhammad (pbuh) was a very ordinary man. He could not read and didn’t know [how] to write. In fact, he was an illiterate.
We are referring to events that occurred about fourteen hundred years ago.
You have someone illiterate making profound pronouncements and statements that are amazingly accurate about scientific nature. And I personally can’t see how this could be a mere chance.
He further continues, There are too many accuracies, and, like Dr. Moore, I have no difficulty in my mind that this is a divine inspiration or revelation that led him to these statements.”
2) Dr. William W. Hay
Dr. Hay is a well-known marine scientist. He is a professor of geological sciences at the University of Colorado, USA. He was formerly the Dean of the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science at the University of Miami, USA. He says:
“I find it very interesting that this sort of information is in the ancient scriptures of the Holy Quran, and I have no way of knowing where they would come from, but I think it is extremely interesting that they are there and that this work is going on to discover it, the meaning of some of the passages.”
When Dr. Hay was asked about the source of the Quran, he replied, “Well, I would think it must be the divine being.”
3) Dr. Yoshihide Kozai
Dr. Kozai is a Professor Emeritus at Tokyo University, Hongo, Tokyo, Japan, and was the Director of the National Astronomical Observatory, Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan. He said:
“I am very much impressed by finding true astronomical facts in [the] Quran, and for us modern astronomers have been studying very small pieces of the universe. We’ve concentrated our efforts on understanding [a] very small part. Because by using telescopes, we can see only very few parts [of] the sky without thinking [about the] whole universe. So, by reading [the] Quran and by answering the questions, I think I can find my future way for investigation of the universe.”
4) Dr. Alfred Kroner
Dr. Alfred Kroner, a renowned German geologist and professor at the University of Mainz, expressed great admiration for the Qur’an’s scientific accuracy.
He said:
“Thinking about where Muhammad came from, I think it is almost impossible that he could have known about things like the common origin of the universe... I find it very interesting that this sort of information is in the ancient scriptures of the Qur’an.”
5) Dr. Joe Leigh Simpson
Dr. Joe Leigh Simpson — an American professor of obstetrics, gynecology, and genetics, and former chairman of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Baylor College of Medicine (Houston, USA) — studied the scientific verses in the Qur’an related to human embryology and development.
He was amazed by the precise description of embryonic stages mentioned in the Qur’an over 1,400 years ago, long before the invention of microscopes or modern science.
Dr. Simpson stated:
“The information in the Qur’an cannot be based on scientific knowledge of the time. It must have been revealed by God.”