As we saw in the first two films, the Qur'an, the word of God, reported a great many scientific developments centuries ago.
Yet the miracles of the Qur'an are not limited to scientific developments alone.
Verses of the Qur'an also contain a great many miracles regarding historical matters.
Many tribes, cities, kings and wars are described in our Holy Book.
Furthermore, research and archeological discoveries have confirmed this information that was imparted fourteen hundred years ago.
There is absolutely no doubt that the Qur'an is a revelation and a miracle of God.
BYZANTINE EMPIRE'S VICTORY
An astonishing prediction is found in the first verses of Surat ar-Rum, which refers to the Byzantine Empire, the eastern part of the later Roman Empire. The Byzantine Empire, which had met a great defeat, would soon gain victory.
Alif, Lam, Mim. The Romans have been defeated in the lowest land, but after their defeat, they will be victorious within three to nine years. The affair is God's from beginning to end. On that day, the believers will rejoice. (Surat ar-Rum: 1-4)
These verses were revealed around 620, almost 7 years after the idolatrous Persians had severely defeated Christian Byzantium in 613-614.
In fact, Byzantium had suffered such heavy losses that it seemed impossible for it even to survive, let alone be victorious again. Following their defeat of the Byzantines at Antioch in 613, the Persians seized control of Damascus, Cilicia, Tarsus, Armenia, and Jerusalem. The loss of Jerusalem in 614 was particularly traumatic for the Byzantines, for the Church of the Holy Sepulchre was destroyed and the Persians seized the "True Cross," the symbol of Christianity.
In addition, the Avars, Slavs, and Lombards also were posing serious threats to the Byzantine Empire.
The Avars had reached as far as the walls of Constantinople. Emperor Heraclius ordered the gold and silver in churches to be melted and turned into money in order to meet the army's expenses. Many governors had revolted against Heraclius, and Byzantium was on the point of collapse. Mesopotamia, Cilicia, Syria, Palestine, Egypt and Armenia, which had earlier belonged to Byzantium, were invaded by the idolatrous Persians.
In short, everyone was expecting Byzantium to be destroyed. But during this time, the first verses of Surat ar-Rum were revealed, announcing that Byzantium would triumph in 3 to 9 years. This "predicted victory" seemed so impossible that the Arab polytheists thought it would never come true.
Like all the other predictions in the Qur'an, however, this one also came true. In 622, Heraclius gained a number of victories over the Persians and conquered Armenia.
In December 627, the two empires fought a decisive battle at Nineveh, some 50 kilometers east of the Tigris river, near Baghdad. This time too, the Byzantine army defeated the Persians. A few months later, the Persians had to sue for peace with Byzantium, which obliged them to return the territories they had taken from it.
The Byzantine victory was completed when Emperor Heraclius defeated the Persian ruler Khosrow II in 630, recaptured Jerusalem, and regained the "True Cross" for the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
In the end, "the victory of the Romans" proclaimed by God in the Qur'an miraculously came true within the "three to nine years" time frame stated in the verse.
Another miracle revealed in these verses is the announcement of a geographical fact that could not have been known by anyone at that time: the Romans had been defeated in the lowest region of Earth.
This Arabic expression adnaa al-ard is interpreted as "a nearby place" in many translations. However, this is not the literal meaning, but rather a figurative interpretation. Derived from the word dani', which means low, the word adnaa means "the lowest." The word ard means "the world." Therefore, adnaa al-ard means "the lowest place on Earth."
The Dead Sea basin, one of the regions in which the Byzantines were defeated in 613-614, is the lowest region on Earth. For Christian Byzantium, the loss of the "True Cross" was the heaviest blow in that defeat in Jerusalem, located near the shores of the Dead Sea. At 399 meters below sea level, the Dead Sea is the "lowest" place on the Earth's surface: The Romans were defeated in the lowest land, just as revealed in the verse.
However, as only modern measuring methods and equipment can prove this fact, it would have been impossible for anyone living at that time to realize this truth. Yet, it is clearly stated in the Qur'an that this region was the "lowest land" on Earth and, this provides further evidence that it is the Divine word.
THE PRESERVATION OF PHARAOH'S BODY
The Egyptian ruler, known as Pharaoh, and his court were highly devoted to their polytheistic system and idolatrous beliefs.
Indeed, according to their perverted beliefs, Pharaoh was actually a deity himself!
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