Proofs from Science

Italicized words are Arabic

ASTRONOMY:

c. 1500 BC * The stars are countless, only discovered after invention of telescope:  Tawrat, Genesis 15:5 – He took him outside and said, “Look up at the sky and count the stars—if indeed you can count them.” Then he said to him, “So shall your offspring be.” = التكوين الفصل 15

5 ثُمَّ اخْرَجَهُ الَى خَارِجٍ وَقَالَ: «انْظُرْ الَى السَّمَاءِ وَعُدَّ النُّجُومَ انِ اسْتَطَعْتَ انْ تَعُدَّهَا». وَقَالَ لَهُ: «هَكَذَا يَكُونُ نَسْلُكَ».

c. 1500 BC * Use of genetics in breeding livestock:  Tawrat, Genesis 30:30-43 – (Spotted sheep produced spotted sheep.) = التكوين الفصل 30

c. 600 BC * The north of our galaxy is empty:  Tanakh, Job 26:7a – He spreads out the northern skies over empty space. = أيوب الفصل 26

7  يَمُدُّ الشَّمَالَ عَلَى الْخَلاَءِ وَيُعَلِّقُ الأَرْضَ عَلَى لاَ شَيْءٍ.

c. 600 BC * The earth is supported by nothing:  Tanakh, Job 26:7b – He suspends the earth over nothing.

c. 900 BC * The center of our solar system is the sun, not the earth:  Tanakh, Ecclesiastes 1:5 – The sun rises and the sun sets, and hurries back to where it rises. = الجامعة الفصل 1

5  وَالشَّمْسُ تُشْرِقُ وَالشَّمْسُ تَغْرُبُ وَتُسْرِعُ إِلَى مَوْضِعِهَا حَيْثُ تُشْرِقُ.

c. 700 BC * The earth is round:  Sahaif, Isaiah 40:22 – He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth. = أشعياء الفصل 40

22 الْجَالِسُ عَلَى كُرَةِ الأَرْضِ وَسُكَّانُهَا كَالْجُنْدُبِ. الَّذِي يَنْشُرُ السَّمَاوَاتِ كَسَرَادِقَ وَيَبْسُطُهَا كَخَيْمَةٍ لِلسَّكَنِ.

c. 600 BC * The stars are countless, only discovered after the invention of telescope:  Sahaif, Jeremiah 33:22 – I will make the descendants of David my servant and the Levites who minister before me as countless as the stars in the sky and as measureless as the sand on the seashore.’” = أرمياء الفصل 33

22 كَمَا أَنَّ جُنْدَ السَّمَاوَاتِ لاَ يُعَدُّ وَرَمْلَ الْبَحْرِ لاَ يُحْصَى هَكَذَا أُكَثِّرُ نَسْلَ دَاوُدَ عَبْدِي وَاللاَّوِيِّينَ خَادِمِيَّ].

BIOLOGY & GEOLOGY:

c. 1500 BC * The age of everything in creation is the same, not evolutionary:  Tawrat, Genesis 1:1– In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. = التكوين الفصل 1

1  فِي الْبَدْءِ خَلَقَ اللهُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالارْضَ.

c. 1500 BC * Creation sequence where one supports the next:  Tawrat, Genesis 1:11-28 – (Light, water, plants, fish, birds, mammals, man) = التكوين الفصل 1

c. 1500 BC *All creatures reproduce according to their species and kinds:  Tawrat, Genesis 1:24 – And God said, “Let the land produce living creatures according to their kinds: the livestock, the creatures that move along the ground, and the wild animals, each according to its kind.” And it was so. = التكوين الفصل 1

24  وَقَالَ اللهُ: «لِتُخْرِجِ الارْضُ ذَوَاتِ انْفُسٍ حَيَّةٍ كَجِنْسِهَا: بَهَائِمَ وَدَبَّابَاتٍ وَوُحُوشَ ارْضٍ كَاجْنَاسِهَا». وَكَانَ كَذَلِكَ.

c. 1500 BC * Both male and female posses “seed of life”: Tawrat, Genesis 3:15; 22:18 – And I will put enmity Between you and the woman, and between your seed and her Seed….In your [Abraham’s] seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.” = التكوين الفصل 3  التكوين الفصل 22

15 وَاضَعُ عَدَاوَةً بَيْنَكِ وَبَيْنَ الْمَرْاةِ وَبَيْنَ نَسْلِكِ وَنَسْلِهَا. هُوَ يَسْحَقُ رَاسَكِ وَانْتِ تَسْحَقِينَ عَقِبَهُ».

18  وَيَتَبَارَكُ فِي نَسْلِكَ جَمِيعُ امَمِ الارْضِ مِنْ اجْلِ انَّكَ سَمِعْتَ لِقَوْلِي».

c. 60 AD *All men are blood relatives:  Injil, Acts 17:26 – From one man he made all the nations, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he marked out their appointed times in history and the boundaries of their lands. = أعمال الرسل الفصل 17

26 وَصَنَعَ مِنْ دَمٍ وَاحِدٍ كُلَّ أُمَّةٍ مِنَ النَّاسِ يَسْكُنُونَ عَلَى كُلِّ وَجْهِ الأَرْضِ وَحَتَمَ بِالأَوْقَاتِ الْمُعَيَّنَةِ وَبِحُدُودِ مَسْكَنِهِمْ

METEOROLOGY & OCEANOGRAPHY:

c. 900 BC * Circular movement of the atmosphere:  Tanakh, Ecclesiastes 1:6 – The wind blows to the south and turns to the north; round and round it goes, ever returning on its course. = الجامعة الفصل 1

6  اَلرِّيحُ تَذْهَبُ إِلَى الْجَنُوبِ وَتَدُورُ إِلَى الشِّمَالِ. تَذْهَبُ دَائِرَةً دَوَرَاناً وَإِلَى مَدَارَاتِهَا تَرْجِعُ الرِّيحُ.

c. 600 BC * Rotation of water between earth and sky:  Tanakh, Job 36:27-28 – He draws up the drops of water, which distill as rain to the streams; the clouds pour down their moisture and abundant showers fall on mankind. = أيوب الفصل 36

27 لأَنَّهُ يَجْذِبُ قْطَرَاتِ الْمَاءِ. تَسُحُّ مَطَراً مِنْ ضَبَابِهَا
28 الَّذِي تَهْطِلُهُ السُّحُبُ وَتَقْطُرُهُ عَلَى أُنَاسٍ كَثِيرِينَ.

c. 600 BC * Nitrogen found in snow:  Tanakh, Job 38:22 – Have you entered the treasury of snow? = أيوب الفصل 38

22 [أَدَخَلْتَ إِلَى خَزَائِنِ الثَّلْجِ أَمْ أَبْصَرْتَ مَخَازِنَ الْبَرَدِ

c. 1000 BC * Currents in the ocean:  Zabur, Psalm 8:8 – The fish in the sea, all that swim the paths of the seas. = المزامير الفصل 8

8  وَطُيُورَ السَّمَاءِ وَسَمَكَ الْبَحْرِ السَّالِكَ فِي سُبُلِ الْمِيَاهِ.

c. 900 BC * Rotation of water between earth and sky:  Tanakh, Ecclesiastes 1:7 – All streams flow into the sea, yet the sea is never full. To the place the streams come from, there they return again. = الجامعة الفصل 1

7  كُلُّ الأَنْهَارِ تَجْرِي إِلَى الْبَحْرِ وَالْبَحْرُ لَيْسَ بِمَلآنَ. إِلَى الْمَكَانِ الَّذِي جَرَتْ مِنْهُ الأَنْهَارُ إِلَى هُنَاكَ تَذْهَبُ رَاجِعَةً.

c. 700 BC * Currents in the ocean:  Sahaif, Isaiah 43:16 – He who made a way through the sea, a path through the mighty waters. = أشعياء الفصل 43

16  هَكَذَا يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ الْجَاعِلُ فِي الْبَحْرِ طَرِيقاً وَفِي الْمِيَاهِ الْقَوِيَّةِ مَسْلَكاً.

c. 700 BC * Rotation of water between earth and sky:  Sahaif, Isaiah 55:10 – As the rain and the snow come down from heaven, without watering the earth. = أشعياء الفصل 55

10  لأَنَّهُ كَمَا يَنْزِلُ الْمَطَرُ وَالثَّلْجُ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ وَلاَ يَرْجِعَانِ إِلَى هُنَاكَ بَلْ يُرْوِيَانِ الأَرْضَ وَيَجْعَلاَنِهَا تَلِدُ وَتُنْبِتُ وَتُعْطِي زَرْعاً لِلزَّارِعِ وَخُبْزاً لِلآكِلِ

 

DISEASE & HEALTH:

c. 1500 BC * Circumcision of babies on 8th day after clotting is possible:  Tawrat, Genesis 17:11 – For the generations to come every male among you who is eight days old must be circumcised. = التكوين الفصل 17

11 فَتُخْتَنُونَ فِي لَحْمِ غُرْلَتِكُمْ فَيَكُونُ عَلامَةَ عَهْدٍ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَكُمْ.

c. 1450 BC * Not to eat meat of creatures that are scavengers:  Tawrat, Leviticus 11:8, etc. – You must not eat their meat or touch their carcasses; they are unclean for you. = اللاويين الفصل 11

8  مِنْ لَحْمِهَا لا تَاكُلُوا وَجُثَثَهَا لا تَلْمِسُوا. انَّهَا نَجِسَةٌ لَكُمْ.

c. 1450 BC * Quarantine of people with diseases:  Tawrat, Leviticus 13:13-15 – (Wherever someone is pronounced “unclean”.) = اللاويين الفصل 13

13  وَرَاى الْكَاهِنُ وَاذَا الْبَرَصُ قَدْ غَطَّى كُلَّ جِسْمِهِ يَحْكُمُ بِطَهَارَةِ الْمَضْرُوبِ. كُلُّهُ قَدِ ابْيَضَّ. انَّهُ طَاهِرٌ.
14  لَكِنْ يَوْمَ يُرَى فِيهِ لَحْمٌ حَيٌّ يَكُونُ نَجِسا.
15  فَمَتَى رَاى الْكَاهِنُ اللَّحْمَ الْحَيَّ يَحْكُمُ بِنَجَاسَتِهِ. اللَّحْمُ الْحَيُّ نَجِسٌ. انَّهُ بَرَصٌ.

c. 1450 BC * Avoidance of bacterial contamination between people:  Tawrat, Leviticus 15:19-33 – (Wherever someone is pronounced “unclean”.) = اللاويين الفصل 15

c. 1450 BC * Blood letting can kill a person:  Tawrat, Leviticus 17:14 – The life of every creature is its blood. = اللاويين الفصل 17

14  لانَّ نَفْسَ كُلِّ جَسَدٍ دَمُهُ هُوَ بِنَفْسِهِ. فَقُلْتُ لِبَنِي اسْرَائِيلَ: لا تَاكُلُوا دَمَ جَسَدٍ مَا لانَّ نَفْسَ كُلِّ جَسَدٍ هِيَ دَمُهُ. كُلُّ مَنْ اكَلَهُ يُقْطَعُ.

c. 1400 BC * Clothes can be contaminated with diseases & dead bodies:  Tawrat, Numbers 19:5-22, example-19:11 – “Whoever touches a human corpse will be unclean for seven days. 12 They must purify themselves with the water.” = العدد الفصل 19

11  «مَنْ مَسَّ مَيِّتاً مَيِّتَةَ إِنْسَانٍ مَا يَكُونُ نَجِساً سَبْعَةَ أَيَّامٍ.