Maurice Bucaille was a French medical doctor, member of the French Society of Egyptology, and an author. Bucaille practiced medicine from 1945鈥�82 and was a specialist in gastroenterology. In 1973, Bucaille was appointed family physician to King Faisal of Saudi Arabia. Another of his patients at the time included members of the family of then President of Egypt, Anwar Sadat.
Wow! Wow! Wow! There's so many books out there regarding science in Islam but usually they just don't go into enough depth for me. As a revert to Islam I spent many years researching, questioning, debating different religions. I was often told the Quran revealed scientific matters that weren't even known then.BUT sadly I don't read Arabic and the English translations of the Quran really don't show how clear this really is. The first section of the book shows how the Bible has been changed and added to. How things scientifically are false. I did read this fully but to be honest after studying the bible, most of this I already knew so found it rather boring. However I loved the comparison between the bible and Quran. Now the next bit regarding the science in the Quran actually blew my mind! The reason being this book actually describes in detail the various meanings of the Arabic words and this actually is a BIG DEAL. It shows categorically that scientific matters unknown at that time are WITHOUT A DOUBT in the Quran. Not just Muslims seeing what they want to see. But true! I defy anyone to read this book and not be astounded! Yes its not always an easy read but definitely worth the effort!
A Christian pointing out flaws in the bible and defending Islam? What a surprise!
Anyway. I read it 6 years ago (when I was 15 and obsessed with Islam)and reread it today. This book examines the bible and the Quran in the scientific context, and bases the book on the claim that the bible has been adulterated and contains scientific fallacies, while the Quran is in its original form and does not seem to contradict Science.
The book is categorically divided into a variety of prophecies and scientific facts that are presented as true in these two scriptures.
Now, my issue with this book is that despite it being very well-written and backed by his research, religious scriptures are all INTERPRETED. They do not have EXPLICIT VERSES that state things like "the world is made of atoms" or "evolution exists". All of it has to be INFERRED from the verses, and thus you always have to wonder how much Bucaille is reading into the scientific facts he is uncovering in the scriptures. I can't say anything about the biblical fallacies. There are countless amongst them.
Examples: 1. Astronomy in the Quran- "God is the one who created the night and the day, the sun and the moon. Each one is traveling in an orbit with its own motion." Bucaille interpretes this as a sure sign that the Quran knew about planetary orbits through times when people thought they stood still. He claims nobody of that time could have imagined it.
However, from a simplistic point of view, the people of that time clearly saw the sun and moon moving across the skies. It could just mean that.
2. Evolution in Quran- "We made from water every living thing." Bucaille interprets this as knowledge that life evolved from single-cell organisms in water, as per science. However, once again, water is seen as a source of life due to its importance to the human body. And every living thing needs water.
3. Formation of the Universe and Multiple Earths Let me give you an example involving excerpts. On page 136, the book quotes the Quran (verses 9-12 sura 41) as saying "...Moreover he turned to heaven when it was smoke and said to it and the earth: come willingly or unwillingly! They said: we come in willing obedience. Then He ordained them seven heavens in two periods, and He assigned to each heaven its mandate by Revelation. And we adorned the lower heaven with luminaries and provided it a guard.."
Bucaille states from this that the quran is referring to "the initially gaseous state of celestial matter", claiming "this is how the word smoke (dukan) must be interpreted". Then he says that "The Greeks and Romans have also used the number 7 to mean an undefined idea of plurality" (there are no sources or explanation cited here) and from this, states that the number 7 means "many". He further goes on to say that this means the Quran is referring to multiple planet Earths, each of which received a revelation. ("Since 7 indicates plurality (as we have seen), it is possible to conclude that the Quranic text clearly indicates the existence of more than one single Earth" pg 141)
I don't know about you guys, but that seems to be stretching it. I'd also like to mention that Bucaille talks about his claims as possible conclusions, not as facts.
Anyway, to conclude, it's an interesting book, but it can make no definitive claims. Give it a read. But don't expect shocking divine revelations. If you approach it with an open mind you may sometimes be mildly surprised at what's presented to you.
Great book with a lot of historical and scientific comparisons from the Bible and Qur'an. I recommend that everyone read this book and reflect upon what is proven.
Maurice Bucaille memulai risetnya dengan sikap yang netral terhadap ketiga kitab suci (Perjanjian Lama, Perjanjian Baru dan Al-Qur'an), dan ia cukup berhasil melaksanakan tugasnya sebagai peneliti. Meski demikian, sejak awal Bucaille telah mempertunjukkan kekecewaannya pada Perjanjian Lama dan Perjanjian Baru, atau lebih tepatnya pada para ahli Kristen dan Yahudi yang meneliti kedua kitab ini, karena begitu banyaknya kesalahan dan penyimpangan yang dengan sengaja disembunyikan, atau ditutupi dengan pembenaran yang memalukan. Ungkapan-ungkapan kekecewaan yang dilontarkannya dengan gamblang memang wajar, karena sebagai orang yang lahir dan besar di Eropa, Bucaille sejak kecil didoktrin untuk mempercayai keaslian kedua kitab tersebut.
Bucaille cukup berhasil pula dalam memahami bahwa Al-Qur'an bukanlah kitab sains, meskipun di dalamnya kita jumpai banyak ayat yang hanya bisa dipahami sepenuhnya dengan pemahaman sains yang komprehensif yang hanya bisa kita dapatkan di jaman modern. Bucaille juga menggarisbawahi kenyataan bahwa seringkali Al-Qur'an tidak menjelaskan detil dari suatu fenomena atau kejadian sejarah, namun penjelasannya cukup bisa untuk dipercaya. Berbeda dengan Perjanjian Lama dan Perjanjian Baru yang memuat detil-detil kejadian yang sekilas nampak menakjubkan, namun setelah diteliti justru sangat kontradiktif.
Nilai terpenting dari buku ini barangkali bukan pada penelitian kecocokan Al-Qur'an dengan data-data ilmiah modern, karena sejak dahulu ilmuwan Muslim tak pernah mengalami kesulitan mengembangkan ilmu pengetahuan di bawah bimbingan Al-Qur'an. Bukan pula pada penonjolan bukti-bukti yang menunjukkan kontradiksi dalam kitabnya orang Yahudi dan Kristen. Hemat saya, buku ini memiliki nilai penting bagi para pembaca di Barat dan Timur untuk memahami betapa hebatnya propaganda untuk memusuhi Islam. Bagi orang-orang di Barat, buku ini mungkin bisa membuka mata mereka dari tipuan para 'cendekiawan' yang memusuhi Islam. Bagi orang-orang di Timur, terutama umat Muslim, buku ini bisa memberikan banyak informasi menarik seputar penyelewengan data, terutama dalam hal penelitian Al-Qur'an yang digelar oleh ahli-ahli di Barat.
Satu-satunya kelemahan, barangkali, adalah pada pemahaman Bucaille terhadap hadits. Bucaille memahami hadits sebagai wahyu yang memiliki kelemahan seperti Perjanjian Lama dan Perjanjian Baru, karena wahyu-wahyu tersebut tidak dicatat dalam bentuk tulisan oleh pendengar pertamanya. Masalah ini sebenarnya sudah dibahas oleh Syaikh Al-A'zhami, untuk menjawab pandangan yang sama yang juga telah dikemukakan oleh kalangan orientalis. Meski demikian, kesalahan tersebut mungkin bisa ditolerir, karena buku ini memang secara khusus membahas tiga kitab suci, dan bukannya kitab hadits atau hadits secara umum.
Bagaimana pun, Bucaille telah berhasil menangkis berbagai tuduhan terhadap Al-Qur'an. Buku ini telah menunjukkan betapa Al-Qur'an tidak mengikuti pola yang dilakukan oleh Perjanjian Lama dan Perjanjian Baru, dan karenanya, ia tak mungkin dituduh sebagai kitab jiplakan. Bucaille juga berulang kali membuktikan bahwa Al-Qur'an tak mungkin dikarang oleh Nabi Muhammad saw. atau manusia mana pun yang hidup di jaman itu, karena pengetahuan yang ada di dalamnya benar-benar melangkahi kepercayaan-kepercayaan menyimpang pada jamannya. Pada akhirnya, Bucaille mengajak para pembacanya untuk mengakui bahwa "there's no human explanation for Al-Qur'an"
The fundamental difference in the scriptures of Christianity and Islam is the fact that Christianity does not have a text which is both revealed and written down. Islam, however, has the Quran which fits their description. The Christian Revelation is based on numerous indirect human accounts. The Quran deals with many subjects of interest to science far more in fact than the Bible. We must note the contrast between the rich abundance of information on a given subject in the Quranic Revelation and the modesty of the other two revelations (Bible and Torah) on the same subject. Quran did not contain a single statement that was assailable from a modern scientific point of view.
What strikes us is when we realize Biblical contradictions and incompatibilities with well-established scientific date how specialists studying the texts either pretend to be unaware of them or else draw attention to these defects then try to camouflage them with dialectic acrobatics. From the very beginning, Islam directed people to cultivate science; the application of this percept brought with it the prodigious strides in science taken during the great era of Islamic civilization from which before the Renaissance, the West itself benefited.
The Old Testament is a collection of works of greatly differing length and many different genres. They were written in several languages over a period of more than nine hundred years based on oral traditions. The Old Testament appears as a literary monument to the Jewish people from its origin to the coming of Christianity. Torah is the Semitic name. The Greek expression which in English gives us 'Pentateuch' designates a work in five parts; Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy. These were to form the five primary elements of the collection of thirty nine volumes that makes up the Old Testament.
The Pentateuch is shown to be formed from various traditions brought together more or less skillfully by its authors. The latter sometimes juxtaposed their compilations and sometimes adapted the stories for the sake of synthesis. They allowed improbabilities and disagreements to appear in the texts, however which have led modern man to the objective study of the sources. Genesis was adapted at least twice over a period of not less than three centuries it is hardly surprising to find improbabilities or descriptions that are incompatible with reality.
The majority of Christians believe that the Gospels were written by direct witnesses of the life of Jesus and therefore constitute unquestionable evidence concerning the events highlighting His life and preachings. The Gospel are texts which "are suitable for various circles, meet the needs of the Church, explain observations on the Scriptures, correct errors and even on occasion answer adversaries' objections. Thus the evangelists each according to his own outlook have collected and recorded in writing the material given to them by the oral tradition".
Quran while inviting us to cultivate science, itself contains many observations on natural phenomena and includes explanatory details which are seen to be in total agreement with modern scientific data. Thanks to the undisputed authenticity, the text of the Quran hold a unique place among the books of Revelation shared neither by the Old or the New Testament. The Quran was written down at the time of the Prophet. Although not all the questions raised by the descriptions in the Quran have been completely confirmed by scientific data, there is in any case absolutely no opposition between the data in the Quran on the creation and modern knowledge on the formation of the Universe.
It is moreover perfectly legitimate not only to regard the Quran as the expression of a Revelation but also to award it a very special place, on account of the guarantee of authenticity it provides and the presence in it of scientific statements which when studied today appear as a challenge to explanation in human terms.
There will always be at least something to judge in Bible and Torah but there will never be one thing you can judge in quran; no matter what.
Perfectionism exist in only in two thing in this world and it's Qur'an and the Islamic religion.
The book basically explains the relation of the following books (quran, Torah, and Bible) with the modern science and proves that Qur'an matches nowadays science while the other two books do not.
Thank you Allah for choosing me to be one of your servants 馃檹馃徎鈾ワ笍 丕賱丨賲丿賱賱賴 毓賱賶 賳毓賲丞 丕賱廿爻賱丕賲
I read in English but the review will be written in Indonesian Languange
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Saat menjelang detik-detik tahun baru kemarin saya menghabiskan waktu dirumah sambil berkontemplasi diri apakah yang saya ingin capai di tahun 2017? Pada akhirnya dari semuanya yang terpenting saya ingin menjadi pribadi dan muslimah yang lebih baik dan lebih mengenal agamanya.
Saya tidak tahu tepatnya tangan saya tiba-tiba tertuju dengan video youtube yang mengenai penggalian makam mumi Fir'aun di Mesir dan disini terdapat Profesor yang berasal dari perancis bernama Maurice Bucaile. Dikisahkan Profesor ini terkejut ketika mendapati Mumi si Fir'aun ini masih utuh meski sudah meninggal beribu-ribu tahun lamanya dan menganalisis bahwa sebab kematiannya disebabkan tenggelam di laut karena banyaknya kandungan garam di dalam tubuhnya. Beliau merasa keheranan akan hal itu tetapi koleganya yang muslim berkomentar "Kamu tidak perlu terkejut semuanya memang sudah disebutkan didalam Al-Qur'an, Kawan" lalu disaat itu saya teringat akan kisah Nabi Musa A.S dan Fir'aun. Saya ingat kalau ketika Fir'aun dan pasukannya mengejar Nabi Musa A.S sampai di laut merah Nabi Musa A.S mengetukkan tongkatnya dan seketika lautpun terbelah menjadi dua sehingga Nabi Musa A.S dan kaumnya yang beriman bisa melewati laut itu dengan mudah. Akan tetapi ketika Fir'aun dan pasukannya melewati laut itu dengan izin Allah SWT laut itu tertutup kembali dan akhirnya Fir'aun tenggelam di laut merah.
Yang membuat bulu kuduk saya merinding dan juga Profesor Maurice Bucaile bertanya-tanya bagaimana mungkin Al-Qur'an sebagai kitab suci yang diturunkan beribu-ribu tahun sebelumnya sudah meramalkan kejadian Fir'aun tenggelam di laut dan menjanjikan bahwa mayat Fir'aun akan utuh agar untuk diambil pelajaran bagi kita semua? Profesor Maurice akhirnya memeluk agama islam setelah mengetahui hal ini
Q.S Al-Yunus : 92 "Maka pada hari ini Kami selamatkan badanmu supaya kamu dapat menjadi pelajaran bagi orang-orang yang datang sesudahmu dan sesungguhnya kebanyakan dari manusia lengah dari tanda-tanda kekuasaan Kami
Berbekal hal itulah saya akhirnya mengetahui bahwa Profesor Maurice Bucaile ini mengeluarkan buku mengenai Kaitan Al-Qur'an dan ilmu Sains. Tidak bisa dipungkiri bahwa Agama dan Ilmu Sains harus berjalan berdampingan. Menurut Albert Einstein, Agama tanpa ilmu adalah buta, Ilmu tanpa agama adalah lumpuh. Profesor Maurice Bucaile mencari tahu jawabannya keabsahan Al-Qur'an, Perjanjian lama dan Perjanjian Baru terhadap sains.
Lagi-lagi saya dibuat terpesona dan tidak henti-hentinya mengucapkan Masya Allah.. Betapa tidak kita selalu lupa bahwa Alam semesta ini ada penciptanya, peredaran tata orbit planet, matahari dan bulan, air adalah hal yang penting untuk semua makhluk hidup, organ reproduksi manusia dan ilmu astronomi semuanya sudah diatur didalam Ayat Al-Qur'an. Bagaimana mungkin segala hal ilmu pengetahuan yang manusia temukan didalam beberapa abad ini sudah ada jawabannya didalam Al-Qur'an yang diturunkan beribu-ribu tahun sebelumnya?
It's astounding to note that the author was the one to discover the body of the Pharoah who pursued Moses during an investigation of the mummy's death that revealed it had drowned in the sea. He immediately pronounced his findings but was surprised to be told that the Arab world had known of this for sometime, from the Qur'an surah Yusuf:92 in which God proclaims that He will rescue Pharoah's body and preserve it for all to see and become a sign for mankind. Allahu akbar!
Maurice Bucaille was a Muslim Frenchman who was the physician for the family of King Faisal. Here, he presents his study of the Gospels and finds contradictions and scientific inaccuracies. When he discovers the Quran, he finds a book that indicates divinity, as it is filled with the contrary. Not only is it free of contradiction, it also explains things that were only discovered by scientists in the 19th century, but revealed 1400 years before the advent of modern science (and preserved until now).
Some may claim that these facts were created or guessed by Muhammad 锓�, however, it is unfathomable to guess correctly the order of man's creation from a single sperm cell and the fertilisation of the egg, which follows sexual intercourse, leading to the formation of a fetus. Not only that, many processes like rain and the alternation of day and night are referred to, and those mentions made of creation were not found to be in dispute with what we know of science today. Though, they very clearly disagreed with the science of the time of revelation and would not have been common discussion in Arabia at that time or for many centuries after.
Bucaile explains all of that and much more. He does have some potentially controversial views on hadith but the man is not alive and so, there is no way to know more than his correct conclusion that the collections of hadith are not equal to the Quran, especially in its absolute authenticity, and some can be argued against - a science within Islam in itself.
Nonetheless, we know that he passed away as a Muslim. It is very rare that I praise works by the French, but this is important in the discourse between Islam and Christianity and science.
Pertama membaca terjemahan buku ini ketika saya duduk di kelas satu SMA. Membaca buku ini benar-benar memberikan saya keyakinan utuh bahwa Al Quran adalah kalam Allah yang tak bisa terbantahkan oleh ilmu pengetahuan. Walaupun umur saya masih belasan tahun waktu itu, tapi keingintahuan saya yang besar tentang Tuhan, alam, dunia, galaksi dan gugusan bintang sangatlah tinggi, apalagi tentang proses penciptaan manusia. Buku ini sudah cukup memberikan jawaban atas imajinasi saya waktu itu.Tidak berhenti disini, lagi-lagi rasa penasaran saya yang tinggi membuat saya mencari tahu apa yang terkandung di dalam bibel / injil dan orientasinya dengan ilmu pengetahuan. Kebetulan di rumah saya waktu itu tinggal saudara yang beragama nasrani. Saya buka lembar perlembar injil tersebut, membacanya, menelusurinya dan mengaitkannya tentang secuil pengetahuan saya yang waktu itu masih berumur "kencur". Menutup kitab tersebut sambil tersenyum....alhamdulillah alquran is way of my life and islam is my dien :)
L'auteur compare au fil des pages plusieurs r茅cits de la Bible avec ceux du Coran. Cela rend compte de l'existence des diff茅rences fondamentales entre les affirmations bibliques scientifiquement inacceptables et des 茅nonc茅s coraniques en parfaite concordance avec les donn茅es de la science moderne. 脡tant riche en informations, ce livre reste tr猫s accessible 脿 tout le monde, sp茅cialement aux n茅ophytes.