Self-Evident Miracles of the Holy Qur'an (9)

Self-Evident Miracles of the Holy Qur'an (9)

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'So this day We will save you in body that you may be to those who succeed you a sign. And indeed, many among the people, of Our signs, are heedless' (Qur'an 10:92)

 

One of the most intriguing predictions made by the Qur'an concerns a Pharaoh of Egypt, called Merneptah (Minepath), who was the son of Rameses II. According to historical records, this Pharaoh (ruler) was drowned in pursuit of Moses (peace be upon him) in the Red Sea. When the Qur'an was revealed, the only other mention of Pharaoh was in the Bible, the sole reference to his having drowned being the book of Exodus: 'And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, and all the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them, there remained not so much as one of them' (Exodus 14:28).

Amazingly, when this was all the world knew about the drowning of Pharaoh, the Qur'an produced the above astounding revelation. How extraordinary this verse must have appeared when it was revealed. At that time no one knew that the Pharaoh's body was really intact. It was a Professor Loret who in 1898, was the first to find the mummified remains of the Pharaoh who lived in the Moses' (peace be upon him) day. For 3000 years the corpse had remained wrapped in a sheet in the Tomb of the Necropolis at Thebes where Loret had found it, until July 8, 1907, when Elliot Smith uncovered it and subjected it to proper scientific examination. In 1912 he published a book titled 'The Royal Mummies'. His research had proved that the mummy discovered by Loret was indeed that of the Pharaoh who 'knew Moses (peace be upon him), resisted his pleas, pursued him as he took flight, and lost his life in the process'. His earthly remains were saved by the Will of God from destruction to become a sign to mankind, as is written in the Qur'an.

In 1975, Prof. Maurice Bucaille, a member of the French Academy of Sciences, made a detailed examination of the Pharaoh's mummy which by then had been taken to Cairo. His findings led him to write in astonishment and acclaim: 'Those who seek among modern data for proof of the Holy Scriptures will find a magnificent illustration of the verses of the Qur'an dealing with the Pharaoh's body by visiting the Royal Mummies Room of the Egyptian Museum, Cairo!' 

As early as the seventh century C.E, the Qur'an had asserted that the Pharaoh's body was preserved as a sign for mankind, but it was only in the 19^th century that the body's discovery gave concrete proof of this prediction. What further proof is needed that the Qur'an is the Word of God? Certainly, there is no book like it, among the works of men.

 

Glory be to God!