Between 1760 and 1766 Joseph Koelreuter carried out various plant breeding experiments. During this period he was the first western scientists to discover the role played by wind in flower pollination. However, many centuries before this, Muslims were already aware of this fact as it had been revealed in the Quran.
"We (Allah) send the
pollinating winds" (The Quran - Al-Hijr 15:22)
So far, this is the least stupid miracle I know of.
Anybody know why it is stupid
i would have thought it is a simple observation to make, but apparrantely it was controversial in 1694 for Camararius to say that pollen is even involved.
Where did you get that word "pollinating winds" dr_sloth ? I mean whose translation??
let me put as many translation as I ahve on my my hard disk..(In fact I have more...)
Verse 015.022YUSUFALI: And We send the fecundating winds, then cause the rain to descend from the sky, therewith providing you with water (in abundance), though ye are not the guardians of its stores.
PICKTHAL: And We send the winds fertilising, and cause water to descend from the sky, and give it you to drink. It is not ye who are the holders of the store thereof.
SHAKIR: And We send the winds fertilizing, then send down water from the cloud so We give it to you to drink of, nor is it you who store it up.
Ahmed Raza Khan: Mohammed Aqib Qadri: And We sent the winds that relieve the clouds' burden, therefore caused water to descend from the sky, then give it to you to drink; and you are not at all its treasurers.
Mufti Muhammad Taqi Uthamani: And We sent forth winds carrying the clouds, then sent down water from the sky and gave it to you to drink, and you are not able to store it.
Royal All-al Bayat Institute Translation: And We send the winds as fertilisers, and send down out of the heaven water so that We give it to you to drink, for you are not the storers thereof.
Ibrahim Walk:And We have sent the fertilizing winds and sent down water from the sky and given you drink from it. And you are not its retainers.
KHALIFA: And we send the winds as pollinators, and cause water to come down from the sky for you to drink. Otherwise, you could not keep it palatable.
Muhammad Ahmed and Samira: And We sent the winds/breezes (as) pollinators*\³AÌ» , so We descended from the sky water, so We gave it to you to drink, and you are not for it with storing.
LAYTH SALEH AL-SHAIBAN: We have sent the winds to pollinate, and We sent down water from the sky for you to drink. It is not you who store it up.
Brainless and brain washed Fools make out all sorts of science out of silly statements from that book, including evolution .. big bang theory.. bang bang liquid from ribs and what not.
That word pollinators is not there in Quran.. it is is added. I think it is started by that smart guy dr. Chemist .. The Quran number guy.. who was Murdered in US of A ..
That is nonsense., What Quran writer did was simply make rhyming words in Arabic to sing a song..
It is like ..
"We sent down winds across the sky.. carrying the heavy could and we send down the water from sky".. .....something like that ..
There is no miracle in that verse. What you have is a statement on wind and rain clouds that every human being knew from million or so years. Forget humans, even animal in African jungles know when rain is going to come. And these Quranic writers made some rhythmic words in Arabic to sing a song and praise that allah. And..and fools in 20th century make that as miracle..
well what can we do?? nothing.. Mock them and move on..
Topic: wind pollenation miracle