Ali Sina listed out the points that he touched. He has listed about 39 points.
http://www.faithfreedom.org/debates/NaikCampbellp11.htm
I have written a thorough rebuttal to him. You can find it here.
http://www.answering-christianity.com/yahya_ahmed/dr_zakir_naik_rebuttal.htm
I am also writing point-by-point response to make things easier for the reader. Lets begin with the hypocrisy and double
standards of Ali Sina.
Ali Sina Writes:
(Ali Sina) Since Dr. Naik presented 22 out of many errors of the Bible, let me present a short list of many errors of the Quran
for him (or anyone) who cares to respond. All we need to prove that the Quran is not from God is one error while even
hundreds of errors in the Bible do not necessarily disqualify it as a message of God.
My Response:
WOW ! Hilarious indeed !! One error is sufficient to disqualify the Quran but EVEN HUNDREDS don’t necessarily disqualify
Bible from being the word of God. This is turning out to be funny. Great hypocrisy !! Praise the Bible a bit more so that
answeringislam team doesn’t despise you for copying from their site. (I’ll show you later how he copies from answeringislam)
Ali Sina Writes:
1. Verse 21:33 says the sun and the moon yasbahun. This means both of them navigate or rotate around the earth and not
around their own axis as Dr. Naik has claimed.
My Response:
The sun and the moon both revolve as well as rotate around their own axis. As Dr.Zakir Naik explained.
“The Arabic word used in the Qur’an is ‘Yasbahoon’, which describes the motion of a moving body. When it
refers to a celestial body, it means it is rotating about its own axis”
How did Ali Sina conclude that they rotate and navigate around the earth?? No where does the Quran say such a thing. This
means that they both rotate around their own axis as well as they revolve.
It indicates that both of them “rotate” as well as “revolve”.
The word “Yasbahoon” is derived from the word “sabaha” which describes the motion of a moving body. If its in water. It means
“to swim” if it is on ground it means “to walk/run” when it is talking about a celestial body it means “to rotate” or “to revolve”.
Ali Sina Writes:
2. Verse 51:47 says the universe is vast and not “expanding”. Dr. Naik is wrong on that.
My Response:
Ali Sina only quoted 3 translations to show it means “vast” but let’s read other translations of the verse of the Quran 51:47
Dr. Munir Munshey:
" With Our power and prowess, We brought into being the universe. And indeed, We expand it (steadily)!"
Muhammad Al-Hilali & Muhsin Khan:
"With power did We construct the heaven. Verily, we are Able to extend the vastness of space thereof."
Arberry:
" And heaven -- We built it with might, and We extend it wide."
Khalifa:
"We constructed the sky with our hands, and we will continue to expand it."
And if you read the translation by Muhammad Asad, it uses the same words which Dr.Zakir Naik used "Expanding Universe".
The verse reads
Muhammad Asad:
"It is we who have built the universe with [our creative] power; and, verily, it is we who are steadily expanding it."
"we are expanding it" is the translation of the plural present participle musi'una and of the verb ausa'a meaning "to make
wider, more spacious, to extend, to expand"
Ali Sina Writes:
3. The description of water cycle claimed by Muslims as miraculous is incomplete because the stage of evaporation is missing
and what Muhammad has described has been common knowledge since man became homo sapience. Dr. Naik says verse: 86:
11 talks “specifically about the capacity of heavens to return back rain” i.e. the stage of evaporation. This is clearly not so.
This verse is about the return of the firmament (sun, moon, start) that happens every 24 hours.
My Response:
What is Ali Sina actually trying to tell us here? Its not even clear. Its talking about the capacity of the heavens to return back
rain. The Quran does not mention “rain” specifically because the layer around the earth Ozonosphere besides returning back
rain also returns back other beneficial matter and energy which is required by the human beings. Lets read the different
translations of this verse
Yusuf Ali:
[086:011] By the Firmament which returns (in its round),
Dr. Munir Munshey
[086:011] (I swear) by the sky that repeatedly sends rain down.
Sher Ali:
[086:011] By the cloud which gives rain repeatedly,
Shakir:
[086:011] I swear by the rain-giving heavens,
Pickthall:
[086:011] By the heaven which giveth the returning rain,
Sale:
[086:011] By the heaven which returneth the rain;
Muhammad Al-Hilali & Muhsin Khan:
[086:011] By the sky (having rain clouds) which gives rain, again and again.
Palmer:
[086:011] By the heaven that sends back the rain!
Arberry:
[086:011] By heaven of the returning rain,
Khalifa:
[086:011] By the sky that returns (the water).
Rodwell:
[086:011] I swear by the heaven which accomplisheth its cycle,
So it is very clear from this what the verse is talking about. Even the non-Muslim translators say that it is referring to rain. Dr.
Zakir Naik gave the reason why Allah (SWT) did not mention it specifically.
So Alhumdulillah The Quran is more scientific when it mentions about the stage of evaporation.
Ali Sina Writes:
4. Dr. Naik says verse 21:30 talks about the Big Bang. I showed that this verse is actually about a pagan mythology.
My Response:
It is not talking about any pagan mythology. Ali Sina even describes that pagan mythology. The pagan mythology also says as
Ali Sina describes
"The lord rested; he gazed at the huge body, pondering how to use it, what to create from the dead carcass. He split it apart
like a cockleshell; with the upper half he constructed the arc of sky, he pulled down the bar"
The Quran denies that God rests
“Allah! There is no god but He,-the Living, the Self-subsisting, Eternal. No slumber can seize Him nor sleep” (Quran 2:255)
“ We created the heavens and the earth and all between them in Six Days, nor did any sense of weariness touch Us.” (Quran
50:38)
Where is the mention of dead carcass and other stupidity like pulling down the bar etc in the Quran??
The Quran is only talking about Big Bang.
Dr.Zakir Naik explains
“The creation of the universe is explained by astrophysicists in a widely accepted phenomenon, popularly known as the 'Big
Bang'. It is supported by observational and experimental data gathered by astronomers and astrophysicists for decades.
According to the 'Big Bang', the whole universe was initially one big mass (Primary Nebula). Then there was a 'Big Bang'
(Secondary Separation) which resulted in the formation of Galaxies. These then divided to form stars, planets, the sun, the
moon, etc. The origin of the universe was unique and the probability of it occurring by 'chance' is zero."
Ali Sina Writes:
5. Dr. Naik said that Islam is for all mankind. I showed that in verses 6:92 and 42:7 Muhammad said that he had come for the
people of Mecca and its surrounding and in verses 32:03 and 36:6 he said that he was sent to people other than those who
had already received divine guidance. According to these verses Muslims must stop propagating their faith in the Christian
West.
My Response:
Ali Sina here again quotes the verses and mispresents them. Both the verses 6:92 and 42:7 say "Mother of cities and All
Around her"
ALL around her means the full world. Mecca is the centre of the world and ALL around it is the full world. The verses of the
Quran do not prove that Islam is only for Arabs Alone.
Suppose if I say “Centre of the circle and all around it” what does that imply? It means the full circle. Similarly Mecca is the
centre of the world. When the Quran says “Mother of cities and ALL around her” it is referring to the full world.
And in other two verses Allah is saying that he has sent Muhammad (pbuh) to admonish the people to whom no guidance has
come before. Does it say that "admonish only those people to whom no Warner had been sent"?? Definitely not !!! Allah
(SWT) sends his final messenger, which is for the whole of humanity from those people, to whom a messenger had not been
sent before.
Most of the Translations translate the word 'nas' as 'mankind' in the verses which Dr.Zakir Naik quoted i.e 14:52,2:185 and 39:
41. But even if Ali Sina doesn't agree. Still other verses prove that Quran is for entire humanity. Nowhere does the Quran say
that it is only for the Arabs. He deliberately mispresented the verses he quoted to prove that.
More verses confirming Quran to be for entire humanity
"Blessed be He Who sent down the criterion (of right and wrong, i.e. this Quran) to His slave (Muhammad SAW) that he may
be a warner to the Alameen (mankind and jinns)." (Quran 25:1)
"But it is nothing less than a Message to all the worlds." (Quran 68:52)
"Verily this is no less than a Message to (all) the Worlds:" (Quran 81:27)
"And no reward you (O Muhammad SAW) ask of them (those who deny your Prophethood) for it, it(the Quran) is no less than
a Reminder and an advice unto the Alameen (men and jinns)." (Quran 12:104)
The word used in the above 4 verses is "Alameen" meaning "worlds".
Ali Sina Writes:
6. Dr. Naik claims that the Quran says ‘We have created the human beings from ‘the best part of a whole’. The truth is that the
Quran says 32:8 human progeny is made of a ‘despised fluid’ (ma-in maheenin).
My Response:
Lets read the verse.
“And made his progeny from a quintessence of the nature of a fluid despised:” (Quran 32:8)
Quintessence means
1.
the pure and concentrated essence of a substance.
2.
the most perfect embodiment of something.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/quintessence
According to Concise Oxford Dictionary “quintessence” means
“the most essential part of a substance”
So Dr.Zakir Naik was correct when he said it means “best part of the whole”.
Its just a difference in the choice of words.
Ali Sina Writes:
7. Dr. Naik claims that no one knew that skin has pain sensors and everyone used to think that pain is sensed by brain. That
is rubbish. The truth is the reverse. The function of brain in sensing pain is a recent discovery. Pain was felt where pain was
applied. In the old days people thought the function of brain is to cool down the body like a radiator and heart is the thinking
organ.
My Response:
Dr.Zakir Naik said that people did not know about pain receptors. That is True !! Pain receptors is a recent discovery. The
scientific point here is that
People did not know that if you burn a skin continuously it will lose the tendency of burning anymore. That is what doctors do
today when a patient of burn injury comes. They take a pin and prick in that area. If the patient feels pain the doctor is happy
because its a superficial burn. If the patient does not feel pain then its deep burn. That is the miraculous point about it. And we
may well ask. If this was known since ages. Then why is the discovery of pain receptors considered a recent discovery. Why
isn't it considered a discovery that was done eons ago?
Ali Sina Writes:
8. Dr. Naik claims that when the Bible says the world was created in six days it is talking about 24 hours days, while when
these same claim was plagiarized by Muhammad and rehashed in the Quran it suddenly changed its meaning to "periods of
time" or "epochs". Why a day in the Bible and a day in the Quran should be different is something only Dr. Naik knows.
Despite that the universe was not created in epochs
My Response:
Ali Sina here repeats the same nonsense that the Christians keep repeating. Dr.Zakir Naik replies to this
http://www.irf.net/irf/dtp/dawah_tech/t18/t18a/pg1.htm
The day in the bible should be interpreted as a 24-hour day because it speaks of a MORNING & EVENING. Lets take one
example here
"3 And God said, "Let there be light," and there was light. 4 God saw that the light was good, and He separated the light from
the darkness. 5 God called the light "day," and the darkness he called "night." And there was evening, and there was
morning—the first day." (Genesis 1:3-5)
The Quran does not speak of evening and morning when describing the days. Therefore, the Biblical verses refer to six 24-
hour days whereas the Quranic verses refer to 6 eons i.e very long periods and scientists do not take any exception to this
but the Biblical verses are not compatible with science as they speak of six 24-hour days.
Ali Sina Writes:
9. The definition of embryology in the Quran 23:12-14 is wrong. Nutfa (sperm) does not become embryo (which in the Qur'an
is erroneously called Alaqa, a congealed clot of blood). The role of the female egg in Quranic embryology is missing. And
bones are not formed before the flesh. Just to mention two of several errors in these verses.
My Response:
Let me remind you of something before I proceed with the response.
Ali Sina has not quoted a single Medical book to back any of his claims on embryology.
Nutfa means “minute quantity of liquid” or “sperm” as Ali Sina describes. Then the Quran says “We made that nutfa into alaqa
Alaqa also means “something which clings” or “leech like” substance.
The Quran is describing the stages of embryology based on appearance. Embryo does in the initial stages look like a leech.
This is the photograph that Dr.Zakir Naik showed.
http://www.islam-guide.com/ch1-1-a.htm
Regarding the female egg.
I am hearing it for the first time in my life. Ali Sina again hasn’t given any proof of it.
I want him to quote a single book on embryology, which says so.
Not a book written by him or any of his clowns.
Ali Sina Writes:
10. 10.5, 25.61 and 71.16 say that both the Moon and the Sun are lamps “emitting light”. Dr. Naik simply lies when he says
Nur is reflected light. Nur is direct light and Munir is an object that emits light not something that reflects light.
My Response:
The Quran no where mentions them to be lamps. This is a LIE. The Holy Quran differentiates between the sunlight and
moonlight.
In the words of Dr.Zakir Naik
“The Arabic word for Sun is ‘Shams’. It's always described either as ‘Siraj’ meaning a torch, or ‘Wahaj’ meaning a blazing lamp,
or ‘Diya’ – ‘meaning a shining glory’. The Moon - the Arabic word is ‘Qamar’. It's always described as ‘Munir’, meaning
borrowed light or ‘Noor’, which is a reflection of light.”
Ali Sina doesn’t agree that “noor” means reflected light. He goes on to quote various verses of the Quran where the word
“noor” is used. I’ll just quote few of them here.
2:257
He bringeth them out of darkness into light
4:174
We have sent down unto you a clear light
5:15
There hath come to you from God a (new) light
5:44
We did reveal the Torah, wherein is guidance and a light
In all these verses we see that “light” is referred to as guidance. The guidance, which is reflected by Allah (SWT) on human
beings. Nowhere in the entire Quran is “munir” or “noor” used for something that emanates light or something that has its own
light.
Muhammad Asad the famous translator and commentator explains:
“He is is who has made the sun a [source of] radiant light and the moon a light [reflected]” (Quran 10:5)
Footnote #10
“The nouns diya and nur are often interchangeable, inasmuch as both denote “light”; but many philologists are of the opinion
that the term diya (or daw’) has a more intensive connotation, and is used to describe “a light which subsists by itself, as that
of the sun and fire” – that is , a source of light- while nur signifies “a light that subsists by some other thing” (Lane V, 1809, of
the authority of Taj al-Arus): in other words, light due to an extraneous source or – as in the case of the moon – reflected light”
Still if one doesn’t agree I want to know why is there not one place in the Holy Quran where moonlight is described as Siraj’
meaning a torch, or ‘Wahaj’ meaning a blazing lamp, or ‘Diya’ – ‘meaning a shining glory’??
Why is there not a single place where sunlight is described as “munir” or “ noor”??
The reason is that the author of the Quran who is the All-Knowing Creator of this universe knows the difference between the
two lights.
The above explanation is sufficient to prove that the light of the moon is not its own light but it’s reflected light.
Ali Sina Writes:
11. 18:86 says… ‘Until, when he [Zulqarnain] reached the setting of the sun, he found it set in a spring of murky water’. Dr.
Nail lies when he says this “appeared” to him. If it was only the appearance then such a thing can appear to anyone,
anywhere; why mention Alexander? Alexander had become a legend and common folks believed that he had conquered the
world from “one end to another”. Only he, who had been to both ends of the world, could have witnessed this amazing
phenomenon of rising and setting the sun in murky waters. These are the waters/oceans that the ancient folk believed
surround the dray land.
My Response:
The verses mention “Zulqarnain” not “Alaxander”. If some commentator makes a mistake then he is wrong not Allah.
Dr.Zakir Naik did not lie when he said it means “appeared”
Dr.Zakir Naik made it very clear when he said “One is this way, according to Muhammad Asad”
Lets read the translation of Muhammad Asad on this verse :
“ [And he marched westwards] till, when he came to the setting of the sun," it appeared to him that it was setting in a dark,
turbid sea;" and nearby he found a people [given to every kind of wrongdoing].” (Quran 18:86)
For the detailed response to this so-called “error” refer to this beautiful article by answering-christianity
http://www.answering-christianity.com/sunrise_sunset.htm
Ali Sina Writes:
12. 86.4 implies that stars are protectors of people. This is fairytale.
My Response:
Lets read the verses and reveal the deception of Ali Sina.
[086:001] By the Sky and the Night-Visitant (therein);-
[086:002] And what will explain to thee what the Night-Visitant is?-
[086:003] (It is) the Star of piercing brightness;-
[086:004] There is no soul but has a protector over it. (Quran 86:1-4)
Where do these verses say that star is the protector??
In the first verse Allah (SWT) is swearing by the Sky and Night-Visitant and in verse 2-3 He is describing what Night-Visitant is
and in verse four it says “There is no soul but has a protector over it.” Where does the verse say that the star is the
protector? Allah (SWT) is swearing by the sky and Night-Visitant that there is no soul but has a protector over it.
If this is a mistake by Ali Sina then its inexcusable and if its deliberate then its devilish!!
Ali Sina Writes:
13. 86.7 says sperms proceed from between the backbone and the ribs. This is wrong.
My Response:
Yes, It may be wrong according to the Scientific discoveries done by Ali Sina and his clowns. The scientists do not disagree
with that.
The verses read :
“"Now let man but think From what he is created! He is created from A drop emitted --- Proceeding from between The back
bone and the ribs." (Quran 86:5-7)
In embryonic stages, the reproductive organs of the male and female, i.e. the testicles and the ovaries, begin their
development near the kidney between the spinal column and the eleventh and twelfth ribs. Later they descend; the female
gonads(ovaries) stop in the pelvis while the male gonads(testicles) continue their descent before birth to reach the scrotum
through the inguinal canal. Even in the adult after the descent of the reproductive organ, these organs receive their nerve
supply and blood supply from the Abdominal Aorta, which is in the area between the back bone(spinal column) and the ribs.
Even the lymphatic drainage and the venous return goes to the same area.
Taken from : http://www.answering-christianity.com/embryology.htm
Ali Sina Writes:
14. Will people be raised from dead on the Last Day to receive their punishment and rewards 6.36, 7.57, 2.260, 21.21, 30.50,
35.9, 43.11, 72.7, or do they receive it right after their death? 3.169
My Response:
Lets read the verses.
“Those who listen (in truth), be sure, will accept: as to the dead, God will raise them up; then will they be turned unto Him.”
(Quran 6:36)
“It is He Who sendeth the winds like heralds of glad tidings, going before His mercy: when they have carried the heavy-laden
clouds, We drive them to a land that is dead, make rain to descend thereon, and produce every kind of harvest therewith: thus
shall We raise up the dead: perchance ye may remember.” (Quran 7:57)
“Behold! Abraham said: "My Lord! Show me how Thou givest life to the dead." He said: "Dost thou not then believe?" He said:
"Yea! but to satisfy My own undertaking." He said: "Take four birds; Tame them to turn to thee; put a portion of them on every
hill and call to them: They will come to thee (Flying) with speed. Then know that God is Exalted in Power, Wise." (Quran 2:260)
“Or have they taken (for worship) gods from the earth who can raise (the dead)?” (Quran 21:21)
“Then contemplate (O man!) the memorials of God's Mercy!- how He gives life to the earth after its death: verily the same will
give life to the men who are dead: for He has power over all things.” (Quran 30:50)
“It is God Who sends forth the Winds, so that they raise up the Clouds, and We drive them to a land that is dead, and revive
the earth therewith after its death: even so (will be) the Resurrection!” (Quran 35:9)
“That sends down (from time to time) rain from the sky in due measure;- and We raise to life therewith a land that is dead;
even so will ye be raised (from the dead);-“ (Quran 43:11)
“And they (came to) think as ye thought, that God would not raise up any one (to Judgment).” (Quran 72:7)
The supposed contradictory verse:
“ Think not of those who are slain in God's way as dead. Nay, they live, finding their sustenance in the presence of their Lord;”
(Quran 3:169)
Does one find any contradiction?
Do the above verses say that they will only be raised on the day of judgment? The final recompense of everyone will be on the
day of judgement.
“Every soul shall have a taste of death: And only on the Day of Judgment shall you be paid your full recompense” (Quran 3:
185)
Allah (SWT) pay punish some people before the day of judgment. Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) spoke of the stage between the
Hereafter and this life.
In 3:169 when Allah says “They are alive” does not mean physically Alive. The verse is in the context. When the pagans
thought that the people who died by fighting in the way of Allah have gone in a loss. So in that context it says that they are
Alive meaning they have their reward with Allah and they are not in any kind of loss. Prophet (pbuh) and his companions also
offered prayers (Salat) for those who died in the way of Allah.
Do Muslims offer the prayer which we offer when a person dies for the person who is Alive?? No !
So it is not talking about being physically alive but spiritually and they have their reward with Allah.
Ali Sina Writes:
15. 31:10 says “He set on the earth mountains standing firm, lest it should shake with you”. Mountains do not stop the earth
from shaking with us. It is ludicrous to say if mountains were not there the earth would have shaken by people walking on it.
My Response:
The Quran says
“….He set on the earth mountains standing firm, lest it should shake with you;” (Quran 31:10)
Mountains stabilize the earth’s crust. The geologists confirm that including Dr.Frank Press. For details refer to this.
http://www.islam-guide.com/frm-ch1-1-b.htm
Ali Sina Writes:
16. 78:7 says mountains are like tent pegs or stakes. This is false.
My Response:
False according to scientific discoveries done by Ali Sina.
Mountains do have deep roots
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