RE: Speed of light in Quran?

2005-11-18 Thread Max Jasper
Qur'an 32:5 testifies to the progressive revelation of God to mankind through His Manifestations Who appear nearly once every 1000 years. | |http://www.geocities.com/speed_of_light_quran/ | |http://www.speed-light.info/angels_speed_of_light.htm | |http://www.islamicity.com/Science/960703A.SHTML |

RE: Speed of Light

2005-11-18 Thread Susan Maneck
May I request Dr. Khazeh Fannanapazir and other friends in this forum to shed some light onto the verse of Quran and the conclusion that this Egyptian scholar is trying to prove. Dear Firouz, Now that my sides have stopped hurting perhaps I can take your question a little more seriously. I

Re: Speed of Light

2005-11-18 Thread Gilberto Simpson
Personally, I don't think I would say it is a Christian thing v. a Muslim thing. Many Muslims from certain backgrounds are still dealing with the effects of colonialism and Western science and technology. I think that coming out of a situation like that, it would make sense that they would find

Re: Speed of light in Quran?

2005-11-18 Thread M Chase
A quick calculation suggests that the magnitude is very consistent with the speed of light, but the resulting units make no sense at all, suggesting that it may only be a coincidence. Diameter of the earth = 7926//2 = 3963 miles radius Diameter of the moon = 2260/2 = 1130 miles radius Distance

Re: Sign of God on Earth

2005-11-18 Thread Brent Poirier
As already posted, the Master uses the term Sign of God once in His Will and Testament, to show the station of Shoghi Effendi. In the original, Sign of God is ayat Allah, generally written in the West as Ayatollah. Yes, one more beautiful Arabic word hijacked by extremists, along with Party of

RE: Speed of light in Quran?

2005-11-18 Thread Susan Maneck
I forwarded this post to my son, Neil, who loves physics. This was his response: *laughs*. And God loses points for mathematically accuracy. Even if you do the calculation as they spell it out, it's still off by a little more than 60 million meters per second. (which isn't as much as it sounds,

RE: Speed of Light

2005-11-18 Thread Susan Maneck
By the same token, there are both Christians and Muslims who believe in something like creation science. Dear Gilberto, I've known more Muslim who try and read evolution into the Qur'an rather than argue for creationism. warmest, Susan The information contained in this e-mail and any

Re: Speed of light in Quran?

2005-11-18 Thread M Chase
It was a quick calculation for fun; I am glad he enjoyed it. Obviously, this doesn't make sense, which is what I showed. By the way, I pointed out the speed as 300,000 km/sec, which is equivalent to 300 million meters per second and distance and speed are related by the lunar month of 27.3

Re: Sign of God on Earth

2005-11-18 Thread Sandra
Dear Brent, In response to your self-questioning: "...Party of God, a term the Master uses in the Tablets of the Divine Plan (Hizb'u'llah now generally transliterated Hezbollah) among others. Hmm. Now I can't find that phrase in those Tablets. Is my memory playing tricks on me? Could

Re: Speed of light in Quran?

2005-11-18 Thread Gilberto Simpson
On 11/18/05, M Chase [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A quick calculation suggests that the magnitude is very consistent with the speed of light, but the resulting units make no sense at all, suggesting that it may only be a coincidence. It's not so much that they don't make sense. It's more a matter

RE: Speed of Light

2005-11-18 Thread Firouz
Hasan Elias: Thank Firouz for the information, I found it very interesting. Dear Hasan, But do you agree with such an interpretation of Quran to prove that speed of light is indirectly mentioned in this holy book, or similar claims from other holy scriptures?

RE: Speed of Light

2005-11-18 Thread Hasan Elias
Firouz [EMAIL PROTECTED] escribi:Dear Hasan,But do you agree with such an interpretation of Quran to prove that speed of light is indirectly mentioned in this holy book, or similar claims from other holy scriptures?Regards, Firouz Hi Firouz,No, I dont agree a! t all;

RE: Speed of Light

2005-11-18 Thread Hasan Elias
Firouz [EMAIL PROTECTED] escribi:Dear Hasan,But do you agree with such an interpretation of Quran to prove that speed of light is indirectly mentioned in this holy book, or similar claims from other holy scriptures?Regards, Firouz***Dear Firouz, Why do you surprise that

RE: Speed of Light

2005-11-18 Thread Khazeh Fananapazir
May I request Dr. Khazeh and other friends in this forum to shed some light onto the verse of Quran and the conclusion that this Egyptian scholar is trying to prove. Best regards, Firouz Dear Firuz Anaraki my dear brother i was away from my PC so i did not see your letter until

RE: Speed of Light

2005-11-18 Thread Susan Maneck
That's not surprising. After all the Quran says that man was created in stages. Even passages in Rumi are sometimes used to refer to evolution. But that still doesn't mean that there aren't alot of people on both sides. Dear Gilberto, Yes, I think there is more justification for that. At the