The statement of Shaykh Salih al-Fawzan on scientific miracles

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Question:
May Allah reward you with good. The questioner asks: What is your view on the scientific miracles in the Qur'an? And is it valid to use the saying of Allah the Exalted,

We will show them Our signs in the horizons and within themselves

سَنُرِيهِمْ آيَاتِنَا فِي الْآفَاقِ وَفِي أَنفُسِهِمْ

[Fussilat 41:53]

, as evidence for their authenticity?

Answer:
As for taking these things and these verses as evidence of the power of Allah (Mighty and Majestic), that is a good thing, and in everything there is a sign indicating that He is One.

Say, "Observe what is in the heavens and earth."

قُلِ انظُرُوا مَاذَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ

[Yunus 10:101]

But of no avail will be signs or warners to a people who do not believe

وَمَا تُغْنِي الْآيَاتُ وَالنُّذُرُ عَن قَوْمٍ لَّا يُؤْمِنُونَ

[Yunus 10:101]

And how many a sign within the heavens and earth do they pass over while they, therefrom, are turning away.

وَكَأَيِّن مِّنْ آيَةٍ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ يَمُرُّونَ عَلَيْهَا وَهُمْ عَنْهَا مُعْرِضُونَ

[Yusuf 12:105]

So the one who takes these things for the sake of taking a lesson and being admonished by the power of Allah, and using them as evidence of His lordship and the obligation of worshipping Him, that is a good thing. But the one who takes them to interpret the words of Allah and the words of His Messenger, that is not permissible. One does not interpret the words of Allah with opinions and modern theories, nor with this, because they are subject to error. Making them an interpretation of the words of Allah is not permissible. But making them a means of taking a lesson, being admonished, and using them as evidence of the power of Allah, that is a good thing. Yes.

Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، قول الشيخ صالح الفوزان في الإعجاز العلمي\صالح الفوزان\كبار العلماء — youtube.com

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