Yes, the Qur'an contains many prophecies about the future. Many of
these have already proved true, and we confidently expectthat the
others will also come to pass in due time. In addition, no statement
in the Qur'an has ever proved to be false.
Let us see some examplesof Qur'anic prophecies that has already been
fulfilled. One example is a prophecy that occurs in Surah 30 of the
Qur'an. In the first six verses Allah promised that the Romans who had
just been defeated in the year 615 C.E. would turn around and win a
decisivevictory within nine years. At the time this statementwas made,
no human could envision how it could come to pass. The Romans had been
so soundly defeated that no hope was left that they could make a
comeback within such a short periodof time. The disbelievers mocked at
the Muslims over this passage in the Qur'an because they thought the
prophecy would surely fail. One man, Ummayah bin Khalafby name, even
placed a bet of a hundred camels that the prophecy would fail. Abu
Bakr, the closest follower of the prophet, on whom be peace, took up
that challenge becausehe was sure that the wordof God could never
fail. True enough, within the specified period, in the year 624 CE,
the Romans confronted the Persians inbattle at a place called Issus.
The Romans won their decisive victory exactly as prophecised in the
Qur'an, and Abu Bakr, may Allah be pleased withhim, won the bet of one
hundred camels. In the meantime, however, revelation from Allah had
prohibited gambling, so the prophet directed Abu Bakr to give away the
camels to the poor and needy.
So the prophecy was fulfilled. But there is moreto this. The same
verses contain yet another prophecy. It says that while the Romans are
winning their victory, the believers in the Qur'an will rejoice in the
victory granted by Allah. We know from history that in that very year
the Muslims were threatened with total annihilation, but Allah rescued
them. The Muslims had been driven out of Mecca, their hometown. Now
they found safe haven in Medina. But the unbelievers could not
restknowing that the Muslimswere free to practice theirfaith somewhere
else. So they marched against the Muslims with an army of one thousand
men fully equipped for battle. The Muslims mustered the best defense
they could, amere 313 men lacking suitable equipment for battle. From
a human point of view, the greater force would win, but the help of
Allah was with thesmall group of believers. Miraculously, the
believerswon, and the Qur'anic prophecy was fulfilled despite all
odds. The unfolding of this double prophecy proves beyond doubt that
the Qur'an could not have been authored by any human being.
Another prophecy occurs in Surah 111 of the Qur'an. That Surah states
that a certain man and hiswife will perish as unbelievers. This was
uttered at a time when noone but God could say who will or will not
become believers later on.Many of the most severe opponents in the
early days became devoted followers in later days. But not this
couple. They tried everything to oppose, ridicule, and disprove the
Qur'an. One would expect that they would also pretend to become
believers just to throw doubt on the accuracy of the Qur'an. But they
did not apply this obvious strategy. What prevented them, if not the
power of God and the truth of His word?
In this way many prophecies were fulfilled, and not one has ever
failed. This gives us every reason to place our full confidence in the
book of God.
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