Our Methodology: How We Verify Verses and Evaluate Claims

The Quran is Allah's word and a book of guidance. It is not a science textbook. It repeatedly invites people to reflect on the natural world as a sign of its Creator. This site gathers those signs carefully and with integrity. Below is how we work.

1. How every verse is verified

• Arabic text: every verse is shown in the Uthmani script, retrieved from the Quran.com API. It was never typed by hand.
• Independent cross-check: each verse's Arabic letters are compared, programmatically, with a second independent source (AlQuran.cloud, which draws on the Tanzil project). The site build stops if any letter differs. The only differences allowed are purely orthographic encodings, such as how the hamza is written in the word āyāt ("signs").
• Translation: we quote the Saheeh International English translation exactly as published on Quran.com, including the translators' bracketed clarifications. Square brackets are the translators' explanatory additions, not words of the Arabic text.
• Reference numbers: surah:verse numbering follows the standard Ḥafṣ ʿan ʿĀṣim (Kufan) count used in most printed muṣḥafs.
• Check it yourself: every verse box links directly to that verse on Quran.com so you can read it with other translations and tafsir.

2. Principles for comparing the Quran and science

1. The text is fixed; science changes. Scientific theories are refined over time. We never make the truth of a verse depend on a theory, and we prefer well-established facts over speculative models.
2. Language first. A correspondence only counts if the classical Arabic meaning of the words supports it. We cite the root meanings and note when a word has other meanings.
3. Respect the classical tafsir. We report how early scholars understood a verse, and we present modern readings as additional reflections, not replacements.
4. Context matters. Many verses are parables or moral warnings. We state the verse's primary purpose before discussing any scientific aspect.
5. Historical honesty. If a fact was known before the Quran, for example to Greek scholars, we say so.
6. Rate the strength. Each topic is labeled Strong, Moderate or Interpretive to show how strongly the language supports the scientific reading.
7. Reject weak claims. Myths, numerology and mistranslations harm credibility. We list them openly on our Myths & Weak Claims page.

3. What the strength labels mean

Strong

The Arabic wording naturally and directly supports the correspondence, and the scientific fact is well established.

Moderate

The correspondence is reasonable and accurate, but the words have other valid meanings, or the fact was partly known before.

Interpretive

A meaningful reflection the verse allows but does not require. The verse's main purpose lies elsewhere.

4. Why reflect on these signs?

The Quran itself invites this reflection: Quran 41:53. It encourages people to ponder creation (Quran 3:190) and to examine the Quran's own consistency: Quran 4:82. Reflection, not sensationalism, is the goal.

سَنُرِيهِمْ ءَايَـٰتِنَا فِى ٱلْـَٔافَاقِ وَفِىٓ أَنفُسِهِمْ حَتَّىٰ يَتَبَيَّنَ لَهُمْ أَنَّهُ ٱلْحَقُّ ۗ أَوَلَمْ يَكْفِ بِرَبِّكَ أَنَّهُۥ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ شَهِيدٌ ٥٣

We will show them Our signs in the horizons and within themselves until it becomes clear to them that it is the truth. But is it not sufficient concerning your Lord that He is, over all things, a Witness?

إِنَّ فِى خَلْقِ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَٱخْتِلَـٰفِ ٱلَّيْلِ وَٱلنَّهَارِ لَـَٔايَـٰتٍ لِّأُو۟لِى ٱلْأَلْبَـٰبِ ١٩٠

Indeed, in the creation of the heavens and the earth and the alternation of the night and the day are signs for those of understanding -

أَفَلَا يَتَدَبَّرُونَ ٱلْقُرْءَانَ ۚ وَلَوْ كَانَ مِنْ عِندِ غَيْرِ ٱللَّهِ لَوَجَدُوا۟ فِيهِ ٱخْتِلَـٰفًا كَثِيرًا ٨٢

Then do they not reflect upon the Qur’ān? If it had been from [any] other than Allāh, they would have found within it much contradiction.

5. Corrections

If you find an error in a verse, translation, reference or claim, please contact us. Corrections are made promptly and noted on the page.