An Invitation to Peace

An Invitation to Peace
Necropolis of Thebes, on the opposite side of the Nile from Luxor. The
mummified body of Merneptah, son of Ramesses II and Pharaoh of the
Exodus was discovered by Loret in 1898 at Thebes in the Kings' Valley
from where it was transported to Cairo. As the Qur'an states, the body
of the Pharaoh of the Exodus was in fact rescued. The French scientist,
Dr. Maurice Bucaille, was allowed to examine the bodies in 1975 by
the Egyptian authorities. This is what he concluded:
“Those who seek among modern data for proof of the veracity of
the Holy Scriptures will find a magnificent illustration of the verses of
the Qur'an dealing with the Pharaoh's body by visiting the Royal
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Mummies Room of the Egyptian Museum, Cairo!”
Iram
The 89th chapter of the Qur'an, Surah al-Fajr, mentions a certain city:
“Have you not seen how your Lord dealt with ‘Aad, of (the city of)
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Iram, with lofty pillars…?”
Iram was not known at all in ancient history – in fact it was non-existent
as far as historians were concerned. However, the December 1978
edition of National Geographic introduced interesting information
which mentioned that in 1973, the city of Elba was excavated in Syria.
The city was discovered to be 43 centuries old, but that is not the most
amazing part. Researchers found in the library of Elba a record of all of
the cities with which Elba had done business. And there on the list was
the name of the city of Iram. The people of Elba had done business
with this Iram which, up until then, was thought of as a myth of the
Qur’an!
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Dr. Maurice Bucaille, The Bible, the Qur’an, and Science, p. 265
Qur’an 89:6-7
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