Was the existence of the Pulsar known to Islamic scholars before it was discovered by Astronomers?
Did YOU learn of the existence of Pulsars by reading the Quoran, or did you read someone elses interpretaion of a Quoranic verse to be a prediction of Pulsars?
It is another case of GOD OF HINDSIGHT.
Moslims love to go through the quran and contort some verses and WITH HINDSIGHT of science of today squeeze some meaning out of the verses to construe that it actually meant these things.
TARIQ means the KNOCKER and it does not mean PULSING.....and the TAFSEER of IBN KATHIR which is the quintessential expounding and elucidation of the Quran (like the Talmud is to the Torah) said that it was a bright star in the NIGHT Sky that would come through the night like the KNOCKER on the door.
If the Quran has any science in it other than GOD OF HINDSIGHT effect then we would have the Muslims colonizing Mars by now judging by all the science they construe out of it in hindsight after non-muslim scientists have worked it out.
All you need is to look at the Tafseer of Ibn Katheer of the verses to see that he is talking RUBBISH.
Look at how people BEFORE the "kafereen" scientists of the west discovered the cosmological science and made the information available, saw the TAFSEER of the verses. (see below)
Notice the REST of the sura.....notice the verse that talks about the man being made from gushing water that comes from between the back bone and the ribs. Also look at its tafseer. So if the very same surah has BIOLOGY ALL WRONG and as we have seen it has no real meaning in cosmology then we know that it is a LOAD OF RUBBISH
So these SHYSTER new translators who want to RE-INTERPRET the arabic language and the quran to fit it into science DISCOVERED BY "KAFEREEN" should remember to read the TAFSEERS and to remember that ISLAM DID NOT DISCOVER these things that they want to use in HINDSIGHT to try to make the quran APPEAR less retarded than it really is. They also should remember that it is the "KAFEREEN" who discovered these things DESPITE not having any quran to rely upon with HIDDEN and MEANINGLESS stuff.
In the tafseer below notice how the HADITH i.e. Muhammad himself did not know the meaning and no one else did.
Remember that no matter how much they try to TWIST and CONTORT the meaning of the MEANINGLESS WORDS in the quran to CAJOLE them into meaning something scientific in HINDSIGHT, they will not be able to rub out the OTHER RUBBISH verses that are clearly understood and have no way of being twisted into meaning anything else and are TOTALLY UNSCIENTIFIC. For example the verse in the very same surah that talks about sperm coming out from the backbone and ribs of man.....let alone the verses that talk about earth being flat and the heavens is a dome and maintained from falling down on earth due to invisible pillars and hundreds of moronic stuff that one day I will write up in one essay.
Here is the tafseer ibn katheer Notice the colored stuff: (for information on Pulsars see this link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulsar)
For Tafseer....see this site
http://www.qtafsir.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1201&Itemid=142
﴿وَالسَّمَآء وَالطَّارِقِ- وَمَآ أَدْرَاكَ مَا الطَّارِقُ- النَّجْمُ الثَّاقِبُ- إِن كُلُّ نَفْسٍ لَّمَّا عَلَيْهَا حَافِظٌ- فَلْيَنظُرِ الإِنسَـنُ مِمَّ خُلِقَ- خُلِقَ مِن مَّآء دَافِقٍ- يَخْرُجُ مِن بَيْنِ الصُّلْبِ وَالتَّرَآئِبِ- إِنَّهُ عَلَى رَجْعِهِ لَقَادِرٌ- يَوْمَ تُبْلَى السَّرَآئِرُ- فَمَا لَهُ مِن قُوَّةٍ وَلاَ نَاصِرٍ-﴾
(1. By the heaven, and At-Tariq) (2. And what will make you to know what At-Tariq is) (3. The star, Ath-Thaqib.) (4. There is no human being but has a protector over him.) (5. So, let man see from what he is created!) (6. He is created from a water gushing forth,) (7. Proceeding from between the backbone and the ribs.) (8. Verily, He is Able to bring him back!) (9. The Day when all the secrets will be examined.) (10. Then he will have no power, nor any helper.)
Allah swears by the heaven and what He has placed in it of radiant stars. Thus, He says,
﴿وَالسَّمَآءِ وَالطَّارِقِ ﴾
(By the heaven, and At-Tariq) Then He says,
﴿وَمَآ أَدْرَاكَ مَا الطَّارِقُ ﴾
(And what will make you to know what At-Tariq is) Then He explains it by His saying,
﴿النَّجْمُ الثَّاقِبُ ﴾
(The star of Ath-Thaqib.) Qatadah and others have said,
"The star has been named Tariq because it is only seen at night and it is hidden during the day.'' His view is
supported by what has been mentioned in the authentic Hadith that prohibits a man to come to his family Taruq. This means that he comes to them unexpectedly at nighttime. Concerning Allah's statement,
﴿الثَّاقِبُ﴾
(Ath-Thaqib.) Ibn `Abbas said, "
The illuminating.'' `Ikrimah said, "
It is illuminating and it burns the Shaytan'' Then Allah says,
﴿إِن كُلُّ نَفْسٍ لَّمَّا عَلَيْهَا حَافِظٌ ﴾
(There is no human being but has a protector over him.) meaning, every soul has a guardian over it from Allah that protects it from the calamities. This is as Allah says,
﴿لَهُ مُعَقِّبَـتٌ مِّن بَيْنِ يَدَيْهِ وَمِنْ خَلْفِهِ يَحْفَظُونَهُ مِنْ أَمْرِ اللَّهِ﴾
(For Him, there are angels in succession, before and behind him. They guard him by the command of Allah.) (13:11)
Allah says,
﴿فَلْيَنظُرِ الإِنسَـنُ مِمَّ خُلِقَ ﴾
(So, let man see from what he is created!) This is alerting man to the weakness of his origin from which he was created. The intent of it is to guide man to accept (the reality of) the Hereafter, because whoever is able to begin the creation then he is also able to repeat it in the same way. This is as Allah says,
﴿وَهُوَ الَّذِى يَبْدَأُ الْخَلْقَ ثُمَّ يُعِيدُهُ وَهُوَ أَهْوَنُ عَلَيْهِ﴾
(And He it is Who originates the creation, then He will repeat it; and this is easier for Him.) (30:27) Then Allah says,
﴿خُلِقَ مِن مَّآءٍ دَافِقٍ ﴾
(He is created from a water gushing forth.) meaning, the sexual fluid that comes out bursting forth from the man and the woman. Thus, the child is produced from both of them by the permission of Allah. Due to this Allah says,
﴿يَخْرُجُ مِن بَيْنِ الصُّلْبِ وَالتَّرَآئِبِ ﴾
(
Proceeding from between the backbone and the ribs.)
meaning, the backbone (or loins) of the man and the ribs of the woman, which is referring to her chest. Shabib bin Bishr reported from `Ikrimah who narrated from Ibn `Abbas that he said,
﴿يَخْرُجُ مِن بَيْنِ الصُّلْبِ وَالتَّرَآئِبِ ﴾
(
Proceeding from between the backbone and the ribs.) "The backbone of the man and the ribs of the woman. It (the fluid) is yellow and fine in texture. The child will not be born except from both of them (i.e., their sexual fluids).'' Concerning Allah's statement,
﴿إِنَّهُ عَلَى رَجْعِهِ لَقَادِرٌ ﴾
(Verily, He is Able to bring him back (to life)!) This means that He is able to return this man that is created from fluid gushed forth. In other words, He is able to repeat his creation and resurrect him to the final abode. This is clearly possible, because whoever is able to begin the creation then he surely is able to repeat it. Indeed Allah has mentioned this proof in more than one place in the Qur'an.
