Second station: (A gleam of the Qur’an’s miraculousness, which shines through the Prophets’ miracles.) Notice the two questions and their answers at the end.

In the name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate.
Not a thing, fresh or withered, wet or dry, but it is in a Manifest Book. (6:59)

Several years ago in my Isharat al‑I’jaz (Signs of Miraculousness), I discussed in Arabic one meaning of this verse.[1]·Now two of my brothers‑in‑religion, whose wishes are important to me, have asked for a Turkish explanation of that discussion. Relying on Almighty God’s help, and based on the Qur’an’s enlightenment, I write the following section.

According to one interpretation, the Manifest Book is the Qur’an. This verse states that everything is found in it. This is true. However, we must realize that things are found at different levels. They are presented as seeds, nuclei, summaries, principles or signs, as well as explicitly or implicitly, allusively, vaguely or suggestively. Depending on the occasion, one form is preferred to best convey the Qur’an’s purposes and meet the context’s requirements. For example, progress in science and industry has resulted in airplanes, electricity, motorized transportation, and radio and telecommunication. Such things occupy a prominent position in our daily lives. As the Qur’an addresses humanity [at all times], it does not ignore these developments; rather, it points to them through the Prophets’ miracles and in connection with certain historical events.

Down with the makers of the trench of the fuel‑fed fire. When they sat by it, and were themselves the witnesses of what they did to the believers. They ill‑treated them for no other reason than that they believed in God, the Mighty, the All‑Praised One. (85:4‑8)[2]

... in the loaded fleet. And We have created for them the like thereof, whereon they ride. (36:41‑42)

Such verses point to trains, while the following verse, besides its many other meanings and connotations, alludes to electricity:

God is the Light of the heavens and Earth. The parable of His Light is as a niche wherein is a lamp. The lamp is in a glass, and the glass is, as it were, a shining star kindled from a blessed olive tree, neither of the East nor the West, whose oil would almost glow forth (of itself) though no fire touched it: Light upon light.[3] ·God guides to His Light whom He wills. (24:35)

Since many people have analyzed verses of the second type, those alluding to modern technology in connection with historical events, and since they require much care and detailed explanation, as well as being very numerous, I shall content myself with verses alluding to trains and electricity as seen in the Qur’anic accounts of the Prophets' miracles.

[1] Isharat al-I’jaz is a commentary on Surat al-Fatiha and the initial 30 verses of Surat al-Baqara.

[2] These verses allude to trains, which offered great advantage to the unbelievers in bringing the Muslim world under their control.

[3] The phrases: whose oil would almost glow forth (of itself) though no fire touched it: Light upon light makes the allusion clearer.