The Supernatural: Science Waiting to Be Understood

Some skeptics argue that miracles are as logically impossible as a four-sided triangle. Just as a shape ceases to be a triangle if it has four sides, they claim that an event ceases to be real if it is classified as a miracle. Their reasoning is that invoking the concept of a miracle means attributing an event to the supernatural, which, by their definition, renders it inherently false or impossible. In this view, miracles are not just unlikely occurrences but contradictions in terms—something that, by nature, cannot exist.

The Quran presents events that many today may dismiss as supernatural, such as the parting of the sea for the Children of Israel (26:63-66), the fire staying cool for Abraham (21:69), and the palace of the Queen of Sheba being transported faster than the speed of light (27:38-40). Such accounts seem implausible for those bound by purely materialistic views as if they violate known physical laws. But this dismissal may be premature. The miracles of the Quran are not necessarily breaches of natural law; instead, they could reveal a deeper, yet-to-be-understood structure within reality—similar to scientific feats that once seemed impossible before we understood their mechanics.