Surah 32:5
"He directs the (whole) affair from the sky to the earth; then it will go up to Him in a day, the measure of which is a thousand years of what you count."
Claimed Miracle: Physics
APOLOGIST CLAIM
"Apologists manipulate 32:5 ('He directs the affair from the heaven to the earth; then it will ascend to Him in a Day, the extent of which is a thousand years of those which you count') to calculate the exact speed of light."
Refutation & Exegesis
This is mathematical gymnastics. The calculations used by proponents arbitrarily choose specific orbital lengths, ignore the shifting nature of the lunar calendar, and inject modern metrics into a theological text. The verse is emphasizing the vastness of divine time and power—a motif commonly found in Judeo-Christian texts (e.g., Psalm 90:4, 2 Peter 3:8, 'a day is like a thousand years'). Twisting this poetic expression of divine sovereignty into a rigid physics equation is universally rejected by mainstream academic and Islamic scholarship.
Data mining / Pseudo-correlation
Apologists sift through poetic descriptions of divine time ('a day is like a thousand years') and run arbitrary mathematical equations using shifting lunar calendars to 'calculate' the speed of light. This data mining forces a rigid physics equation onto an obvious theological exaggeration.