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Fulfilled prophecies · Knowledge of the past

Muslim scholars have long gathered the occasions on which the Quran and the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) spoke of things still to come. Al-Qadi Iyad (d. 1149) called this body of reports a bottomless ocean. This site presents a selection of them, each with the exact text, the event it is connected with, and the scholars who explain it.

A separate section looks at the Quran’s accounts of ancient Egypt and how their wording compares with what Egyptology has recovered.

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Quranic predictions

Statements in the Quran about events still ahead when they were recited.

The Romans will overcome after defeat, Abu Lahab and his fate, Entering the Sacred Mosque in safety and more

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Named people

Specific companions and family members, and what was said would happen to them.

Fatima, first of his family to follow him, Umar and Uthman, 'two martyrs', Ammar and 'the rebel group' and more

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Conquests

Persia, Egypt, Jerusalem and Constantinople, foretold to a small community.

No Khosrau after Khosrau, no Caesar after Caesar, Adi ibn Hatim: a safe road and the treasures of Khosrau, Egypt, the land of the qirat and more

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Historical events

Divisions, a numbered caliphate, a fire in the Hijaz, and invaders from the steppe.

A fire from the Hijaz seen at Busra, Fighting a people with small eyes and flat noses, A sect that would pass through religion like an arrow and more

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Social signs

Signs described in the hadith that scholars say are visible today.

Barefoot shepherds competing in buildings, Vying over mosques

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Knowledge of the past

How the Quran's wording compares with what Egyptology has since recovered.

'The king' in Joseph's story, 'Pharaoh' in Moses' story, 'The heaven and earth wept not for them'

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How to read these pages. Each account gives the Quran verse or hadith with its reference and, for hadith, the grading shown by the source cited. Gradings come from Muslim hadith scholarship and speak to the reliability of the chain of narrators. Historical sources are listed separately for the events. Where a connection rests on a scholar’s interpretation, the scholar is named. Only prophecies Muslim scholars describe as already fulfilled are included; signs still awaited are not listed here.
24 accounts in six categories. Quran quotations: Sahih International via quran.com. Hadith quotations: the English translations shown on sunnah.com unless noted.