Title: A cristian has asked me if there are any parts of the world mentioned in the quran apart from middle east asia europe eg why not south america australia america .meaning there were other religons there so why are they not mentioned or spoken about in the quran.meaning that muhammad (saw)wrote the quran and he did not know about the other parts of the world.please could you help as i have not got the knolidge to answer the question.

Question: A cristian has asked me if there are any parts of the world mentioned in the quran apart from middle east asia europe eg why not south america australia america .meaning there were other religons there so why are they not mentioned or spoken about in the quran.meaning that muhammad (saw)wrote the quran and he did not know about the other parts of the world.please could you help as i have not got the knolidge to answer the question.

Answer ID: 4481Posted on: Sep 1, 2020

Bismillah hir-Rahman nir-Rahim !

(Fatwa: 624/624=M-1429

The Quran is the sacred book for guidance of all people and inspiring them towards the Hereafter life. It is revealed by Allah Almighty. The Holy Quran is not a science or geography book in which incidents occurring in future have been narrated stage by stage in details or new discoveries have been exposed, or the boundaries of all countries and regions have been defined and all available religions have been analysed. The anecdotes and stories of the previous nations and Prophets related in the Holy Quran are not meant to tell the history but they are meant to provide forewarning and exhorting by reminding those anecdotes, asking people to take a lesson from the preaching and sermonizing of the prophets. On other hand, it makes obvious that these true and farseeing anecdotes of the previous nations and the people are being presented by the personality (i.e. the Prophet) who is unlettered; he did not receive such kind of knowledge by anyone; therefore, it is sure that he is informed by Allah Almighty and the word recited by him is not a word of human being but the word of Allah Almighty. Therefore, if there is not a mention of Australia, America etc in the Quran, it is neither a matter of astonishment and objection nor it implies that the Holy Quran has been written by the Prophet Muhammad (صلى الله عليه وسلم). At time of revelation of the Holy Quran, there were several other places in the world which the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم) did know but they find no mention in the Holy Quran.