The Finger in Sciences, Bible and Quran

By:Dr. Ibrahim Khalil




Before dealing with the topic of the Finger in Quran versus Bible versus sciences, it is mandatory to remember that the total words in the Bible are 788,280 while the total words in the Quran are 77,473. It follows that, the Bible is more than 10 times the Quran word-wise. The Finger is mentioned 43 times in the Bible and five times in the Quran, i.e. the Bible mentions the Finger about nine times as does the Quran. In other words, the Bible has the potential of more than 10 times (word-wise) and about nine times (subject-wise) than the Quran to talk about the Finger.
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The Finger in the Quran:


The finger of God is found in five verses:
Exodus 8:19
The magicians said to Pharaoh, "This is the finger of God." But Pharaoh's heart was hard…
Exodus 31:18
When the Lord finished speaking to Moses on Mount Sinai, he gave him the two tablets of the Testimony, the tablets of stone inscribed by the finger of God.
Deuteronomy 9:10
The Lord gave me two stone tablets inscribed by the finger of God. On them were all the commandments the Lord proclaimed to you on the mountain out of the fire, on the day of the assembly.
Psalm 8:3
When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place,
Luke 11:20
But if I drive out demons by the finger of God, then the kingdom of God has come to you.

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Blood and alter are mentioned in seven verses; in them blood is mentioned 12 times and alter is mentioned 15 times
Exodus 29:12
Take some of the bull's blood and put it on the horns of the altar with your finger, and pour out the rest of it at the base of the altar.

Leviticus 4:25
Then the priest shall take some of the blood of the sin offering with his finger and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering and pour out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar.

Leviticus 4:30
Then the priest is to take some of the blood with his finger and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering and pour out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar.

Leviticus 4:34
Then the priest shall take some of the blood of the sin offering with his finger and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering and pour out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar.

Leviticus 8:15
Moses slaughtered the bull and took some of the blood, and with his finger he put it on all the horns of the altar to purify the altar. He poured out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar. So he consecrated it to make atonement for it.

Leviticus 9:9
His sons brought the blood to him, and he dipped his finger into the blood and put it on the horns of the altar; the rest of the blood he poured out at the base of the altar.

Isaiah 17:8
They will not look to the altars, the work of their hands, and they will have no regard for the Asherah poles and the incense altars their fingers have made.
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Psalm 144:1
Praise be to the Lord my Rock, who trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle.
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Dip the finger is found in five verses:

Leviticus 4:6
He is to dip his finger into the blood and sprinkle some of it seven times before the Lord, in front of the curtain of the sanctuary.
Leviticus 4:17
He shall dip his finger into the blood and sprinkle it before the Lord seven times in front of the curtain.
Leviticus 9:9
His sons brought the blood to him, and he dipped his finger into the blood and put it on the horns of the altar; the rest of the blood he poured out at the base of the altar.
Leviticus 14:16
dip his right forefinger into the oil in his palm, and with his finger sprinkle some of it before the Lord seven times.
Luke 16:24
So he called to him, 'Father Abraham, have pity on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in agony in this fire.'

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Blood and the finger are cited in 10 verses:

Exodus 29:12
Take some of the bull's blood and put it on the horns of the altar with your finger, and pour out the rest of it at the base of the altar.
Leviticus 4:25
Then the priest shall take some of the blood of the sin offering with his finger and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering and pour out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar.
Leviticus 4:30
Then the priest is to take some of the blood with his finger and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering and pour out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar.
Leviticus 4:34
Then the priest shall take some of the blood of the sin offering with his finger and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering and pour out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar.