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Pharaoh's Dead Body (Ramesses II)

When Francisco Mitra became the president of France in 1981, France requested the Egyptian government to host the mummy of Pharaoh (Firon) for the purpose of running laboratory and archaeological examinations on the mummy of the most notorious dictator ever lived on earth.

Upon arrival royal attendants were there including the French president himself and all ministers who bowed in honour for the mummy.

(This is the closest picture taken of Pharaoh Ramesses II)

When the ceremony ended, the mummy was carried to a specially-designed section at the Archaeology Centre of France.

It was tested by the greatest French archaeologist and anatomical scientists in order to discover more about such a great mummy. 

The scientists were headed by Professor Maurice Bucaille.

Scientists were trying to restore the mummy while Professor Maurice was mainly concerned with how did this mummy die!

The final report of the scientists was released late at night which stated that the remaining salt in the mummy is an overt evidence that it was drawn in the sea, and the body was rescued very shortly where it was immediately embalmed to be saved.

An amazing thing was still confusing Professor Maurice is that how could this body possibly be safer than any other mummy despite being taken out of the sea up until this time.

Professor Maurice was writing his final report on what he thought would be a new discovery about saving Pharaoh’s body immediately after his death and embalming it.

And there, someone whispered to him that Muslims claim to know something about the drowning of this mummy.

Yet the Professor firmly denied such thing saying that it’s impossible to discover this without the development of science and without using his high-tech and complicated laboratories   and computers.

To his surprise, he was told that Muslims believe in a book called “Quran” and this Quran narrates the story of Pharaoh’s drowning and ensures the safety of his body after his death as to be a Sign to mankind. The Professor couldn’t believe his own ears and started to wonder:

How can a book existed 1400 years ago speak about the mummy that was only found 200 years ago, in 1898??!!

How can that be possible while the ancient Egyptian heritage was discovered only a few decades ago and no one knew about it before??!!

The Professor sat down pondering on what he was told, about the book of Muslims while his Holy Book narrates only the drowning of Pharaoh without saying anything about his body.

“Is it possible that this mummy in front of me is the one who was chasing Moses??!!”

“Is it possible that Mohammed knew this 1400 years ago??!!”

( sal allahu alayhi wa sallam)

The Professor couldn’t sleep that night till they brought him the Old Testament where he read: “the sea drowned Pharaoh and his army, no one else was left alive” He was surprised that the Holy Book didn’t mention about the destiny of the body and that it will be saved.

When the scientists were done with the mummy, France retuned it to Egypt, but Professor Maurice couldn’t rest for a moment since he was told that Muslims know about the safety of the body. So, he decided to travel and meet Muslim scientists and there he spoke about his discovery of the safety of the mummy after its death in the sea and so on. 

One of the Muslim scientists stood up and simply opened the Quran and pointed to the Professor at one verse:

The Professor was struck when he read that and immediately stood in front of the crowd and said loudly: “I believe in Islam, I believe in Quran”.

Then he went back to France with a different face he travelled with.

In France, he dedicated 10 years investigating the scientific discoveries and comparing them with the Quran and trying to come up with one scientific contradiction with the Quran. Finally he quoted one verse from the Quran to be his conclusion:

As a result of all years of his research, Professor Maurice wrote a book that shook all Europe, especially the scientists there.

“Quran, Bible and Science: A Study of the Holy Books in the Light of Modern Science” (Quran, Bible and Science this book)

All copies were sold out at a very short time.

When you visit the Cairo Museum where the mummy is preserved and there you get astonished at the scenery of thousands of people from all over the world visiting the place every day, unfortunately, many of the tourists there would think: “Wow, look at that! Amazing!! So nice to see people of all times!! Without realizing the intended lessons that Allah has kept this body a Sign to all mankind of anyone who denies Allah and His messengers.

In another chapter in the Quran:

So now,

Amazing thing with this body is; it isn't a mummy. This 3000 yr old dead body was found by Red Sea in 1898 & is amazingly preserved without any mummification. #Pharoah #firon

“Today We will save your body so you can be a Sign for people who come after you." "QURAN 10:92". pic.twitter.com/Z9HCY1EhY4

— Dr Tariq Tramboo (@tariqtramboo) November 17, 2021

Side Note:

Dr. Maurice converted to Islam & he kept researching the "Qur'an" for more than 10 years in the eyes of modern science & he studied Arabic language too , and he came to the conclusion that the "Qur'an" & modern science are in total harmony.

This article was sourced and further modified and updated for our readers with documentary and further information.

Date Published: Nov 18, 2013