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By development of human scientific abilities, more miracle aspects and wonders of the Qur’an have been recognized. Stating the story of Dhu al-Qarnayn and constructing of dam, verses (Q.18:83-98) have pointed some valuable scientific aspects regarding chemistry, physics and metallurgy. The instruction for the structure reveals the non-accidental process, because the precise expected physical, chemical and metallurgical properties. The three-layer structures of dam with dendrite like microstructure in its matrix will guarantee the durable structure against most chemical destructive agent, mechanical damage and thermal threats. Hence the powerful people of Gog and Magog could not overcome the high tensile strength of iron, high ductility of copper and the high toughness of CuFe alloy. The high thermal and temperature resistance are the evidence for more structural power. Such masterpiece of engineering, in technology of alloying, could not be based on the knowledge of common craftsmen of that time, but it must have been based on superhuman wisdom. Consequently, although the Qur’an is a book of guidance, but it reports some original scientific issues, such as the Dhu al-Qarnayn story. These were not known in the age of revelation and after progressing in science, but the truth of considered issues has been proved. However, because of the clear instruction, and the precise prediction of properties, it is possible to use the verses as an excellent idea for scientific advancement, rather than reporting events. 

The true interdisciplinary study needs knowledge and mastery in three levels of epistemological, methodological and linguistic requisites. The linguistic level is one of the most important fundamental levels in science, which needs to be considered in interdisciplinary communication. Two major approaches about the language of the Qur’an are considered by researchers till now: philosophichermeneutics and textual. Muslim researchers are interested in the former approach and orientalists frequently incline to the latter. Although the relation between the language of the Qur’an and the language of science with text-oriented approach is less frequently taken into account. Considering the foresaid approach in this article, the author studies the differences between the language of the Qur’an and the language of science and classifies them into five categories: 1. The use of ambiguity and linguistic amphibology; 2. The use of analogy, metaphor and metonymy; 3. Holism and polysemy; 4. The application of the language of sermon and dialogue; 5. The application of verbal complexity. The use of these five linguistic features of the Qur’an is to a large extent different from their use in science. It thus causes complexity in the relation between the Qur’an and humanism on the one hand and experimental sciences on the other.

One of the important principles when studying religious texts, and especially interpreting sacred texts, is to pay attention to the historical debates on whether or not the sacred text has been distorted in the course of history. In other words, to what extent are these texts valid? Shiite and Sunni scholars have raised the issue of the Qur'an's immunity from distortion and falsification in their interpretations, which is in opposite to the view of Western scholars on the issue of distortion in the Testaments. Based on a qualitative method with a content analytical approach, this research examined the reasons for the distortion or non-distortion of the Holy Qur’an and the Testaments, in line with an investigation into the issue of distortion and its dimensions. Findings show that the distortion of the Qur’an may be considered only in terms of meanings while it is completely different in the Testaments. In fact, the problem of making Testaments by humans and the historic disappearance of the Torah and the divine Bible prove that we should speak of their falsification, not distortion.