Islam *

Islam itself does not offer any evidence in support of Atlantis’ existence. However, the Qur’an was not intended as a history book^(a). Nevertheless, several renowned medieval Arabic writers such as Al-Biruni, Al-Idrisi and Al-Mas’udi have been referred to as offering indirect but relevant evidence for the submergence of Atlantis in the Mediterranean following the breaching of a dam at Gibraltar. A more contemporary Iraqi scholar, Salah Salim Ali, in a twenty-page essay entitled Arabic References to Plato’s Lost Atlantis^[077], discusses a possible link between Atlantis and “the City of Brass” referred to by medieval Arabic writers.

In 2014 an Indonesian website offered a more recent view of the Qur’an and Atlantis^(b).

Adlantis was imagined by Ignatius Donnelly to be another form of Atlantis. He noted that the first inhabitants of Arabia were known as Adites. They were named after Ad who was fourth in line from Noah. Without any convincing reason, Donnelly states ^[0021.276]  that “these Adites were probably the people of Atlantis or Adlantis.”  The Qur’an (89:6-9) does refer to Ad^(c) – Do you not see what your Lord did with ‘Ad-Iram of the Columns whose like was not created in any land? Iram has been identified as the city of Ubar discovered some decades ago^(e), but, while Ad, Iram and Ubar may refer to the same place there is no way that either can be linked to Plato’s Atlantis.

It is claimed that the Qur’an contains scientific knowledge that was not known fourteen hundred years ago^(d).  

^(a) The Qur’an on the Lost City of Atlantis – Understanding Islam -under construction (archive.org) *

^(b) https://web.archive.org/web/20160420183154/https://www.keajaibandunia.web.id/3803/benua-atlantis-menurut-al-quran.html

^(c) Archive 3021 | (atlantipedia.ie) 

^(d) Miracles Of Quran. (miracles-of-quran.com) 

^(e) https://www.quranandscience.com/quran-science/historical/327-the-people-of-ad-and-ubar-the-atlantis-of-the-sands *