{{Short description|Egyptian geologist and scholar}}
{{Short description|Egyptian geologist and scholar}}
{{BLP sources|date=October 2011}}
{{BLP sources|date=October 2011}}
|caption = El-Naggar in 2016
|caption = El-Naggar in 2016
|birth_date = {{birth date|1933|11|17}}<ref>{{in lang|ar}} [http://www.zaytoday.com/event/details/50a5456f7d368 Biography of Zaghloul El Naggar in ZAYTODAY.com]</ref>
|birth_date = {{birth date|1933|11|17}}<ref>{{in lang|ar}} [http://www.zaytoday.com/event/details/50a5456f7d368 Biography of Zaghloul El Naggar in ZAYTODAY.com]</ref>
|birth_place = [[Gharbia Governorate|Gharbia]], [[Kingdom of Egypt|Egypt]]
|birth_place = [[Gharbia Governorate|Gharbia]], Egypt
|death_date = {{death date and age|2025|11|9|1933|11|17}}
|death_date = {{death date and age|2025|11|9|1933|11|17}}
|death_place = [[Amman]], Jordan
|death_place = [[Amman]], Jordan
Egyptian geologist and scholar (1933–2025)
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Zaghloul El-Naggar |
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 El-Naggar in 2016 |
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| Born | (1933-11-17)November 17, 1933[1] |
| Died | November 9, 2025(2025-11-09) (aged 91) |
| Nationality | Egyptian |
| Occupation(s) | Geologist, Chairman, Committee of Scientific Notions in the Glorious Qur’an. Supreme Council of Islamic Affairs, Cairo, Egypt. |
| Website | elnaggarzr |
Zaghloul Ragheb Mohammed Al Naggar (Arabic: زغلول النجار, (IPA: [zæɣˈluːl ennɑɡˈɡɑːɾˤ]), 17 November 1933 – 9 November 2025), also known as Zaghloul El-Naggar,[2] was an Egyptian geologist, Muslim scholar, and author. The main theme of El-Naggar’s books has been science in Quran; his philosophy of science is blended with religion. He left his academic career to become the Chairman of Committee of Scientific Notions in the Qur’an, Supreme Council of Islamic Affairs, Cairo, Egypt.
El-Naggar received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Cairo. He obtained his PhD in geology from the University of Wales in the United Kingdom in 1963 where his thesis title was “Geology and stratigraphic palaeontology of the Esna-Idfu Region, Nile Valley, Egypt, U.A.R.”.[3] El-Naggar was an elected Fellow of the Islamic Academy of Sciences (1988), the Geological Society of Egypt and the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Tulsa, Oklahoma. He was imprisoned because of his political activism and beliefs during his student life. He was considered a grave threat to secular political establishment of Egypt. He was exiled from Egypt in early 1960s and could return to his country only in 1970.[4]
El-Naggar wrote a book entitled The Geological Concept of Mountains in the Qur’an (2003, ISBN 9773630072). It was published by New Vision when El-Naggar was the chair of geology at King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. This book sold fairly well,[citation needed] leading El-Naggar to leave teaching and become the Chairman of Committee of Scientific Notions in the Qur’an.[citation needed]
El-Naggar published more than 150 scientific studies and articles, none of them peer reviewed, and 45 books in Arabic, English and French. For instance, his book “The issue of Scientific Miracles in the Holy Quran”, in Arabic: “قضية الإعجاز العلمي للقرآن و ضوابط التعامل معها “. Many of those publications deal with what are considered to be scientific miracles in Qur’an.[5]
Controversial claims and religion
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El-Naggar said that the power of America would eventually end.[6]
Camel urine was prescribed as a treatment by Zaghloul El-Naggar which has anti cancer properties according to a peer reviewed paper.[7][8]
He engaged in 9/11 denial.[9]
Splitting of the Moon
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El-Naggar claimed in 2004 that NASA had in 1978 confirmed in a television program the splitting of the Moon.[10]
On 9 November 2025, El-Naggar died in Amman, Jordan, aged 91.[11]
- ^ (in Arabic) Biography of Zaghloul El Naggar in ZAYTODAY.com
- ^ “Zaghloul El-naggar – زغلول النجار – Dourous on Assabile”. www.assabile.com. Retrieved 2023-02-08.
- ^ Zaghloul Raghib Mohammed El-Naggar dissertant (1963). Geology and stratigraphic palaeontology of the Esna-Idfu Region, Nile Valley, Egypt, U.A.R. / Zaghloul Raghib Mohammed El-Naggar (Thesis). Thesis.[permanent dead link]
- ^ The Geological Concept of Mountains in the Qur’an In NEWVISION Website
- ^ Ahmad Dallal, Science and the Qur’an, Encyclopedia of the Qur’an
- ^ “Egyptian Cleric Zaghloul Al-Naggar: Israel Must Be Destroyed. America Will Be Dissipated to Nothing”. MEMRI. April 1, 2006.
- ^ Fayed, Shaimaa (2012-10-10). “Egypt’s radical preachers enjoying freedom of airwaves”. Reuters. Retrieved 2016-01-08.
- ^ “Egypt media becomes free platform for radical clerics”. ARAB TIMES. 2013-08-21. Archived from the original on August 21, 2013. Retrieved 2016-01-08.
- ^ Gilligan, Andrew (27 Sep 2014). “The ‘Club Med for terrorists’“. The Telegraph.
- ^ Book: Treasures in the Sunnah – A Scientific Approach, Zaghloul El Naggar, pub. Al-Falah Foundation for Translation, Publication, and Distribution, 2004, ISBN 978-977-363-044-7 OCLC 795325076, p41-43, on Google books and cited on the author’s Web site
- ^ “«رائد الإعجاز العلمي في القرآن».. وفاة الدكتور زغلول النجار في الأردن عن 92 عامًا” (in Arabic). almasryalyoum.com. 9 November 2025.
