The arabic word ” dhara” is translated as atom and it is accepted by many scholars as an appropriate translation of “dhara” but this should not be considered to be a “scientific miracle.”
Quran 99 7
فَمَن يَعْمَلْ مِثْقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ خَيْرًۭا يَرَهُۥ ٧
So whoever does an (dhara) atom’s weight of good will see it.
The classical scholars understood “dhara” to be ant( Suyuti,Tabari ) and red ant (Qurtubi) while Ibn Abbas was of the opinion it is the head of an ant.
Ibn Kathir understood “dhara”to be speck of dust.
In 1808, chemist John Dalton argued that all matter is made of tiny, little units.He presented a compelling scientific argument for the existence of units that matter is composed of.
The word ‘atom’ actually comes from ancient Greek. Democritus (460–370 BC) who outlined the idea that everything is made of atoms, invisible and indivisible spheres of matter. The original meaning of the word “dhara” was of something considerably larger than an atom, reflecting the knowledge of the people at the time of quranic revelation and during the time of the classical scholars.
The intended meaning however is clear that the word “dhara” should be understood as “the smallest thing “. In English, the word atom would be most appropriate and accepted by most people.
Today, most of the contemporary islamic scholars concur that “”dhara” should be translated as atom.
Quran 99-7
LITERAL
(99:7) So who makes/does a smallest particle of anything (smaller than an atom`s) weight (of) good sees it.
ASAD:99:7
And so, he who shall have done an atom’s weight of good, shall behold it;
PICKHALL : 99:7
And whoso doeth good an atom’s weight will see it then,
SAHIH INTERNATIONAL
(99:7) So whoever does an atom’s weight of good will see it,
MUHAMMAD TAQI-UD-DIN AL-HILALI AND MUHAMMAD MUHSIN KHAN,
(99:7) So whosoever does good equal to the weight of an atom (or a small ant), shall see it.
MOHAMMED MARMADUKE WILLIAM PICKTHALL
(99:7) And whoso doeth good an atom’s weight will see it then,
ABDULLAH YUSUF ALI
(99:7) Then shall anyone who has done an atom’s weight of good, see it!
MOHAMMAD HABIB SHAKIR
(99:7) So. he who has done an atom’s weight of good shall see it
DR. GHALI
(99:7) So whoever does an atom’s weight of charity will see it,
ALI UNAL
(99:7) And so, whoever does an atom�s weight of good will see it;
AHMED ALI
(99:7) Whosoever has done even an atom’s weight of good will behold it;
A. J. ARBERRY
(99:7) and whoso has done an atom’s weight of good shall see it,
ABDUL MAJID DARYABADI
(99:7) Then whosoever hath worked good of an atom’s weight shall behold it
FARIDUL HAQUE
(99:7) So whoever does a good deed equal to the weight of the minutest particle, will see it.
TALAL ITANI
(99:7) Whoever has done an atom’s weight of good will see it.
AHMED RAZA KHAN
(99:7) So whoever does a good deed equal to the weight of the minutest particle, will see it.
ALLAH SWT KNOWS BEST