416. The giant birds. 

In verse (22:31) of the Quran, it compares a person who creates an equal to the Almighty as one ‘who is flung away after being carried by birds’.

Right from the days of Prophet Muhammad till the present day, the world has not come across a bird huge enough to carry a human being.

It is possible only for a bird huge and powerful enough to carry out such an act.

Though birds of such abilities are not witnessed by any in our times there are fossils of such birds discovered by scientists. Fossils of birds as huge as that of elephants are discovered. If the genetic material of such birds are found the possibility of recreating them is a reality.

The Almighty has cited such birds as an example in this verse because they existed in the past, as can be seen from the discovery of their fossils.