 However, Edis argues that there are endless examples of scientific discoveries that could be read into the Bible or Quran if one would like to.Edis qualifies that Muslim thought certainly cannot be understood by looking at the Quran alone; cultural and political factors play large roles.Starting in the 1970s and 80s a "popular literature known as "ijaz"" (miracle) and often called "Scientific miracles in the Quran" developed and spread to Muslim bookstores, websites, and on television programs of Islamic preachers.