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MAN AND POLLUTION
2007-09-02 21:48:00
41- Corruption has appeared on land and sea because of what the hands of people have earned, He thus lets them taste the consequences of their works that they may return.30-The Romans, 41Man has been paying the cost of damages he has inflicted on his surroundings and nature throughout centuries. Passion for more money, sloth and irresponsibility have made man blind to the fact that he is part of his natural environment and that the damage he causes it will unavoidably affect him. The development of environmental consciousness in man, who has suffered from damages of his own doing, is a recent event. Environmental awareness only received special emphasis in the world after 1970.In a century and place where environmental awareness cannot be said to have existed, the reference made in the Quran to this fact, that is to the corruption caused in the land and the sea on account of that which men?s hands have wrought, is a lesson of great scope. We translate the Arabic word ?bahr? as ?sea?...
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DIFFICULTY OF ASCENDING TO THE SKY
2007-09-02 21:47:00
125- ...And whomever He wills to send astray, He makes his bosom narrow and strained as if he was ascending into the sky.6-The Cattle, 125A person subject to spells of dejection and who feels strained is likened to a person who is ascending to the sky. We know today that during ascension, atmospheric pressure gradually decreases, rising blood pressure causing strain on the functioning of heart and veins topped by lack of oxygen, which in turn influences the lungs, making one feel constricted. If one persists going even higher, there comes a moment when the individual loses his life.There were no airships or aircraft at the time of the Prophet. Torricelli was the person who in 1643 invented the mercury thermometer with which he demonstrated that the atmosphere exerted a pressure. To speak of a decrease of pressure at the time was out of the question. Nor was there reliable information about circulation of the blood or lungs. One can guess that men climbed heights and had difficulty b...
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RESPIRATION AND PHOTOSYNTHESIS
2007-09-02 21:44:00
18- And the dawn as it breathes.81-The Rolling, 18The verb to breathe is a term originally used to describe the process in which many living organisms take in oxygen from their surroundings and give out carbon dioxide. But what has respiration to do with the dawn? What brings together these two seemingly incongruous subjects? Does something new happen in the daylight different from the night? These questions were bound to remain unanswered until the time the process of photosynthesis came to light, the synthesis of simple carbon hydrates like glucose and starch from carbon dioxide and water, with the liberation of oxygen, using the energy of light, in green plants chlorophyll being the energy transformer. Nutriments of high-energy content formed as a result of this process, called photosynthesis, are stored in tissues while oxygen is given out. Briefly stated, photosynthesis is a metabolism process in contradistinction with respiration. During respiration, carbon hydrates mix with o...
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FORMATION OF PETROLEUM
2007-08-28 19:54:00
4- He brings out the pasture5- Then turns it into a blackish floodwater.87-The Most High, 4-5Petroleum is primarily the outcome of a long process during which herbage like algae and fern in the interstices of rocks is exposed to the chemical effects of various bacteria. Today the origin of petroleum is believed to be organic material. Pastures created before man was created were destined to turn in time to petroleum within the framework of the ecological balance of the world. Oily organic residues decomposed beneath the floor of the seas for millions of years. The underlying oily substance eventually was transformed into petroleum.Petroleum presents the properties of ?floodwater.? Petroleum, more often than not, moves away from where it was originally formed. It does not have a settling property. Petroleum behaves like flood liquid, traveling long distances and collecting at spots where it comes across hard rocks without pores. Petroleum beds have been discovered in places where the...

EARTHQUAKES? MESSAGE AND HEAVY BURDENS
2007-08-28 19:54:00
1- When the earth is severely quaked.2- And the earth throws out its heavy burdens.3- And man enquires, ?What has come over it??4- On that day, it will tell its information.99-The Earthquake, 1-4The Arabic word ?zilzal? means ?earthquake.? The above verses are quoted from the sura The Earthquake. These verses are believed to refer justifiably to the earthquake expected to occur in the end of the world; however, we should take due notice of its wider sense, depicting earthquakes in general. The fourth verse announces that men will be informed on that day. A terrible disaster like an earthquake associates in one?s mind destruction in the first place causing material damage and bodily injury, leading to a general terror and panic. This announcement must have astounded the public.To establish a link between earthquakes and knowledge of certain facts seemed inconceivable to people up until the last century. Today we have a great many data in our possession regarding the ground beneath ou...
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MOUNTAINS AS PEGS
2007-08-28 19:53:00
6- Have We not made the earth habitable?7- And the mountains as pegs?78-The Event, 6-7Mount ains are often mentioned in the Quran. The simile of pegs seems to be preternatural in the light of geological findings of the last century. The mountains we observe on the surface of the earth rest on immense strata that may be ten to fifteen times as deep as the portion remaining on the surface of the earth. For instance, the highest mountain on earth, whose peak attains an altitude of 9 km from the ground, possesses a substratum that goes about 125 km into the depths of the earth. For a peg to be able to fulfill its function, the length of the portion stuck in the earth is important. The same holds true for the mountain.There also exist mountains rising from the bottom of seas that also possess substratum. These substrata support the visible portion of the mountains in accordance with the Archimedean principle. These substrata were unknown until a few centuries back, let alone during the ti...

FAULTS ON THE EARTH?S SURFACE
2007-08-28 19:53:00
12- By the fractured earth.86-The Knocker, 12In the verse preceding the above verse (The Knocker, verse 11), the returning property of the sky was stressed; this refers to phenomena unknown to men 1400 years ago (Chapter 20 of the present book). In the above verse there are also factual implications that the public during the Prophet?s time did not know. As faults had not yet been discovered, the verse was believed to refer to the opening of the earth for the sprouting of vegetation.In the post-Second World War years, scientists intensified submarine research activity with a view to having access to precious metals and minerals. During this research work, they came across something quite unexpected; the bottom of the seas were covered with fissures that came to be called ?faults? or ?cracks.? If we draw an analogy between the period that has elapsed since the second world war until today with the period that has elapsed from the time of the descent of the Quran 1400 years ago, when ...
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DARKNESS AND INTERNAL WAVES IN THE SEAS
2007-08-28 19:52:00
40-... or is like the darkness in a deep sea. It is covered by waves, above which are waves, above which clouds. Darkness , one above another. If a man stretches out his hand, he can hardly see it. For any to whom God gives not light, there is no light.24-The Light, 40The construction of submarines dates back to the 17th century. A vessel that navigated under water was first contrived in 1620 by C. Drebber. Submarines developed rapidly, and in 1954, nuclear submarines were made. The development of submarines made possible the study of submarine geology and topography, and life in the depths of oceans. Collection of data had been possible thanks to the means developed in recent centuries without which a man could not dive to a depth more than 50 meters.At a depth of 200 meters from the surface of the sea, darkness reigns. At this depth, then, ?If a man stretches out his hand, he can hardly see it,? as described in the verse. The bottom of seas and oceans are pitch dark. While broad da...
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BARRIER BETWEEN SEAS
2007-08-28 19:52:00
19- He has let free the two seas meeting together. 20- Between them there is a barrier which they do not transgress. 55-Gracious, 19-20 A famous French oceanographer, J. Cousteau, gives the following account as a result of his studies in water barriers: ?We studied the assertions by certain researchers about barriers separating seas, and noticed that the Mediterranean Sea had its own salinity and density and housed autochthonous fauna and flora. Then we examined the water of the Atlantic Ocean and discovered features entirely different from those of the Mediterranean Sea. According to our expectations, these two seas that merged in the strait of Gibraltar should present similar characteristics in terms of salinity, density and other properties. The two seas presented different features even though they were adjacent. This greatly puzzled us. An incredible barrier prevented the two seas from coming together. The same sort of a barrier had also been observed in Bab Al-Mandab in the Gu...
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UNDERGROUND WATERS AND WATER CYCLE
2007-08-28 19:51:00
21- Do not you see that God sends down water from the sky and places it into underground springs. 39-The Throngs, 21The rainfall and its role in our lives as mentioned in the Quran give us correct information. Had we been living in some other periods of history, we could not have grasped it. Now we are in a position to understand this, as the world?s water cycle has been made clear by theknowledge provided by contemporary science. If we compare the ancient lore about water with the information contained in the Quran, we realize that the Quran?s communications are free from errors, as always.Let us take up the verse of the Quran that speaks of the formation of underground waters as a consequence of the rainfall (sura 39, verse 21). Was this fact, which is no mystery for us today, as clear in the minds of the ancients as it is in ours? Two specialists, G.Castany and B. Blavoux, give the following account: ?According to Thales, the waters of the ocean that gushed out in the air by the ...
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DUE MEASURE IN RAIN
2007-08-28 19:51:00
11- And He is the One who sends down water in due measure from the sky, to revive dead lands therewith. Similarly you will be raised. 43-Vanity, 11Rain is one of the gifts of God to man. In the verse above, God says that the rain has its own mathematics and that it is sent according to ?due measure.? Water on earth is subject to an impeccable process and passes in due order from the state of liquid to the state of gas and solid. It has a marvelous balancing power, as it balances energy while satisfying the vital needs of the living being.You would not have gotten an answer if you were, a century back, to ask a scientist whose field of interest was rainfall in particular, ?Is there a measure in the rainfall; can it be quantified?? Being ignorant of the meteorological phenomena going on in every part of the world, the scientist would not have been in a position to say anything on the issue. The Quran told us 1400 years ago that the rainfall had a certain measure. Research conducted in...

CLOUDS AND THE PROCESS OF RAIN
2007-08-28 19:50:00
43- Do not you see that God drives the clouds, then joins them together, then piles them on each other, then you see the rain comes forth from between them. And He sends down hail from the sky, where there are mountains of it. And strikes those with it whom He will and diverts it from whomever He wills. The vivid flash of its lightning nearly blinds the sight. 24-The Light, 43 Water is life. The greater portion of water that is the basic need for the living beings on earth is in continuous motion and transformation. The uninterrupted sequence of these successive transformations is referred to as cycling. Water is always present in the air. It goes without saying that this state of water differs from its state in the seas and rivers. The formation of clouds by water in the state of vapor, the transformation of these clouds into rainwater and their falling upon the earth as precipitation are the result of God?s impeccable cycling system. More than 1400 years ago, the Quran began to dr...
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FECUNDATING WINDS
2007-08-28 19:49:00
22- And We send the fecundating winds. 15-Hijr, 22 Research conducted on physical phenomena and plants demonstrated the importance of the fecundating property of winds. Winds play a role in the reproduction of plants by transporting small reproductive bodies produced in pollen sacs of the seed plants. The winds have also the character of fecundating the rain clouds, another essential factor for life on earth.Before rising to the upper layers of the atmosphere, the gaseous suspension of ultramicroscopic particles of a liquid called aerosol, generated by foaming in seas and other waters, gets mixed with the dust that the winds sweep from the lands. These particles combine with water vapor that condenses around these particles. Had it not been for these particles, one hundred per cent water vapor could not form the cloud. The formation of clouds is the consequence of the winds? formation of the water vapor in suspension with the fecundating particles they carry. Had the winds failed to...
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THE EARTH DOES ROTATE EVEN THOUGH WE ARE NOT CONSCIOUS OF IT
2007-08-28 19:49:00
88- When you look at the mountains, you think that they are standing still. But they are moving like clouds. Such is the artistry of God, who disposes of all things in perfect order. He is indeed fully aware of what you do. 27-The Ant, 88 The mountains? features seem to make them the most stationary components of the earth?s surface. The idea of the unattainability of mountains led certain primitive mentalities to believe in polytheism and fancy that the mountains were the abode of divinities. The idea of mountain peaks being beyond man?s reach was an illusion, as was also their stationary aspect. The verse refers to this illusion and speaks of the motion of mountains like clouds. If the mountains that had a stationary aspect did move, it would follow that the earth itself also moved. The verse thus dismisses the idea of a fixed world entertained as a consequence of false perception, and informed the public of the time of the movement of mountains, likening them to clouds.This sign,...
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DIAMETERS OF THE EARTH AND SPACE
2007-08-28 19:48:00
33- O society of jinns and men, cross the diameters of the heavens and the earth, if you have the ability, then pass beyond them. But you cannot, unless you acquire an authorization. 55-Gracious, 33 The Arabic word for diameter is ?kutr? of which the plural is ?aktar;? this refers to the fact that the heavens and the earth have a plurality of diameters. The Arabic language has a special plural to express ?duality;? the word aktar expresses a magnitude superior to one or two. We must be careful in the case of three-dimensional objects; ?diameter? exists only in spheroid figures. In the case of a perfect sphere we cannot speak of a plurality of diameters, for, in a perfect sphere, there can be only one diameter. We observe in the verse the use of the plural, which is remarkable.This verse is particularly important, as it refers to the geoidal structure of the world. Doubts about the spheroid structure of the world were dispelled by the law of gravitation of Newton (1642-1724). Previou...
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