Abstract
The main thought and foundation in Islamic civilization is based from the teaching and learning of Quran. There are many secrets and mysteries in Quran and the only way to uncover it is by reading, understanding and researching its content. Among the miracles stated in the Quran, there are 49 times mentioned about mountain in different form of words and sentence structure hence its meaning. Therefore, this study will discuss and uncover the scientific evidence related to the mountain that is mentioned in the Quran. The method of this study is qualitative approach which most of the data are collected from library and literary materials that related to the word ‘mountain’. In Quran, it has mentioned mountain as the pillar of earth which strengthen its ground and enable other being to inhabit it. Meanwhile, from the perspectives of scientific evidences claimed that when two continents collide, stronger plates will slip beneath the other plate and creating a platform that restrict the movement of the continent to avoid shaking. Then, the upper one folds and will form the mountain plate. This depicts that without mountains, the lithospheric plate movements will be eroded drastically. All this information has been mentioned in Quran as the word ‘rawasiya’ and will be discussed along in this paper accordingly Keywords: Mountain, Quran, stabilizer.
Highlights
Al-Quran was revealed to Prophet Muhammad (p.b.u.h) for almost 1400 years ago yet its content is consistent with to date‟s modern technology or scientific knowledge
After numerous researches regarding this topic, the word „rawasiya‟ that being used in the Quran can be concluded as the mountain that maintain the stability of the earth
Mountain is the impact from collision of different earth‟s tectonic plates and has deep root several times than height of the mountain at the surface of the earth
Summary
Al-Quran was revealed to Prophet Muhammad (p.b.u.h) for almost 1400 years ago yet its content is consistent with to date‟s modern technology or scientific knowledge. With the advance of knowledge and technologies, many scientific information in Quran were proved as true, proving that the Quran come from the one and the only true God, Allah. This paper is produced to help people in understand Quran better of its verses on mountains in line with scientific evidences. Mountain is one of the most important features that can be found on earth as it stabilizes planet Earth‟s surface. Al-Quran as well has mentioned the importance of mountain as a platform that stabilized planet Earth‟s surface. The role of mountain as were mentioned in Al-Quran in various verse such as Surah Al-Hijr, Surah Luqman, Surah Al-Anbiya‟, Surah An-Naba‟ and much more. About one-quarter of the earth‟s land surface are covered with mountains and it has become 12 percent of total human population habitat. There are four types of mountains: fold mountain, fault-block mountain, dome mountain, volcanic mountain and plateau mountain and each one of these mountains have different formation process
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