“By the fig and the olive; By Mount Sinai; By this City of Security (Makkah)” (I)These ayahs are the opening ayahs of Surah at-Tin (The Figs), a Makkan Surah and one of the shortest in the Holy Qur’an; it has only eight ayahs after The Basmallah (In the name of Allah, the most Merciful, the most Compassionate).The...
“See you not that Allah sends down water (rain) from the sky, and We produce therewith fruits of various colours” (I)This ayah appears in the second half of Surah Fatir, which was revealed in Makkah. The Surah gets its name, Fatir (Originator), from the opening ayahs which praise Allah (SWT), the Originator of the heaven...
“And tall date-palms, with ranged clusters” (I)This verse appears towards the beginning of Surah Qaf, a Makkan Surah whose main theme is the final revelation, the resurrection of man (on the Day of Judgement) and the disbelievers’ rejection of both. The Surah begins with Allah (SWT) swearing by the Glorious Qur’...
"Have We not made the earth as a bed, And the mountains as pegs? (I)Literally, the word “mountain” (Latin Montanus) is described as “a landmass that projects conspicuously above its surroundings and is higher than a hill.”The Dictionary of Geological Terms defines a mount or a mountain as a high bill (but mount is al...
"And the mountains He has fixed firmly, (To be) a provision and benefit for you and your cattle." (I)In these two Qur’anic verses it is explicitly stated that the stabilization of the Earth by means of its mountains was a specific stage in the long process of creation of our planet and still is a very important phenomenon ...
“Verily, the first House (of worship) appointed for mankind was that at Bakkah (Makkah), full of blessing, and a guidance for Al-‘Âlamîn (mankind and jinn)” (I)This Holy ayah comes in the middle of Surah Al-Imran; which is a Madinan Surah and one of the longest Surahs in Holy Qur'an as it consists of two hundred...
“And He has affixed into the earth mountains standing firm, lest it should shake with you; and rivers and roads, that you may guided yourselves” (I)This ayah appears towards the beginning of Surah An-Nahl (The Bee), a Makkan Surah, which gets its name from the reference Allah makes in it to bees and the special instinct ...
Allah, the Almighty, says: “He has let loosed the two seas meeting together. Between them is a barrier which none of them can transgress. Then which of the Blessings of your Lord will you both (jinn and men) deny? Out of them both come out pearl and coral” (I)The Scientific Fact:It was not until 1873 that sea...
Allah, the Almighty, said:“Or (the unbelievers' state) is like the darkness of a fathomless sea which is covered by waves above which are waves above which are clouds, layers of darkness, one upon the other. If he puts out his hand, he can scarcely see it. Those God gives no light to, they have no light” (I)The Scientifi...
Allah, the Almighty, says: “Alif Lam Mim, The Romans have been defeated in the lowest land, and they, after their defeat, will be victorious within three to nine years. The decision of the matter, before and after (these events) is only with Allah, (before the defeat of the Romans by the Persians, and after, i.e....
Allah, the Almighty, says: “Blessed be He Who has placed in the heaven big stars, and has placed therein a great lamp (sun), and a moon giving light” (I) And“And We have made (therein) a shining lamp (sun)” (II)The Scientific Facts:The energy of the sun (universal atomic pile): The energy of the sun...
"By Heaven with its returning system" (I) The Scientific Facts:The atmosphere returns vaporized water in the form of rain.The atmosphere receives many meteors and returns them to outer space.The atmosphere returns the harmful rays that kill living creatures and pushes them away from the earth.The atmosphere returns...
In 12 distinctive verses, the Qur’an (which is principally a book of divine guidance) outlines the basic geologic concepts of mountains as follows: That mountains are not just the lofty elevations seen on the surface of the Earth, but their downward extensions in the Earth’s lithosphere (in the form of pegs or picke...
“It is He Who sends down water (rain) from the sky, and with it We bring forth vegetation of all kinds, and out of it We bring forth green stalks, from which We bring forth thick clustered grain.” (I) Surat Al-An’am was revealed in Makkah and is one of the longest chapters in the Qur’an with 165 vers...
“And in the earth are neighbouring tracts, and gardens of grapes, and green crops, and date-palms, growing into two or three from a single stem, or otherwise, watered with the same water; yet some of them We make more excellent than others to eat. Verily, in these things there are signs for the people who understand.” (I...
“And by the sea kept filled (or it will be fire kindled on the Day of Resurrection)” (I)This Qur’anic verse also comes in the context of an oath to emphasize the special significance of the subject matter by which the oath is given, as Allah (all glory be to Him) is definitely above the need to give such an oath. Now, ...
