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2011-09-06 14:28:01 UTC
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The Earth’s Atmosphere and the holy Quran.
“By the sky which returns.” (Quran 86:11)
“[He] who made for you the earth a bed [spread out] and the sky a
ceiling…” (Quran 2:22)
In the first verse God swears by the sky[1] and its function of
‘returning’ without specifying what it ‘returns.’ In Islamic
doctrine, a divine oath signifies the magnitude of importance of a
special relation to the Creator, and manifests His majesty and the
supreme Truth in a special way.
The second verse describes the Divine Act that made the sky a
‘ceiling’ for the dwellers of earth.
Let us see what modern atmospheric science has to say about the role
and function of the sky.
The atmosphere is a word which denotes all the air surrounding the
earth, from the ground all the way up to the edge from which space
starts. The atmosphere is composed of several layers, each defined
because of the various phenomena which occur within the layer.
Rain, for one, is ‘returned’ to Earth by the clouds in the
atmosphere. Explaining the hydrologic cycle, Encyclopedia Britannica
writes:
“Water evaporates from both the aquatic and terrestrial environments
as it is heated by the Sun’s energy. The rates of evaporation and
precipitation depend on solar energy, as do the patterns of
circulation of moisture in the air and currents in the ocean.
Evaporation exceeds precipitation over the oceans, and this water
vapor is transported by the wind over land, where it returns to the
land through precipitation.”[2]
Not only does the atmosphere return what was on the surface back to
the surface, but it reflects back into space that which might damage
the flora and fauna the earth sustains, such as excessive radiant
heat. In the 1990’s, collaborations between NASA, the European Space
Agency (ESA), and the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science
(ISAS) of Japan resulted in the International Solar-Terrestrial
Physics (ISTP) Science Initiative. Polar, Wind and Geotail are a part
of this initiative, combining resources and scientific communities to
obtain coordinated, simultaneous investigations of the Sun-Earth space
environment over an extended period of time. They have an excellent
explanation of how the atmosphere returns solar heat to space.[3]
Besides ‘returning’ rain, heat and radio waves, the atmosphere
protects us like a ceiling above our heads by filtering out deadly
cosmic rays, powerful ultraviolet (UV) radiation from the Sun, and
even meteorites on collision course with Earth.[4]
Pennsylvania State Public Broadcasting tells us:
“The sunlight that we can see represents one group of wavelengths,
visible light. Other wavelengths emitted by the sun include x-rays
and ultraviolet radiation. X-rays and some ultraviolet light waves
are absorbed high in Earth’s atmosphere. They heat the thin layer of
gas there to very high temperatures. Ultraviolet light waves are the
rays that can cause sunburn. Most ultraviolet light waves are
absorbed by a thicker layer of gas closer to Earth called the ozone
layer. By soaking up the deadly ultraviolet and x-rays, the
atmosphere acts as a protective shield around the planet. Like a
giant thermal blanket, the atmosphere also keeps temperatures from
getting too hot or too cold. In addition, the atmosphere also
protects us from constant bombardment by meteoroids, bits of rock and
dust that travel at high speeds throughout the solar system. The
falling stars we see at night are not stars at all; they are actually
meteoroids burning up in our atmosphere due to the extreme heating
they undergo.”[5]
Encyclopedia Britannica, describing the role of Stratosphere, tells us
about its protective role in absorbing dangerous ultraviolet
radiation:
“In the upper stratospheric regions, absorption of ultraviolet light
from the Sun breaks down oxygen molecules; recombination of oxygen
atoms with O2 molecules into ozone (O3) creates the ozone layer, which
shields the lower ecosphere from harmful short-wavelength radiation…
More disturbing, however, is the discovery of a growing depletion of
ozone over temperate latitudes, where a large percentage of the
world’s population resides, since the ozone layer serves as a shield
against ultraviolet radiation, which has been found to cause skin
cancer.”[6]
The mesosphere is the layer in which many meteors burn up while
entering the Earth’s atmosphere. Imagine a baseball zipping along at
30,000 miles per hour. That’s how big and fast many meteors are.
When they plow through the atmosphere, meteors are heated to more than
3000 degrees Fahrenheit, and they glow. A meteor compresses air in
front of it. The air heats up, in turn heating the meteor.[7]
Earth is surrounded by a magnetic force field - a bubble in space
called “the magnetosphere” tens of thousands of miles wide. The
magnetosphere acts as a shield that protects us from solar storms.
However, according to new observations from NASA’s IMAGE spacecraft
and the joint NASA/European Space Agency Cluster satellites, immense
cracks sometimes develop in Earth’s magnetosphere and remain open for
hours. This allows the solar wind to gush through and power stormy
space weather. Fortunately, these cracks do not expose Earth’s
surface to the solar wind. Our atmosphere protects us, even when our
magnetic field does not.[8]
How would it be possible for a fourteenth century desert dweller to
describe the sky in a manner so precise that only recent scientific
discoveries have confirmed it? The only way is if he received
revelation from the Creator of the sky.
see the images in :
http://www.islamreligion.com/articles/1/
for more information about islam :
http://islamicreli.blogspot.com/
http://sites.google.com/site/islamicsitesaddr/home/eng_version-2
please visit ,thanks.
The Earth’s Atmosphere and the holy Quran.
“By the sky which returns.” (Quran 86:11)
“[He] who made for you the earth a bed [spread out] and the sky a
ceiling…” (Quran 2:22)
In the first verse God swears by the sky[1] and its function of
‘returning’ without specifying what it ‘returns.’ In Islamic
doctrine, a divine oath signifies the magnitude of importance of a
special relation to the Creator, and manifests His majesty and the
supreme Truth in a special way.
The second verse describes the Divine Act that made the sky a
‘ceiling’ for the dwellers of earth.
Let us see what modern atmospheric science has to say about the role
and function of the sky.
The atmosphere is a word which denotes all the air surrounding the
earth, from the ground all the way up to the edge from which space
starts. The atmosphere is composed of several layers, each defined
because of the various phenomena which occur within the layer.
Rain, for one, is ‘returned’ to Earth by the clouds in the
atmosphere. Explaining the hydrologic cycle, Encyclopedia Britannica
writes:
“Water evaporates from both the aquatic and terrestrial environments
as it is heated by the Sun’s energy. The rates of evaporation and
precipitation depend on solar energy, as do the patterns of
circulation of moisture in the air and currents in the ocean.
Evaporation exceeds precipitation over the oceans, and this water
vapor is transported by the wind over land, where it returns to the
land through precipitation.”[2]
Not only does the atmosphere return what was on the surface back to
the surface, but it reflects back into space that which might damage
the flora and fauna the earth sustains, such as excessive radiant
heat. In the 1990’s, collaborations between NASA, the European Space
Agency (ESA), and the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science
(ISAS) of Japan resulted in the International Solar-Terrestrial
Physics (ISTP) Science Initiative. Polar, Wind and Geotail are a part
of this initiative, combining resources and scientific communities to
obtain coordinated, simultaneous investigations of the Sun-Earth space
environment over an extended period of time. They have an excellent
explanation of how the atmosphere returns solar heat to space.[3]
Besides ‘returning’ rain, heat and radio waves, the atmosphere
protects us like a ceiling above our heads by filtering out deadly
cosmic rays, powerful ultraviolet (UV) radiation from the Sun, and
even meteorites on collision course with Earth.[4]
Pennsylvania State Public Broadcasting tells us:
“The sunlight that we can see represents one group of wavelengths,
visible light. Other wavelengths emitted by the sun include x-rays
and ultraviolet radiation. X-rays and some ultraviolet light waves
are absorbed high in Earth’s atmosphere. They heat the thin layer of
gas there to very high temperatures. Ultraviolet light waves are the
rays that can cause sunburn. Most ultraviolet light waves are
absorbed by a thicker layer of gas closer to Earth called the ozone
layer. By soaking up the deadly ultraviolet and x-rays, the
atmosphere acts as a protective shield around the planet. Like a
giant thermal blanket, the atmosphere also keeps temperatures from
getting too hot or too cold. In addition, the atmosphere also
protects us from constant bombardment by meteoroids, bits of rock and
dust that travel at high speeds throughout the solar system. The
falling stars we see at night are not stars at all; they are actually
meteoroids burning up in our atmosphere due to the extreme heating
they undergo.”[5]
Encyclopedia Britannica, describing the role of Stratosphere, tells us
about its protective role in absorbing dangerous ultraviolet
radiation:
“In the upper stratospheric regions, absorption of ultraviolet light
from the Sun breaks down oxygen molecules; recombination of oxygen
atoms with O2 molecules into ozone (O3) creates the ozone layer, which
shields the lower ecosphere from harmful short-wavelength radiation…
More disturbing, however, is the discovery of a growing depletion of
ozone over temperate latitudes, where a large percentage of the
world’s population resides, since the ozone layer serves as a shield
against ultraviolet radiation, which has been found to cause skin
cancer.”[6]
The mesosphere is the layer in which many meteors burn up while
entering the Earth’s atmosphere. Imagine a baseball zipping along at
30,000 miles per hour. That’s how big and fast many meteors are.
When they plow through the atmosphere, meteors are heated to more than
3000 degrees Fahrenheit, and they glow. A meteor compresses air in
front of it. The air heats up, in turn heating the meteor.[7]
Earth is surrounded by a magnetic force field - a bubble in space
called “the magnetosphere” tens of thousands of miles wide. The
magnetosphere acts as a shield that protects us from solar storms.
However, according to new observations from NASA’s IMAGE spacecraft
and the joint NASA/European Space Agency Cluster satellites, immense
cracks sometimes develop in Earth’s magnetosphere and remain open for
hours. This allows the solar wind to gush through and power stormy
space weather. Fortunately, these cracks do not expose Earth’s
surface to the solar wind. Our atmosphere protects us, even when our
magnetic field does not.[8]
How would it be possible for a fourteenth century desert dweller to
describe the sky in a manner so precise that only recent scientific
discoveries have confirmed it? The only way is if he received
revelation from the Creator of the sky.
see the images in :
http://www.islamreligion.com/articles/1/
for more information about islam :
http://islamicreli.blogspot.com/
http://sites.google.com/site/islamicsitesaddr/home/eng_version-2
please visit ,thanks.