THE HOLY QUR’AN THE LAYERS OF THE EARTH &THE EARTH DISGORGES ITS CHARGES

BASED ON THE WORKS OF HARUN YAHYA WWW.HARUNYAHAY.COM and others

PREPARED BY fereidoun.dejahang@ntlworld.com Dr F.Dejahang, BSc CEng, BSc (Hons) Construction Mgmt, MSc, MCIOB, .MCMI, PhD

The HolyQur'an is

theWord of

Allah

THE LAYERS OF THE EARTH

One item of information about the Earth given in the Holy Qur'an is its similarity to the seven-layered

sky:

Surat Aţ-Ţalāq (The Divorce) - الطالق سورة

Surat Aţ-Ţalāq (The Divorce) - الطالق سورة

(Qur'an, 65:12)

Sahih InternationalIt is Allah who has created seven heavens and of the earth, the like of them. [His] command descends

among them so you may know that Allah is over all things

competent and that Allah has encompassed all things in

knowledge.

(Qur'an, 65:12)Dr. Ghali

Allah is He Who created seven heavens, and of the earth their like. Between them the

Command keeps coming down, that you may know that Allah is Ever-Determiner over everything and that Allah has already

encompassed everything in knowledge.Farsi

از و آفرید، را آسمان هفت که است کسی همان خداوندپیوسته آنها میان در او فرمان را؛ آنها همانند نیز زمیناینکه و تواناست چیز هر بر خداوند بدانید تا می آید فرود

دارد احاطه چیز همه به او !علم

Surat Al-Baqarah (The Cow) - البقرة سورة

It is He Who created everything on the earth for you and then directed His

attention up to heaven and arranged it into seven regular heavens. He has knowledge of all things. (Qur'an, 2:29)

Surat Al-Baqarah (The Cow) - البقرة سورة

Surat Al-'A`rāf (The Heights) - األعراف سورة

Your Lord is Allah, Who created the heavens and the earth in six

days and then settled Himself firmly on the

Throne... (Qur'an, 7:54)

(Qur'an, 2:29)Sahih International

It is He who created for you all of that which is on the earth. Then He directed Himself to the heaven, [His

being above all creation], and made them seven heavens, and He is Knowing of all things.

Dr. GhaliHe is (The One) Who created for you whatever is in the

earth altogether. Thereafter He leveled Himself (How He did so is beyond human understanding stauling) to the heaven; so He leveled them seven heavens, and He is

Ever-Knowing of everything.Farsi

) برای ) دارد، وجود زمین در نعمتها از را آنچه همه که است خدایی اوهفت صورت به را آنها و پرداخت؛ آسمان به سپس آفرید؛ شما

است آگاه چیز هر به او و نمود؛ مرتب .آسمان

The height of the tropopause The height of the tropopause depends

on the location, notably the latitude, as shown in the figure on the right (which shows annual mean conditions). It also depends on the season (1, 2). Thus, it is about 16 km high over Australia at year-end, and between 12 - 16 km at midyear, being lower at the higher latitudes. At latitudes above 60�

The height of the tropopause  The tropopause is less than 9 -10 km

above sea level; the lowest is less than 8 km high, above Antarctica and above Siberia and northern Canada in winter.

The highest average tropopause is over the oceanic warm pool of the western equatorial Pacific, about 17.5 km high, and over Southeast Asia,

The height of the tropopause During the summer monsoon, the

tropopause occasionally peaks above 18 km.

In other words, cold conditions lead to a lower tropopause, obviously because of less convection.

The height of the tropopause Deep convection (thunderstorms) in the

Intertropical Convergence Zone, or over mid-latitude continents in summer, continuously push the tropopause upwards and as such deepen the troposphere. This is because thunderstorms mix the tropospheric air at a moist adiabatic lapse rate.

The height of the tropopause In the upper troposphere, this lapse rate

is essentially the same as the dry adiabatic rate of 10K/km. So a deepening by 1 km reduces the tropopause temperature by 10K. Therefore, in areas where (or at times when) the tropopause is exceptionally high, the tropopause temperature is also very low, sometimes below -80� C.

The height of the tropopause Such low temperatures are not found

anywhere else in the Earth's atmosphere, at any level, except in the winter stratosphere over Antarctica.

The height of the tropopause

(Qur'an, 41:11-12)

Then He turned to heaven when it was smoke. In two days He determined them

as seven heavens and revealed, in every heaven, its own mandate. (Qur'an,

41:11-12)

Surat Al-Ĥaj (The Pilgrimage) - الحج سورة

A day with your Lord is equivalent to a thousand years in the way you count.

(Qur'an, 22:47)

Surat As-Sajdah (The Prostration) - سورةالسجدة

He directs the whole affair from heaven to earth. Then it will again ascend to Him on a Day whose length is a thousand years by the way

you measure. (Qur'an, 32:5)

Surat Al-Ĥāqqah (The Reality) - الحاقة سورة

The angels and the Spirit ascend to Him

in a day whose length is fifty thousand

years. (Qur'an, 70:4)

(Qur'an, 41:11)

(Qur'an, 41:11)

Sahih InternationalThen He directed Himself to the heaven while it was smoke and said to it and to the earth, "Come [into being], willingly

or by compulsion." They said, "We have come willingly."Dr. Ghali

Thereafter He leveled Himself (How He did so is beyond human understanding) to the heaven (while) it was smoke,

then said to it and to the earth, "Come up (you two) willingly (Or: in obedience ) or unwillingly!" They (both)

said, "We come up willingly."Farsi

و آن به بود؛ دود بصورت که حالی در پرداخت، آسمان آفرینش به سپس ) ( « : و اطاعت روی از خواه ، گیرید شکل و آیید وجود به داد دستور زمین به) ( « : »! می گیریم شکل و می آییم طاعت روی از ما گفتند آنها اکراه «!خواه

(Qur'an, 41:12)

(Qur'an, 41:12)Sahih International

And He completed them as seven heavens within two days and inspired in each heaven its command. And We adorned

the nearest heaven with lamps and as protection. That is the determination of the Exalted in Might, the Knowing.

Dr. GhaliSo He decreed them as seven heavens in two days, and He

revealed in every heaven its Command. And We have adorned the lowest heaven with lamps, and (set Angels)

preserving them. That is the determining of The Ever-Mighty, The Ever-Knowing.

Farsiهر در و آفرید، روز دو در آسمان هفت بصورت را آنها هنگام این در

) ( ) با ) را پایین آسمان و فرمود، ر مقر� و وحی را آسمان آن کار آسمانی ) ( ] شیاطین ]= رخنه از شهابها با و بخشیدیم، زینت ستارگان چراغهایی

دانا و توانا خداوند تقدیر است این کردیم، !حفظ

THE LAYERS OF THE EARTH

THE LAYERS OF THE EARTH

1st layer: Lithosphere

(water)

2nd layer: Lithosphere

(land)

3rd layer: Asthenospher

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4th layer: Upper Mantle

THE LAYERS OF THE EARTH

5th layer: Inner Mantle

6th layer: Outer Core

7th layer: Inner Core

THE LAYERS OF THE EARTH

THE LAYERS OF THE EARTH

THE LAYERS OF THE EARTH

THE LAYERS OF THE EARTH

THE LAYERS OF THE EARTH

•The Earth's core consists of two parts. One is the 2,200 km thick liquid outer core, the other a 1,250 km thick solid inner core.

THE LAYERS OF THE EARTH

THE LAYERS OF THE EARTH

• The liquid outer core provides the Earth's magnetic field as the planet rotates.

THE LAYERS OF THE EARTH

•The truth of this similarity between the sky and the layers of the Earth, only identified by 20th century technology, is without doubt another of the Qur'an's scientific miracles.

THE LAYERS OF THE EARTH

23. “Inside the Earth,” http://pubs.usgs.gov/publications/text/inside.html.

(Qur'an, 99:1-4)

When the earth is convulsed with its quaking and the earth then disgorges its charges and man asks,

"What is wrong with it?", on that Day it will impart all its

news. (Qur'an, 99:1-4)

(Qur'an, 99:1-4)

When the

earth is convulsed with

its quakin

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THE EARTH DISGORGES ITS CHARGES

THE EARTH DISGORGES ITS

CHARGES

• The word "zilzal" in Arabic means earthquake, or tremors, and the word "athqalaha" means "charges, heavy burdens."

THE EARTH DISGORGES ITS

CHARGES

• When one considers the above verses in the light of the first meaning, it can be seen that reference is being made to an important scientific fact about earthquakes.

THE EARTH DISGORGES ITS CHARGES

THE EARTH DISGORGES

ITS CHARGES

• Surat az-Zilzal 2 mentions the earth disgorging its charges.

THE EARTH DISGORGES ITS CHARGES

THE EARTH DISGORGES

ITS CHARGES

•Indeed, as a result of research in recent years, it has been realised that there are heavy metals at the centre of the Earth, and that these appear as a result of movements on the Earth's surface.

THE EARTH DISGORGES ITS CHARGES

THE EARTH DISGORGES

ITS CHARGES

•According to geologists' calculations, as the Earth cooled, heavy and dense substances sank to its centre, while lighter ones rose to the surface.

THE EARTH DISGORGES ITS CHARGES

THE EARTH DISGORGES

ITS CHARGES

•For that reason, the Earth's crust consists of the least heaviest substances (basalt and granite rocks), while heavy metals (nickel and iron) are found in the core.

THE EARTH DISGORGES ITS CHARGES

THE EARTH DISGORGES ITS CHARGES