55:24, reference to icebergs?

unknownuser

055.024
YUSUFALI And His are the Ships sailing smoothly through the seas, lofty as mountains
PICKTHAL His are the ships displayed upon the sea, like banners.
SHAKIR And His are the ships reared aloft in the sea like mountains.

http//defiant.corban.edu/gtipton/net-fun/iceberg.JPG

Any idea?

TheNabi

Peace

That's as good a guess as any I suppose.

Joe

explorer

That is the only natural object that fits the description.

Layth

Peace,

Interesting theory. But the implications would make the passage completely incomprehensible to the old arabs, which would render the Quran not-so-clear, at least for them.

Nadeem

Navid

Peace,

Interesting theory. But the implications would make the passage completely incomprehensible to the old arabs, which would render the Quran not-so-clear, at least for them.

Nadeem

Perhaps the Arabs had a different interpretation that was logical at that time. It can go more than one way.

Also, why is Nadeem at the end of the post? Just curious

Peace

nadeem

Peace,

That previous post was by me. I was doing some work for Brother Layth and I forgot I to log in to my own account when posting.

Nadeem

unknownuser

Would you say that those verses were intended for guidance, or were they knowledge of the unseen (to them, anyway)? The idea of "a clear Quran" applies to the guidance and such, not necessarily these things which would be beyond the majority of humans until naval expeditions took hold.

Consider 5533 (SHAKIR O assembly of the jinn and the men! If you are able to pass through the regions of the heavens and the earth, then pass through; you cannot pass through but with authority), is there any doubt as to its meaning today? What about back in 6th century Arabia?