Quran on mountains???contradiction?
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Thank you ver much for your reply.
"Or, Who has made the earth firm to live in; made rivers in its midst; set thereon mountains immovable; and made a separating bar between the two bodies of flowing water? (can there be another) god besides Allah? Nay, most of them know not."
Could you also please exlain why in some verses it says that mountains move and in some it says that they r immovable??
Mountains immovable in the sense, its usefulness are multiple and never goes that easily for people living near those. These mountains were the reason for the rains/rivers
and its stability/immobility helps people setup/construct their houses above the firm earth surrounding it and gives the protection as caves those ancient people relied upon. -
imrankhawaja Could u quote where exactly Dr Press said that mountains r stabilizers? I cant find it anywhere and people on forums who have the cope of the book "Earth" also couldnt find this fact
look at the links ..
https//www.livescience.com/6595-depth-himalayan-mountain-roots-revealed.html
https//www.geolsoc.org.uk/Education-and-Careers/Ask-a-Geologist/Continents-Supercontinents-and-the-Earths-Crust/Mountain-Rootsdnt worry if you did not find that book on internet then go to the library and try to search by this approach
Earth, Press and Siever, p. 435. ( thats the reference what i study in one of the article ages ago) i did not read his book by myself ..RED did i use a word "fact" anywhere
DR Frank Press, who was the President of the Academy of Sciences in the USA for 12 years and was the Science Advisor to former US President Jimmy Carter. In this book he illustrates the mountain in a wedge-shape and the mountain itself as a small part of the whole, whose root is deeply entrenched in the ground.According to Dr. Press, the mountains play an important role in stabilizing the crust of the earth
well forget about frank press just look for yourself that mountains are stablizers or not? two links i just posted you at top..
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From this root come others associated with movement but controlled movement, ike a boat at anchor or tied to the bolt in the port. It is a means of keeping movement controlled so that it does not go out of hand, that is becomes catastrofic.
A ship at anchor moves, but does not move out of control. So mountains move, but they recover their balance or rather they keep the balance throughout the movement.
Salaam
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I read the links but i cant see where its written that mountains r stabilizers
mountians are mountians, stablizers are stablizers..
mountians works like stablizers/anchors/pegs/roots... -
Why in Quran it says that mountains are immovable when they do move as the result of tectonics??
look at your question once again..
when did you see any mountain travel from one location to another?
you need to understand your question first what you are actualy thinking about the movement of mountians.. ?do you believe mountians physically travel from himalaya to america due to tectonics?
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No, but they do move a bit by tectonics.
are tectonics and mountains are same thing?
oh yeh mountains do smoke too by lava
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Im not saying they are the same thing! Im saying that mountains do move due to tectonics
why mount everest is still in nepal instead of moving to india or china from last many million years?
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No, but it does move by few cm, thats what im trying to say!! The point is that they MOVE
moving or growing?
and what is the movement from north to south or south to north? and few cm in how many years?
its better if you share the source this time any source ? -
Here u go https//www.livescience.com/9952-earth-moves-mountains-study-reveals.html
Thank you very much for trying to help me!
Maybe in Quran mountains being stabilesers doesnt mean that it stabilises the earth, but instead it means that it stabilises our life? Like as you said it helps as to walk on the ground without being blown away, what do u think? -
peace, it does not say mountains don't move ...
1615 and cast in the land firm peaks lest/that shake (i.e. the land) with you and rivers of and paths of that may you guided being
2130 that ye not see the ones disregard they of that the heavens and the land be dual sewn of so ripped we them dual and made we of from the water each thing live so not believing
2131 and made we of in the land firm peaks lest/that shake with them (i.e. the land with people mentioned above) and made we of therein ravine of paths of perhaps they guided being3110 creation of the heavens in other than/without columns thou seeing it and cast in the land firm peaks lest/that shake (i.e. the land) with you and dispersed therein from each creature and descends we of from the heaven water so grew we of therein from each spouse/pair/mate noble
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I just read this verse And He has set firm mountains in the earth so that it would not shake with you... (Quran, 1615)
Please give non-islamic sources which say that mountains do prevent earth from shaking. Also why there r earthquakes in places where mountains r?
I will be greatful for your answers
