Mountains of errors. The SEISMIC Flaws of the Quran

[DoctorNO]

The Holy Quran states

(Yusuf Ali translation)

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And it is He who spread out the earth, and set thereon mountains standing firm

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And the earth We have spread out (like a carpet); set thereon mountains firm and immovable;

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And He has set up on the earth mountains standing firm, lest it should shake with you;

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And We have set on the earth mountains standing firm, lest it should shake with them,

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Or, Who has made the earth firm to live in; made rivers in its midst; set thereon mountains immovable;

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He created the heavens without any pillars that ye can see; He set on the earth mountains standing firm, lest it should shake with you;

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He set on the (earth), mountains standing firm, high above it,

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And the earth- We have spread it out, and set thereon mountains standing firm,

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And made therein mountains standing firm, lofty (in stature);

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And the mountains hath He firmly fixed;

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And at the Mountains, how they are fixed firm?

After reading this we can pose some questions

arrow Where are the mountainous areas on the earth located?
See figure 1. (below)

arrow Where are the major seismic/earthquake zones located on the earth? And how often do earthquakes happen?
See figure 2. (below)

arrow What is the spatial relation between mountainous areas and earthquake zones?
Compare fig. 1 with fig. 2

Fig.1 - the earth's (continental) mountainous areas
http//members.lycos.nl/whatsthisthen/mountainbelts10k-2--geog-ouc-bc-ca-physgeog-a.gif

Fig. 2 - the earth's seismic zones
(epicenters of earthquakes in a 35 year period)
http//members.lycos.nl/whatsthisthen/earthquake-epicenters-denali-gsfc-nasa-gov-dtam-seismic.gif
sources
Fig. 1 http//www.geog.ouc.bc.ca/physgeog/contents/10k.html
Fig. 2 http//denali.gsfc.nasa.gov/dtam/seismic/

! Conclusion
Earthquakes happen 'all the time' (according to fig. 2 358,214 earthquakes in 35 years = 10,234 each year = 28 each day = 1.16 each hour) and they are concentrated along specific zones, in which mountainous areas are also concentrated.
Therefore, claims that mountains are firm and immovable, and that mountains prevent the earth from shaking are in-correct & un-scientific.

... and an extra image that depicts the continents a bit clearer than the second figure above

Fig. 3 - the earth's seismic zones
(earthquakes in a 5 year period)
http//members.lycos.nl/whatsthisthen/quakes-iris-edu-onepagers.gif
source http//www.iris.edu/edu/onepagers/Hi-Res/OnePager2.pdf

a sidenote
As we know from history and seismology, and as we also can see in figures 2 & 3, the mountains in western Arabia ARE relatively stable (heavy earthquakes happen less frequently there).... but the same can not be said of the major mountain ranges of the world....
.... seems like the author of the Quran took the relatively stable mountains of western Arabia as an example for his book, but lacked real-live experience and geological knowledge regarding the shakyness & quakyness of the rest of the world's major mountain ranges...

ops ?

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