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Modern Islamic Scholars claim that modern science has proved that roots of mountains go inside the earth like pegs, therefore it is a miracle of Quran to tell it correctly 1400 years ago. | |||
While the critics not only deny it to be a miracle of Quran, but also claim that Quran made two scientific mistakes about mountains. | |||
=== Muslim claim: Quran rightly told 1400 years ago that mountains works as pegs/anchors in order to stabilize the otherwise shaking earth === | |||
They quote the following verses as a proof. | |||
{{Quote|[https://www.quranx.com/78.7 Quran 78:7]|وَٱلْجِبَالَ أَوْتَادًا</br> | |||
And the mountains as '''pegs'''?}}{{Quote|[https://www.quranx.com/21.31 Quran 21:31]|وجعلنا في الأرض رواسي أن تميد بهم </br> | |||
And We made on the Earth stabilisers (i.e. Mountains), so that it would not tumble with you.}} | |||
Please also see the verses [https://quranx.com/15.19 15:19], [https://www.quranx.com/16:15 16:15], and [https://www.quranx.com/31.10 31:10] | |||
But contrary to the Muslims claim, Quran is telling here wrong scientific facts about mountains. And this wrong view also existed among Arabs in time prior to Muhammad. | |||
==The idea of Mountains being Pegs had already existed among the Arabs before Muhammad== | ==The idea of Mountains being Pegs had already existed among the Arabs before Muhammad== | ||
The idea of mountains being pegs even existed among the Arabs before Muhammad. For example, Ka’ab was one of the ancestor of Muhammad. This Ka’ab also declared mountains to be pegs long before Muhammad. | The idea of mountains being pegs even existed among the Arabs before Muhammad. For example, Ka’ab was one of the ancestor of Muhammad. This Ka’ab also declared mountains to be pegs long before Muhammad. | ||
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But according to the modern science<ref>[https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/environment/a34910714/why-mount-everest-and-swiss-alps-are-getting-taller/ Popular Mechanics]</ref><ref>[https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/mountains#:~:text=How%20Are%20Mountains%20Formed%3F,in%20a%20head-on%20collision. National Geographic]</ref> | But according to the modern science<ref>[https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/environment/a34910714/why-mount-everest-and-swiss-alps-are-getting-taller/ Popular Mechanics]</ref><ref>[https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/mountains#:~:text=How%20Are%20Mountains%20Formed%3F,in%20a%20head-on%20collision. National Geographic]</ref> | ||
* Mountains had not already been created on the 2nd day of creation of the heavens (universe) and the earth. | *Mountains had not already been created on the 2nd day of creation of the heavens (universe) and the earth. | ||
* But earth came into being 9 billion years after the heavens (universe). | *But earth came into being 9 billion years after the heavens (universe). | ||
* And the earth initially consisted of gases and molten surface only. It took billions of more years to come into solid form. | *And the earth initially consisted of gases and molten surface only. It took billions of more years to come into solid form. | ||
* And even after earth had already come into solid state, still it took billions of years more in the formation of plates tectonics and then mountains. | *And even after earth had already come into solid state, still it took billions of years more in the formation of plates tectonics and then mountains. | ||
* And older mountains erode and disappear with time, and new mountains start forming. | *And older mountains erode and disappear with time, and new mountains start forming. | ||
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