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THE SKY MADE A DOME
Here, the Arabic word for the sky is "assamaa binaan." As well as the meaning of "dome" or "ceiling," this also describes a kind of tent-like covering used by the Bedouin.22 What is being emphasised here, through mention of a tent-like structure, is a form of protection against external elements.
The protective property of the atmosphere we discussed in the preceding section protects the Earth from space-in other words, from external elements. With the word "dome," referring to the sky in the above verse, attention is drawn to this aspect of the sky, which could not possibly have been known at the time of our Prophet (saas). The fact that this information was imparted 1,400 years ago in the Qur'an, when there were no spacecraft or giant telescopes, shows that the Qur'an is the revelation of our Lord, the Omniscient.
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“The Quran and Modern Physics,” http://webhome.idirect.com/~alila/Writings/Physics.htm Source: www.miraclesofthequran.com [1/1/2009] |
Even
if we are generally unaware of it, a large number of meteors fall
to the Earth, as they do the other planets. The reason why these
make enormous craters on other planets but do no harm on Earth is
that the atmosphere puts up considerable resistance to a falling
meteor. The meteor is unable to withstand this for long and loses
much of its mass from combustion due to friction. This danger, which
might otherwise cause terrible disasters, is thus prevented thanks
to the atmosphere. As well as the verses regarding the protective
properties of the atmosphere cited above, attention is also drawn
to the special creation in the following verse:
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