(viii) The Mountains
Allah says in the Holy Quran:
“Have We not made the earth as a bed, and the mountains as pegs?” (78:6-7)
Geologists tell us that mountains have underlying roots. These roots are deeply embedded in the ground, thus, mountains have a shape like a peg. Geologists have proven that mountains have deep roots under the surface of the ground and that these roots can reach several times their elevations above the surface of the ground. So, the most suitable word to describe mountains on the basis of this information is the word ‘peg’. Didn’t the Quran use the word ‘peg’ in the verse above?
The history of science tells us that the theory of mountains having deep roots was introduced only in the latter of the 19th century. The modern geology has thus confirmed the truth of the Quranic verse.
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Mountains have roots deep under the surface of the ground. (Earth, Press and Siever, p. 413) |
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Schematic section. Mountains, like pegs, have deep roots
embedded in the ground. (Anatomy of the Earth, Cailleux, p.220) |
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Another illustration shows how mountains are
peg-like in shape, due to their deep roots. (Earth Science, Tarbuck
and Lutgens, p.158) |
