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Comets of Ice mentioned in the Noble Quran and confirmed by Science:
The sections of this article are:
1- Allah Almighty's Divine Claims.
(a)- The Divine Miracle for man 1,500 years ago and today.
2- The Scientific Proofs.
3- Conclusion.
1- Allah Almighty's Divine Claims:
Important Note: Quite honestly, I knew about Noble Verse 24:43 a long time ago, but was hesitant to write an article about it, because I wasn't sure if the Noble Verse was speaking only about the hail that pours down from the sky during rain, or if it were indeed speaking about the ice that comes down from space (Heaven (السماء)). If the latter is the case, which my unbiased and honest analysis below demonstrate it is, then we indeed have another Stunning Divine Miracle from the Glorious Quran, because this information was not known to man, 1,500 years ago, and only astronomers today, who had recently discovered it and proven it, were able to confirm it.
Below, we will see how Allah Almighty clearly referred to the ice that comes down from outer space and not just to the hail that pours with the rain, which by the way, the Arabian desert rarely rains any hail, especially 1,500 years ago, where the Prophet lived. See Point #1 below about the droughts for more details. Also, Allah Almighty's Choice of the Words "mountains containing ice in them (جبال فيها من برد)" and "the flashing of the luminosity (brilliance) well-nigh goes off with their sight (يكاد سنا برقه يذهب بالابصار)" further prove and demonstrates the Divine Miracle of the Glorious Quran. See my points below.
With this said, let us now proceed with the article....
The Noble Quran is filled with scientific statements and notions. These are statements of Allah Almighty describing how He created things on earth and in the Universe. What's most amazing is that all of these scientific statements and notions had been proven to be in perfect agreement with science and our modern-day scientific discoveries. Allah Almighty made the Noble Quran be Prophet Muhammad's (peace be upon him) Everlasting Divine Miracle and proof for Prophethood. The Holy Book certainly stood the test of time 1,500 years ago with Its Claims, Prophecies and Miraculous language eloquence, and it does again and again in our day today with Its overwhelming agreement with science and discoveries that were not known to man 1,500 years ago.
Allah Almighty Said: "We will soon show them Our signs in the Universe and inside their selves, until it will become quite clear to them that it is the truth. Is it not sufficient as regards your Lord that He is a witness over all things? (The Noble Quran, 41:53)"
With this said, let us now look at what Allah Almighty Said in the Noble Quran:
Noble Verse(s) 24:43 |
Palmer:
[024:043] Hast thou not seen that God drives the clouds, and then
re-unites them, and then accumulates them, and thou mayest see the rain
coming forth from their midst;
and He sends
down from the Arabic (from right to left): 24:43 الم تر ان الله يزجي سحابا ثم يؤلف بينه ثم يجعله ركاما فترى الودق يخرج من خلاله وينزل من السماء من جبال فيها من برد فيصيب به من يشاء ويصرفه عن من يشاء يكاد سنا برقه يذهب بالابصار |
While to the ordinary person, this Noble Verse seems to be referring to the hail (ice) that rains down from the sky, but in reality, it has a much deeper meaning to It for the following reasons:
1- The desert's rain is, relatively speaking, hardly cold! In fact, there is, relatively, hardly any rain in the desert. Drought and lack of water are quite common in the desert where Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, lived. It is not a norm for hail to rain down with the rain in the Arabian desert throughout the year. While it could come down on, relatively, rare occasions, but it is not common, nor is it a norm. The following narrations and Hadiths (Sayings) of people and of Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, further prove this:
Narrated Anas: "Whenever there was drought, 'Umar bin Al-Khattab used to ask Allah for rain through Al'Abbas bin 'Abdul Muttalib, saying, "O Allah! We used to request our Prophet to ask You for rain, and You would give us. Now we request the uncle of our Prophet to ask You for rain, so give us rain." And they would be given rain." (Translation of Sahih Bukhari, Volume 5, Book 57, Number 59)"
Narrated Anas: "Whenever drought threatened them, 'Umar bin Al-Khattab, used to ask Al-Abbas bin 'Abdul Muttalib to invoke Allah for rain. He used to say, "O Allah! We used to ask our Prophet to invoke You for rain, and You would bless us with rain, and now we ask his uncle to invoke You for rain. O Allah ! Bless us with rain."(1) And so it would rain. (Translation of Sahih Bukhari, Volume 2, Book 17, Number 123)"
"Anas b. Malik reported that while the Apostle of Allah (may peace be upon him) was delivering the sermon on Friday, people stood up before him and said in a loud voice: Apostle of Allah, there is a drought and the trees have become yellow, the animals have died; and the rest of the hadith is the same, and in the narration transmitted by 'Abd al-A'la the words are:" The clouds cleard from Medina and it began to rain around it and not a single drop of rain fell in Medina. And as I looked towards Medina, I found it hollow like (the hollowness of) a basin. (Translation of Sahih Muslim, Book 004, Number 1957)"
Narrated Aisha, Ummul Mu'minin: "The people complained to the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) of the lack of rain, so he gave an order for a pulpit. It was then set up for him in the place of prayer. He fixed a day for the people on which they should come out. Aisha said: The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him), when the rim of the sun appeared, sat down on the pulpit, and having pronounced the greatness of Allah and expressed His praise, he said: You have complained of drought in your homes, and of the delay in receiving rain at the beginning of its season. Allah has ordered you to supplicate Him has and promised that He will answer your prayer. Then he said: Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the Universe, the Compassionate, the Merciful, the Master of the Day of Judgment. There is no god but Allah Who does what He wishes. O Allah, Thou art Allah, there is no deity but Thou, the Rich, while we are the poor. Send down the rain upon us and make what Thou sendest down a strength and satisfaction for a time. He then raised his hands, and kept raising them till the whiteness under his armpits was visible. He then turned his back to the people and inverted or turned round his cloak while keeping his hands aloft. He then faced the people, descended and prayed two rak'ahs. Allah then produced a cloud, and the storm of thunder and lightning came on. Then the rain fell by Allah's permission, and before he reached his mosque streams were flowing. When he saw the speed with which the people were seeking shelter, he (peace_be_upon_him) laughed till his back teeth were visible. Then he said: I testify that Allah is Omnipotent and that I am Allah's servant and apostle. (Translation of Sunan Abu Dawud, Book 3, Number 1169)"
2- Allah Almighty mentioned "mountains with ice therein" being sent down from Heaven (السماء). This Noble Word is a key because It encompasses both the clouds of our atmosphere and the open space of the Universe. Allah Almighty did not just Say "mountains of ice", limiting the "mountains" to just ice. جبال فيها من برد literally means:
جبال = mountains
فيها = contains, has
من = therein
برد = hail, ice
So the mountains are clearly not 100% ice. They are mountains that have ice attached to them or carried by them. So the mountains could have, for instance, rocks and metals in them as asteroids do. However, much of the icy comets are mostly made up of frozen water or ice (see the Scientific Proofs in the main-section below). Also, much of the icy asteroids (icy mountains) break up into smaller pieces while in space before they reach earth. And once they reach earth's atmosphere, much of them further melt and turn into rain and hail. See Dr. Ibrahim B. Syed's article on the Western scientists' discoveries and proofs in the main-section below for ample more details and proofs.
3- The hail that is sent down from the rain, which is rare in the Arabian scorching desert, is not a mountain that is containing ice. The hail that comes down from the sky, which is again rare in the scorching Arabian desert, comes down in very tiny pieces.
4- Allah Almighty further Said: "the flashing of the luminosity (brilliance) well-nigh goes off with their sight (يكاد سنا برقه يذهب بالابصار)". As the pictures below reveal, it is not just the thunders' lightnings that generate the very brilliant light that is almost eye-blinding, but so do also the comets upon impact as well.
(a)- Lightnings that are much
brighter than those in the desert:
All pictures: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
(b)- Comets of Ice from Space:
All pictures: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17]
(c)- The Pressed Clouds Miracle in the Glorious Quran: Allah Almighty Said in the Glorious Quran: 78:14 وانزلنا من المعصرات ماء ثجاجا "And do We not send down from the clouds pressing forth rain, water pouring down in abundance, (The Noble Quran, 78:14)" The Arabic word "معصرات" is a plural of "معصرة" and they are both derived from the root word "عصر", which means to sequeeze, press. According to Google's Online Arabic-English Dictionary, عصر means:
The following pictures prove the Glorious Quran's Miracle about the clouds squeezing rain out: (Click on any of the images to enlarge)
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But whether such lightnings were seen in the desert or not, it really doesn't disprove anything, because asteroids and comets too give off such light if their impact with earth was seen in a close enough distance. They were also very likely and also common to be seen. In fact, the black stone that is now placed near the Kaaba (the black cube building in Mecca) was proven to be a Heavenly asteroid that was sent down by Allah Almighty to pin point the location of where the Kaaba was to be built by Prophets Abraham and his son Ishmael, peace be upon them. And their explosions upon impact with earth are too bright and almost eye-blinding. Also, comets that are mostly made up of ice would not bring catastrophe to earth when they strike it. So a comet does not have to be a dangerous one to life on earth in order for it to light a very brilliant light. Again, read Dr. Ibrahim B. Syed's article below on Dr.Clayne Yeates, a Physicist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, and his detailed analysis and discovery.
5- Allah Almighty started the Noble Verse by speaking about clouds (سحاب) and how the rain forms in it and then pours down. Then Allah Almighty talked about the mountains in the Heaven (السماء) carrying and delivering much ice. This encompasses both the ice (hail) in the clouds and the ice in Heaven (space). Also, Allah Almighty never Said in the Noble Verse that the clouds are the mountains. Not only that, but again, Allah Almighty used السماء to talk about the ice being carried by the mountains (جبال) from Heaven (space). Please visit:
(a)- The Divine Miracle for man 1,500 years ago and today.
The way I see Noble Verse 24:43 is that it contained a hidden Miracle and Message in It for man today, 1,500 years later. On the surface, the Noble Verse seems to be talking about Allah Almighty's Favours upon mankind by creating rain and hail for us. But when we look closer into the Noble Words of the Noble Verse in light of our Scientific discoveries today, we find that Allah Almighty's Choice of Words in the Noble Verse is indeed Miraculous, and was put there for a Divine Wisdom and Purpose. Indeed, the asteroids that are made up mostly of ice not only pose no threat to humanity and to earth, but they do melt and turn into hail and rain as further proven in the main-section below in Dr. Ibrahim B. Syed's article.
Whether you agree with the analysis above or not, Noble Verse 24:43 still remains a Noble Verse that contains several accurate Scientific Statements in It. To me, It also clearly contains a Hidden Message and Scientific Miracle for us humans to discover and confirm today. Allah Almighty's Choice of Words in the Noble Verse are indeed Miraculous and obvious. The ice that comes from the mountains (جبال) in Heaven (السماء) and not just in the clouds (سحاب) is indeed a Scientific Miracle and a Miraculous Choice of Words, because yes indeed, ice not only comes down from the clouds as hail, but it also comes down from outer space as well from ice-mountains of asteroids that are harmless to earth. Heaven (السماء) is a Word that encompasses both the clouds and the open space of the Universe.
2- The Scientific Proofs:
The following articles indisputably prove that the "mountains" of comets do indeed carry a great deal of ice in them:
Article #1:
This is a brief video-clip from the History Channel of a group of scientists demonstrating and proving that comets carry a great deal of ice in them, in space. One scientist also built an artificial comet for further demonstration:
Article #2:
Article #3:
The following article is from Dr. Zakir Naik's website; may Allah Almighty always be pleased with him. It was sent to me by brother Mohammad Imran Ansari; may Allah Almighty always be pleased with him.
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3- Conclusion:
Again, the Noble Quran is filled with scientific statements and notions. These are statements of Allah Almighty describing how He created things on earth and in the Universe. What's most amazing is that all of these scientific statements and notions had been proven to be in perfect agreement with science and our modern-day scientific discoveries. Allah Almighty made the Noble Quran be Prophet Muhammad's (peace be upon him) Everlasting Divine Miracle and proof for Prophethood. The Holy Book certainly stood the test of time 1,500 years ago with Its Claims, Prophecies and Miraculous language eloquence, and it does again and again in our day today with Its overwhelming agreement with science and discoveries that were not known to man 1,500 years ago.
Allah Almighty Said: "We will soon show them Our signs in the Universe and inside their selves, until it will become quite clear to them that it is the truth. Is it not sufficient as regards your Lord that He is a witness over all things? (The Noble Quran, 41:53)"
We have also seen the Pressed Clouds Miracle, and how Allah Almighty's Description of the clouds being squeezers and pressers that push forth the water is in perfect agreement and harmony with Science, as I have demonstrated with the 10s of pictures above.
Indeed, all Praise and Glory are due to Allah Almighty alone for making the Noble Quran be the Perfect and Everlasting Miracle, for us humans, out of all of His Divine Miracles! And may Allah Almighty send His Peace, Mercy and Blessings upon our Beloved and Blessed Prophet, Teacher and Role Model, Muhammad. Ameen.
The Overwhelming Scientific Miracles in the Noble Quran section.
The Miracle of the Rain, Thunder and Electrical "fertilization" caused by winds in the Noble Quran!
Rebuttals, and exposing the lies of the Answering Islam team section.
Islam and the Noble Quran - Questions and Answers.
Contradictions and History of Corruption in the Bible.
Questions about Jesus that trinitarian Christians don't have logical answers for.
What parts of the Bible do Muslims (Isaiah 56:5: Muslim is the future believers' name. Sons and daughters titles will be "no more") believe are closest to the Truth? and Why?
"Allah" was GOD Almighty's original Name in the Bible according to the Hebrew and Aramaic sources.
Scientific Miracles in Islam and the Noble Quran.
Most of the Bible's books and gospels were written by mysterious people!
Jesus mentioned Muhammad by the name in the Bible.
Did Isaiah 53 really prophesies about the crucifixion of Jesus? It supports Islam's claims about Jesus peace be upon him never died on the cross. I also addressed John 19:36-37 from the Bible and proved that Jesus never got crucified, since GOD Almighty promised that he will protect Jesus' body and not let even a single bone be broken. My question to all Christians is: How in the world is it possible for the feet to get nailed on the cross without any penetration to the bones by the nails, hence breaking part of the feet's bones?! I also added refutations to Exodus 12:46, Numbers 9:12, Zechariah 12:10 and Psalm 34:20, which supposedly prove the Christians' belief about Jesus crucifixion. I proved that this dogma has no truth what so ever and exposed the wrong Trinitarian English translation of Zechariah 12:10.
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