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===Sky is a | ===Sky is a guarded canopy=== | ||
This seems to relate to the verses about devils chased by | This verse seems to relate to the verses about devils chased by shooting stars (meteors) that guard the lowest heaven. See for example {{Quran-range|37|6|10}} discussed above, in which we find a noun meaning guard from the same Arabic root ([http://www.studyquran.org/LaneLexicon/Volume2/00000237.pdf hafiza]) as the verb in this verse). Somewhat ironically, the things supposedly guarding the sky / heaven can actually pose a threat to living things on Earth. | ||
Asteroids and meteorites have penetrated the atmosphere and hit the earth throughout the course of history. This includes the [[w:Chicxulub crater|massive meteorite]] that hit near the [[w:Yucatán Peninsula|Yucatán Peninsula]] 65 million years which killed off numerous species including most dinosaurs | Asteroids and meteorites have penetrated the atmosphere and hit the earth throughout the course of history. This includes the [[w:Chicxulub crater|massive meteorite]] that hit near the [[w:Yucatán Peninsula|Yucatán Peninsula]] 65 million years which killed off numerous species including most dinosaurs. | ||
{{Quote|{{Quran|21|32}}| | {{Quote|{{Quran|21|32}}| | ||
And We have made the | And We have made the heaven a guarded canopy and (yet) they turn aside from its signs.}} | ||
===Sky can Fall Down on People=== | ===Sky can Fall Down on People=== | ||