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So it is the lowest point on the "DRY" land, lower points exist put covered with ice. | So it is the lowest point on the "DRY" land, lower points exist put covered with ice. | ||
== | ==Knowledge in Muhammad's time== | ||
As mentioned above the dead sea basin is the lowest point of dry land, 3 times lower than the next low point: | |||
As mentioned above the dead sea basin is the lowest point of dry land , 3 times lower than the next low point | |||
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Dead Sea (Jordan/Israel) -1360 feet (-414 m) | Dead Sea (Jordan/Israel) -1360 feet (-414 m) | ||
Lake Assal (Djibouti, Africa) -509 feet (-155 m) }} | Lake Assal (Djibouti, Africa) -509 feet (-155 m) }} | ||
, approximately 35 kilometers (22 mi) away from it , is Jerusalem (2,490 ft) above sea level. | , approximately 35 kilometers (22 mi) away from it , is Jerusalem (2,490 ft) above sea level. | ||
That shows how steep is the slope of this area , make it easy to observe its depression. | That shows how steep is the slope of this area, make it easy to observe its depression. | ||
if this area is the lowest point on earth, so necessarily it is the lowest point in its surroundings, hence it is reasonable that people of this area called it the lowest land ! | if this area is the lowest point on earth, so necessarily it is the lowest point in its surroundings, hence it is reasonable that people of this area called it the lowest land ! | ||
That is exactly what happened, since the region of ( modern-day Lebanon, Israel, Palestinian territories, the western part of Jordan and southwestern Syria ) , exactly the surroundings of the dead sea, was a Semitic-speaking region in the Ancient Near East, called | That is exactly what happened, since the region of ( modern-day Lebanon, Israel, Palestinian territories, the western part of Jordan and southwestern Syria ), exactly the surroundings of the dead sea, was a Semitic-speaking region in the Ancient Near East, called Canaan and the word Canaan : | ||
{{Quote|[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canaan Canaan]| | |||
has an original meaning of "lowlands", from a Semitic root knʿ "to be low, humble, depressed" }} | |||
So what we have here, if we accepted the "lowest land" meaning of the quranic verse, it is nothing but a translation of the name of the region from the language of its local people into Arabic, without any need for a supernatural intervention, what is supernatural in translation! | |||
This is always happening, in Hawaii island, the largest volcano on "dry land" exist, no surprise it is called in the local language [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauna_loa Mauna loa] i.e "the long mountain", a miracle?! | |||
==Conclusions== | ==Conclusions== |