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'''Bewley:''' We placed firmly embedded mountains on the Earth so it would not move under them... }}Also see verses [https://quranx.com/15.19 15:19] and [https://quranx.com/16.15 16:15]. | '''Bewley:''' We placed firmly embedded mountains on the Earth so it would not move under them... }}Also see verses [https://quranx.com/15.19 15:19] and [https://quranx.com/16.15 16:15]. | ||
==The idea of Mountains being Pegs had already existed before Muhammad== | ==The idea of Mountains being Pegs had already existed before Muhammad== | ||
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Critics point out that writer of Quran made two scientific mistakes regarding the creation of mountains. | Critics point out that writer of Quran made two scientific mistakes regarding the creation of mountains. | ||
=== '''First Mistake''': Allah claim that it put mountains "from above" on the earth. === | ==='''First Mistake''': Allah claim that it put mountains "from above" on the earth.=== | ||
<blockquote> وجعل فيها رواسي '''من''' '''فوقها''' | <blockquote> وجعل فيها رواسي '''من''' '''فوقها''' | ||
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Mountains are usually formed through the movement and collision of lithospheric (tectonic) plates. The Quran, by contrast, states that the mountains on Earth's surface were put upon it from above by Allah, which is a scientific mistake. | Mountains are usually formed through the movement and collision of lithospheric (tectonic) plates. The Quran, by contrast, states that the mountains on Earth's surface were put upon it from above by Allah, which is a scientific mistake. | ||
=== '''Second Mistake''': Allah had already made the mountains on the day of Sunday at time of the creation of the earth and the skies === | ==='''Second Mistake''': Allah had already made the mountains on the day of Sunday at time of the creation of the earth and the skies=== | ||
<blockquote>[http://web.archive.org/web/20151024181607/http://sunnah.com/muslim/52/10 Sahih Muslim]: | <blockquote>[http://web.archive.org/web/20151024181607/http://sunnah.com/muslim/52/10 Sahih Muslim]: | ||
Abu Huraira reported that Allah's Messenger took hold of my hands and said: | Abu Huraira reported that Allah's Messenger took hold of my hands and said: | ||
Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, created the clay on Saturday '''and He created the mountains on Sunday''' and He created the trees on Monday and He created the things entailing labour on Tuesday and created light on Wednesday and lie caused the animals to spread on Thursday and created Adam (peace be upon him) after 'Asr on Friday;the last creation at the last hour of the hours of Friday, i. e. between afternoon and night.</blockquote>Critics point out that according to the modern science | Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, created the clay on Saturday '''and He created the mountains on Sunday''' and He created the trees on Monday and He created the things entailing labour on Tuesday and created light on Wednesday and lie caused the animals to spread on Thursday and created Adam (peace be upon him) after 'Asr on Friday;the last creation at the last hour of the hours of Friday, i. e. between afternoon and night.</blockquote>Critics point out that according to the modern science<ref>[https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/environment/a34910714/why-mount-everest-and-swiss-alps-are-getting-taller/ Popular Mechanics]</ref><ref>[https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/mountains#:~:text=How%20Are%20Mountains%20Formed%3F,in%20a%20head-on%20collision. National Geographic]</ref>: | ||
* Mountains were not created on Sunday at the time of creation of the earth and the heavens. | |||
*But earth initially consisted of gases only. It took billions of years to come into solid form. And even after earth came into solid state, still it took billions of years more in the formation of mountains. | |||
*Mountains | |||
*But earth initially consisted of gases only. It took billions of years to come into solid form. | |||
*And older mountains disappear with time, and new mountains start forming. | *And older mountains disappear with time, and new mountains start forming. | ||
* | *There existed no Mount Everest 250 million years ago. Today it is the highest mountain. It will keep on gaining even more height, but then a time will come, when it will disappear completely. | ||
== References == | Not only Hadith, but Quran itself claims that Allah had already created the mountains during the creation of the earth and heavens.<blockquote>(Quran [https://quranx.com/41.9?Context=2 41:9-11]) Say, "Do you indeed disbelieve in He who created the earth in two days and attribute to Him equals? And He placed on the earth firmly set mountains over its surface, and He blessed it and determined therein its [creatures'] sustenance in four days without distinction - for [the information] of those who ask. Then He directed Himself to the heaven while it was smoke and said to it and to the earth, "Come [into being], willingly or by compulsion." They said, "We have come willingly." (Translation: Sahih International)</blockquote> | ||
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