Tuesday, May 20, 2014
Scientific Miracles of the Oceans and Animals.
“And when harm touches you upon the sea, those that you call upon vanish from you except Him (Allah, Alone). But when He brings you safe to land, you turn away (from Him). And man is ever ungrateful.” (Soorah Al-Isra, 17:67)
The water that fills the oceans and seas, lakes and rivers, streams and channels, all comes from one source: atoms of hydrogen united with atoms of oxygen, which together form water.
It flows constantly, never changing, bringing life. But does water always bring life? No. Sometimes water is the strongest and harshest force on earth; it sweeps away everything that stands in its path no matter what it is. It causes disasters and floods in which rocks and solid objects are destroyed. Hence, we see in the oceans such beauty and depth, such awe-inspiring force that could be a cause for potential danger and fear.
Perhaps the most amazing phenomenon occurring at sea are the storms and hurricanes which last for three or four days, nonstop, with waves as high as mountains and troughs as deep as valleys, with waves seemingly reaching up to the sky with no land or horizon to be seen.
Waves which are usually 25 feet high may reach a height of 130 feet during the storm. If you realize that a foot-high wave has a destructive force of six thousand pounds, you can imagine the extent of the destruction that can be wrought by these waves.
According to records, in 1872 a strong wave in Scotland dislodged an iron anchor weighing 1,700,000 lbs, and another wave carried a rock weighing 175 thousand pounds to a height of 100 feet! In 1737, in the port of Babjok there was a storm which killed 300,000 people and wrecked 20,000 ships.
“Or (the state of a disbeliever) is like the darkness in a vast deep sea, overwhelmed with waves topped by waves, topped by dark clouds, (layers of) darkness upon darkness: if a man stretches out his hand, he can hardly see it! And he for whom Allah has not appointed light, for him there is no light.” (Soorah Al-Noor, 24:40)
Then suddenly the sky clears, the wind drops and the sea becomes calm. In the face of these natural forces, man in his weakness can do nothing but invoke the praises of Allah, the Almighty, may He be Exalted.
“The Originator of the heavens and the Earth. When He decrees a matter, He only says to it : ‘Be!’ — and it is.” (Soorah Al-Baqarah, 2:117)
[from “Scientific Miracles in the Oceans & Animals” by “Yusuf Al-Hajj Ahmad”, published by Darussalam, 2010]
“And when harm touches you upon the sea, those that you call upon vanish from you except Him (Allah, Alone). But when He brings you safe to land, you turn away (from Him). And man is ever ungrateful.” (Soorah Al-Isra, 17:67)
The water that fills the oceans and seas, lakes and rivers, streams and channels, all comes from one source: atoms of hydrogen united with atoms of oxygen, which together form water.
It flows constantly, never changing, bringing life. But does water always bring life? No. Sometimes water is the strongest and harshest force on earth; it sweeps away everything that stands in its path no matter what it is. It causes disasters and floods in which rocks and solid objects are destroyed. Hence, we see in the oceans such beauty and depth, such awe-inspiring force that could be a cause for potential danger and fear.
Perhaps the most amazing phenomenon occurring at sea are the storms and hurricanes which last for three or four days, nonstop, with waves as high as mountains and troughs as deep as valleys, with waves seemingly reaching up to the sky with no land or horizon to be seen.
Waves which are usually 25 feet high may reach a height of 130 feet during the storm. If you realize that a foot-high wave has a destructive force of six thousand pounds, you can imagine the extent of the destruction that can be wrought by these waves.
According to records, in 1872 a strong wave in Scotland dislodged an iron anchor weighing 1,700,000 lbs, and another wave carried a rock weighing 175 thousand pounds to a height of 100 feet! In 1737, in the port of Babjok there was a storm which killed 300,000 people and wrecked 20,000 ships.
“Or (the state of a disbeliever) is like the darkness in a vast deep sea, overwhelmed with waves topped by waves, topped by dark clouds, (layers of) darkness upon darkness: if a man stretches out his hand, he can hardly see it! And he for whom Allah has not appointed light, for him there is no light.” (Soorah Al-Noor, 24:40)
Then suddenly the sky clears, the wind drops and the sea becomes calm. In the face of these natural forces, man in his weakness can do nothing but invoke the praises of Allah, the Almighty, may He be Exalted.
“The Originator of the heavens and the Earth. When He decrees a matter, He only says to it : ‘Be!’ — and it is.” (Soorah Al-Baqarah, 2:117)
[from “Scientific Miracles in the Oceans & Animals” by “Yusuf Al-Hajj Ahmad”, published by Darussalam, 2010]
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