The Movements of Mountains

The Movements of Mountains

In one of the verses, we are informed that the mountains are not motionless
as they seem but that they are in constant motion:

Thou seest the mountains and thinkest them firmly fixed: but they shall pass
away as the clouds pass away: (such is) the artistry of Allah, who disposes
of all things in perfect order: for he is well acquainted with all that ye
do.(An-Naml 27:88)

This motion of the mountains is caused by the movement of the earth's crust
that they are located on. The earth's crust sort of floats over the mantle
layer, which is denser.

It was at the beginning of the 20th century when, for the first time in
history, a German scientist by the name of Alfred Wegener proposed that the
continents of the earth had been attached together at the initial phases of
the world, but then drifted in different directions and thus separated as
they moved away from each other. Geologists understood that Wegener was
right only in the 1980s.

50 years after his death, discovered as a result of the geological research
carried out at the beginning of the 20th century, this movement of the
earth's crust is explained by scientists as follows:

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"The crust and the uppermost part of the mantle, with a thickness of about
100 kms, are divided into segments called plates. There are six major
plates, and several small ones. According to the theory called plate
tectonics, these plates move about on Earth, carrying continents and ocean
floor with them. Continental motion has been measured at from 1-5 cm per
year. As the plates continue to move about, this will produce a slow change
in Earth's geography. Each year, for instance, the Atlantic Ocean becomes
slightly wider."

There is a very important point to be stated here: Allaah has referred to
the motion of mountains as a drifting action in the verse. Today, modern
scientists also use the term "continental drift" for this motion.

Unquestionably, it is one of the miracles of the Qur`aan that this
scientific fact, which has been recently discovered by science, was
announced in the Qur`aan.

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