A book entitled Earth is a basic reference textbook in many
universities around the world. One of its two authors is Professor
Emeritus Frank Press. He was the Science Advisor to former
US President Jimmy Carter, and for 12 years was the President of
the National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC. His book
says that mountains have underlying roots.2 These roots are
deeply embedded in the ground, thus, mountains have a shape
like a peg (see figures 7, 8, and 9 on the next page).
This is how the Qur’an has described mountains. God has said
in the Qur’an:
Have We not made the earth as a bed, and
the mountains as pegs? (Qur’an, 78:6-7)
Chapter 1
Some Evidence for the Truth of Islam
B) The Qur’an on Mountains
A Brief Illustrated Guide To Understanding Islam
11
(1) This is the Truth (videotape). See footnote no. 2, p. 10.
(2) Earth, Press and Siever, p. 435. Also see Earth Science, Tarbuck
and Lutgens, p. 157
Figure 7:
Mountains
have deep
roots under the
surface of the
ground. (Earth,
Press and
Siever, p. 413.)
Figure 8: Schematic section. The mountains, like pegs, have deep roots embedded in
the ground. (Anatomy of the Earth, Cailleux, p. 220.)
Figure 9: Another illustration shows how the mountains are peg-like in shape, due to their
deep roots. (Earth Science, Tarbuck and Lutgens, p. 158.)
Modern earth sciences have proven that mountains have deep
roots under the surface of the ground (see figure 9) and that these
roots can reach several times their elevations above the surface of
the ground.1 So the most suitable word to describe mountains on
the basis of this information is the word ‘peg,’ since most of a
properly set peg is hidden under the surface of the ground.
The history of science tells us that the theory of mountains
having deep roots was introduced only in 1865 by the Astronomer
Royal, Sir George Airy.2
Mountains also play an important role in stabilizing the crust
of the earth.3 They hinder the shaking of the earth. God has said
in the Qur’an:
And He has set firm mountains in the earth
so that it would not shake with you...
(Qur’an, 16:15)
Likewise, the modern theory of plate tectonics holds that
mountains work as stabilizers for the earth. This knowledge about
the role of mountains as stabilizers for the earth has just begun to
be understood in the framework of plate tectonics since the late
1960’s.4
Could anyone during the time of the Prophet Muhammad
have known of the true shape of mountains?
Could anyone imagine that
the solid massive mountain which
he sees before him actually extends
deep into the earth and has a root, as
scientists affirm? Modern geology
has confirmed the truth of the
Qur’anic verses.
universities around the world. One of its two authors is Professor
Emeritus Frank Press. He was the Science Advisor to former
US President Jimmy Carter, and for 12 years was the President of
the National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC. His book
says that mountains have underlying roots.2 These roots are
deeply embedded in the ground, thus, mountains have a shape
like a peg (see figures 7, 8, and 9 on the next page).
This is how the Qur’an has described mountains. God has said
in the Qur’an:
Have We not made the earth as a bed, and
the mountains as pegs? (Qur’an, 78:6-7)
Chapter 1
Some Evidence for the Truth of Islam
B) The Qur’an on Mountains
A Brief Illustrated Guide To Understanding Islam
11
(1) This is the Truth (videotape). See footnote no. 2, p. 10.
(2) Earth, Press and Siever, p. 435. Also see Earth Science, Tarbuck
and Lutgens, p. 157
Figure 7:
Mountains
have deep
roots under the
surface of the
ground. (Earth,
Press and
Siever, p. 413.)
Figure 8: Schematic section. The mountains, like pegs, have deep roots embedded in
the ground. (Anatomy of the Earth, Cailleux, p. 220.)
Figure 9: Another illustration shows how the mountains are peg-like in shape, due to their
deep roots. (Earth Science, Tarbuck and Lutgens, p. 158.)
Modern earth sciences have proven that mountains have deep
roots under the surface of the ground (see figure 9) and that these
roots can reach several times their elevations above the surface of
the ground.1 So the most suitable word to describe mountains on
the basis of this information is the word ‘peg,’ since most of a
properly set peg is hidden under the surface of the ground.
The history of science tells us that the theory of mountains
having deep roots was introduced only in 1865 by the Astronomer
Royal, Sir George Airy.2
Mountains also play an important role in stabilizing the crust
of the earth.3 They hinder the shaking of the earth. God has said
in the Qur’an:
And He has set firm mountains in the earth
so that it would not shake with you...
(Qur’an, 16:15)
Likewise, the modern theory of plate tectonics holds that
mountains work as stabilizers for the earth. This knowledge about
the role of mountains as stabilizers for the earth has just begun to
be understood in the framework of plate tectonics since the late
1960’s.4
Could anyone during the time of the Prophet Muhammad
have known of the true shape of mountains?
Could anyone imagine that
the solid massive mountain which
he sees before him actually extends
deep into the earth and has a root, as
scientists affirm? Modern geology
has confirmed the truth of the
Qur’anic verses.
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