The holy Quran, the book of guidance and edifiying human beings, consists of many scientific miracles and endless wonders. Quran has spoken of the creation and significance of mountains in 70 verses as it has revealed the mystery of their formation and the secret of their nature in different terms. Among its secrets and the philosophy of its creation, more than anything emphasis is placed on the establishment and serenity enjoyed by the inhabitants of the earth due to it and these mountains have been declared as an obstacle to the earth's disturbing shakes and fluctuation. In addition to preventing the earth from destroying trembling , they are responsible for refining and storage of water, avoiding storm and flood, making rivers and regulating winds. In modern knowledge , all these functions has been discovered and proved for mountains. The Mighty Allah has implied the secret of the mountains' creation by employing words as "kholeghat"(created), "nosebat"(set up), "algha" (cast), "shamekhat"(high), "rasiyat"(anchored),and the like , displaying the scientific and literal miracle of Qur'an. Literally analyzing each word and employing modern knowledge , some aspects of linguistic and scientific miracle of Quran has been discussed in this article.
Ahmadian, H., Savari, A., & Shameli, N. (2012). Scientific and linguistic analysis of the features of mountains in the Qur'an. Researches of Quran and Hadith Sciences, 9(2), 1-22. doi: 10.22051/tqh.2013.896
MLA
Hamid Ahmadian; Ali Savari; Nasrolah Shameli. "Scientific and linguistic analysis of the features of mountains in the Qur'an". Researches of Quran and Hadith Sciences, 9, 2, 2012, 1-22. doi: 10.22051/tqh.2013.896
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Ahmadian, H., Savari, A., Shameli, N. (2012). 'Scientific and linguistic analysis of the features of mountains in the Qur'an', Researches of Quran and Hadith Sciences, 9(2), pp. 1-22. doi: 10.22051/tqh.2013.896
VANCOUVER
Ahmadian, H., Savari, A., Shameli, N. Scientific and linguistic analysis of the features of mountains in the Qur'an. Researches of Quran and Hadith Sciences, 2012; 9(2): 1-22. doi: 10.22051/tqh.2013.896