Abstract
Indeed, whenever one approach the divine words of Quran he discovers a wonder. Quran is not intended for a specific group of people or time or a particular field. It not only addresses the common man but time and again it challenges the people of high intellect. The Qur'an is not a book of geology or geomorphology and does not provide a unified description of the mountains. Instead there are verses dispersed all over the Quran which describe certain aspects of mountains with varying detail. The primary objectives of this paper is to analyze the role of mountains describe by Quran in comparison to the modern scientific findings. The Quran describe mountains 49 time, the word mountain (اجلبال ( is appear 39 times, and expressed in 10 other verses. The description of mountains provided by Quran can be clearly divided into two distinct classes. Firstly the verses of Quran which describe the mountain in general sense and it address the common people with limited understanding. While there are certain passages which explain the geomorphological and geological account of mountains and clearly it challenge the man with high intellectual. The Quran systematically report the mountains as pegs or pickets and describe it as stabilizer for earth. By describing the mountains as “pegs” the Quran not only describe the outward extension of the mountains but also emphasizes its downward extensions within the earth. The role of mountains as stabilizers can be justified by the fact the tectonic plates are in constant movement and only stopped or slow down when one plate collide with another producing folded mountains. Alongside the Quran also provide information about the ultimate fate of the mountain which is perfectly in line with the modern ideas.
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