“He has created the heavens without any pillars that you can see, and He has placed in the earth firm mountains that it may not quake with you, and He has scattered therein all kinds of creatures, and We have sent down water from the clouds and caused to grow therein every noble species.” (Qur’an 31:11)
New Scientific Research Proves True 1400-Year-Old Qur’anic Claim On Mountains & Earthquakes
For many years now, ‘New Atheists’ have ridiculed, mocked, and derided the Quranic claim that mountains prevent earthquakes. They have laughed and jeered, saying that not only do mountains not prevent earthquakes, but they are, more often than not, located at the meeting points of tectonic plates, and are thus more likely to be situated at a place of greater earthquake frequency. Their answers have left many Muslims bemused as to how to understand these verses.
In this article, we’re going to showcase how new geological research has proved the Qur’anic statement absolutely true.
WHAT THE QUR’AN REALLY SAYS
The reason that the Qur’anic claim about mountains is so often derided is partly that New Atheists don’t carefully read what the Arabic is actually stating. Nowhere does the Qur’an state that mountains prevent earthquakes. The Qur’an actually states:
“He has placed in the earth firm mountains that it may not quake WITH YOU…” (Qur’an 31:11)
“And We have made in the earth firm mountains lest it should quake WITH THEM…” (Qur’an 21:32)
“And He has placed in the earth firm mountains lest it quakes WITH YOU…” (Qur’an 16:16).
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