ScienceDaily (Jan. 30, 2008) — Astronomers have used ESO's Very Large Telescope to measure the distribution and motions of thousands of galaxies in the distant Universe. This opens fascinating perspectives to better understand what drives the acceleration of the cosmic expansion and sheds new light on the mysterious dark energy that is thought to permeate the Universe.

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The technique is based on a well-known phenomenon, namely the fact that the apparent motion of distant galaxies results from two effects: the global expansion of the Universe that pushes the galaxies away from each other and the gravitational attraction of matter present in the galaxies' neighbourhood that pulls them together, creating the cosmic web of large-scale structures." (http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/01/080130130650.htm)

Furthermore, Allah Almighty Said:

Noble Verse(s) 44:9-44:11

Dr. Munir Munshey (one of www.answering-christianity.com's authors): [044:009]  Yet, (immersed) in doubt, they waste their time in pastimes. [044:010]  Watch out for the day when the sky would emit (vast volumes of) visible smoke! [044:011]  It would enshroud people. That is a painful punishment. Transliteration: [044:009]  Bal hum fee shakkin yalAAaboona [044:010]  Fairtaqib yawma ta/tee alssamao bidukhanin mubeenin [044:011]  Yaghsha alnnasa hatha AAathabun aleemun Arabic (from right to left): ‏44:9 بل هم في شك يلعبون ‏44:10 فارتقب يوم تاتي السماء بدخان مبين ‏44:11 يغشى الناس هذا عذاب اليم

So the explosion of the Galaxies and the Universe will produce an awesome amount of smoke, which is scientifically true as we saw in the previous pictures (above), and also as we see in the next pictures (below).

Furthermore, we read:

Noble Verse(s) 55:36-55:38

Khalifa: (why is he here?) [055:036]  Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny? [055:037]  When the sky disintegrates, and turns rose colored like paint. [055:038]  Which of your Lord's marvels can you deny? Transliteration: [055:036]  Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikuma tukaththibani [055:037]  Fa-itha inshaqqati alssamao fakanat wardatan kaalddihani [055:038]  Fabi-ayyi ala-i rabbikuma tukaththibani Arabic (from right to left): ‏55:36 فباي الاء ربكما تكذبان ‏55:37 فاذا انشقت السماء فكانت وردة كالدهان ‏55:38 فباي الاء ربكما تكذبان

Now obviously, a natural rose wouldn't form when a "Heaven" or a "Galaxie" explodes.  It is rather the look of it, and this is exactly what NASA confirms:

Natural Roses:

The Rosy Explosions of Galaxies:

  

  

Please also visit:

Pulsars are Knocking and through their Gamma-Rays and high spinning speeds are Penetrating - Mentioned in the Noble Quran and confirmed by Science!

  

The following was taken from:

The Glorious Quran precisely predicts that our sun will turn into a "White Dwarf" dimmed star, and Science has confirmed this!

Notice how the sun will eventually turn into a White Dwarf (see the far right, #14, on the following image).  Allah Almighty also Said in the Glorious Quran that the sun will become a White Dwarf.  Please also visit: Water on earth shall vanish - mentioned in the Noble Quran and confirmed by Science!

  
The following is a picture of a Sun like our Sun that became a White Dwarf.  Notice it's rosy-paint dust that is
still surrounding it, which further confirms the Glorious Quran's two Divine Claims about:

1-  The day will come when our sky will look like a "rose colored like-paint" (55:37).                               

2-  The day will come when our Sun will "shrink and become a compressed and "condensed ball" (81:1).

(Click on image to enlarge; Source)

  

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This is a picture that shows the comparison
between the earth's size and the average white
dwarf star.

  

  

Allah Almighty further said:

Noble Verse(s) 69:16

Dr. Munir Munshey (one of www.answering-christianity.com's authors): [069:016]  Feeble and frail, on that day the sky shall burst asunder. Transliteration: [069:016]  Wainshaqqati alssamao fahiya yawma-ithin wahiyatun Arabic (from right to left): ‏69:16 وانشقت السماء فهي يومئذ واهية

The Noble Quran, again, in this Noble Verse and in many other Noble Verses, predicts the explosion of the Galaxies of the Universe.

  

  

  

Noble Verse(s) 41:10-41:12

Yusuf Ali: [041:010]  He set on the (earth), mountains standing firm, high above it, and bestowed blessings on the earth, and measure therein all things to give them nourishment in due proportion, in four Days, in accordance with (the needs of) those who seek (Sustenance). [041:011]  Moreover He comprehended in His design the sky, and it had been (as) smoke: He said to it and to the earth: "Come ye together, willingly or unwillingly." They said: "We do come (together), in willing obedience." [041:012]  So He completed them as seven firmaments in two Days, and He assigned to each heaven its duty and command. And We adorned the lower heaven with lights, and (provided it) with guard. Such is the Decree of (Him) the Exalted in Might, Full of Knowledge. Transliteration: [041:010]  WajaAAala feeha rawasiya min fawqiha wabaraka feeha waqaddara feeha aqwataha fee arbaAAati ayyamin sawaan lilssa-ileena [041:011]  Thumma istawa ila alssama-i wahiya dukhanun faqala laha walil-ardi i/tiya tawAAan aw karhan qalata atayna ta-iAAeena [041:012]  Faqadahunna sabAAa samawatin fee yawmayni waawha fee kulli sama-in amraha wazayyanna alssamaa alddunya bimasabeeha wahifthan thalika taqdeeru alAAazeezi alAAaleemi Arabic (from right to left): ‏41:10 وجعل فيها رواسي من فوقها وبارك فيها وقدر فيها اقواتها في اربعة ايام سواء للسائلين ‏41:11 ثم استوى الى السماء وهي دخان فقال لها وللارض ائتيا طوعا او كرها قالتا اتينا طائعين ‏41:12 فقضاهن سبع سموات في يومين واوحى في كل سماء امرها وزينا السماء الدنيا بمصابيح وحفظا ذلك تقدير العزيز العليم

As Allah Almighty was creating the earth and the Universe, the Heaven was still a hot smoke.  The science of modern cosmology, observational and theoretical, clearly indicates that, at one point in time, the whole universe was nothing but a cloud of ‘smoke’.  This is one of the undisputed principles of standard modern cosmology.  Scientists now can observe new stars forming out of the remnants of that ‘smoke’:

  

The Big Bang Theory and the Cosmic Crunch:

Also visit: The Miracle of the Space Fabric - Mentioned in the Glorious Quran and confirmed by Science.

"Do not the Unbelievers see that the heavens and the earth were joined together (as one unit of creation), before we clove them asunder? We made from water every living thing. Will they not then believe?  (The Noble Quran, 21:30)"

"And the firmament, We constructed with power and skill and verily We are expanding it.  (The Noble Quran, 51:47)"  La-moo-si-oon is a verb, an action, of Waasi'a (vast).

 

 

يوم نطوي السماء كطي السجل للكتب كما بدأنا أول خلق نعيده وعدا علينا إنا كنا فعلين

"The Day that We roll up the heavens like a scroll rolled up for books (completed),- even as We produced the first creation, so shall We produce a new one: a promise We have undertaken: truly shall We fulfil it.  (The Noble Quran, 21:104)"

Notice here how Allah Almighty Said that He will ROLL BACK the heavens like a scroll rolled up. 

  

The following articles give a great deal of Miracles about the Earth's Astronomy:

The Big Bang Theory and the Cosmic Crunch in the Noble Quran.

The Miracle of the Space Fabric - Mentioned in the Glorious Quran and confirmed by Science.

The sun rays that we see during the day are different from the ones seen in space!

The Ozone layer is a protective ceiling to earth.

The 7 layers of earth and iron was sent down from space.

The breathing cycle during the day on planet earth by the plants, humans and animals - mentioned in the Noble Quran and confirmed by Science!

Lack of Oxygen and painful low pressure in space.  Science confirmed the Noble Quran's Divine Claim.

The Universe is "expanding" according to the Noble Quran.  Scientists already proved this claim to be true.

 

The darkness of oceans and disappearance of light was mentioned in the Noble Quran and confirmed by Science.

The Lunar Calendar is the most accurate calendar - mentioned in the Noble Quran and confirmed by Science.  Also the precise calculation of difference between the Gregorian and Lunar calendars is demonstrated in the Noble Quran.

Pulsars are Knocking and through their Gamma-Rays and high spinning speeds are Penetrating - Mentioned in the Noble Quran and confirmed by Science!

The Glorious Quran precisely predicts that our sun will turn into a "White Dwarf" dimmed star, and Science has confirmed this!

The Shooting Stars (Shahab) Quran Miracle is confirmed by Science!  This is indeed one of the Glorious Quran's Top Stunning Miracles!  The Gamma Ray Bursts and Cosmic Jets affirm to the Truth of Noble Verse 67:5 and the other ample Noble Verses in the Glorious Quran, that I provided in the article.  Also, the Miracle of Copper in Noble Verse 55:35 is also thoroughly confirmed with 10s of pictures, references, quotations and proofs from ample Scientific sources.

  

  

  

The earth's Water will eventually vanish(boil off):

(The following Noble Verse was suggested to me by brother Mahir, may Allah Almighty always be pleased with him)

Noble Verse(s) 18:7-18:8

Sale: [018:007]  Verily we have ordained whatsoever is on the earth for the ornament thereof, that we might make trial of men, and see which of them excelleth in works: [018:008]  And we will surely reduce whatever is thereon, to dry dust. Dr. Munir Munshey (one of www.answering-christianity.com's authors): [018:007]  We have, in fact, fashioned everything in this world as mere adornments in order to test them! To see who amongst them performs the righteous deeds! [018:008]  And We are definitely going to convert the earth into a bone-dry barren plateau. Transliteration: [018:007]  Inna jaAAalna ma AAala al-ardi zeenatan laha linabluwahum ayyuhum ahsanu AAamalan [018:008]  Wa-inna lajaAAiloona ma AAalayha saAAeedan juruzan Arabic (from right to left): ‏18:7 انا جعلنا ماعلى الارض زينة لها لنبلوهم ايهم احسن عملا ‏18:8 وانا لجاعلون ماعليها صعيدا جرزا

According to

1.  Lisan Al-Arab dictionary [1] , Book 2, Page 643-644.

2.  Al-Muheet dictionary [2], Page .

3.  Al-Muajam Al-Waseet dictionary [3], Page 514.

4.  Al-Mawrid dictionary Arabic-English section [4], Page 695.

6.  Arabic-English dictionary the Hans Wehr dictionary [6], Page 515.

صعيد (sa'eed): the face of the earth.

الصعيد وجه الارض  Al-sa'eed is the face of the earth وجه الارض.
 

وقيل الصعيد الارض في قوله "صعيدا جرزا" وقال الشافعي لا يقع اسم صعيد الا علي تراب ذي غبار
 
And it was said, the SA'EED الصعيد is the earth (الارض)  as in Allah Almighty's Revelation "صعيدا جرزا" (dry and barren soil).  And Al-Shafiee said: SA'EED is never used except to refer to a sand that is dusty (like the desert soil).

  

According to

1.  Lisan Al-Arab dictionary [1] , Book 4, Page 15.

2.  Al-Muheet dictionary [2], Page 279.

3.  Al-Muajam Al-Waseet dictionary [3], Page .

4.  Al-Mawrid dictionary Arabic-English section [4], Page 418.

6.  Arabic-English dictionary the Hans Wehr dictionary [6], Page .

جرزا (jarzaa): a dry land that has no water in it.

هي الارض التي لم يصبها مطر  it is the land that doesn't have rain.
 

جرزا (jarzaa): no life remains on it.

جرزا لا يبقي عليها من الحيوان احد  JARZAA  is when not a single (احد) living animal remains on it.
 

قال الفراء:الجرز ان تكون الارض لا نبات فيها  Al-Furaa' said: AL-JARZ is when the earth has no plants on it.
 

وارض مجزوزة و جرز لا تنبت كانها تاكل النبت اكلا  and when the earth is MAJZOORAH and JARZ, it means that it doesn't support plantation and it devours the plantation whole.
 

وفي الحديث: ان رسول الله صلي الله عليه وسلم بينا هو يسير اذا اتي علي ارض جرز مجدبه مثل الايم التي لا نبات فيها وفي حديث الحجاج وذكر الارض ثم قال لتوجدن جرزا لا يبقي عليها من الحيوان احد
 
And in the Hadith (Sayings) of Prophet's, peace be upon him:  When he walks in a path of a dead, barren and dry land (ارض جرز مجدبه) that is completely dry and has no plantation on it, and in the narration of the Hajjaj, the Prophet Said (ذكر) that the EARTH (الارض) will become JARZAA (جرزا) where not a single (احد) animal (الحيوان) will remain alive on it (لا يبقي).
 

 جرزا (jarzaa): total annihilation and destruction.

والجرزه الهلاك ويقال رماه الله بشرزه وجرزه يريد به الهلاك  and JARZAH is the total destruction and annhialation (الهلاك), and it is said:  Allah has struk him with a SHARZAH and JARZAH, which means Allah Almighty Willed for him to be destroyed (يريد به الهلاك).
 

 جرزا (jarzaa): devouring everything whole.

الجروز الذي اذا اكل لم يترك علي المائدة شيئا  the JAROOZ is the person who eats everything on the table and doesn't leave a single thing left.

  

Article #1:

The following is a Scientific Video:

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Article #2:

The following reference from Wikipedia was sent to me by brother Mahir; may Allah Almighty always be pleased with him.  Notice how the sun will eventually turn into a White Dwarf (see the far right, #14, on the following image).  Allah Almighty also Said in the Glorious Quran that the sun will become a White Dwarf.  Please visit:

The Glorious Quran precisely predicts that our sun will turn into a "White Dwarf" dimmed star, and Science has confirmed this!

  
The site: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Earth
 
The location: "Future"

Future

See also: Risks to civilization, humans and planet Earth

The future of the planet is closely tied to that of the Sun. As a result of the steady accumulation of helium ash at the Sun's core, the star's total luminosity will slowly increase. The luminosity of the Sun will increase by 10 percent over the next 1.1 billion years (1.1 Gyr), and by 40% over the next 3.5 Gyr.^[118] Climate models indicate that the rise in radiation reaching the Earth is likely to have dire consequences, including the possible loss of the planet's oceans.^[119]
The Earth's increasing surface temperature will accelerate the inorganic CO₂ cycle, reducing its concentration to the lethal levels for plants (10 ppm for C4 photosynthesis) in 900 million years. But even if the Sun were eternal and stable, the continued internal cooling of the Earth would have resulted in a loss of much of its atmosphere and oceans (due to lower volcanism).^[120] After another billion years the surface water will have completely disappeared.^[121]
The Sun, as part of its solar lifespan, will expand to a red giant in about 5 Gyr. Models predict that the Sun will expand out to about 99% of the distance to the Earth's present orbit (1 astronomical unit, or AU). However, by that time, the orbit of the Earth may have expanded to about 1.7 AUs because of the diminished mass of the Sun. The planet might thus escape envelopment by the expanded Sun's sparse outer atmosphere, though most (if not all) existing life will have been destroyed by the Sun's proximity to the Earth.^{[118]
 
What happends when all oceans disappear? The herbage and growth will not get any rain on it because of the rain cycle being stoped when no water exists on earth to "Send back" water as Allah allmighty explains in several verses!}
 
  

Article #3:

  

  

   

Noble Verse(s) 15:22

Yusuf Ali: [015:022]  And We send the fecundating (or fertilizing) winds, then cause the rain to descend from the sky, therewith providing you with water (in abundance), though ye are not the guardians of its stores. Transliteration: [015:022]  Waarsalna alrriyaha lawaqiha faanzalna mina alssama-i maan faasqaynakumoohu wama antum lahu bikhazineena Arabic (from right to left): ‏15:22 وارسلنا الرياح لواقح فانزلنا من السماء ماء فاسقيناكموه وماانتم له بخازنين

  

4-  From a Muslim web site:

"Modern science tells us that the growth of clouds and precipitation require that the winds fertilize the clouds with a quantity of microscopic particles called condensation nuclei. The most important qualities of these seeds are that they draw water or dissolve into it. The winds also carry water vapor to the clouds so they will produce rain. The process goes on with the coming together of numerous particles of water in the atmosphere around these condensation nuclei.

The smallest droplet of water is made up of at least 100 molecules. It is not easy for such a number to come together by mere coincidence without there being nuclei to precipitate upon.

These particles are preserved. In this way, people have come to know that the Qur’anic verse points to how the winds fertilize the clouds with water vapor then with condensation nuclei as a precursor to the existence of rain. Allah says:

See you not that Allah drives the clouds gently, then joins them together, then makes them into a heap of layers and you see the rain comes forth from between them; and they are like mountains in the sky from which He sends down hail, and strikes therewith whom He wills and averts it from whom He wills. The vivid flash of the clouds’ lightning nearly blinds the sight.

Meteorologists say that rain requires the development of precipitating clouds. Among these rain clouds are cumulonimbus clouds that form in a vertical direction. They can extend upwards of twenty kilometers. These cumulonimbus clouds have three layers. The lowest level consists of growing drops of water. The middle layer contains water droplets having temperatures below freezing that are still in a liquid form. As for the highest layer, it is comprised of pure white ice crystals. Allah has made the water droplets that are above freezing unstable, capable of freezing by merely plunging into a solid body. This is why when ice crystals fall from the highest layer to the middle layer and meet with water that is above freezing, the crystals adhere to these droplets and freeze with them, swiftly increasing their size." (http://www.islamtoday.com/discover_islam.cfm?cat_id=6&sub_cat_id=42)
  
  
5-  From Wikipedia:
 
"Cloud condensation nuclei or CCNs (also known as cloud seeds) are small particles (typically 0.0002 mm, or 1/100 th the size of a cloud droplet [1]) about which cloud droplets coalesce. Water requires a non-gaseous surface to make the transition from a vapour to a liquid. In the atmosphere, this surface presents itself as tiny solid or liquid particles called CCNs. When no CCNs are present, water vapour can be supercooled below 0 °C (32 °F) before droplets spontaneously form (this is the basis of the cloud chamber for detecting subatomic particles)."  (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_condensation_nuclei)
  
  
6-  From Wikipedia:
 
"Coalescence is the process by which two or more droplets or particles merge during contact to form a single daughter droplet (or bubble). It can take place in many processes, ranging from meteorology to astrophysics. For example, it is both involved in the formation of raindrops as well as planetary and star formation."  (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coalescence_%28meteorology%29)

  

Allah Almighty further Says: 

Noble Verse(s) 23:18

Yusuf Ali: [023:018]  And We send down water from the sky according to calculated measure, and We cause it to soak in the soil; and We certainly are able to drain it off (with ease). Transliteration: [023:018]  Waanzalna mina alssama-i maan biqadarin faaskannahu fee al-ardi wa-inna AAala thahabin bihi laqadiroona Arabic (from right to left): ‏23:18 وانزلنا من السماء ماء بقدر فاسكناه في الارض وانا على ذهاب به لقادرون

More details on this topic are at: The Miracle of the Rain, Thunder and Electrical "fertilization" caused by winds in the Noble Quran!

  

  

  

 

2-  The moon's S-shaped orbit, reflection of light, and the curvy orbits of the celestial bodies:
  

Video file:

The universe "is full of paths and orbits".

Related video file about going up to space with space shuttles in the Noble Quran.

Earth's orbit around the sun is like a Cradle, as the Noble Quran mentioned.

Seas don't mix, and the earth's orbit in the Noble Quran.

  

The appearance of the splitting of the moon in half was witnessed by many Muslims.

   

Noble Verse(s) 36:39

Dr. Munir Munshey (one of www.answering-christianity.com's authors): [036:039]  And the moon! We destined it to return in stages until it comes back like the dried out branch of the date tree! Transliteration: [036:039]  Waalqamara qaddarnahu manazila hatta AAada kaalAAurjooni alqadeemi Arabic (from right to left): ‏36:39 والقمر قدرناه منازل حتى عاد كالعرجون القديم

When the date-tree branches begin to grow, they start out looking archy.  As they continue to grow they start arching the other way from the bottom, giving them the look of an English letter S.  When they become very old, and begin to dry and die, they would've reached their maximum growth, and in most cases, they resemble the English letter S.

Allah Almighty also Said:

Noble Verse(s) 15:14

Yusuf Ali: [015:014]  Even if We opened out to them a gate from heaven, and they were to continue (all day) ascending therein, Transliteration: [015:014]  Walaw fatahna AAalayhim baban mina alssama-i fathalloo feehi yaAArujoona Arabic (from right to left): ‏15:14 ولو فتحنا عليهم بابا من السماء فظلوا فيه يعرجون

  

Noble Verse(s) 70:3

Yusuf Ali: [070:003]  (A Penalty) from God, Lord of the Ways of Ascent. Transliteration: [070:003]  Mina Allahi thee almaAAariji Arabic (from right to left): ‏70:3 من الله ذي المعارج

المعارج and يعرجون  are partially translated here are ascend up. 

According to

1.  Lisan Al-Arab dictionary [1] , Book 2, Page 111.

2.  Al-Muheet dictionary [2], Page 194.

3.  Al-Muajam Al-Waseet dictionary [3], Page 591.

4.  Al-Mawrid dictionary Arabic-English section [4], Page 756.

6.  Arabic-English dictionary the Hans Wehr dictionary [6], Page 602.

the meaning of AARAJ means the following:

اعرج (a'aaraj), which is the root word: person who has a lame leg from a polio disease.  He walks lamely.  Such person doesn't walk straight. 

العرجان (al-aarajan): مشية الأعرج  (mishyatu al-a'aaraj) the walk of the a'aaraj.      

العرج (al-aaraj):  كالحقب , و هو ان لا يستقيم مخرج البول it means al-haqab, which is when the ejecting of the urine is not straight and is curved (لا يستقيم la yastaqeem).

العرج (al-aaraj): غيبوبة الشمس, و يقال إنعراجها نحو المغرب  the setting of the sun, and it is said: it's inejaajuha towards the West, which means, it's curved or archy path towards the West.    

عَرَجَ (aaraja):  عريج (aareej):  إرتفع و علا  raised and ascended up.

عرّج تعريج (aarraja taareeja):  ميّل (mayyala)  made curvy or archy.

المُنْعَرَجْ (al-munaaraj):  المنعطف (al-munaataf) a curved turn ahead.

[So when Allah Almighty Says: الله ذي المعارج , it means that Allah Almighty is the One who Created the archy and curvy orbits and paths of the Universe.  They are not straight shots!  They are curvy.  That's why Allah Almighty chose the Words  عرج ,  يعرجون , المعارج because they all speak about curvy routes to Heaven and not straight ones.]

Furthermore, we read:

إنعرج الشئ  (in'aaraja al-shaya'): إنعطف و مال يَمْنَةً و يَسْرَةً. يقال: إنعرج النهر.  Something that curved to the right and to the left.  It is said: the river إنعرج (in'aaraja), which means the river curved to the right and to the left.  It is not straight.

تعاريج النهر (ta'aareej al-nahr):  منعطفاته (mun'atafatih) the river's curving points.

عَرَجَ (aaraja): to swerve,  to zigzag, to follow a zigzag course.

تعاريج (ta'aareej): wavy lines.

مُنْعَرَجْ (munaaraj):  zigzag, winding.

Winding: snaking, snaky.

So when Allah Almighty Said:

‏36:39 والقمر قدرناه منازل حتى عاد كالعرجون القديم

عرجون is derived from عرج or إنعرج, and it clearly means that the moon's orbit does curve to the right and the left, like the English-letter S!

Remember that the English language, and its letter S were not known to Arabia!  And as our scientists today say that the moon orbits the earth in S-shaped loops, Allah Almighty also Said that the moon orbits the earth in dry and twisted date-tree branches loops, that curve to the right and to the left, which is S-loops.

  

 

That is why Allah Almighty Said looking like AN OLD date tree branch:

  

  

Video file:

The universe "is full of paths and orbits".

Related video file about going up to space with space shuttles in the Noble Quran.

Earth's orbit around the sun is like a Cradle, as the Noble Quran mentioned.

Seas don't mix, and the earth's orbit in the Noble Quran.

  

  

Noble Verse(s) 10:5

Yusuf Ali: [010:005]  It is He Who made the sun to be a (source of light) shining glory and the moon to be (reflecting to the) light (of beauty), and measured out stages for it; that ye might know the number of years and the count (of time). Nowise did God create this but in truth and righteousness. (Thus) doth He explain His Signs in detail, for those who understand. Transliteration: [010:005]  Huwa allathee jaAAala alshshamsa diyaan waalqamara nooran waqaddarahu manazila litaAAlamoo AAadada alssineena waalhisaba ma khalaqa Allahu thalika illa bialhaqqi yufassilu al-ayati liqawmin yaAAlamoona Arabic (from right to left): ‏10:5 هو الذين جعل الشمس ضياء والقمر نورا وقدره منازل لتعلموا عدد السنين والحساب ماخلق الله ذلك الا بالحق يفصل الايات لقوم يعلمون

We find in Tafsir (interpretation of) Ibn Kahir, a prominent and leading Muslim scholar in the 13th century, the following about WHY THE MOON HAS DIFFERENT emittions OF LIGHT - from looking like a crecent, to a half moon to a full moon and all different shapes in between:

"The sun rises each day and sets at the end of the day, giving one kind of light all the time, but it moves, rising and setting at different points in the summer and winter, thus making the days and nights longer or shorter alternatively according to the season. Its authority is in the daytime, for it is the heavenly body that dominates the day. As for the moon, Allah has decreed that it should pass through different phases. At the beginning of the month, the moon appears small when it rises. It gives off little light, then on the second night its light increases and it rises to a higher position, and the higher it rises the more light it gives -- even though it is reflected from the sun -- until it becomes full on the fourteenth night of the month."  (http://www.tafsir.com/default.asp?sid=36&tid=43568)

"He created the night with its darkness and the day with its light, and they alternate without ceasing. And He created the sun with its shining light, and the moon with its reflected light. and He allotted their stages and gave them separate orbits in the heavens."  (http://www.tafsir.com/default.asp?sid=41&tid=46752......First big paragraph)  

So why would Ibn Kathir come up with this statement, many centuries before man discovered that the earth was spherical and that the moon does indeed reflect the sun's light?  Well, according to

1.  Lisan Al-Arab dictionary [1] , Book 3, Pages 805, 808.

2.  Al-Muheet dictionary [2], Page 454.

3.  Al-Muajam Al-Waseet dictionary [3], Page 962.

4.  Al-Mawrid dictionary Arabic-English section [4], Page 1196.

5.  Arabic-English dictionary the Hans Wehr dictionary [6], Page 1008, 1009.

نور  (noor):  بيّن (bayyan)  reveal, reflect.

إستنار به (istanaara bihi): إستمدّ شعاعة  (istamadda shu'aaa'uh) was supplied by its light.

انار المكان (anaara al-makaan):  وضع فيه النور (wada'aa feehi al-noor)  Put light into it, or reflected light off of it.

نوّرتِ الشجرو انارت ايضاً (nawwarat al-shajarah wa anaarat aydan):  اخرجت نورها (akhrajat nooraha) The plant reflected the light off of itself, or it showed the light off of itself.  However, plants, as we know, are not a source of light.

انار النبت (anaara al-nabtu):  ظهر و حسن (tha-hara wa hasan)  the plant was revealed well from light.

نور (noor):  be revealed, to be lighted, to receive light.

So clearly, when Allah Almighty Said that the sun is ضياء (diyaa'a), a source of light, and the moon a نورا , then clearly the moon:

1-  Is reflecting to light, because it is إستمدّ شعاعة (was supplied by light), as this is the meaning of إستنار , which is derived from the root word نور  noor.

2-  Is reflecting to light, because it is ظهر و حسن (was revealed well from light) , as this is the meaning of  انار , as in  انار النبت.

3-  Is reflecting to light, because it receives light from the sun and it is lighted and revealed by it.

So which light is the moon reflecting?  It is reflecting to the sun's ضياء (diyaa'a).  Again,  هو الذين جعل الشمس ضياء والقمر نورا , and the moon is the noor نورا to that diyaa' ضياء of the sun!

Allah Almighty further Said:

Noble Verse(s) 71:15-71:16

Yusuf Ali: [071:015]  "'See ye not how God has created the seven heavens (of the earth, i.e., the 7 layers of our atmosphere) one above another, [071:016]  "'And made the moon a (reflecting) light in their midst, and made the sun as a (Glorious) Lamp? Transliteration: [071:015]  Alam taraw kayfa khalaqa Allahu sabAAa samawatin tibaqan [071:016]  WajaAAala alqamara feehinna nooran wajaAAala alshshamsa sirajan Arabic (from right to left): ‏71:15 الم تروا كيف خلق الله سبع سموات طباقا ‏71:16 وجعل القمر فيهن نورا وجعل الشمس سراجا

In this Noble Verse, Allah Almighty talked about the earth's atmospher and its 7 layers revealing the sun's lights that come from the sun and are reflected off of the moon. 

More on this in the Noble Quran soon, insha'Allah (if Allah Almighty is Willing).

  

Furthermore, when we look at ضياء (diyaa'a), we find out that according to:

1.  Lisan Al-Arab dictionary [1] , Book 1, Page 119.

2.  Al-Muheet dictionary [2], Page 56.

3.  Al-Muajam Al-Waseet dictionary [3], Page 546.

4.  Al-Mawrid dictionary Arabic-English section [4], Page 715.

5.  Al-Mawrid dictionary English-Arabic section [5], Page 528.

6.  Arabic-English dictionary the Hans Wehr dictionary [6], Page 547.

ضياء (diyaa'a):  الضوء, ما اضاء لك (al-dawa', ma adaa'a laka)  the light, and what it originated from light to you.

The following poem proves that ضياء (diyaa'a) refers to the original light:

اضاءَتْ لنا النارُ وجهاً اغرَّ, مُلتبِساً, بالفُؤادِ, إلتِباسا  The fire has originated (اضاءَتْ  is derived from ضياء ) for us the light of a mighty glow, that will always be liked by the heart (or something like that).

Notice here that the fire is the originator and the source of the light.  And notice how NOOR or a derivative of it wasn't used.

إستضاء (istadaa'): إستمدّ نورهُ (istamadda noorahu) the original light stretched its NOOR forth. 

تضوَّأ (tadawwa'a):   قام فى ظلمةٍ ليرى بِضَوْءِ النار اهلها   he got up during the darkness of the night to see from the light of the fire, the people in the place.

Notice again how the fire in this sentence is the originator and the source of the light.  And notice how NOOR or a derivative of it wasn't used.

ضوء (dawa'):  to gleam, radiate, to illumine, illuminate, to shed light, cast light.

Allah Almighty further Said:

Noble Verse(s) 24:35

Dr. Munir Munshey (one of www.answering-christianity.com's authors): [024:035]  Allah is the light of the heavens and the earth. An example of its brilliance: there is a lamp in a luminous niche. The lamp is in a glass which itself gleams like a radiant star. It is lit by the oil of the blessed tree _ neither from the West nor the East. The oil of the lamp is ready to glow by itself even without being kindled. The bright luminous light is atop another brilliant light. Allah guides towards this light whomever He wants and Allah quotes this parable for the people. Allah is knowledgeable of all things! Transliteration: [024:035]  Allahu nooru alssamawati waal-ardi mathalu noorihi kamishkatin feeha misbahun almisbahu fee zujajatin alzzujajatu kaannaha kawkabun durriyyun yooqadu min shajaratin mubarakatin zaytoonatin la sharqiyyatin wala gharbiyyatin yakadu zaytuha yudee-o walaw lam tamsas-hu narun noorun AAala noorin yahdee Allahu linoorihi man yashao wayadribu Allahu al-amthala lilnnasi waAllahu bikulli shay-in AAaleemun Arabic (from right to left): ‏24:35 الله نور السماوات والارض مثل نوره كمشكاة فيها مصباح المصباح في زجاجة الزجاجة كانها كوكب دري يوقد من شجرة مباركة زيتونة لاشرقية ولاغربية يكاد زيتها يضيئ ولو لم تمسسه نار نور على نور يهدي الله لنوره من يشاء ويضرب الله الامثال للناس والله بكل شئ عليم

The oil is about to يضيئ (yudee'o) without being kindled by fire.  Notice how the OIL, in the Parable, is the SOURCE OF LIGHT, and the Arabic word  yudee'o يضيئ is derived from the root words  ضياء (diyaa'a) and  ضوء (dawa').

  

  

  

 

3-  Geology of the Earth, its Shape, its Movement in Space, its Atmosphere, and the Formation of Rain:

Here are some facts about earth:

1-  Life on earth, similar to the life that we're living now began 3.8 billion years ago.

2-  Earth is 4.6 billion years old.

3-  Earth used to be only 10% of its current size.

4-  Scientists have proven that the smaller the planet, the lesser its gravity will be, and the larger and taller the bodies will be on it.

5-  Man used to be much much larger and taller than what he is now.

Islam is in almost perfect agreement with all of the points mentioned above.  Please visit:

Adam was 90 feet tall, and earth kept on expanding.
  

The Glorious Quran [1] declares that the earth is:
  

1- Spherical.
2- Suspended in Space.
3- Rotating around itself. (emphasis on dahaha and its derivatives)
4- Is traveling in Space.
5- Also, all celestial bodies are يعرجون Yaa'rujoon (traveling in orbits) in space.  The countless orbits in the Universe, and the day-layer reveals the sun's brightness.  This video is about Noble Verses 32:5, 34:2, 57:4, 70:3-4 and others, and the Arabic words عرج , عروج , معارج  and  معراج  that all refer to "going in an orbital and curvy path" in the Glorious Quran and our Islamic Texts.
           
1. Video file.
2. The Motion of Earth in the Noble Quran.
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More on earth in the Glorious Quran:

Noble Verse(s) 30:2-30:3

Yusuf Ali: [030:002]  The Roman Empire has been defeated- [030:003]  In a land close by; but they, (even) after (this) defeat of theirs, will soon be victorious- Transliteration: [030:002]  Ghulibati alrroomu [030:003]  Fee adna al-ardi wahum min baAAdi ghalabihim sayaghliboona Arabic (from right to left): ‏30:2 غلبت الروم ‏30:3 في ادنى الارض وهم من بعد غلبهم سيغلبون

In a land close by is a mistranslation that is even contradicted by the translators' translations of the Holy Word in the following Noble Verses:

Noble Verse(s) 32:21

Sher Ali: [032:021]  And most surely WE will make them taste of the lesser punishment before the greater punishment, that they may return to US with repentance. Pickthall: [032:021]  And verily We make them taste the lower punishment before the greater, that haply they may return. Transliteration: [032:021]  Walanutheeqannahum mina alAAathabi al-adna doona alAAathabi al-akbari laAAallahum yarjiAAoona Arabic (from right to left): ‏32:21 ولنذيقنهم من العذاب الادنى دون العذاب الاكبر لعلهم يرجعون

  

Noble Verse(s) 53:9

Dr. Munir Munshey (one of www.answering-christianity.com's authors): [053:009]  He was two bow-lengths away, or less, Transliteration: [053:009]  Fakana qaba qawsayni aw adna Arabic (from right to left): ‏53:9 فكان قاب قوسين او ادنى

The "OR" in this Noble Verse talks about a relativistic and varrying calculation depending on HOW ONE WANTS TO CALCULATE IT and long is the bow the person uses.

  

Noble Verse(s) 58:7

Yusuf Ali: [058:007]  Seest thou not that God doth know (all) that is in the heavens and on earth? There is not a secret consultation between three, but He makes the fourth among them, - Nor between five but He makes the sixth,- nor between fewer nor more, but He is in their midst, wheresoever they be: In the end will He tell them the truth of their conduct, on the Day of Judgment. For God has full knowledge of all things. Dr. Munir Munshey (one of www.answering-christianity.com's authors): [058:007]  Do you not realize that Allah knows everything in the heavens and on earth? Never is there a secret conference of three, where He is not the fourth (listening in); nor of five, where He is not the sixth (listening). Even when there are less (than three) or more than that number (holding secret talks), He is (always) with them no matter where they might happen to be. Later, on the Day of Judgment, He will tell them everything they had done! Indeed, Allah knows every single thing! Transliteration: [058:007]  Alam tara anna Allaha yaAAlamu ma fee alssamawati wama fee al-ardi ma yakoonu min najwa thalathatin illa huwa rabiAAuhum wala khamsatin illa huwa sadisuhum wala adna min thalika wala akthara illa huwa maAAahum ayna ma kanoo thumma yunabbi-ohum bima AAamiloo yawma alqiyamati inna Allaha bikulli shay-in AAaleemun Arabic (from right to left): ‏58:7 الم تر ان الله يعلم مافي السماوات ومافي الارض مايكون من نجوى ثلاثة الا هو رابعهم ولاخمسة الا هو سادسهم ولاادنى من ذلك ولااكثر الا هو معهم اين ماكانوا ثم ينبئهم بما عملوا يوم القيامة ان الله بكل شئ عليم Sher Ali: [058:007]  Seest thou not that ALLAH knows all that is in the heavens and all that is in the earth ? There is no secret counsel of three, but HE is their fourth, nor of five but HE is their sixth, nor of less than that, nor of more, but HE is with them wheresoever they may be. Then on the Day of Resurrection HE will inform them of what they did. Surely, ALLAH has full knowledge of all things. Shakir: [058:007]  Do you not see that Allah knows whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth? Nowhere is there a secret counsel between three persons but He is the fourth of them, nor (between) five but He is the sixth of them, nor less than that nor more but He is with them wheresoever they are; then He will inform them of what they did on the day of resurrection: surely Allah is Cognizant of all things. Pickthall: [058:007]  Hast thou not seen that Allah knoweth all that is in the heavens and all that is in the earth ? There is no secret conference of three but He is their fourth, nor of five but He is their sixth, nor of less than that or more but He is with them wheresoever they may be; and afterward, on the Day of Resurrection, He will inform them of what they did. Lo! Allah is Knower of all things. Sale: [058:007]  Dost thou not perceive that God knoweth whatever is in heaven and in earth? There is no private discourse among three persons, but He is the fourth of them; nor among five, but He is the sixth of them; neither among a smaller number than this, nor a larger, but He is with them; wheresoever they be: And He will declare unto them that which they have done, on the day of resurrection; for God knoweth all things. Muhammad Al-Hilali & Muhsin Khan: [058:007]  Have you not seen that Allah knows whatsoever is in the heavens and whatsoever is on the earth? There is no Najwa (secret counsel) of three, but He is their fourth (with His Knowledge, while He Himself is over the Throne, over the seventh heaven), nor of five but He is their sixth (with His Knowledge), not of less than that or more, but He is with them (with His Knowledge) wheresoever they may be; and afterwards on the Day of Resurrection, He will inform them of what they did. Verily, Allah is the All-Knower of everything. Palmer: [058:007]  Dost thou not see that God knows what is in the heavens and what is in the earth? and that there cannot be a privy discourse of three but He makes the fourth? nor of five but He makes the sixth? nor less than that nor more, but that He is with them wheresoe'er they be? then He will inform them of what they have done upon the resurrection day; verily, God all things doth know! Arberry: [058:007]  God has numbered it, and they have forgotten it. God is witness over everything. Hast thou not seen that God knows whatsoever is in the heavens, and whatsoever is in the earth? Three men conspire not secretly together, but He is the fourth of them, neither five men, but He is the sixth of them, neither fewer than that, neither more, but He is with them, wherever they may be; then He shall tell them what they have done, on the Day of Resurrection. Surely God has knowledge of everything. Khalifa: (why is he here?) [058:007]  Do you not realize that GOD knows everything in the heavens and everything on earth? No three people can conspire secretly without Him being their fourth, nor five without Him being the sixth, nor less than that, nor more, without Him being there with them wherever they may be. Then, on the Day of Resurrection, He will inform them of everything they had done. GOD is fully aware of all things. Rodwell: [058:007]  Dost thou not see that God knoweth all that is in the Heavens and all that is in the Earth? Three persons speak not privately together, but He is their fourth; nor five, but He is their sixth; nor fewer nor more, but wherever they be He is with them. Then on the day of resurrection He will tell them of their deeds: for God knoweth all things.

As virtually every single English translator on my web site, www.QuranSearch.com, have translated ADNA ادنى in this Noble Verse, 58:7, to "lower" or "lesser", then based on what objective ground will we now reject the same translation of "lowest land" to be applied to Noble Verse 30:3?

According to

1.  Lisan Al-Arab dictionary [1] , Book 8, Page 256, 257.

2.  Al-Muheet dictionary [2], Page 1180.

3.  Al-Muajam Al-Waseet dictionary [3], Page 299.

4.  Al-Mawrid dictionary Arabic-English section [4], Page 552.

6.  Arabic-English dictionary the Hans Wehr dictionary [6], Page 294.

Yes, Adna ادنى  does mean near or to bring nearer.  But it also means:

ادنى (adna):  السَّفِلُ (al-safilu) the lower or lowest.

الادنى (adna): الخسيس  (al-khasees) the despicable or most despised.

الدَّنِىُّ (al-daniyyu): الخسيس  (al-khasees) the despicable or most despised.

"اتستبدلون الذي هو ادنى"  (The Noble Quran, 2:61) :  اى الذى هو اخس   the thing that is the least in value.

دَنِىٌّ يُدَنِّى فى الامور تَدْنِيَةً (daniyyun yudanni fil umoori tadniyatan): يتبع خسيسها و اصاغرها  he follows their most despicable and least ones.

دانئٌ (daani'un): خبيث  (khabeeth) deceptive.

دَنُوَ (danuwa): ضعف و خس (daufa wa khas) became weak and lame, or lost much weight and became too weak.

دنت (danat): went down as in:  دنت الشمس للغروب (danat al-shamsu lil-ghuroob) the sun has went down and set.

دناَ (danaa):  to be low, mean, base, vile, contemptible, despicable.

دنئ (daneea'):  of poor quality, second-rate, inferior.

دناءة (danaa'aa): lowness, baseness, meanness, vileness, inferiority.

  

Also, according to

1.  Lisan Al-Arab dictionary [1] , Book 8, Pages 604-606.

2.  Al-Muheet dictionary [2], Page 1214.

3.  Al-Muajam Al-Waseet dictionary [3], Page .

4.  Al-Mawrid dictionary Arabic-English section [4], Page 838.

6.  Arabic-English dictionary the Hans Wehr dictionary [6], Page 734.

Fi في , as in في ادنى الارض , which was translated as "IN", also means:

فى (fi):  وسط (wasat) in the middle.

فى (fi):  داخل (daakhil) inside, or in.

فى (fi):  على (aala) on.

" ولاصلبنكم في جذوع النخل " (The Noble Quran, 20:71):  المعنى على جذوع النخل  the meaning is I will crucify you ON the palm trees' trunks.  

فى (fi):  مع (maa') with.

" وجعل القمر فيهن نورا  " (The Noble Quran, 71:16):  أى معهن  meaning with them.    

فى (fi):  مِن (min) which, who, whom.

ضربت فيمن رغبت  :  means أي ضربت من رغبت  it struck whom it desired.     

فى (fi):  إلى (ila) to.

فى (fi):  بِ (bi) by, at, to.

فى طَعنِِ  (fi taani):  أى بطعن  meaning by stabbing.

فى (fi): بعد (baad) after, beyond.

فى عقب ثلاثة أحوال :  means بعد ثلاثة أحوال  after three years.               

فى (fi): من (min) from.

" وادخل يدك في جيبك تخرج بيضاء من غير سوء في تسع ايات " (The Noble Quran, 27:12):  في تسع ايات أى من تسع ايات  fi nine Signs means FROM nine Signs.
  

و فيها فحلان (wa feeha fahlan):  اي و منها فحلان  means and FROM HER two knights.   

فى (fi):  in, at, by, near, within, about, on, concerning, with reference to, as to, according to, in proportion to, AFTER as in كذب في كذب  lie AFTER lie, BEFORE as in فيما مضى  before what passed.   

 

So as we clearly see, the land which the Romans were defeated in were:

1-  The lowest lands.

2-  The most despicable lands, as the interpretation of Noble Verse 2:61 above, from Lisan Al-Arab dictionary, along with the many other proofs that I've provided clearly prove that ADNA means the LOWEST and MOST DESPISED.

3-  At and near and around "ADNA" ادنى  "THE LAND" الارض .  And what is this "land"?  It is the most despicable and lowest land! 

Important Note:  Perhaps, that is why Allah Almighty preceded "land" ارض with the definite article THE ال,  and didn't say: ادنى ارضكم near YOUR LAND!  No, He, the Almighty, instead said ادنى الارض - making the reference to a specific foreign land, which also happens to be the lowest and most despicable one.

So ADNA ادنى here is applied to the status of the land, making it despicable and lowest, and with the definite article THE ال , the defeat of the Romans happened near and around that referenced doomed piece of land.

So to put it together in a simpler form, Noble Verses 30:2-3 should read:

30:2 غلبت الروم

‏30:3 في ادنى الارض

The Romans had been defeated at near and around THE MOST DESPICABLE AND LOWEST LAND.

  

It just so happens that these lands were near the lowest spot on earth, the dead sea area, which is approximately 400 meters below the sea level, and which also happens to be the land where Sodom and Gomorrah were doomed in.

1-  From http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761574726/Asia.html:

Asia

Encyclopedia Article
........
The continental mainland stretches from the southern end of the Malay Peninsula to Cape Chelyuskin in Siberia. Its westernmost point is Cape Baba in northwestern Turkey, and its easternmost point is Cape Dezhnyov in northeastern Siberia. The continent’s greatest width from east to west is 8,500 km (5,300 mi). The lowest and highest points on the Earth’s surface are in Asia, namely, the SHORE of the Dead Sea (408 m/1,340 ft below sea level in 1996) and Mount Everest (8,850 m/29,035 ft above sea level).

2-  From http://www.dead-sea.net/f-cosmetics.htm:

The Dead Sea is the lowest spot on earth. It is also the richest in concentrated natural minerals, making the area a world - renowned natural health spa. The ancient world knew of the area's wondrous curative properties and throughout the ages people from the four corners of the earth have enjoyed its benefits.

3-  From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Sea#In_Islam:

  

4-  From http://www.miraclesofthequran.com/predictions_01.html:

INTRODUCTION Another miraculous aspect of the Qur'an is its prediction of future events, all of which have so far been fulfilled. This is one of the proofs that the Qur'an is the Word of Allah. In the following pages, we will dwell on some of these events. THE VICTORY OF BYZANTIUM An astonishing prediction is found in the first verses of Surat ar-Rum, which refers to the Byzantine Empire, the eastern part of the later Roman Empire: The Byzantine Empire, which had met with a great defeat, would soon gain victory. Alif, Lam, Mim. The Romans have been defeated in the lowest land, but after their defeat they will be victorious within three to nine years. The affair is Allah's from beginning to end. On that day, the believers will rejoice. (Qur'an, 30:1-4) These verses were revealed around 620, almost 7 years after the idolatrous Persians had severely defeated Christian Byzantium in 613-14. In fact, Byzantium had suffered such heavy losses that it seemed impossible for it even to survive, let alone be victorious again. Following their defeat of the Byzantines at Antioch in 613, the Persians seized control of Damascus, Cilicia, Tarsus, Armenia, and Jerusalem. The loss of Jerusalem in 614 was particularly traumatic for the Byzantines, for the Church of the Holy Sepulchre was destroyed and the Persians seized the "True Cross," the symbol of Christianity.174 In addition, the Avars, Slavs, and Lombards also were posing serious threats to the Byzantine Empire. The Avars had reached as far as the walls of Constantinople. Emperor Heraclius ordered the gold and silver in churches to be melted and turned into money in order to meet the army's expenses. When this proved insufficient, bronze statues were melted down in order to mint more money. Many governors had revolted against Heraclius, and Byzantium was on the point of collapse.175 Mesopotamia, Cilicia, Syria, Palestine, Egypt and Armenia, which had earlier belonged to Byzantium, were invaded by the idolatrous Persians.176 The Dead Sea basin where Byzantium was defeated by Persians. Above is a satellite photograph of the region. The Lake of Lut region, which is the lowest region of the world, is 395 meter below the sea level. In short, everyone was expecting Byzantium to be destroyed. But during this time, the first verses of Surat ar-Rum were revealed, announcing that Byzantium would triumph in 3 to 9 years. This predicted victory seemed so impossible that the Arab polytheists thought it would never come true. On top a satellite photograph of the Dead Sea basin. The altitude of the Dead Sea could only be determined with modern measurement techniques. These measurements led to the discovery that this region is the "lowest region on the Earth." Like all the other predictions in the Qur'an, however, this one also came true. In 622, Heraclius gained a number of victories over the Persians and conquered Armenia.177 In December 627, the two empires fought a decisive battle at Nineveh, some 50 kilometres east of the Tigris river, near Baghdad. This time too, the Byzantine army defeated the Persians. A few months later, the Persians had to sue for peace with Byzantium, which obliged them to return the territories they had taken from it.178 The Byzantine victory was completed when Emperor Heraclius defeated the Persian ruler Khosrow II in 630, recaptured Jerusalem, and regained the "True Cross" for the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.179 In the end, "the victory of the Romans" proclaimed by Allah in the Qur'an miraculously came true within the verses' stated "three to nine years" time frame. Another miracle revealed in these verses is the announcement of a geographical fact that could not have been known by anyone at that time: that the Romans had been defeated in the lowest region of Earth. This Arabic expression adna al-Ard is interpreted as "a nearby place" in many translations. However, this is not the literal meaning, but rather a figurative interpretation. The word adna, derived from the word dani (low), means “the lowest”. The word ard means “the world.” Therefore, adna al-ard means "the lowest place on Earth." Some interpreters of the Qur'an, considering the closeness of the region in question to the Arabs, prefer the "closest" meaning of the word. However, the actual meaning indicates a very important geological fact: The Dead Sea, one of the regions in which the Byzantines were defeated in 613-14, is the lowest region on Earth.180 As stated earlier, for Christian Byzantium, the loss of the True Cross was the heaviest blow in that defeat in Jerusalem, located near the shores of the Dead Sea. The Byzantines and the Persians actually fought at the Dead Sea basin, which is situated at the intersection point of the lands belonging to Syria, Palestine, and Jordan. At 399 meters below sea level, the Dead Sea is the "lowest" place on Earth's surface.181 However, as only modern measuring methods and equipment can prove this fact, it would have been impossible for anyone living at that time to realise this truth. Yet, the Qur'an states clearly that this region was the "lowest land" on Earth and thereby provides further evidence that it is the Word of Allah. 174. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heraclius. 175. Warren Treadgold, A History of the Byzantine State and Society (Palo Alto, CA: Stanford University Press: 1997), 287-99. 176. Ibid. 177. http://fstav.freeservers.com/emperors/heraclius.html. 178. Treadgold, A History, 287-99. 179. http://web.genie.it/utenti/i/inanna/livello2-i/mediterraneo-1-i.htm; http://impearls.blogspot.com/2003_12_07_impearls_archive.html; and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heraclius. 180. “The Lowest Part on the Face of the Earth,”www.beconvinced.com/science/QURANLOWEST.htm. 181. “Dead Sea,” World Book Encyclopedia, 2003, Contributor: Bernard Reich, Ph.D., Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, George Washington University

  

5-  From http://www.islamweb.net/ver2/archive/article.php?lang=E&id=47513:

".....When we investigated the lowest part of the earth, we found that it was exactly the same spot that witnessed the battle in which the Romans were defeated. When we informed Professor Palmer about this, he contested saying that there were many other areas, which are lower than the one referred to in the Qur'anic verse. He gave examples and names of other areas in Europe and in the United States. We assured him that our information was verified and correct. He had with him a topographical globe that showed elevations and depressions.

He said that it would be easy with that globe to ascertain which was the lowest spot on earth. He turned the globe with his hands and focused his sign on the area near Jerusalem. To his astonishment, there was a small arrow sticking out towards that area with words: "the lowest part on the face of the earth."

Professor Palmer was quick to concede that our information was correct. He proceeded to speak, as you now see him with the globe, saying that this was actually the lowest part of the earth....."

  

  

Noble Verse(s) 79:30-79:31

Yusuf Ali: [079:030]  And the earth, moreover, hath He extended (to a wide expanse); [079:031]  He draweth out therefrom its moisture and its pasture; Transliteration: [079:030]  Waal-arda baAAda thalika dahaha [079:031]  Akhraja minha maaha wamarAAaha Arabic (from right to left): ‏79:30 والارض بعد ذلك دحاها ‏79:31 اخرج منها ماءها ومرعاها

According to

1.  Lisan Al-Arab dictionary [1] , Book 2, Pages 215-218.

2.  Lisan Al-Arab dictionary [1] , Book 8, Pages 236-238.

3.  Al-Muheet dictionary [2], Page 1179.

4.  Al-Muajam Al-Waseet dictionary [3], Pages 272-274.

5.  Al-Mawrid dictionary Arabic-English section [4], Page 537.

6.  Arabic-English dictionary the Hans Wehr dictionary [6], Page 273.

Daha دحا means:

دحا   (daha):  دفعه و رمى به (dafa'aahu wa ramaa bih) Caused it to move, pushed it, or threw it.

ويقذفون من كل جانب دحورا ولهم عذاب واصب  (The Noble Quran, 37:8-9)   And they're cast away from every side, repulsed, for they are under a perpetual penalty.
 

دحا الصبي المِدحاةَََ أي دفع الصبي المِدحاةَََ   Daha the boy the rolling toy, means the boy pushed the rolling toy.
 

دحرجَ  (dahraja):  to roll, roll along, to roll down.
  
 

Furthermore, Allah Almighty Said:

Noble Verse(s) 84:6

Yusuf Ali: [084:006]  O thou man! Verily thou art ever toiling (i.e., advancing) on towards thy Lord- painfully toiling,- but thou shalt meet Him. Dr. Munir Munshey (one of www.answering-christianity.com's authors): [084:006]  Oh man! Indeed, you are steadily advancing towards your Lord. You shall meet Him! Transliteration: [084:006]  Ya ayyuha al-insanu innaka kadihun ila rabbika kadhan famulaqeehi Arabic (from right to left): ‏84:6 ياايها الانسان انك كادح الى ربك كدحا فملاقيه

 كادح and كدحا are derived from دحا, and they mean to move!  O man, you are moving - you are advancing - towards your LORD.

   

دحا   (daha):  و في حديث أبي رافع: كنت أُلاعب الحسن و الحسين, رضوان الله عليهما, بالمداحي, هي احجار أمثال القِرصة 

In the Hadith of Abi Rafiaa':  I used to play with Al-Hasan and Al-Hussein, may Allah Almighty be pleased with them, with AL-MADAAHI, which means STONES that look like AL-QIRASAH.

دحا   (daha):  المداحي هي احجار أمثال القِرصة   Al-madaahi are stones that resemble AL-QIRASAH.

  
So what does Al-Qirasah mean?

According to Lisan Al-Arab dictionary [1], Book 4, Page 516

القِرصة (al-qirasah):  قرِّصي العجين أي سوِّيه قِرصة  Cut the dough into small round pieces.
 

القِرصة (al-qirasah):  قرص الشمس اي عينها    The qurs of the sun means the eye of the sun, which is round.

  

المدحرج (al-mudahraj):  المُدوَّر  what is round or circular.

دحا   (daha):  دحّ في الثّرى بيتاً إذا وسعه  He expanded the house.

دحى  (daha):   الدُّحُحْ (al-duhuh), which is plural of  دحى  daha, which means: الارضون الممتدّة   expanded earths.

دحا   (daha):  مدحوحاّ أي مُسوّى    evened, balanced, equaled, leveled.

دحا   (daha):  الدّواح أي العظيم الشديد العلو   al-dawwah is something that is great, extremely powerful, and exalted.

دحا   (daha):  الدِّحْية هو رئيس الجُند, و به سمِّي دِحية الكلبي   Al-dihya is the leader of the soldiers, and from this was named Dihya Al-Kalbay, who was one of Prophet Muhammad's close Companions.

الدِّحْية هو رئيس القوم و سيدهم  Al-dihya is the chief of the tribe or the group and the BEST AMONG THEM و سيدهم.
 
Planet earth is indeed the best planet in our Solar System.  It is the only planet that has water, life and Paradise-like Scenic Views.  The others are dead planets with no life like that of earth's exists on them.  See my notes about this below.

  

دحا   (daha):   ROUND and SPHERICAL:

إندحَّ بطنه إندحاحاّ اي إتّسع  His tummy became round and bigger.
 

In Prophet Muhammad's Hadith: كان لأسامة بطننٌ مُندحٌ اي متسع   Osama had a round and big tummy.
 

و بطنٌ مُنداحُ أي خارخٌ مُدوّر  His tummy is mun-daahun means it is OUT THERE AND ROUND مُدوّر.
 

و رجلٌّ دحدحُ اي قصير غليظ البطن    A man is dahda-hun which means he is short, stocky and has a big and fat tummy.
 

الدحداح هو المستدير الململم    The dahdaah is the person who is ROUND and STOCKY.
 

الدِردِحة من النساء التي طولها و عرضها سواء  Al-dir-dihati from the women is the one whose height and width look the same!  SHE LOOKS ROUND, and the by the way, the distance between the earth's north and south poles is approximately only 45 miles shorter than the earth's width.

  
دحا   (daha): الدوحة أي المظلة العظيمة  Al-Doha, as in Qatar's capital,  means a big umbrella. 

Allah Almighty also Said that He made the earth's sky a ceiling to us. 
 

Noble Verse(s) 21:32

Arabic (from right to left): ‏21:32 وجعلنا السماء سقفا محفوظا وهم عن اياتها معرضون

  

Noble Verse(s) 52:5

Arabic (from right to left): ‏52:5 والسقف المرفوع

For more proofs, please visit:
     -  The Ozone layer is a protective ceiling to earth. 
     
      -  The Miracle of the Space Fabric - Mentioned in the Glorious Quran and confirmed by Science.

So when Allah Almighty Said:

Noble Verse(s) 79:30-79:31

Yusuf Ali: [079:030]  And the earth, moreover, hath He extended (to a wide expanse); [079:031]  He draweth out therefrom its moisture and its pasture; Arabic (from right to left): ‏79:30 والارض بعد ذلك دحاها ‏79:31 اخرج منها ماءها ومرعاها

It also means that Allah Almighty Made a protective ceiling or umbrella for the earth, which without it, NO WATER COULD POSSIBLY EXIST ON EARTH!

  

  

So based on all of these meanings, what do we find?  We find that:

1-  The earth is a moving object that was pushed or thrown by Allah Almighty into space.

2-  The earth is a qurs and indahhat and is dihdaaha, which means it is a round and a spherical object.

3-  The earth has expanded, and from that expansion, all of the huge bodies of water that we have today from oceans, seas, lakes and rivers were extracted AND/OR FORMED from the earth with the aid of its protective atmosphere.

4-  The earth is mad-hooha ( مدحوحا ), which is balanded and evened.

5-  The earth is dihya, which means it is the best among its group.  This is true since all of the planets in our solar system are pretty much similar to our moon.  They are lifeless and have no life and no water in them.  Earth, on the other hand, has (1) ample water, which is why it is called the BLUE PLANET, (2) ample life, and even (3) Paradise-like views and nature in places such as Hawaii, Alaska, the Carribeans, places in Europe, Asia, Africa etc...

6-  The earth is also dahdah and dahdaah, which means it is round and compressed.

7-  The earth has a protective umbrella and ceiling above it.

All of this perfectly fits our planet earth!  And even if we just take the EXPANDED interpretation alone and leave out the rest, then Noble Verses 79:30-31 are still quite Miraculous because, indeed the waters that we have today all came to existence in such a large and massive quantity ONLY AFTER THE EARTH BEGAN TO EXPAND with of course the aid of our protective atmosphere; all working together.

  

The following Scientific videos further prove the points above:

The bringing forth of the earth's waters (oceans, seas, lakes, rivers, etc...) after the expansion of the planet earth.  A new scientific video, from a Western scientist, confirms the stunning Scientific Miracle in Noble Verses 79:30-32 regarding Allah Almighty bringing forth the waters (oceans, seas, lakes, rivers, etc...) after He expanded the earth.  Scientists have proven that our planet earth, indeed, was at one point all covered with land with shallow and limited bodies of water.  The vast bodies of water that we have today, where water today covers more than 70% of the entire globe, happened after the expansion of the earth -- precisely as Allah Almighty mentioned in the Noble Quran.  Scientists have only recently confirmed it!

The following models show the stages of growth that the earth went through.  They are taken from this 1:30 hours film by Dr. James Maxlow, a renowned geologist.

(Note:  Click on any of the images to enlarge it)

  

  

  

  

Other Noble Verses that say the earth is moving and suspended in space:

Noble Verse(s) 77:20-77:30

Yusuf Ali: [077:025]  Have We not made the earth (as a place) to draw together (moving fast in space and is encompassing to all of its creatures and it has the ability to create and recreate). [077:026]  The living and the dead, [077:027]  And made therein mountains standing firm, lofty (in stature); and provided for you water sweet (and wholesome)? Transliteration: [077:025]  Alam najAAali al-arda kifata [077:026]  Ahyaan waamwatan [077:027]  WajaAAalna feeha rawasiya shamikhatin waasqaynakum maan furatan Arabic (from right to left): ‏77:25 الم نجعل الارض كفاتا ‏77:26 احياء وامواتا ‏77:27 وجعلنا فيها رواسي شامخات واسقيناكم ماء فراتا

According to

1.  Lisan Al-Arab dictionary [1] , Book 1, Pages 807.

2.  Al-Muheet dictionary [2], Page 159.

3.  Al-Muajam Al-Waseet dictionary [3], Page 791.

4.  Al-Mawrid dictionary Arabic-English section [4], Page .

5.  Arabic-English dictionary the Hans Wehr dictionary [6], Page .

كفاتا (kifaata):  الكفت (al-kaft), which means  صَرْفََكَ الشئ عن وجهه  when you push something to a different direction.    

كفاتا (kifaata):  ينكفت أي ينصرف  yankafit which means to go away.

In the Hadith of Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him:
 
صلاة الأوّابين ما بين أن يَنْكَفِتَ أهل المغرب  The prayer of the awwabeen is when those who did the evening prayer go home.
 
 يَنْكَفِتَ أهل المغرب أي ينصرفوا إلى منازلهم   yankafitu ahl almaghrib means when they go to their homes.

  
ألإنكفات (al-inkifaat):   الإنصراف  going away, leaving.

كفاتا (kifaata):  أسرع في العدو و الطيران  speeded in running and flying.

كَفْتٌ (kaftun):  سريع  fast.

كفيت (kafeet):  سريع خفيف دقيق  fast, light and precise.

كفات (kifaat):  يضم و يقبض  contains and holds on to.

الكفيت (al-kafeet):  القوة على النكاح, القوة على الجماع  strength for marriage and the strength to have intercourse or to fertilize, or to make life.

And in Prophet Muhammad's Hadith:  أتاني جبريل بقدْرٍ يقال لها الكفيت, فوجدت قوة أربعين رجلاً في الجماع  The Angel Gabriel put into me the al-kafeet, and I found in it the strength of 40 men in sexual intercourse.
 

Allah Almighty did say: "And We send the fertilizing winds, then cause the rain to descend from the sky...(The Noble Quran, 15:22)"
 

Allah Almighty also Said: "He causes the living to emerge from the dead, and brings the dead out of the living...(The Noble Quran, 30:19)"

  
Indeed, the earth:

1-  Is running in space.

2-  Is rotating around its own axle.

3-  Has the means to create life and/or to have life fertilized and multipled in it.

4-  And it does CONTAIN its creatures and it does maintain their life and means of living for them.

5-  Notice how in Noble Verse 77:26, it says:

77:26 احياء وامواتا   The living and the dead.

  

  

Furthermore, Allah Almighty Said:

Noble Verse(s) 30:25

Yusuf Ali: [030:025]  And among His Signs is this, that heaven and earth stand (move in their fixed courses) by His Command: then when He calls you, by a single call, from the earth, behold, ye (straightway) come forth. Transliteration: [030:025]  Wamin ayatihi an taqooma alssamao waal-ardu bi-amrihi thumma itha daAAakum daAAwatan mina al-ardi itha antum takhrujoona Arabic (from right to left): ‏30:25 ومن اياته ان تقوم السماء والارض بامره ثم اذا دعاكم دعوة من الارض اذا انتم تخرجون

In Noble Verse 30:25, the Arabic word تقوم stand, has the following meanings.  According to:

1.  Lisan Al-Arab dictionary [1] , Book 7, Pages 455-465.

2.  Al-Muheet dictionary [2], Page .

3.  Al-Muajam Al-Waseet dictionary [3], Page.

4.  Al-Mawrid dictionary Arabic-English section [4], Page .

5.  Arabic-English dictionary the Hans Wehr dictionary [6], Page .

تقوم (taqoom):  is derived from قيام (qiyam), which means الهِمّة إلى شيئ (al-himmah ila shaya'), which means moving firmly towards something.

ياايها الذين امنوا اذا قمتم الى الصلاة (The Noble Quran, 5:6)   أي إذا هممتم بالصلاة و توجهتم إليها  means when you firmly get up and go to Prayer.
 

تقوم (taqoom):  قائم أي إعتدل  Qa'em which means became balanced  إعتدل.

تقوم (taqoom):  استقاموا (istaqaamu):  executed the commands firmly:

ان الذين قالوا ربنا الله ثم استقاموا تتنزل عليهم الملائكة  (The Noble Quran, 41:30)  means معنى قوله استقاموا اي عملوا بطاعته ولزموا سنّة نبيِّه  the meaning of His, the Almighty, Saying ISTAQAAMU means they firmly executed His Will and Commands and followed the Ways of His Prophet.
 

فاستقيموا اليه  (The Noble Quran, 41:6)  أي في التوجه إليه  means head towards him, Allah Almighty.  Of course, by going to the Mosque to Pray, by paying Charity, by to going to Mecca for pilgrimage, etc...

قام Qaama:  to get up, to perform, do, carry out, execute, practice, exercise, run.

  
Now it is also mentioned in Lisan Al-Arab dictionary [1], Book 7, Page 456:

القيام (al-qiyaam): means  الوقوف و الثبات which means standing and remaining still.

My simple response to this is the following:

1-  Yes indeed, the planet earth is standing still according to our bodies and it is indeed balanced!  Otherwise, we would all perish!

2-  But however, since it was a known fact that the celestial bodies in Heaven such as the SUN, MOON, SHOOTING STARS and others were all moving bodies, then it is obviously safe to also accept this meaning about the earth also moving to apply to Noble Verse 30:25, especially when we already know that the earth was mentioned to be ROUND and WAS PUSHED and THROWN INTO SPACE, as I already thoroughly demonstrated earlier (above) in the word DAHAHA.

The Shooting Stars (Shahab) Quran Miracle is confirmed by Science!  This is indeed one of the Glorious Quran's Top Stunning Miracles!  The Gamma Ray Bursts and Cosmic Jets affirm to the Truth of Noble Verse 67:5 and the other ample Noble Verses in the Glorious Quran, that I provided in the article.  Also, the Miracle of Copper in Noble Verse 55:35 is also thoroughly confirmed with 10s of pictures, references, quotations and proofs from ample Scientific sources.

  

So it is safe to accept the word taqoom تقوم in Noble Verse 30:25 to mean both FIXED IN THEIR MOVING COURSES, and for the earth to be standing still AND BALANCED for the creatures that live on it for the following reasons:

1-  The earth and heaven were mentioned together in the same Noble Verse.

2-  We know that the Heaven is full of curvy and wavy orbits as I discussed in ARJOON AND MA'AARIJ earlier (above).

3-  We know that the earth is round and is pushed and thrown in space by Allah Almighty as I discussed in DAHAHA earlier (above).

4-  As to the earth being standing still, obviously, to us, it is standing still and it is BALANCED!  Otherwise, we would all perish!  More on this when we discuss the function of the mountains in the Noble Quran and how they prevent the earth from swaying while it is rotating around its own axle, in the Noble Quran.

  

(The following Noble Verse was suggested to me by brother Mahir, may Allah Almighty always be pleased with him)

Furthermore, we read in Noble Verse 55:10:

Noble Verse(s) 55:10

Yusuf Ali: [055:010]  It is He Who has spread out (set) the earth (on a moving course) for (His) creatures: Transliteration: [055:010]  Waal-arda wadaAAaha lil-anami Arabic (from right to left): ‏55:10 والارض وضعها للانام

Abdullah Yusuf Ali here translated the word wadaa' وَضَعَ as "spread out".  But however, Abdullah Yusuf Ali and all of the English translators of the Noble Quran that I've listed at www.QuranSearch.com, with the exception of one, have translated the very same exact word, wadaa' وَضَعَ, as something that is moving , "hurrying to" , in the Noble Verse 9:47:

Noble Verse(s) 9:47

Yusuf Ali: [009:047]  If they had come out with you, they would not have added to your (strength) but only (made for) disorder, hurrying to and fro in your midst and sowing sedition among you, and there would have been some among you who would have listened to them. But God knoweth well those who do wrong. Transliteration: [009:047]  Law kharajoo feekum ma zadookum illa khabalan walaawadaAAoo khilalakum yabghoonakumu alfitnata wafeekum sammaAAoona lahum waAllahu AAaleemun bialththalimeena Arabic (from right to left): ‏9:47 لو خرجوا فيكم مازادوكم الا خبالا ولاوضعوا خلالكم يبغونكم الفتنة وفيكم سماعون لهم والله عليم بالظالمين Sher Ali: [009:047]  Had they gone forth with you, they would have added to you naught but trouble, and would have hurried to and fro in your midst, seeking to sow discord among you. And there are among you those who would listen to you so as to convey information to them. And ALLAH well knows the wrongdoers. Shakir: [009:047]  Had they gone forth with you, they would not have added to you aught save corruption, and they would certainly have hurried about among you seeking (to sow) dissension among you, and among you there are those who hearken for their sake; and Allah knows the unjust. Pickthall: [009:047]  Had they gone forth among you they had added to you naught save trouble and had hurried to and fro among you, seeking to cause sedition among you; and among you there are some who would have listened to them. Allah is Aware of evil- doers. Sale: [009:047]  If they had gone forth with you, they had only been a burden unto you, and had run to and fro between you, stirring you up to sedition; and there would have been some among you, who would have given ear unto them: An God knoweth the wicked. Muhammad Al-Hilali & Muhsin Khan: [009:047]  Had they marched out with you, they would have added to you nothing except disorder, and they would have hurried about in your midst (spreading corruption) and sowing sedition among you, and there are some among you who would have listened to them. And Allah is the All-Knower of the Zalimoon (polytheists and wrong-doers, etc.). Palmer: [009:047]  Had they gone forth with you they would but have made you more trouble, and they would have hurried about amongst you craving a sedition; amongst you are some who would have listened to them; but God knows those who are unjust! Arberry: [009:047]  Had they gone forth among you, they would only have increased you in trouble, and run to and fro in your midst, seeking to stir up sedition between you; and some of you would listen to them; and God knows the evildoers. Rodwell: [009:047]  Had they taken the field with you, they would only have added a burden to you, and have hurried about among you, stirring you up to sedition; and some there are among you who would have listened to them: and God knoweth the evil doers.

So indeed, It is He Who has set the earth on a moving course for (His) creatures.

‏55:10 والارض وضعها للانام

Furthermore, according to:

1.  Lisan Al-Arab dictionary [1] , Book 5, Pages 362-364.

2.  Al-Muheet dictionary [2], Page .

3.  Al-Muajam Al-Waseet dictionary [3], Page.

4.  Al-Mawrid dictionary Arabic-English section [4], Page .

5.  Arabic-English dictionary the Hans Wehr dictionary [6], Page 224.

وَضَعَ wada'aa:  يقال: وضع الشئ من يده يضعه وضعاً إذا ألقاه   it is said: WADA'AA the thing from his hand, which means he threw it!

وَضَعَ wada'aa:  الإيضاع هو السير  Al-idaa'aa is walking.

الإيضاع  (al-idaa'aa): Also means  يحمله  to carry him.

و في الحديث: أنه, صلى الله عليه و سلم, أفاض من عرفة و عليه السكينة و أوضع في وادي محسر, قال أبو عبيد: ألإيضاع سيرٌ مثل الخبب
 
And in the Hadith:  Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, came down from mount Arafah, and he had calmness on him.  And then the Prophet AWDA'AA (began to jog) أوضع in the vallley of mahsar.  Abu Ubaida said: الإيضاع  (al-idaa'aa) is the walking in a form of khabab (jogging [6], page 224).
                

وَضَعَ wada'aa:   المُوضِع أي المسرع فيها  the mudi'aa is the one who is SPEEDING.

وَضَعَ wada'aa:   يضع وضعاً أي عدا و أسرع   yada'o wadaan means ran and speeded.

وَضَعَ wada'aa:  أسرع  increased his speed.

So as we clearly and indesputably see, وَضَعَ wada'aa clearly refers to an action.  This action has to do with: (1) Carrying, (2) Speeding, and (3) Walking.

All of this perfectly fits our planet earth!   Yes indeed, ‏55:10 والارض وضعها للانام  It is He Who has set the earth on a moving course for (His) creatures.

Furthermore, Allah Almighty Said:

Noble Verse(s) 55:7

Yusuf Ali: [055:007]  And the Firmament has He raised high (raised it on a moving course) , and He has set up the Balance (in it) (of Justice), Arabic (from right to left): ‏55:7 والسماء رفعها ووضع الميزان

Notice again how  وَضَعَ wada'aa is referring to the balance of the orbital systems in the Universe.  Here, this Noble Verse is referring to the gravitational balance that keeps the orbits of the Galaxies, their Solar Systems, their Planets and their Moon's in place, and not falling into a massive disarray and out of order and colliding with each others on a large and massive scale! 

If we examine, for instance, our beautiful Solar System's orbital system and the balance of its planets and their moon's around our star, the sun, and around each others (the moons orbiting around their own planets), then we'll see the beautiful and powerful BALANCE that Allah Almighty has put to keep us SAFE!  Otherwise, our moon would've probably been the first planet to collide with us.  Notice again how وَضَعَ wada'aa here perfectly describes that balance in our MOVING UNIVERSE!  So it's the Balance in the Moving Celestial Bodies' orbits, and in their Solar Systems' Orbits, and in their Galaxies' Orbits and so on.

As to رفعها (rafa'aaha) in the same Noble Verse (55:7), according to

1.  Lisan Al-Arab dictionary [1] , Book 5, Page119.

2.  Al-Muheet dictionary [2], Page 666.

3.  Al-Muajam Al-Waseet dictionary [3], Page 360.

4.  Al-Mawrid dictionary Arabic-English section [4], Page 590.

5.  Arabic-English dictionary the Hans Wehr dictionary [6], Page 349.

رفع (rafa'aa):  الرَّفْعْ (al-raf'aa), which means  السّير  (al-sayr) walking, moving.

It is said:  إذا ارتفع البعير عن الهملجة فذالك السير المرفوع  which means:  When the mule irtafa'aa from his idol position, then it means that he has began to walk or do some walking السير.
 

المرفوع (al-marfoo'aa):  ارفع السير  he increased the speed of the walking.

رفع (rafa'aa): رَفَّعَ الحمار  raffa'aa the donkey, which means  عدا عدواً بعضه أرفع من بعض ran a series of steps which some of them are faster than the others.

عدا (aadaa): to run, speed, gallop, race, to pass, go past ([6], page 598). 
 

رفع (rafa'aa):  Advancing forward.

It is said: و كل ما قدّمْتهُ, فقد رفّعْتَهُ  Everything you advance or put forth, you raffa'aatahu.  

رفع (rafa'aa):  Increase the speed.

In the Hadith of Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him:  فرفعت ناقتي أي المرفوع من السير  Fa-Rafa'aa'tu my camel means caused it to increase the speed of its walk.
 

يرفع (yarfa'aa): to walk a fixed path.

It is said: و رفع البعير في السير يرفع, فهو رافعٌ أي بالغ و سار ذالك السير  and the mule increased رفع  its walking speed of its fixed path يرفع .... 
 

And the meaning for يرفع is  سار ذالك السير  continued walking down that path.

رفع منه (rafa'aa minhu):  ساره (saarahu) led him down the path.

رفع (rafa'aa):  Going in circular motions:

رافعني و خافضني  means  داورني كل مداورة  Caused me to go in circular motions with him. I believe this is referring to a circular motion in a real sword fight.

رفع (rafa'aa):  hoist up, to raise, run up, to take off, deliver, to start, initiate, pass, to boost.

So clearly, Allah Almighty Said that He has set the Universe on a moving course, and He has put the Balance in it.

 

  

Furthermore, Allah Almighty Said:

Noble Verse(s) 27:88

Muhammad Al-Hilali & Muhsin Khan: [027:088]  And you will see the mountains and think them solid, but they shall pass away as the passing away of the clouds. The Work of Allah, Who perfected all things, verily! He is Well-Acquainted with what you do. Khalifa: (why is he here?) [027:088]  When you look at the mountains, you think that they are standing still. But they are moving, like the clouds. Such is the manufacture of GOD, who perfected everything. He is fully Cognizant of everything you do. Rodwell: [027:088]  And thou shalt see the mountains, which thou thinkest so firm, pass away with the passing of a cloud! 'Tis the work of God, who ordereth all things! of all that ye do is He well aware. Khalifa: (why is he here?) [027:088]  When you look at the mountains, you think that they are standing still. But they are moving, like the clouds. Such is the manufacture of GOD, who perfected everything. He is fully Cognizant of everything you do. Rodwell: [027:088]  And thou shalt see the mountains, which thou thinkest so firm, pass away with the passing of a cloud! 'Tis the work of God, who ordereth all things! of all that ye do is He well aware. Palmer: [027:088]  And thou shalt see the mountains, which thou dost deem solid, pass away like the passing of the clouds;- the work of God who orders all things; verily, He is well aware of what ye do! Arberry: [027:088]  and thou shalt see the mountains, that thou supposest fixed, passing by like clouds -- God's handiwork, who has created everything very well. He is aware of the things you do. Transliteration: [027:088]  Watara aljibala tahsabuha jamidatan wahiya tamurru marra alssahabi sunAAa Allahi allathee atqana kulla shay-in innahu khabeerun bima tafAAaloona Arabic (from right to left): ‏27:88 وترى الجبال تحسبها جامدة وهي تمر مر السحاب صنع الله الذي اتقن كل شئ انه خبير بما تفعلون

تمر means it is passing, and مر  means like the passing of as the English translations amply proved.  This is further proven in Noble Verse 37:137:

Noble Verse(s) 37:137

Yusuf Ali: [037:137]  Verily, ye pass by their (sites), by day- Dr. Munir Munshey (one of www.answering-christianity.com's authors): [037:137]  In fact, you do pass by their ruins during the day, Transliteration: [037:137]  Wa-innakum latamurroona AAalayhim musbiheena Arabic (from right to left): ‏37:137 وانكم لتمرون عليهم مصبحين Sher Ali: [037:137]  And, surely, you pass by them in the morning, Shakir: [037:137]  And most surely you pass by them in the morning, Pickthall: [037:137]  And lo! ye verily pass by (the ruin of) them in the morning Sale: [037:137]  And ye, O people of Mecca, pass by the places where they once dwelt, as ye journey in the morning, Muhammad Al-Hilali & Muhsin Khan: [037:137]  Verily, you pass by them in the morning. Palmer: [037:137]  verily, ye pass by them in the morning Arberry: [037:137]  and you pass by them in the morning Khalifa: (why is he here?) [037:137]  You still pass by their ruins by day. Rodwell: [037:137]  And ye indeed pass by their ruined dwellings at morn

So why would Allah Almighty say that the mountains are moving like the clouds? 

We know that the mountains look quite fixed.  Not even earth quakes can move them from their places!  So why would Allah Almighty say that they are passing like the passing of the clouds?

1-  Because like in Dahaha دحاها and wadaAAha وضعها, which both mean that the earth is moving on a fixed course, tamurru marra تمر مر, further supports this by saying that even the heavy and fixed mountains that look idol and impossible to move, and indeed moving!

2-  Like in  Dahaha دحاها , where it means to expand, the expansion of the earth did indeed cause, and is still causing, for the mountains to move!  Not only mountains, but ENTIRE CONTINENTS moving or drifting away from each others as the earth started to split when it expanded.  Remember that the earth used to be one jigsaw puzzle and then started to expand.

  

  

  

The Earth Like Cradle Miracle:

First of all, we must know that in Arabic, words have balances.  The balance of مهد (mahd) and مهاد (mihaad), in the Noble Verses below, are on the same balance of words like:

1-  حرث (harth), tilth, and حراث (hiraath), plowing the earth.

2-  قتل (qatl), kill, and قتال (qitaal), fighting.

3-  جهد (juhd), effort, and جهاد (jihaad), struggling. 

Jihad or Jihaad is the common word today that Americans use in association with terrorism.  Please visit: Jihad in Islam to see their lies, ignorance and hatred silenced.

So as you can see, Mahd (مهد) and Mihaad (مهاد) are a bed and an action of the bed.  This clearly further proves that مهاد (mihaad) indeed means a rocking bed, in the following Noble Verses:

Noble Verse(s) 78:6

Arabic (from right to left): ‏78:6 الم نجعل الارض مهادا Yusuf Ali: [078:006]  Have We not made the earth as a wide expanse (rocking cradle), Transliteration: [078:006]  Alam najAAali al-arda mihadan

Abdullah Yusuf Ali have translated مهادا mihaada to mean "a wide expanse".  However, in the following Noble Verses, he translated the root word for مهادا mihaada to mean "cradle":

Noble Verse(s) 19:29

Arabic (from right to left): ‏19:29 فاشارت اليه قالوا كيف نكلم من كان في المهد صبيا Yusuf Ali: [019:029]  But she pointed to the babe. They said: "How can we talk to one who is a child in the cradle?" Transliteration: [019:029]  Faasharat ilayhi qaloo kayfa nukallimu man kana fee almahdi sabiyyan

Yet, in other Noble Verses, he translated the same exact word as "like carpet spread out":

Noble Verse(s) 20:53

Arabic (from right to left): ‏20:53 الذي جعل لكم الارض مهدا وسلك لكم فيها سبلا وانزل من السماء ماء فاخرجنا به ازواجا من نبات شتى Yusuf Ali: [020:053]  "He Who has, made for you the earth like a carpet spread out; has enabled you to go about therein by roads (and channels); and has sent down water from the sky." With it have We produced diverse pairs of plants each separate from the others. Transliteration: [020:053]  Allathee jaAAala lakumu al-arda mahdan wasalaka lakum feeha subulan waanzala mina alssama-i maan faakhrajna bihi azwajan min nabatin shatta

According to

1.  Lisan Al-Arab dictionary [1] , Book 2, Page 790.

2.  Al-Muheet dictionary [2], Page 303.

3.  Al-Muajam Al-Waseet dictionary [3], Page 889.

4.  Al-Mawrid dictionary Arabic-English section [4], Page 1132.

5.  Al-Mawrid dictionary English-Arabic section [4], Page 227.

6.  Arabic-English dictionary the Hans Wehr dictionary [6], Page 928.

Yes, مهد (mahd) does mean to spread out.  But it also means:

مهد (mahd):   و مَهْدُ الصبي هو موضعه الذي يُهيّأ له و يُوَطّأ لينام فيه  the mahd of the baby is the place that is prepared for him, and is rocked back and forth  يُوطّأ  to put him to sleep.

ممهّد (mumahhad):  Balanced in temperature:

و ماء ممهّد: لا حار و لا بارد  Water that is mumahhad means that the water is neither cold nor hot.  

  
مهد (mahd):  cradle.  It is said: من المهد إلى اللّحد  from cradle to grave.

Cradle:

المهد: سرير الطفل الهزاز  the mahd: which is the baby's rocking bed.
 

الهزازة  the rocker or rocking.
 

يضع او يهزّ طفلاً في مهد  puts or rocks the baby in the mahd (cradle).

مهاد (mahaad):  bed.  

Is the bed here a rocking bed or a fixed one?  The following pictures about the cosmos will clearly prove that the earth's axial tilt and rotation around the sun indeed resemble a rocking bed:

  

Let us now look at our planet earth's "Axial Tilt" that makes it look like a cradle:

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Please watch this Scientific Film:

Earth's orbit around the sun is like a Cradle, as the Noble Quran mentioned.

  

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So indeed, the earth being a مهد (mahd), bed, for us humans to live in, rest in and enjoy, and it being a مهاد (mihaad), a rocking bed, is clearly a Scientifically accurate Statement!

  

And again, in Arabic, words have balances.  The balance of مهد (mahd) and مهاد (mihaad) are on the same balance of words like:

1-  حرث (harth), tilth, and حراث (hiraath), plowing the earth.

2-  قتل (qatl), kill, and قتال (qitaal), fighting.

3-  جهد (juhd), effort, and جهاد (jihaad), struggling. 

Jihad or Jihaad is the common word today that Americans use in association with terrorism.  Please visit: Jihad in Islam to see their lies, ignorance and hatred silenced.

So as you can see, Mahd (مهد) and Mihaad (مهاد) are a bed and an action of the bed.  This clearly further proves that مهاد (mihaad) indeed means a rocking bed.

  

  

Furthermore, Allah Almighty Said:

Noble Verse(s) 35:41

Yusuf Ali: [035:041]  It is God Who sustains the heavens and the earth, lest they cease (to function) (stray from their fixed paths and fall into complete destruction): and if they should fail stray, there is none - not one - can sustain them thereafter: Verily He is Most Forbearing, Oft-Forgiving. Transliteration: [035:041]  Inna Allaha yumsiku alssamawati waal-arda an tazoola wala-in zalata in amsakahuma min ahadin min baAAdihi innahu kana haleeman ghafooran Arabic (from right to left): ‏35:41 ان الله يمسك السماوات والارض ان تزولا ولئن زالتا ان امسكهما من احد من بعده انه كان حليما غفورا

Both Arabic words تزولا (tazoola) and زالتا (zaalata) are derived from the root word زول (zawl).  According to

1.  Lisan Al-Arab dictionary [1] , Book 6, Page 407, 410-411.

2.  Al-Muheet dictionary [2], Page .

3.  Al-Muajam Al-Waseet dictionary [3], Page 407.

4.  Al-Mawrid dictionary Arabic-English section [4], Page .

5.  Al-Mawrid dictionary English-Arabic section [4], Page .

6.  Arabic-English dictionary the Hans Wehr dictionary [6], Page .

زول (zawl): الهلاك و البلاء (al-halaak wa al-balaa'aa)  utter destruction and scourge (skurj) and calamity.

زال (zaala):  حاص و تنحى (haasa wa tanah-haa)  strayed and deserted its original place.

زال (zaala):  تحول و إنقلب (tahawwala wa inqalaba)  shifted and became completely opposite from its original state.

زيل (zayl):  جفلت نافرة (jafalat naafirah) took off in straying directions with much overwhelming fear and boggle.

زيل (zayl):  الفُرْقَة (al-furqah) creating disunity and lack of control or management.  

" فزيلنا بينهم " (The Noble Quran, 10:28):  أي فرّقنى بينهم  We created disunity and divisions among them.

الزِيال (al-ziyaal):  الفُراقْ (al-furaaq) departing, leaving, disuniting.

إيزال (izaal):  إذهاب الحركة و التصرّف  removing the ability of movement and control.

يقال: أزال الله زواله أي أذهب الله حركته و تصرّفه   it is said: azaala Allah zawalahu, which means Allah Almighty has removed his movement and control.  In other words, the person became paralized!

Indeed, if there was no balance in the gravitational pulls in the Universe, the earth and the Universe would've strayed away into complete disarray and total destruction.  It is indeed due to Allah Almighty's Mercy and Will that the earth's moving course in the Universe is under full control from Allah Almighty.

  

  

Furthermore, Allah Almighty Said:

Noble Verse(s) 78:6-78:7

Yusuf Ali: [078:006]  Have We not made the earth as a wide expanse a rocking cradle, [078:007]  And the mountains as pegs? Transliteration: [078:006]  Alam najAAali al-arda mihadan [078:007]  Waaljibala awtadan Arabic (from right to left): ‏78:6 الم نجعل الارض مهادا ‏78:7 والجبال اوتادا

According to

1.  Lisan Al-Arab dictionary [1] , Book 2, Page 821.

2.  Al-Muheet dictionary [2], Page 306.

3.  Al-Muajam Al-Waseet dictionary [3], Page 1009.

4.  Al-Mawrid dictionary Arabic-English section [4], Page 1221.

5.  Arabic-English dictionary the Hans Wehr dictionary [6], Page .

اوتادا (awtaada) is derived from the root word وتد (watad) which means:

وتد (watad):  ما رز في الحائط او الارض من الخشب   what's been driven into the wall or the ground.

واوتاد الارض: الجبال لانها تثبتها  : The awtaad of the earth are the mountains because they keep it firm and stabilized.
 

 "وفرعون ذي الاوتاد" جاء في التفسير: انه كانت له حبال واوتاد يلعب له بها  And in Noble Verse (89:10) "Pharaoh of the awtaad", it was mentioned in the Tafseer (interpretation of the Holy Quran) that Pharaoh had ropes and pegs that his servants used to play and perform for him with.

وتدته (watad-tah):  اثبته (athbat-tah) made it firm, fixed, under control and/or stabilized.

  

  

Furthermore, Allah Almighty Said:

Noble Verse(s) 79:32

Yusuf Ali: [079:032]  And the mountains hath He firmly fixed;- Transliteration: [079:032]  Waaljibala arsaha Arabic (from right to left): ‏79:32 والجبال ارساها

  

Noble Verse(s) 16:15

Yusuf Ali: [016:015]  And He has set up on the earth mountains standing firm, lest it should shake with you lest it should stray out of control with you; and rivers and roads; that ye may guide yourselves; Transliteration: [016:015]  Waalqa fee al-ardi rawasiya an tameeda bikum waanharan wasubulan laAAallakum tahtadoona Arabic (from right to left): ‏16:15 والقى في الارض رواسى ان تميد بكم وانهارا وسبلا لعلكم تهتدون

According to

1.  Lisan Al-Arab dictionary [1] , Book 2, Page 791.

2.  Al-Muheet dictionary [2], Page 303.

3.  Al-Muajam Al-Waseet dictionary [3], Page .

4.  Al-Mawrid dictionary Arabic-English section [4], Page .

5.  Arabic-English dictionary the Hans Wehr dictionary [6], Page .

تميد (tameed):  تحرك ومال  moved and turned or started going in turns.

وفي الحديث: لما خلق الله الارض جعلت تميد فارساها بالجبال  and in the Hadith of Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him:  When Allah Almighty Created the earth, it was made to TAMEED, and then He FIXED the mountains in it to stabilize it.

يميد (yameed):  زاغ (zaagh) ran away.

ماد (maada): اضطرب  (id-turibaa) became alarmed and out of control.

ماد ميدا (maada maydan):  تمايل (tamaayala) started going into turns.

  

The following article was taken from http://www.islam-guide.com/frm-ch1-1-b.htm, and is also from "A Brief Illustration Guide To Understanding Islam" book that I recently bought, www.islam-brief-guide.org, library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 97-67654, ISBN: 9960-34-011-2.

The Quran on Mountains:

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. [1]  These roots are deeply embedded in the ground, thus, mountains have a shape like a peg (see figures 7, 8, and 9).
 

 

 

This is how the Quran has described mountains.  God has said in the Quran:

 Have We not made the earth as a bed, and the mountains as pegs?  (Quran, 78:6-7)

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. [2]  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 the latter half of the nineteenth century. [3]

Mountains also play an important role in stabilizing the crust of the earth. [4]  They hinder the shaking of the earth.  God has said in the Quran:

 And He has set firm mountains in the earth so that it would not shake with you...  (Quran, 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. [5]

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 assert?  A large number of books of geology, when discussing mountains, only describe that part which is above the surface of the earth.   This is because these books were not written by specialists in geology.   However, modern geology has confirmed the truth of the Quranic verses.

  

Higher mountains are compensated by deeper roots. (6)

 

The Quran says:

“ Have We not made the earth as a wide expanse And the mountains As PEGS?”

[Al-Quran 78:6-7]

 

Pegs have deep roots under the surface of the ground like Mountains. Thus Quran gives the accurate example of Mountains.

(1) Earth, Press and Siever, p. 435.  Also see Earth Science, Tarbuck and Lutgens, p. 157.

(2) The Geological Concept of Mountains in the Quran, El-Naggar, p. 5.

(3) The Geological Concept of Mountains in the Quran, p. 5.

(4) The Geological Concept of Mountains in the Quran, pp. 44-45.

(5) The Geological Concept of Mountains in the Quran, p. 5.

(6) http://www.tiscali.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0006406.html

  

  

  

  

 

4-  Embryology of animals and humans:

Summary about Embryology in the Glorious Quran, which is detailed in this section below:

In regards to Embryology in the Glorious Quran, please checkout the following link: http://www.answering-christianity.com/bones_then_muscles_wrapping.htm.  You'll see the ample Noble Verses, and the detailed Arabic analysis that demonstrate:

1-  Man is created from the purest and the best sperm (سلالة) that is also drawn with ease (سل ).

2-  The sperm (نطفة) is injected into (في) a secure and firm base (قرار مكين); the female's egg.  In another Noble Verse, sperm (نطفة) is said to be a piercing and penetrating one ( تمنى  and  يمنى  (to pierce)), which is exactly how the male's sperm enters the female's egg - through piercing through it.

3-  The sperm develops into a leech-like (علقة) substance.

4-  Then the leech-like substance develops into a chewed-like (مضغة) substance.

5-  Then from the chew-like substance bones (عظام) are created.

6-  Then the muscles (لحم) wrap around the bones.
  
7-  The fetus goes through "three Veils of darkness and Stages" development.  Science just confirmed it recently, and the Glorious Quran mentioned it 1,500 years ago.
  
 

Were cloning, human-cloning, and gender alteration prophesied in Islam?  See the Glorious Quran's direct Stunning Miracle and Prophecy about modern-day cloning, and how it is dependent upon cutting of the ear.
  
  

Man is created from a speeding and struggling sperm!
  

Sulalah in Arabic also means "long fish," which perfectly fits the description of the male-sperm!

  

Also, Allah Almighty Said:

Noble Verse(s) 16:66

Yusuf Ali: [016:066]  And verily in cattle (too) will ye find an instructive sign. From what is within their bodies between excretions (digested food) and blood, We produce, for your drink, milk, pure and agreeable to those who drink it. Transliteration: [016:066]  Wa-inna lakum fee al-anAAami laAAibratan nusqeekum mimma fee butoonihi min bayni farthin wadamin labanan khalisan sa-ighan lilshsharibeena Arabic (from right to left): ‏16:66 وان لكم في الانعام لعبرة نسقيكم مما في بطونه من بين فرث ودم لبنا خالصا سائغا للشاربين

According to

1.  Lisan Al-Arab dictionary [1] , Book 1, Pages 891-892.

2.  Al-Muheet dictionary [2], Page 172.

3.  Al-Muajam Al-Waseet dictionary [3], Page 678.

4.  Al-Mawrid dictionary Arabic-English section [4], Page 819.

5.  Arabic-English dictionary the Hans Wehr dictionary [6], Page .

فرث (farth) means:

فرث (farth): السرجين ما دام في الكرش  The processed food as long as it is in the gut.

فرث (farth): سرقين الكرش (sirqeen al-karsh) the digested food in the gut.

افرثت الكرش (afrathat al-karsh): اذا شققتها (itha shaqaq-taha) when the gut is split open.

It is said:  ويفرثها فرثا اذا شقها ثم نثر جميع ما فيها,اذا فرقها   He yafrithuha farthan which means when he splits the gut open and scatters everything in it out.

So when Allah Almighty Said that He Makes milk FROM BETWEEN the FARTH and the blood, He clearly and indesputably Said that He Creates the milk from the material that comes from the DIGESTED FOOD such as minerals, calcium, protein, etc... and blood.

Furthermore, FARTH IS NOT DUNG!  ROUTH is dung or feces.

ثانيا‏ :‏ تكون اللبن من بين فرث ودم في ضروع الأنعام :‏
يتكون اللبن أساسا من البروتينات‏ ,‏ والكربوهيدرات‏ ,‏ والدهون‏ ,‏ والعديد من العناصر‏ ,‏ والفيتامينات‏ ,‏ والماء‏ .‏ وكل ذلك يستمد من غذاء الحيوان وشرابه ومن دمه والذي وصفته هذه الآية الكريمة بقول الحق‏ (تبارك وتعالى‏) :‏ من بين فرث ودم‏ ,‏ والفرث هو الأشياء المأكولة والمنهضمة بعض الانهضام في الكرش‏ ,‏ ولذا يطلق عليه أحيانا ثقل الكرش‏ ,‏ فإذا خرجت من الكرش سميت روثا ‏ .‏

(http://www.elnaggarzr.com/index.php?l=ar&id=368&p=2&cat=384)

My translation:

Second: The formation of milk from between FARTH and blood inside the cattle:

Milk is essentially formed from proteins, carbohydrates, fat, and many other elements, and vitamins and water.  And all of this is extracted from the animal's nutrition (food), drink and blood, which this Noble Verse has described through Allah Almighty's Statement: "from between FARTH فرث and blood."  And the FARTH is the substances that are eaten and are not completely digested in the gut, and because of that it (the farth) is sometimes also called the gut's load (food), and when it is extracted from the gut it is called ROUTH.

(End of translation)

Also, according to

1.  Lisan Al-Arab dictionary [1] , Book .

2.  Al-Muheet dictionary [2], Page .

3.  Al-Muajam Al-Waseet dictionary [3], Page .

4.  Al-Mawrid dictionary Arabic-English section [4], Page .

5.  Al-Mawrid dictionary English-Arabic section [4], Page 298.

6.  Arabic-English dictionary the Hans Wehr dictionary [6], Page 364.

Dung:  روث routh.

روث (routh):  dung, droppings, to drop dung.

  

  

Article #1 (from wikipedia):

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milk)

  

Article #2:

"Milk Biosynthesis

Milk is synthesized in the mammary gland. Within the mammary gland is the milk producing unit, the alveolus. It contains a single layer of epithelial secretory cells surrounding a central storage area called the lumen, which is connected to a duct system. The secretory cells are, in turn, surrounded by a layer of myoepithelial cells and blood capillaries.

Udder, Alveolus, Secretory Cell: 26 KB

The raw materials for milk production are transported via the bloodstream to the secretory cells. It takes 400-800 L of blood to deliver components for 1 L of milk.

• Proteins: building blocks are amino acids in the blood. Casein micelles, or small aggregates thereof, may begin aggregation in Golgi vesicles within the secretory cell.
• Lipids:
  • C4-C14 fatty acids are synthesized in the cells
  • C16 and greater fatty acids are preformed as a result of rumen hydrogenation and are transported directly in the blood
• Lactose: milk is in osmotic equilibrium with the blood and is controlled by lactose, K, Na, Cl; lactose synthesis regulates the volume of milk secreted

The milk components are synthesized within the cells, mainly by the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and its attached ribosomes. The energy for the ER is supplied by the mitochondria. The components are then passed along to the Golgi apparatus, which is responsible for their eventual movement out of the cell in the form of vesicles. Both vesicles containing aqueous non-fat components, as well as liquid droplets (synthesized by the ER) must pass through the cytoplasm and the apical plasma membrane to be deposited in the lumen. It is thought that the milk fat globule membrane is comprised of the apical plasma membrane of the secretory cell.

Milking stimuli, such as a sucking calf, a warm wash cloth, the regime of parlour etc., causes the release of a hormone called oxytocin. Oxytocin is relased from the pituitary gland, below the brain, to begin the process of milk let-down. As a result of this hormone stimulation, the muscles begin to compress the alveoli, causing a pressure in the udder known as letdown reflex, and the milk components stored in the lumen are released into the duct system. The milk is forced down into the teat cistern from which it is milked. The let-down reflex fades as the oxytocin is degraded, within 4-7 minutes. It is very difficult to milk after this time." (Source)

(http://www.foodsci.uoguelph.ca/dairyedu/biosynthesis.html)

  

  

Human Embryology:

Before we start this section, I'd like you to read Dr. Zakir Naik's brief, yet rich, explanation of several Noble Verses about Human Embryology:

  

Allah Almighty Said:

Noble Verse(s) 76:2

Yusuf Ali: [076:002]  Verily We created Man from a drop of mingled sperm, in order to try him: So We gave him (the gifts), of Hearing and Sight. Transliteration: [076:002]  Inna khalaqna al-insana min nutfatin amshajin nabtaleehi fajaAAalnahu sameeAAan baseeran Arabic (from right to left): ‏76:2 انا خلقنا الانسان من نطفة امشاج نبتليه فجعلناه سميعا بصيرا

According to

1.  Lisan Al-Arab dictionary [1] , Book 5, Pages 725.

2.  Al-Muheet dictionary [2], Page 791.

3.  Al-Muajam Al-Waseet dictionary [3], Page 931.

4.  Al-Mawrid dictionary Arabic-English section [4], Page 1177.

5.  Al-Mawrid dictionary English-Arabic section [4], Page .

6.  Arabic-English dictionary the Hans Wehr dictionary [6], Page .

نطفة (nutfah) is a single entity that is part of a bigger group of its kind:

النطف (al-nutaf):  هي القرطة والواحدة من كل ذلك نطفة  Nutaf are the karats, and a single one is a nutfah.

Note from me, Osama Abdallah:  The Arabs 1,400 years ago were not scientific.  They didn't know that a single sperm from man's semen going into the woman's egg forms the fetus.  Yet as we see, Nutfa means exactly a single entity from among its group.  This is obvious since Allah Almighty obviously didn't refer to the sperm as a gold-karat!
 

According to

1.  Lisan Al-Arab dictionary [1] , Book 4, Pages 786-787.

2.  Al-Muheet dictionary [2], Page .

3.  Al-Muajam Al-Waseet dictionary [3], Page .

4.  Al-Mawrid dictionary Arabic-English section [4], Page 857, 879.

5.  Al-Mawrid dictionary English-Arabic section [4], Page 298.

6.  Arabic-English dictionary the Hans Wehr dictionary [6], Pages 757, 804.

قرط (qart): to cut into small pieces, chop, mince.

قيراط (qeeraat):  kerat, carat, karat.

قرّطه (qarratahu):  قطّعه في الِقدْرِ  cut it into pieces in the pot.

القيراط (al-qeeraat):  جزء من أجزاء الدينار  a part from the dinar's parts.

  

نطفة (nutfah): ماء الرجل والجمع نطف  the man's water or semen and the plural of it is nutaf.

النطفه التي يكون منها الولد  the nutfah is what the fetus forms from it.
 

ونطف الماء ينطف اذا قطر قليلا قليلا  the water natufa yantufu, which means the water was leaking few drops of water.
 

القربة تنطف اي تقطر  the waterskin was tantufu, which means leaking drops of water.
 

و جاء سيفه ينطِف دماً  his sword was yantifu blood, meaning drops of blood were falling from it.

النطافه (al-nattaafah):  القطاره  (al-qattarah) eye drop dispenser,  dropping tube.

  

According to

1.  Lisan Al-Arab dictionary [1] , Book .

2.  Al-Muheet dictionary [2], Page 201.

3.  Al-Muajam Al-Waseet dictionary [3], Page 870.

4.  Al-Mawrid dictionary Arabic-English section [4], Page .

5.  Al-Mawrid dictionary English-Arabic section [4], Page .

6.  Arabic-English dictionary the Hans Wehr dictionary [6], Page .

امشاج (amshaaj) means to mingle and it refers to mingling the man's and woman's nutfahs.

مشج (mashaja):  خلط (khalata) mingled.

امشاج (amshaaj):  مختلطة بماء المرأة و دمها  mingled with the woman's semen and blood.

  
Again, the Arabs had no knowledge about science.  But however, as we've seen above, NUTFAH نطفة  means one from among a group, like a single karat from among a group of karats, and a single drop of water from a small amount of water.  This is indisputable, and therefore, it is safe to say that when Allah Almighty said that He Created man from Nutfah, He meant a single sperm from the flowing semen.

  

Furthermore, Allah Almighty Said:

Noble Verse(s) 23:12-23:14

Yusuf Ali: [023:012]  Man We did create from a quintessence (of clay) a flowing liquid that is originally created from clay; [023:013]  Then We placed him as (a drop of) sperm in a place of rest, firmly fixed (that's the woman's egg); [023:014]  Then We made Created the sperm into a clot of congealed blood (that is a leech-like substance); then of that clot We made a (foetus) lump; then we made out of that lump bones and clothed the bones with flesh; then we developed out of it another creature. So blessed be God, the best to create! Transliteration: [023:012]  Walaqad khalaqna al-insana min sulalatin min teenin [023:013]  Thumma jaAAalnahu nutfatan fee qararin makeenin [023:014]  Thumma khalaqna alnnutfata AAalaqatan fakhalaqna alAAalaqata mudghatan fakhalaqna almudghata AAithaman fakasawna alAAithama lahman thumma ansha/nahu khalqan akhara fatabaraka Allahu ahsanu alkhaliqeena Arabic (from right to left): ‏23:12 ولقد خلقنا الانسان من سلالة من طين ‏23:13 ثم جعلناه نطفة في قرار مكين ‏23:14 ثم خلقنا النطفة علقة فخلقنا العلقة مضغة فخلقنا المضغة عظاما فكسونا العظام لحما ثم انشاناه خلقا اخر فتبارك الله احسن الخالقين

According to

1.  Lisan Al-Arab dictionary [1] , Book 6, Page 430-436.

2.  Al-Muheet dictionary [2], Page .

3.  Al-Muajam Al-Waseet dictionary [3], Page 445.

4.  Al-Mawrid dictionary Arabic-English section [4], Page 639.

5.  Arabic-English dictionary the Hans Wehr dictionary [6], Page 419.

سلالة (sulaalah) is a singular of the plurals سلال (sulaal) and/or سلالات (sulaalat).

  
سلالة (sulaalah): something that is drawn out or flowing.

انتزاع الشئ واخراجه من رفق  drawing something and getting it out with ease.
  

السليل (al-saleel) and سلسبيل (salsabeel):  الخالص الصافي (al-khaalis al-saafi) the best and the pure.

In Prophet Muhammad, Peace be upon him's, Hadith (Saying):
 
و في الحديث: "اللهم اسقنا من سليل الجنة", وهو صافي شرابها, قيل له سليل لأنه سلّ حتى خَلَصْ
 
O Allah, give us drink from the Paradise's SALEEL سليل, (lisan al-Arab dictionary explains) and the saleel is a purely extracted drink. And it is called SALEEL because it was SULLA ( سلّ purified) until it became pure and at its best خَلَصْ.
 

سلالة (sulaalah): an extraction of something from its group.

In Ziyad's Saying:  و في حديث زياد: "بسلالةٍ من ماءٍ ثَغْبٍ" أي ما استخرج من ماء الثغب و سلَّ منه
 
A SULAALAH سلالة from the water of thaghab, means extracting and flowing water from the water of thaghab.  So it is removing a certain amount of water from a body of water.
 

سل (sul or sal):  something that is unique and different from its group.

It is said:  و قد سُلَّ و أسله الله, فهو مسلول,أي شاذ على غير قياس
 
And he SULLA سُلَّ and Allah Almighty had ASALLAHU أسله, and then he became MASLOOL مسلول, which means he became SHAATH (شاذ  different, unique) beyond any measuring (QIYAAS قياس).

السلسل (al-salsal):  the pure and clear.

السلسل هو الماء العذب الصافي إذا شُرِبَ تسلسل في الحلق
 
The SALSAL سلسل is the pure and clear water that is when drank, it flows smoothly in the throat. 
 
So it is not just any water, as the water in the desert was known to lack sanitation and good taste due to the impurities that are mixed with it, but rather, it is the BEST AND CLEAREST OF THE WATER!

 
سلالة (sulaalah): descendant, progeny, offspring, race.

سل (sul or sal):  to advance singly or in small groups, and as I mentioned, it is a singular of the plurals sulaal سلال and/or سلالات (sulaalat).

This is further proven in Noble Verse 32:8 by Abdullah Yusuf Ali's translation and other translations:
 

Noble Verse(s) 32:8

Yusuf Ali: [032:008]  And made his progeny from a quintessence of the nature of a fluid despised: Transliteration: [032:008]  Thumma jaAAala naslahu min sulalatin min ma-in maheenin Arabic (from right to left): ‏32:8 ثم جعل نسله من سلالة من ماء مهين

According to
 
1.  Al-Mawrid dictionary English-Arabic section [4], Page 751.

Quintessence: جوهر (the pearl of something, or the best of something), خلاصة (a summary of something, or the BEST OF SOMETHING), مثال (a sample, or a leading example).
 
According to www.dictionary.com, quintessence means:
 
1. the pure and concentrated essence of a substance.
2. the most perfect embodiment of something.
3. the pure, highly concentrated essence of a thing.
4. the purest or most typical instance.
5. an extract from anything, containing its rarest virtue, or most subtle and essential constituent in a small quantity; pure or concentrated essence.

  

Remember again that  سلالة (sulaalah) is a singular of the plurals سلال (sulaal) and/or سلالات (sulaalat).

Notice the Miraculous Beauty of Allah Almighty's Holy Words:

1-  Man is created and determined from a single flowing سلالة, that is the SPERM. 

2-  Then Allah Almighty Made man a MINGLED NUTFAH (SPERM...نطفة امشاج), which is a mingled, single, stationed and secured SPERM inside the egg (ثم جعلناه نطفة في قرار مكين); m-قرار مكين is the female's protected and protective BASE (i.e., egg).

3-  Then after that, Allah Almighty Created the NUTFAH into an AALAQA (a sucking clot substance that looks like a leech).

4-  And then the alaqa was Created into a lump (mudgha....مضغة).

5-  Then the lump was Created into bones, and then the bones were covered with flesh, and then Allah Almighty انشاناه خلقا اخر built him into a different creation.

Also, according to

1.  Lisan Al-Arab dictionary [1] , Book 5, Page 993.

2.  Al-Muheet dictionary [2], Page 839.

3.  Al-Muajam Al-Waseet dictionary [3], Page 622.

4.  Al-Mawrid dictionary Arabic-English section [4], Page 775.

5.  Al-Mawrid dictionary English-Arabic section [4], Page 520.

6.  Arabic-English dictionary the Hans Wehr dictionary [6], Page 634.

علقة (aalaqa) means a clot and a leech-like substance.

علق (aalaq): نشب فيه  clinged on it or stuck to it.

وفي الحديث: فعلقت الاعراب به اي نشبوا وتعلقوا  and in the saying:  'the Arabs علقت aaliqat to it, means that they became attached to it and adopted it to their culture.'
 

علق الصيد في حبالته اي نشب  aaliqa علق the game in the net, means that an animal fell in the trap of the net.
 

 والعلوق ما يعلق بالانسان  the ulooq علوق is what clings on the person (from lice or leech or anything else).
 

 والعلق في الثوب ما علق به  the aaliqa علق of the dress is what clinged on it.

Leech:  علقة    

يستخرِجُ دماً بواسطة علقة  extracts blood using the leech.

علق (aalaq): دودة العلق  (doodat al-aalaq) the leech worm.

علق (aalaq): to hang, to be suspended, dangle, to stick, CLING, cleave, get caught or stuck,  to be attached, leech, blood clot. 

عليق (aaleeq): twining and creeping plants or shrubs (of various kinds).

علاقة (aalaaqa): bond, relation, affiliation, association, connection.

   

The fetus when he is a Aalaq علق , he is

1-  Clinging inside his mother's womb.

2-  He is sucking blood from the mother's womb like a leech.

3-  He is a blood clot!

 
Aalaq علق means all of these.
 

Also, back to the Noble Word, LUMP (Mudgha مضغة ), there is a Divine Miracle regarding it.  According to

1.  Lisan Al-Arab dictionary [1] , Book 5, Page 411.

2.  Al-Muheet dictionary [2], Page 727.

3.  Al-Muajam Al-Waseet dictionary [3], Page 875.

4.  Al-Mawrid dictionary Arabic-English section [4], Page 1058.

5.  Arabic-English dictionary the Hans Wehr dictionary [6], Page 634.

مضغ  (madgh):  ما يمضغ كل طعام يمضغ  the chewable food that is chewed.

مضغة (mudgha):   اذا صارت العلقه التي خلق منها الانسان لحمه فهي مضغه  when the aalaqa علقه that man is created from becomes flesh, then it is a mudgha مضغه.

وفي الحديث:ان خلق احدكم يجمع في بطن امه اربعين يوما نطفه ثم اربعين يوما علقه ثم اربعين يوما مضغه ثم يبعث الله اليه الملك
 
And in the Hadith (Saying) of Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him:  "When one of you was created in his mother's womb, he as a NUTFAH نطفه for 40 days, then became for 40 days a Aalaqa علقه , then became for 40 days Mudgha مضغه,  then Allah Almighty Sent to him the Angel (of Life to blow Life in him as stated in Noble Verse 32:9):
 
"But He fashioned him (man) in due proportion, and breathed into him something of His Spirit.  And He gave you (the faculties of) hearing and sight and feeling (and understanding): little thanks do ye give!   (The Noble Quran, 32:9)"
 
The Prophet's Hadith is also found in Sahih Al-Bukhari, Volume 4, Book 55, Number 549 and Sahih Al-Bukhari, Volume 8, Book 77, Number 593.
 
The Hadiths clearly claim that after the first 120 days of the Fetus formation, Allah Almighty blows from His Spirit into it.
 
  

(This article was sent to me by brother Mahir, may Allah Almighty always be pleased with him)

Source: http://www.babycentre.co.uk/pregnancy/fetaldevelopment/18weeks/


"Week 18: Your baby is approximately 6 inches/ 14.2 centimetres long from crown to rump and she weighs about 7 ounces/ 190 grams. Her chest moves up and down to mimic breathing but she's not taking in air, only amniotic fluid"
 
  
Wikipedia:
 
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_fetal_development#development


Week 18 (I.e 120 days)

The lanugo covers the entire body. Eyebrows, eyelashes, fingernails, and toenails appear. The fetus has increased muscle development. Alveoli (air sacs) are forming in lungs. The nervous system develops enough to control some body functions. The cochlea are now developed, though the myelin sheaths in the neural portion of the auditory system will continue to develop until 18 months after birth. The respiratory system has developed to the point where gas exchange is possible.

  

 

  

  

It is the male the determines the sex:

Noble Verse(s) 53:45-53:46

Sher Ali: [053:045]  And that HE creates the pairs, male and female, [053:046]  From a sperm drop when it that is emitted and is penetrating; Transliteration: [053:045]  Waannahu khalaqa alzzawjayni alththakara waal-ontha [053:046]  Min nutfatin itha tumna Arabic (from right to left): ‏53:45 وانه خلق الزوجين الذكر والانثى ‏53:46 من نطفة اذا تمنى

  

Noble Verse(s) 75:37-75:39

Sher Ali: [075:037]  Was he not a drop of fluid, emitted forth (and is penetrating)? [075:038]  The he became a clot, then ALLAH gave him shape and perfected him. [075:039]  Then HE made of him a pair; the male and female. Transliteration: [075:037]  Alam yaku nutfatan min manayyin yumna [075:038]  Thumma kana AAalaqatan fakhalaqa fasawwa [075:039]  FajaAAala minhu alzzawjayni alththakara waal-ontha Arabic (from right to left): ‏75:37 الم يك نطفة من مني يمنى ‏75:38 ثم كان علقة فخلق فسوى ‏75:39 فجعل منه الزوجين الذكر والانثى

According to

1.  Lisan Al-Arab dictionary [1] , Book 8, Pages 719-721.

2.  Al-Muheet dictionary [2], Page 1226.

3.  Al-Muajam Al-Waseet dictionary [3], Page 888.

4.  Al-Mawrid dictionary Arabic-English section [4], Page 1131.

5.  Arabic-English dictionary the Hans Wehr dictionary [6], Page 927-928.

مني (mani) and يمنى (yamnaa) are derived from من (man), and they mean:

  
مني (mani) means semen, and  يمنى (yamnaa) means to eject.

و في التنزيل العزيز: "من مني يمنى", ويقال: منى الرّجل و أمنى من المني بمعنى, و استمنى أي استدعى خروج المنيِّ.
 
And concerning Allah Almighty's Revelation "من مني يمنى", it is said the man has MANA منى which means that he has ejected semen.  And istamna استمنى means استدعى خروج المنيِّ  he ejeculated the semen.
 

مني (mani): ضرب الشيء (darbu al-shaya') striking something or stabbing something.

الإستمناء أن يأتي صاحبها فيضرب بيده على صلاها و ينقر بها
 
The istimnaaa' إستمناء is when the owner strikes with his hand on its salaaha (vagina, صلاها) and continues to penetrate it (ينقر بها).
 

يمتنى (yumtana):  يُضْرَبْ (yudrab) is stricken; is penetrated; is stricken with penetration.

و قوله: لم تُقْرَفْ لم تُدانْ لما يُمْتَنى له أي ينظر إذا ضُرِبَتْ ألاقح أم لا أي لم تحمل الحمل الذي يمتنى له
 
And in his poem, don't be disgusted from what is yumtana يُمْتَنى to it, meaning (أي) when you look at it when it is stricken and penetrated (by his hand inserted into the animal's vagina)  ضُرِبَتْ to determine if it were fertilized or not (ألاقح أم لا).
 
In Arabic, daraba ضرب , which is what  ضُرِبَتْ is derived from, means to strike, to beat among other meanings.
 
According to Arabic-English dictionary the Hans Wehr dictionary [6], Page 538:
 
ضرب (daraba): to beat, strike, hit.
 
Clearly, the context of yumtana يمتنى  here means to be stricken by penetration.
  

منى (mana):  منى الشيء أي قطعه  He MANA (منى) something, means that he cut it (قطعه).

مُنِيَ (muniya):  أُصيب (o'seeba) to be afflicted with, hit by, stricken by, attacked by, smitten by.

مُنِيَ (muniya):  to be afflicted with, hit by, stricken by, attacked by, smitten by, affected by, to suffer, sustain, undergo, experience.

منى (mana):  hit, stricken, smitten, emit, to be afflicted, semen, sperm.

 

So when Allah Almighty Said:

[053:046]  From a sperm drop that is emitted and is penetrating;

‏53:46 من نطفة اذا تمنى   

[075:037]  Was he not a drop of fluid, emitted forth and is penetrating?

‏75:37 الم يك نطفة من مني يمنى

Allah Almighty Had Spoken a Divine Statement that is today in perfect agreement with Science!  Indeed, the male's NUTFAH (sperm) strikes the female's egg with penetration.  The NUTFAH is indeed a penetrating one that "strikes" and "cuts" through the egg to make fertilization.  That is why Allah Allah Almighty in both Noble Verses, 53:45, 75:39, talked about the formation of both sexes: the male and the female, and said that it is the "penetrating," "striking," "cutting," (يمنى) NUTFAH (نطفة, sperm) that determines them.

We're already seen above that MANA (منى) directly and literally means to strike, cut, and penetrate.

  

  

Again, also please visit:

Were cloning, human-cloning, and gender alteration prophesied in Islam?  See the Glorious Quran's direct Stunning Miracle and Prophecy about modern-day cloning, and how it is dependent upon cutting of the ear.
  
  

Man is created from a speeding and struggling sperm!
  
  

Sulalah in Arabic also means "long fish," which perfectly fits the description of the male-sperm!

  

  

  

The three Veils of darkness and Stages of the fetus' development:

Noble Verse(s) 39:6

Yusuf Ali: [039:006]  He created you (all) from a single person: then created, of like nature, his mate; and he sent down for you eight head of cattle in pairs: He makes Creates you, in the wombs of your mothers, in stages, one after another, in three veils of darkness. such is God, your Lord and Cherisher: to Him belongs (all) dominion. There is no god but He: then how are ye turned away (from your true Centre)? Arabic (from right to left): ‏39:6 خلقكم من نفس واحدة ثم جعل منها زوجها وانزل لكم من الانعام ثمانية ازواج يخلقكم في بطون امهاتكم خلقا من بعد خلق في ظلمات ثلاث ذلكم الله ربكم له الملك لااله الا هو فانى تصرفون

According to Prof. Keith Moore these three veils of darkness in the QURAN refer to

1-  Anterior abdominal wall of the mother.

2-  The uterine wall.

3-  The amnio-chorionoic membrane.

Also, in the field of Embryology, it is stated that the fetus goes through three distinct developmental stages in his mother's womb:

1-  Pre-Embryonic, first 2 1/2 weeks.

2-  Embryonic, until the end of the 8th week.

3-  Fetal, from the 8th week to labor.

Also, please visit: What forms in the embryo first, the muscles or the bones?

  

  

Finger Tips or Prints are unique to every person:

Noble Verse(s) 75:3-75:4

Yusuf Ali: [075:003]  Does man think that We cannot assemble his bones? [075:004]  Nay, We are able to put together in perfect order the very tips of his fingers. Transliteration: [075:003]  Ayahsabu al-insanu allan najmaAAa AAithamahu [075:004]  Bala qadireena AAala an nusawwiya bananahu Arabic (from right to left): ‏75:3 ايحسب الانسان الن نجمع عظامه ‏75:4 بلى قادرين على ان نسوي بنانه

According to

1.  Lisan Al-Arab dictionary [1] , Book 7, Page 655.

2.  Al-Muheet dictionary [2], Page 1088.

3.  Al-Muajam Al-Waseet dictionary [3], Page 72.

4.  Al-Mawrid dictionary Arabic-English section [4], Page 249.

5.  Arabic-English dictionary the Hans Wehr dictionary [6], Page 76.

بنان (banaan):   الاصابع وقيل اطرافها واحدتها بنانه  the fingers and finger tips, and the singular of banaan is banaanah  بنانه.

بنان (banaan): Fingers or finger tips.

  

  

Lying and deception are generated from the forehead:

Noble Verse(s) 96:15-96:16

Shakir: [096:015]  Nay! if he desist not, We would will certainly smite his forehead, [096:016]  A lying, sinful forehead. Transliteration: [096:015]  Kalla la-in lam yantahi lanasfaAAan bialnnasiyati [096:016]  Nasiyatin kathibatin khati-atin Arabic (from right to left): ‏96:15 كلا لئن لم ينته لنسفعا بالناصية ‏96:16 ناصية كاذبة خاطئة

According to

1.  Lisan Al-Arab dictionary [1] , Book 8, Page 750.

2.  Al-Muheet dictionary [2], Page 1229.

3.  Al-Muajam Al-Waseet dictionary [3], Page 927.

4.  Al-Mawrid dictionary Arabic-English section [4], Page 1152.

5.  Arabic-English dictionary the Hans Wehr dictionary [6], Page .

الناصية (al-naasiyah):  the forehead.

 قال الفراء في قوله تعالي" لنسفعن بالناصيه" ناصيته مقدمه راسه
 
The Furaa' said that in Allah Almighty's Noble Verse " لنسفعن بالناصيه" (we will certainly smite his forehead),  ناصيته HIS NAASIYAH is the forehead.
 

قال الازهري: الناصيه عند العرب منبت الشعر في مقدمه الراس
 
The Azhari said:  THE NAASIYAH الناصيه to the Arabs (of old) is the place where the hair grows on the beginning of the head (i.e., the forehead).

  

  

Figure 12: Functional regions of the left hemisphere of the cerebral
cortex.  The prefrontal area is located at the front of the cerebral
cortex. (Essentials of Anatomy & Physiology, Seeley and others, p. 210.) 

   

Why did the Quran describe the front of the head as being lying and sinful?  Why didn’t the Quran say that the person was lying and sinful?  What is the relationship between the front of the head and lying and sinfulness?

If we look into the skull at the front of the head, we will find the prefrontal area of the cerebrum (see figure 12).  What does physiology tell us about the function of this area?  A book entitled Essentials of Anatomy & Physiology says about this area, “The motivation and the foresight to plan and initiate movements occur in the anterior portion of the frontal lobes, the prefrontal area. This is a region of association cortex...” [1]  Also the book says, “In relation to its involvement in motivation, the prefrontal area is also thought to be the functional center for aggression....” [2]

So, this area of the cerebrum is responsible for planning, motivating, and initiating good and sinful behavior and is responsible for the telling of lies and the speaking of truth.  Thus, it is proper to describe the front of the head as lying and sinful when someone lies or commits a sin, as the Quran has said, “...A lying, sinful naseyah (front of the head)!”

Scientists have only discovered these functions of the prefrontal area in the last sixty years, according to Professor Keith L. Moore. [3]

(1) Essentials of Anatomy & Physiology, Seeley and others, p. 211.  Also see The Human Nervous System, Noback and others, pp. 410-411.

(2) Essentials of Anatomy & Physiology, Seeley and others, p. 211.

(3) Al-E’jaz al-Elmy fee al-Naseyah (The Scientific Miracles in the Front of the Head), Moore and others, p. 41.

  

  

  

 

5-  Numerical Miracles in the Holy Quran:

Odd and Even Numerical Miracle in the Holy Quran.  A very STUNNING Divine Miracle!!!  The Glorious Quran has 114 Chapters. The sum of those Chapters is 6555 (1+2+...+114 = 6555). There are also 6236 Noble Verses in the Glorious Quran. Now, IF YOU ADD EACH CHAPTER # with the number of its Verses, then you get a list of numbers. So 1 (first Chapter) + 7 (# of its Verses) = 8. Do this for all Chapters.
  

The sum of the odd numbers from the list = 6555.

The sum of the even numbers from the list = 6236.

  

How can the Jews and Christians know FOR SURE that the Quran is from GOD?  Is there anything from the Quran that guarantees this?

100% guarantee that the Quran is from GOD Almighty.

  
Moon is mentioned 28 times in the Noble Quran, exactly as the number of times and phases it appears to earth!

"Day" occurs 365 times, and "month" occurs 12 times in the Glorious Quran!  I personally counted them and listed them in this article!

Adam and Jesus have the same occurrences in the Noble Quran.

Iron's atomic number is perfectly mentioned in the Holy Quran.

The land-sea ratio Miracle - Mentioned in the Glorious Quran and confirmed by Science!  I personally calculated the occurrences of the Words in the Noble Verses in the Glorious Quran.

The Miracle of the number 19 in the Noble Quran.  Yes, the number 19 is miraculous in the Noble Quran and was proven to be essential in many of the Scientific Theories and Discoveries.  But it doesn't at all support Rashad Khalifa's removal of two Noble Verses from the Noble Quran, and his claim to be GOD Almighty's Messenger.

Spherical Geometry, the number 19 Miracle, the Inner-Nature of the Planets' System, and the Universe's function.  The Glorious Quran Says that Number 19 is لاحدى الكبر "One of the Great Ones (i.e., Miracles)".

Was Adam 90 feet tall?  I strongly suggest that we even use Prophet Muhammad's Hadiths to determine when man first existed on earth!

Did Prophet Muhammad say that the human body is made up of 360 joints?

http://www.simetrikkitap.com/?lang=en  (Numerical Codes in the Quran)

• Odd and Even numbers
• Surahs of which the number of ayats are greater than sequence number
• Surahs of which the number of ayats are smaller than sequence number
• Prime Numbers
• Sequence Numbers Set and Number of Ayats Set
• The numbers which are divided by two and not divided by three
• The numbers which are divided by three and not divided by two
• The numbers which are neither divisible by two nor by three
• The numbers which are divisible by two and three
• The numbers which are divisible by two
• The numbers which are divisible by three
• Sum of the Prime Factors
• Perfect Numbers
• Abundant Numbers
• Deficient Numbers

The above PDF files can also be downloaded from this site at:

• Odd and Even numbers
• Surahs of which the number of ayats are greater than sequence number
• Surahs of which the number of ayats are smaller than sequence number
• Prime Numbers
• Sequence Numbers Set and Number of Ayats Set
• The numbers which are divided by two and not divided by three
• The numbers which are divided by three and not divided by two
• The numbers which are neither divisible by two nor by three
• The numbers which are divisible by two and three
• The numbers which are divisible by two
• The numbers which are divisible by three
• Sum of the Prime Factors
• Perfect Numbers
• Abundant Numbers
• Deficient Numbers

Adnan Al-Rifaa'e on the Miracle of the number 19 in the Glorious Quran.  Arabic Video.

Adnan Al-Rifaa'e's "The Great Miracle" Book on the Numerical Miracles of the Glorious Quran.  653 pages in Arabic.

http://www.althekr.net/ (Arabic Website)