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Tue. Sep. 24, 2002

Health & Science > Faith & the Sciences > Scientific Miracles in the Qur'an

Mountains as Stabilizers for the Earth

By  Zaghlool El-Naggar

The Holy Quran reads:

"And by the mountains He (Allah) has stabilized it (the Earth)*, as a matter of convenience for you (mankind) and for your cattle*". (LXXIX: 32,33)

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In these two Quranic verses it is explicitly stated that the stabilization of the Earth by means of its mountains was a specific stage in the long process of creation of our planet and is still a very important factor in making that planet suitable for living. The following question, however, arises: how can mountains function as means of fixation for the Earth?

Dr. Zaghlool El-Naggar is a Fellow of the Islamic Academy of Sciences. Member of the Geological Society of London, the Geological Society of Egypt and the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Tulsa, Oklahoma. Fellow of the Institute of Petroleum, London. Prof. Naggar is the author/co-author of many books and more than 40 research papers in the field of Islamic Thought, Geology, General Science and Education. He was awarded by the Ministry of Education in Egypt the top “Secondary Education Award” as well as the seventh Arab Petroleum Congress Best Papers Award in 1970. Elected a member of the IAS Council (1994 and 1999), Prof. Naggar is currently working at the Arab Development Institute.

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