Geology & The Origin of the Earth
- Categories: Scientific Miracles of the Quran -
Professor Alfred Kroner, who is one of the world's most famous geologists. He is a Professor of Geology and the Chairman of the Department of Geology at the Institute of Geosciences, Johannes Gutenburg University, Mainz, Germany studied and commented on several Qur'aanic verses and Ahadeeth of the Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him.
Professor Kroner said: "" Professor Kroner chose an example from the Qur'aan which proved to him why the Qur'aan could not have come from Muhammad (sallallahu 'alaihi wa sallam) himself. The example which Professor Kroner chose is a description in the Qur'aan of the fact that this universe had its beginnings in one single entity. Allah, may He be Exalted and Glorified said: {Do not the unbelievers see that the heavens and the earth were joined together [ratqan], before we clove them asunder? We made from water every living thing. } [Qur'aan 21:30]
The meaning of
[ratqan] in this verse, is that the heavens and the earth were
stuck together or blended together, and that they were later
separated from each other. Professor Kroner used this as an example
to prove that no human being during the time of Prophet Muhammad
(peace be upon him), could have known this.
Professor Kroner:
""
Professor Kroner,
so it seemed to us, has a special talent of being evasive. For
example, we asked him to describe the geological conditions of
Arabia. 'Was Arabia full of orchards and rivers?' He said: "During
the Snow Age." And it is further known that the North Polar
icebergs are slowly moving southwards. When those polar icebergs
become relatively close to the Arabian Peninsula, the weather will
change and Arabia will become one of the greenest and wettest parts
of the world. We asked him: 'Will Arabia become the land of
orchards and rivers?' He said: "Yes, it is a scientific
fact."
This astonished
us, and we wondered how he could state this as a scientific fact
while it was related to the future and we asked: 'Why?' He said:
"Because the new Snow Age has actually started. And we can see the
snow crawling once again from the North Pole southwards. In fact,
the polar snow is now on the way to get closer to the Arabian
Peninsula. We can see the signs of this in the snow blizzards
striking the northern parts of Europe and America every winter.
Scientists have other signs and information proving the actual
beginning of another Snow Age. It is a scientific fact."
So we said
to him: 'What you have just mentioned has only been known to
scientists after a long series of discoveries and with the help of
specialized instruments. But we have already found this mentioned
by the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) 1400 years ago. He said
in a hadith transmitted in Saheeh Muslim: "The
Last Hour will not come upon us until the lands of the Arabs are
once again pasture lands and filled with rivers."
At this point we
asked Professor Kroner: 'Who told the Prophet Muhammad (sallallahu
'alaihi wa sallam), that the lands of the Arabs were once filled
with orchards and rivers?' He immediately replied: "The Romans."
This reminded me of Professor Kroner's evasive ability. We asked
him another question, we said to him: 'But who informed the Prophet
Muhammad (peace be upon hi), that the lands of the Arabs would once
again become pasturelands and be filled with rivers?'. Professor
Kroner becomes evasive if embarrassed. But whenever he was faced
with the truth, he is courageous enough to state his opinion
frankly and thus he replied: "This could have been known to
him only through revelation from above."
Finally, after
our discussions with him, he made the following comments: "If you
combine all these and you combine all those statements that are
being made in the Quran in terms that relate to the earth and the
formation of the earth and science in general, you can basically
say that statements made there in many ways are true. They can now
be confirmed by scientific methods, and in a way you can say that
the Quran is a simple science text book for the simple man, and
that many of the statements made in there at that time could not be
proven but that modern scientific methods are now in a position to
prove what Muhammad said 1400 years ago."
Allah confirms in
His Book that:
{This is no less than reminder to (all), the
worlds. And you shall certainly know the truth of it all after a
while} (Qur'aan 38:87-88)