Clouds

بِسْمِ اللہِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِیۡمِ

IN THE NAME OF ALLAH THE MOST BENEFICENT AND MERCIFULL

اللہ کے نام سے شروع جو نہایت مہربان رحم والا

الصلواة والسلام عليک 
يارسول الله
الصلواة والسلام عليک 
ياحبيب الله
الصلواة والسلام عليک 
يانبي الله
الصلواة والسلام عليک 
يا نور الله


YAH ALLAH SEND BLESSINGS ON PROPHET MUHAMMAD PEACE BE UPON HIM

AND ON CHILDREN  OF PROPHET MUHAMMAD PEACE BE UPON HIM

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 Clouds 

Scientists have studied cloud types and have realized that rain clouds are formed and shaped according to definite systems and certain steps connected with certain types of wind and clouds.

One kind of rain cloud is the cumulonimbus cloud associated with thunderstorms (See Figure 18.1). Meteorologists have studied how cumulonimbus clouds are formed and how they produce rain, hail, and lightning. They have found that cumulonimbus cloud go through the following steps to produce rain:

1.  The clouds are pushed by the wind: Cumulonimbus clouds begin to form when wind pushes some small pieces of clouds (cumulus) to an area where these clouds converge.
2.  Joining: Then the small clouds join together forming a larger cloud.
3.  Stacking: When the small clouds join together, updrafts within the larger cloud increase. The updrafts near the center of the cloud are stronger than those near the edges. These updrafts cause the cloud body to grow vertically, so the cloud is stacked up. This vertical growth causes the cloud body to stretch into cooler regions of the atmosphere where drops of water and hail formulate and begin to grow larger and larger. When these drops of water and hail become too heavy for the updrafts to support them, they begin to fall from the cloud as rain, hail, etc.

Allah said in the Qur'aan:

 Have you not seen how Allah makes the clouds move gently, then joins them together, then makes them into a stack, and then you see the rain come out of it...?[Qur'aan 24:43] 

Meteorologists have only recently come to know these details of cloud formation, structure, and function by using advanced equipment like planes, satellites, computers, balloons, and the like to study winds and its direction, to measure humidity and its variations, and to determine the levels and variations of atmospheric pressure (See Figure 18.2).

Fig. 18.1
Cumulonimbus clouds seen from space

The preceding verse, after mentioning clouds and rain, speaks about hail and lightning:

 And He sends down hail from mountains (clouds) in the sky, and He strikes with it whomever He wills, and turns it from whoever He wills. The vivid flash of its lightning nearly blinds the sight. [Qur'aan 24:43] 

Meteorologists have found that these cumulonimbus clouds, that shower hail, reach a height of 25,000 to 30,000 feet (4.7 to 5.7 miles), like mountains, as the Qur'aan said: And He sends down hail from mountains (clouds) in the sky...(Qur'an 24:43)

This verse may raise a question. Why does the verse say ...its lightning in reference to the hail?

Does this mean that hail is the major factor in producing lightning? Let us see what the book entitled Meteorology Today, says on this. It says that clouds become electrified as hail falls through a region in the cloud of super cooled droplets and ice crystals. As liquid droplets collide with hail, they freeze on contact and release latent heat. This keeps the surface of the hail warmer than that of the surrounding ice crystals.

When the hail comes in contact with an ice crystal, an important phenomenon occurs. Electrons flow from the colder object toward the warmer object. Hence, the hail becomes negatively charged. The same effect occurs when super cooled droplets come in contact with a piece of hail and tiny splinters of positively charged ice break off. These lighter, positively charged particles are then carried to the upper part of the cloud by updrafts. The hail, left with a negative charge, fall toward the bottom of the cloud, thus the lower part of the cloud becomes negatively charged. These negative charges are then discharged to the ground as lightning. We conclude from this that hail is the major factor in producing lightning.

Fig. 18.2

This information on lightning was discovered only recently. Until 1600 A.D., Aristotle's ideas on meteorology were dominant. For example, he said that the atmosphere contains two kinds of exhalation, moist and dry. He also said that thunder is the sound of the collision of the dry exhalation with the neighboring clouds, and lightning is the inflaming and burning of the dry exhalation with a thin and faint fire. These are some of the ideas on meteorology that were dominant at the time of the Qur'aan's revelation, fourteen centuries ago.

الصلواة والسلام عليک 
يارسول الله
الصلواة والسلام عليک 
ياحبيب الله
الصلواة والسلام عليک 
يانبي الله
الصلواة والسلام عليک 
يا نور الله


YAH ALLAH SEND BLESSINGS ON PROPHET MUHAMMAD PEACE BE UPON HIM

AND ON CHILDREN  OF PROPHET MUHAMMAD PEACE BE UPON HIM

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Original Source: http://islamworld.net/docs/it-is-truth/OriginOfEarth-Clouds.htm

Professor Siaveda on Mountains

بِسْمِ اللہِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِیۡمِ

IN THE NAME OF ALLAH THE MOST BENEFICENT AND MERCIFULL

اللہ کے نام سے شروع جو نہایت مہربان رحم والا

الصلواة والسلام عليک 
يارسول الله
الصلواة والسلام عليک 
ياحبيب الله
الصلواة والسلام عليک 
يانبي الله
الصلواة والسلام عليک 
يا نور الله


YAH ALLAH SEND BLESSINGS ON PROPHET MUHAMMAD PEACE BE UPON HIM

AND ON CHILDREN  OF PROPHET MUHAMMAD PEACE BE UPON HIM

-----------------------------------------------------------  Mountains  We now introduce a unique scholar. He differs from other scholars but at the same time, he is a representative of a group of scholars. His name isProfessor Siaveda, one of the best known marine geologists from Japan. He is also one of the most famous scientists in the world. Professor Siaveda�s mind was filled with many distortions and suspicions about all religions. He is right about what he says with regard to all religions, except Islam, because Islam differs from all other religions that he spoke about. When we met him, he said to us: "You scholars of religion all over the world should keep your mouths shut forever." I replied: �But why Professor? Why?� He said: "Because when you speak you cause wars to break out between the people throughout the world." We asked him: �Why are the NATO alliance and WARSAW Pact accumulating such massive nuclear arsenals and nuclear weapons in space, sea, overland, and underground. Why this? Is it for religious reasons?� He went silent, then we said to him: �At any rate we are aware of your attitude towards all religions, but since you do not know much about Islam, then you might as well listen to what we have to say.� So we asked him a number of questions in his area of specialization, and we also informed him of the Qur'aanic verses and ahadeeth which mention the phenomena he spoke of. One of these questions was about mountains and whether they were firmly rooted in the earth.  He replied and said: "The fundamental difference between continental mountains and the oceanic mountains lies in its material. Continental mountains are made essentially by sediments, whereas the oceanic mountains are made of volcanic rocks. Continental mountains were formed by compressional forces, whereas the oceanic mountains were formed by extensional forces. But the common denominator on both mountains are that they have roots to support the mountains. In the case ofcontinental mountains, light-low density material from the mountain is extended down into the earth as a root. In the case of oceanic mountains, there is also light material supporting the mountain as a root, but in the case of oceanic mountain this material is not light because the composition is light, but it is hot, therefore expanded somewhat. But from the viewpoint of densities, they are doing the same job of supporting the  mountains. Therefore, the function of the roots are to support the mountains according to the law of Archimedes." Professor Siaveda described the shape of all mountains whether they are on land or in the sea as being in the shape of a wedge. Could anyone during the time of Prophet Muhammad (sallAllahu �alaihi wa sallam) have known of the shape of these mountains? Could anyone imagine that the solid massive mountain that he sees before him actually extends deep into the earth and has a root as scientists assure? A large number of geography books when discussing mountains, only describe that part which is on the surface of the earth. This is because they are not written by specialists in geology, but modern science informs us about it and Allah says in the Qur'aan: And the mountains as pegs. (Qur'aan 78:7). We asked Professor Siaveda whether the mountains have a function in establishing the crust of the earth. He said that this has not yet been discovered and established by scientists. In view of the reply we researched and inquired about this and we found out that many geologists gave the same reply, except for a few. Among those few are the authors of this book, entitled �The Earth�. This book is considered as a basic reference text in many universities throughout the world. One of the authors of this book is Frank Press. He is currently the President of the Academy of Sciences in USA. Previously, he was science advisor to former U.S. President Jimmy Carter. What does he say in his book? He illustrates the mountains in a wedge-like shape where the mountain itself is but a small part of the whole whose root is deeply entrenched in the ground. Dr. Press writes on the functions of the mountains and states that they play an important role in stabilizing the crust of the earth. This is exactly how the Qur'aan described mountains 14 centuries ago.  Allah said: And the mountains Has He firmly fixed. (Qur'aan 79:32). And He said: And the mountains as pegs. (Qur'aan 78:7).  And He also said: And he has set up on the earth mountains standing firm, lest it should shake with you. (Qur'aan 16:15). But who could have informed Prophet Muhammad  (sallAllahu �alaihi wa sallam) about this? We asked Professor Siaveda this question: �What is your opinion on what you have seen in the Qur'aan and the Sunnah with regard to the secrets of the Universe, which scientists only discovered now?� His answer was: "I think it seems to me very, very mysterious, almost unbelievable. I really think if what you have said is true, the book is really a very remarkable book, I agree." Yes, what can scientists say? They cannot attribute the knowledge revealed to Prophet Muhammad  (sallAllahu �alaihi wa sallam) by Allah and contained in the Qur'aan to human beings or to any scientific authority in our times, because all scientists were unaware of all these secrets. Moreover, all humanity could not have any explanation but to attribute that knowledge to some extra-terrestrial force. Yes, it is a revelation from Allah which he sent to his servant, the unlettered Prophet Muhammad , whom Allah has made an everlasting sign escorting humanity until the Last Hour.  الصلواة والسلام عليک يارسول الله الصلواة والسلام عليک ياحبيب الله الصلواة والسلام عليک يانبي الله الصلواة والسلام عليک يا نور الله YAH ALLAH SEND BLESSINGS ON PROPHET MUHAMMAD PEACE BE UPON HIM AND ON CHILDREN  OF PROPHET MUHAMMAD PEACE BE UPON HIM ----------------------------------------------------------- Original Source: http://islamworld.net/docs/it-is-truth/OriginOfEarth-Mountains.htm