THE LAYERS OF THE EARTH

One item of information about the Earth given in the Qur'an is its similarity to the seven-layered sky:

It is Allah Who created the seven heavens and of the earth the same number, the Command descending down through all of them, so that you might know that Allah has power over all things and that Allah encompasses all things in His knowledge. (Qur'an, 65:12)

The information in the above verse is confirmed in scientific sources, wherein it is explained that the Earth consists of seven strata. These, as scientists have identified, are:

1st layer: Lithosphere (water)

2nd layer: Lithosphere (land)

3rd layer: Asthenosphere

4th layer: Upper Mantle

5th layer: Inner Mantle

6th layer: Outer Core

7th layer: Inner Core

The word lithosphere is derived from the Greek word lithos, meaning stone, which is a hard stratum forming the Earth's top layer. It is quite thin in comparison to the other strata. The lithosphere under the oceans is still thinner, and is a region with volcanic activity. Its average thickness is 80 km. It is colder and harder than the other strata, and therefore, forms the earth's shell.

Below the lithosphere is the stratum known as the asthenosphere, from the Greek word for "weak," asthenes. This layer is thinner than the lithosphere and shifts. It was formed of hot, semi-solid substances capable of melting when exposed to high temperatures and pressure over geological time. It is thought that the hard lithosphere floats or moves over the slowly moving asthenosphere.23 Under these layers is a high-temperature layer some 2,900 km thick, made up of semi-solid rock known as the mantle. This contains more iron, magnesium and calcium than the crust, and is also hotter and denser, because temperature and density in the Earth increase with depth.

At the centre of the Earth is the core, approximately twice as dense as the mantle. The reason for that density is that it contains a higher proportion of metals (iron-nickel alloy) than rock. The Earth's core consists of two parts. One is the 2,200 km thick liquid outer core, the other a 1,250 km thick solid inner core. The liquid outer core provides the Earth's magnetic field as the planet rotates.

The truth of this similarity between the sky and the layers of the Earth, only identified by 20th century technology, is without doubt another of the Qur'an's scientific miracles


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رحيم

يارب اغفر لى

و ارحمنى

واعفو عنى

واجعلنى انظر اليك وانت راض عنى يا كريم

فما غرنى الا كرمك على

الحكم العطائيه

الحكم العطائيه برنامج الشيخ محمد البوطى على قناة اقرأ يوم الاثنين الساعه الثامنه مساء بتوقيت مصر برنامج رائع ومن الحلقه الماضيه

اتذكر كلماته عن القدر حيث يحكى الشيخ عن احد المسلمين يسأله ماذا فعلت ياشيخى حتى يأخذ منى الله سبحانه وتعالى ولدى منى حيث مات ولده بعد ان مرض لعدة ايام ويسأل هذا الشخص الشيخ ماذا فعلت فرد عليه الشيخ اولا انا متيقن تمام اليقين انك لست بناقد لافعال الله عز و جل ثانيا اخبره الشيخ قائلا اريد ان اسألك سؤالا هل جئت هذه الدنيا بشروط امليتها على الله عز و جل وعلمت انه سبحانه قد وافق على هذة الشروط قال لا ثم سأله الشيخ هل نحن عبيد ام احرار فيما نملك قال عبيد لله عز وجل واكمل الشيخ حديثه نحن لا نملك من امرنا شيئا حتى نعتب على الله عز و جل فى ملكه كما اننا لا نستطيع القول بأننا ادينا عبادتنا على اكمل وجه وبالتالى لا نستحق ان نبتلى لانه مهما ادينا من العبادات فنحن مازلنا مقصرين فى جنب الله تعالى فقد عصيناه وسترنا ونسينا ذكره ولم ينسى ان يرزقنا فله الحمد عاطيا ومانعا.

السيد عبد الله الهاشمى المكى يقدم برنامج يكاد زيتها يضىء الساعه الواحده والنصف مساء بتوقيت القاهره

وهو من ال بيت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم كلما رأيته احسست انى اتمنى ان ارى رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم واضع رأسى على كتفه وابكى.

اخيرا صوت الشيخ ماهر المعيقلى قارىء القران فى الحرم المكى حقا انه صوت من الجنه.