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Understanding Quran : Understanding Quran Session -2
Surat An-Naba' : Surat An-Naba'
Period of Revelation : Period of Revelation Meccan
Theme & subject matter : Theme & subject matter Prophet ‘s (SAWS) initial message was based on three elements:-
Tauheed
Risaalat
Aakhirat
Virtues of this Surah : Virtues of this Surah
Of what do they ask one another? : Of what do they ask one another?
Concerning the Great News, : Concerning the Great News, The Great News:
The day of Judgment
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About which they differ?, : About which they differ?, `
Nay! they shall soon come to know,Nay, again, but they will come to know! : Nay! they shall soon come to know,Nay, again, but they will come to know! `
Have We not made the earth a Mihaada : Have We not made the earth a Mihaada `
Slide 12 : A bed
A resting place
A wide space.
A expanse farsh / bed that has no limits.
A bed / A resting place : A bed / A resting place
A bed / A resting place : A bed / A resting place
And the mountains as pegs? : And the mountains as pegs?
Pegs : Pegs
Scientific theory : Scientific theory 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. These roots are deeply embedded in the ground, thus, mountains have a shape like a peg
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And He has affixed into the earth mountains standing firm, lest it should shake with you, and rivers and roads, that you may guide yourselves. (Surat An-Nahl 16:15) : And He has affixed into the earth mountains standing firm, lest it should shake with you, and rivers and roads, that you may guide yourselves. (Surat An-Nahl 16:15)
Scientific theory of tectonics : Scientific theory of tectonics 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.