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The Scientific Miracles of the Qur'an

The troposphere, 13 to 15 kilometers above the Earth, enables water vapor
rising from the surface of the Earth to be condensed and turn back as rain.
The ozone layer, which lies in the Stratosphere at an altitude of 25
kilometers, reflects harmful radiation and ultraviolet light coming from
space and turns both back into space.
The ionosphere reflects radio waves broadcast from the Earth back
down to different parts of the world, just like a passive communications
satellite, and thus makes wireless communication, radio, and television
broadcasting possible over long distances.
The magnetosphere layer turns the harmful radioactive particles emitted
by the Sun and other stars back into space before they reach the Earth.
The fact that this property of the atmosphere's layers, that was only
demonstrated in the recent past was announced centuries ago in the
Qur'an, once again demonstrates that the Qur'an is the word of God.

The Layers of the Atmosphere

One fact about the universe revealed in the verses of the Qur'an is that
the sky is made up of seven layers:
It is He Who created everything on the earth for you and then
directed His attention up to heaven and arranged it into seven
regular heavens. He has knowledge of all things.
(Surat al-Baqara: 29)
Then He turned to heaven when it was smoke... In two days
He determined them as seven heavens and revealed,
in every heaven, its own mandate...
(Surah Fussilat: 11-12)

The word "heavens", which appears in many verses in the Qur'an, is
used to refer to the sky above the Earth, as well as the entire universe.
Given this meaning of the word, it is seen that the Earth's sky, or the
atmosphere, is made up of seven layers.
Indeed, today it is known that the world's atmosphere consists of different
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layers that lie on top of each other. The definitions made based on the
criteria of chemical contents or air temperature have determined the

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