Page 32 - Miracles of the Qur'an

As we have noticed, it is stated in the verse that mountains have the
function of preventing shocks in the Earth.
This fact was not known by anyone at the time the Qur'an was revealed.
It was in fact brought to light only recently as a result of the findings of modern
geology.
According to these findings, mountains emerge as a result of the
movements and collisions of massive plates forming the Earth's crust. When

two plates collide, the stronger one
slides under the other, the one on the
top bends and forms heights and
mountains. The layer beneath
proceeds under the ground and makes
a deep extension downward. That
means that mountains have a portion

stretching downwards, as large as their
visible parts on the Earth.
In a scientific text, the structure of
mountains is described as follows:

With extensions that mountains
extend out towards under the ground
as well as over the ground, they
clench different plates of the earth
together like a peg. The Earth's crust
consists of plates that are in constant
motion. This clenching property of
mountains prevents shocks to a great
extent, by fixing the earth's crust,
which has a very movable structure.

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