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Earth. This expression, "Adna al Ard" in
Arabic, is interpreted as "a nearby place" in
many translations. Yet this is not the literal
meaning of the original statement, but
rather a figurative interpretation of it. The
word "Adna" in Arabic is derived from the
word "deni", which means "low" and "ard",
which means "world". Therefore the
expression "Adna al Ard" means "the
lowest place on the Earth".
Most interestingly, the crucial stages of
the war fought between the Byzantine
Empire and the Persians, when the
Byzantines were defeated and lost
Jerusalem, had really taken place at the
lowest point on earth. This specified region
is the Dead Sea basin, which is situated at
the intersection point of the lands
belonging to Syria, Palestine, and Jordan.
The "Dead Sea", lying 395 meters below sea
level, really is the lowest region on Earth.
This means that the Byzantines were
defeated at the lowest part of the world,
just as stated in the verse.
The most interesting point lies in the
fact that the altitude of the Dead Sea could
only be measured with modern
measurement techniques. Before that, it
was impossible for anyone to know that it
Above is a satellite photograph was the lowest region on the surface of the
of the Dead Sea basin. The Earth. Yet, this region was stated to be the
altitude of the Dead Sea could
only be determined with lowest point on the Earth in the Qur'an.
modern measurement Hence, this provides further evidence that
techniques. These the Qur'an is divine revelation.
measurements led to the
discovery that this is the
"lowest region on the Earth".
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