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Ha run Yah ya (Ad nan Ok tar)

SAND DUNES AND THE PLANET MARS

The word "Ahqaf," one of the Surah of the Qur'an literally means
"sand dunes." In astronomy, one of the first characteristics that come to
mind when the planet Mars is mentioned is the giant collections of sand,
or giant "sand dunes" on its surface. These make Mars completely differ-
ent to the other eight planets.
An examination of the se-

quence of letters in verse 23 of
Surat al-Ahqaf shows that the
Arabic letters Mim, Alif, Ra and
Sin appears side by side to make
the word Mars.
The way these letters appear in Surat al-
Ahqaf, a word meaning "sand dunes," one of
the most striking features of the planet Mars,
is highly noteworthy. Additionally, it is not
just Mars that appears in this Surah, but also
its satellite "Deimos." The letters that make up
the name of "Deimos," which orbits Mars, ap-
pear side by side in verse 30 of Surat al-Ahqaf.
*In Arabic, the letter "Waw"
is read as a consonant when These things are all examples of the infinite
it appears inside a word.
knowledge and wisdom our Lord.

QUANTUM PHYSICS
At the time of the revelation of the Qur'an, quantum physics and

atomic sub-articles were unknown. But the Qur'an, extraordinarily, con-
tains indications of all past and future sciences within its Arabic text. A
further example of this can be seen in verses 37 and 39 of Surat al-Kahf, in
which the names and weights of these fundamental particles are indicat-
ed in a miraculous manner. (Allah knows the truth.)

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